Female unemployment - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Unemployment rate for females, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 178 countries was 8.37 percent. The highest value was in Swaziland: 39.35 percent and the lowest value was in Cambodia: 0.27 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Female unemployment, 2023 Global rank Available data
Swaziland 39.35 1 1991 - 2023
Djibouti 36.15 2 1991 - 2023
South Africa 29.87 3 1991 - 2023
Iraq 29.77 4 1991 - 2023
Yemen 29.49 5 1991 - 2023
Gabon 29.04 6 1991 - 2023
Afghanistan 27.29 7 1991 - 2023
Botswana 27.01 8 1991 - 2023
Jordan 26.59 9 1991 - 2023
Syria 25.25 10 1991 - 2023
Libya 24.7 11 1991 - 2023
Somalia 24.69 12 1991 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 22.05 13 1991 - 2023
R. of Congo 21.38 14 1991 - 2023
Algeria 20.74 15 1991 - 2023
Tunisia 20.54 16 1991 - 2023
Sudan 18.73 17 1991 - 2023
Lesotho 18.65 18 1991 - 2023
Namibia 18.22 19 1991 - 2023
Egypt 17.94 20 1991 - 2023
Haiti 17.78 21 1991 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 16.67 22 1991 - 2023
Rwanda 16.45 23 1991 - 2023
Iran 15.8 24 1991 - 2023
Mauritania 15.24 25 1991 - 2023
Samoa 15.03 26 1991 - 2023
Angola 14.75 27 1991 - 2023
Lebanon 14.73 28 1991 - 2023
Montenegro 14.7 29 1991 - 2023
Greece 14.16 30 1991 - 2023
Guyana 14 31 1991 - 2023
Spain 13.89 32 1991 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 13.07 33 1991 - 2023
Belize 12.69 34 1991 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 12.45 35 1991 - 2023
Nepal 12.25 36 1991 - 2023
Saint Lucia 12.17 37 1991 - 2023
Turkey 12.14 38 1991 - 2023
N. Caledonia 11.91 39 1991 - 2023
Colombia 11.86 40 1991 - 2023
North Macedonia 11.72 41 1991 - 2023
Cape Verde 11.43 42 1991 - 2023
Albania 11.42 43 1991 - 2023
Suriname 10.82 44 1991 - 2023
Morocco 10.73 45 1991 - 2023
Georgia 10.2 46 1991 - 2023
Costa Rica 10.17 47 1991 - 2023
Sri Lanka 9.95 48 1991 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 9.8 49 1991 - 2023
Brazil 9.69 50 1991 - 2023
Uruguay 9.48 51 1991 - 2023
Chile 9.37 52 1991 - 2023
Bahamas 9.23 53 1991 - 2023
Serbia 8.98 54 1991 - 2023
Honduras 8.91 55 1991 - 2023
Zimbabwe 8.82 56 1991 - 2023
Italy 8.72 57 1991 - 2023
Panama 8.69 58 1991 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 8.5 59 1991 - 2023
Mauritius 8.14 60 1991 - 2023
Sweden 7.84 61 1991 - 2023
UA Emirates 7.78 62 1991 - 2023
Bhutan 7.62 63 1991 - 2023
Pakistan 7.59 64 1991 - 2023
Kenya 7.57 65 1991 - 2023
Bangladesh 7.53 66 1991 - 2023
Paraguay 7.31 67 1991 - 2023
C.A. Republic 7.19 68 1991 - 2023
France 7.17 69 1991 - 2023
Barbados 6.93 70 1991 - 2023
Portugal 6.86 71 1991 - 2023
Argentina 6.8 72 1991 - 2023
Eritrea 6.71 73 1991 - 2023
Uzbekistan 6.64 74 1991 - 2023
Croatia 6.61 75 1991 - 2023
Comoros 6.6 76 1991 - 2023
Estonia 6.58 77 1991 - 2023
Azerbaijan 6.5 78 1991 - 2023
Lithuania 6.47 79 1991 - 2023
Vanuatu 6.45 80 1991 - 2023
Finland 6.42 81 1991 - 2023
Zambia 6.22 82 1991 - 2023
Armenia 6.06 83 1991 - 2023
Venezuela 6.03 84 1991 - 2023
Brunei 5.99 85 1991 - 2023
Malawi 5.98 86 1991 - 2023
Slovakia 5.95 87 1991 - 2023
Cyprus 5.87 88 1991 - 2023
Gambia 5.76 89 1991 - 2023
Jamaica 5.74 90 1991 - 2023
Burkina Faso 5.71 91 1991 - 2023
Kuwait 5.71 92 1991 - 2023
Peru 5.61 93 1991 - 2023
Fiji 5.54 94 1991 - 2023
Tajikistan 5.49 95 1991 - 2023
Kazakhstan 5.48 96 1991 - 2023
Latvia 5.44 97 1991 - 2023
Luxembourg 5.44 98 1991 - 2023
Guinea 5.36 99 1991 - 2023
Denmark 5.3 100 1991 - 2023
Mongolia 5.27 101 1991 - 2023
Canada 5.19 102 1991 - 2023
Romania 5.12 103 1991 - 2023
Belgium 5.01 104 1991 - 2023
Austria 4.98 105 1991 - 2023
Nicaragua 4.93 106 1991 - 2023
Oman 4.84 107 1991 - 2023
Puerto Rico 4.81 108 1991 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 4.81 109 1991 - 2023
Ethiopia 4.69 110 1991 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 4.3 111 1991 - 2023
Ireland 4.28 112 1991 - 2023
Switzerland 4.26 113 1991 - 2023
Nigeria 4.24 114 1991 - 2023
Cameroon 4.19 115 1991 - 2023
Guatemala 4.19 116 1991 - 2023
Bulgaria 4.18 117 1991 - 2023
Hungary 4.15 118 1991 - 2023
Ecuador 4.13 119 1991 - 2023
China 4.06 120 1991 - 2023
India 4.06 121 1991 - 2023
Malaysia 4.03 122 1991 - 2023
New Zealand 3.96 123 1991 - 2023
UK 3.83 124 1991 - 2023
Mozambique 3.81 125 1991 - 2023
Bahrain 3.8 126 1991 - 2023
Netherlands 3.74 127 1991 - 2023
Singapore 3.7 128 1991 - 2023
DR Congo 3.68 129 1991 - 2023
Slovenia 3.66 130 1991 - 2023
Bolivia 3.63 131 1991 - 2023
Maldives 3.62 132 1991 - 2023
Australia 3.56 133 1991 - 2023
Tanzania 3.54 134 1991 - 2023
Norway 3.47 135 1991 - 2023
USA 3.45 136 1991 - 2023
Ghana 3.43 137 1991 - 2023
Burma 3.41 138 1991 - 2023
Uganda 3.39 139 1991 - 2023
Israel 3.34 140 1991 - 2023
Russia 3.34 141 1991 - 2023
Madagascar 3.32 142 1991 - 2023
Hong Kong 3.2 143 1991 - 2023
North Korea 3.16 144 1991 - 2023
Iceland 3.15 145 1991 - 2023
Senegal 3.13 146 1991 - 2023
Indonesia 3.12 147 1991 - 2023
El Salvador 3.06 148 1991 - 2023
Czechia 3.05 149 1991 - 2023
Ivory Coast 3.02 150 1991 - 2023
Malta 2.95 151 1991 - 2023
Tonga 2.95 152 1991 - 2023
Belarus 2.91 153 1991 - 2023
Mali 2.89 154 1991 - 2023
Poland 2.89 155 1991 - 2023
Mexico 2.86 156 1991 - 2023
Germany 2.81 157 1991 - 2023
G.-Bissau 2.72 158 1991 - 2023
South Korea 2.69 159 1991 - 2023
Turkmenistan 2.54 160 1991 - 2023
Philippines 2.52 161 1991 - 2023
Japan 2.34 162 1991 - 2023
Liberia 2.26 163 1991 - 2023
Papua N.G. 2.16 164 1991 - 2023
Sierra Leone 2.14 165 1991 - 2023
Macao 1.97 166 1991 - 2023
Togo 1.81 167 1991 - 2023
Benin 1.73 168 1991 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 1.59 169 1991 - 2023
Vietnam 1.47 170 1991 - 2023
Moldova 1.18 171 1991 - 2023
Thailand 1.03 172 1991 - 2023
Laos 0.87 173 1991 - 2023
Burundi 0.82 174 1991 - 2023
Chad 0.74 175 1991 - 2023
Niger 0.47 176 1991 - 2023
Qatar 0.39 177 1991 - 2023
Cambodia 0.27 178 1991 - 2023



Definition: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

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1. Swaziland
2. Djibouti
3. South Africa
4. Iraq
5. Yemen
6. Gabon
7. Afghanistan
8. Botswana
9. Jordan
10. Syria
11. Libya
12. Somalia
13. S.T.&Principe
14. R. of Congo
15. Algeria
16. Tunisia
17. Sudan
18. Lesotho
19. Namibia
20. Egypt
21. Haiti
22. St. Vincent & ...
23. Rwanda
24. Iran
25. Mauritania
26. Samoa
27. Angola
28. Lebanon
29. Montenegro
30. Greece
31. Guyana
32. Spain
33. Saudi Arabia
34. Belize
35. Bosnia & Herz.
36. Nepal
37. Saint Lucia
38. Turkey
39. N. Caledonia
40. Colombia
41. North Macedonia
42. Cape Verde
43. Albania
44. Suriname
45. Morocco
46. Georgia
47. Costa Rica
48. Sri Lanka
49. Eq. Guinea
50. Brazil
51. Uruguay
52. Chile
53. Bahamas
54. Serbia
55. Honduras
56. Zimbabwe
57. Italy
58. Panama
59. Domin. Rep.
60. Mauritius
61. Sweden
62. UA Emirates
63. Bhutan
64. Pakistan
65. Kenya
66. Bangladesh
67. Paraguay
68. C.A. Republic
69. France
70. Barbados
71. Portugal
72. Argentina
73. Eritrea
74. Uzbekistan
75. Croatia
76. Comoros
77. Estonia
78. Azerbaijan
79. Lithuania
80. Vanuatu
81. Finland
82. Zambia
83. Armenia
84. Venezuela
85. Brunei
86. Malawi
87. Slovakia
88. Cyprus
89. Gambia
90. Jamaica
91. Burkina Faso
92. Kuwait
93. Peru
94. Fiji
95. Tajikistan
96. Kazakhstan
97. Latvia
98. Luxembourg
99. Guinea
100. Denmark
101. Mongolia
102. Canada
103. Romania
104. Belgium
105. Austria
106. Nicaragua
107. Oman
108. Puerto Rico
109. Tr.&Tobago
110. Ethiopia
111. Kyrgyzstan
112. Ireland
113. Switzerland
114. Nigeria
115. Cameroon
116. Guatemala
117. Bulgaria
118. Hungary
119. Ecuador
120. China
121. India
122. Malaysia
123. New Zealand
124. UK
125. Mozambique
126. Bahrain
127. Netherlands
128. Singapore
129. DR Congo
130. Slovenia
131. Bolivia
132. Maldives
133. Australia
134. Tanzania
135. Norway
136. USA
137. Ghana
138. Burma
139. Uganda
140. Israel
141. Russia
142. Madagascar
143. Hong Kong
144. North Korea
145. Iceland
146. Senegal
147. Indonesia
148. El Salvador
149. Czechia
150. Ivory Coast
151. Malta
152. Tonga
153. Belarus
154. Mali
155. Poland
156. Mexico
157. Germany
158. G.-Bissau
159. South Korea
160. Turkmenistan
161. Philippines
162. Japan
163. Liberia
164. Papua N.G.
165. Sierra Leone
166. Macao
167. Togo
168. Benin
169. Solomon Isl.
170. Vietnam
171. Moldova
172. Thailand
173. Laos
174. Burundi
175. Chad
176. Niger
177. Qatar
178. Cambodia
39.35
36.15
29.87
29.77
29.49
29.04
27.29
27.01
26.59
25.25
24.70
24.69
22.05
21.38
20.74
20.54
18.73
18.65
18.22
17.94
17.78
16.67
16.45
15.80
15.24
15.03
14.75
14.73
14.70
14.16
14.00
13.89
13.07
12.69
12.45
12.25
12.17
12.14
11.91
11.86
11.72
11.43
11.42
10.82
10.73
10.20
10.17
9.95
9.80
9.69
9.48
9.37
9.23
8.98
8.91
8.82
8.72
8.69
8.50
8.14
7.84
7.78
7.62
7.59
7.57
7.53
7.31
7.19
7.17
6.93
6.86
6.80
6.71
6.64
6.61
6.60
6.58
6.50
6.47
6.45
6.42
6.22
6.06
6.03
5.99
5.98
5.95
5.87
5.76
5.74
5.71
5.71
5.61
5.54
5.49
5.48
5.44
5.44
5.36
5.30
5.27
5.19
5.12
5.01
4.98
4.93
4.84
4.81
4.81
4.69
4.30
4.28
4.26
4.24
4.19
4.19
4.18
4.15
4.13
4.06
4.06
4.03
3.96
3.83
3.81
3.80
3.74
3.70
3.68
3.66
3.63
3.62
3.56
3.54
3.47
3.45
3.43
3.41
3.39
3.34
3.34
3.32
3.20
3.16
3.15
3.13
3.12
3.06
3.05
3.02
2.95
2.95
2.91
2.89
2.89
2.86
2.81
2.72
2.69
2.54
2.52
2.34
2.26
2.16
2.14
1.97
1.81
1.73
1.59
1.47
1.18
1.03
0.87
0.82
0.74
0.47
0.39
0.27
0
9.8
19.7
29.5
39.35


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