Male unemployment - Country rankings
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Unemployment rate for males, 2025:
The average for 2025 based on 176 countries was 6.24 percent. The highest value was in Swaziland: 32.46 percent and the lowest value was in Qatar: 0.07 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2025. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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| Countries | Male unemployment, 2025 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swaziland | 32.46 | 1 | 1991 - 2025 |
| South Africa | 30.99 | 2 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Djibouti | 21.78 | 3 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Botswana | 21.49 | 4 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Namibia | 20.12 | 5 | 1991 - 2025 |
| St. Vincent & ... | 19.53 | 6 | 1991 - 2025 |
| R. of Congo | 18.69 | 7 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Somalia | 16.43 | 8 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Yemen | 16.34 | 9 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Libya | 15.45 | 10 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Jordan | 14.9 | 11 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Lesotho | 14.65 | 12 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Gabon | 14.54 | 13 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Angola | 13.96 | 14 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Georgia | 13.43 | 15 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Iraq | 13.25 | 16 | 1991 - 2025 |
| North Macedonia | 13.1 | 17 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Montenegro | 12.99 | 18 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Tunisia | 12.83 | 19 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Afghanistan | 12.5 | 20 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Cape Verde | 12.37 | 21 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Haiti | 12.26 | 22 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Armenia | 12.08 | 23 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Syria | 10.94 | 24 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Guyana | 10.75 | 25 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Albania | 10.71 | 26 | 1991 - 2025 |
| N. Caledonia | 10.39 | 27 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Rwanda | 10.07 | 28 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Finland | 10.01 | 29 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Algeria | 9.79 | 30 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Nepal | 9.65 | 31 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Bosnia & Herz. | 9.4 | 32 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Bahamas | 9.25 | 33 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Zimbabwe | 9.21 | 34 | 1991 - 2025 |
| S.T.&Principe | 8.99 | 35 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Spain | 8.98 | 36 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Sweden | 8.78 | 37 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Estonia | 8.59 | 38 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Morocco | 8.53 | 39 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Chile | 8.49 | 40 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Saint Lucia | 8.35 | 41 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Tajikistan | 8.16 | 42 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Mauritania | 8.1 | 43 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Eq. Guinea | 7.7 | 44 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Latvia | 7.61 | 45 | 1991 - 2025 |
| France | 7.55 | 46 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Canada | 7.22 | 47 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Lithuania | 7.1 | 48 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Gambia | 6.9 | 49 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Panama | 6.88 | 50 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Turkey | 6.88 | 51 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Iran | 6.82 | 52 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Serbia | 6.79 | 53 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Puerto Rico | 6.78 | 54 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Colombia | 6.71 | 55 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Uruguay | 6.55 | 56 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Argentina | 6.4 | 57 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Romania | 6.31 | 58 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Greece | 6.29 | 59 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Luxembourg | 6.24 | 60 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Costa Rica | 6.2 | 61 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Belgium | 6.15 | 62 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Barbados | 6.1 | 63 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Mozambique | 6.04 | 64 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Austria | 5.94 | 65 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Belize | 5.89 | 66 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Turkmenistan | 5.86 | 67 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Mongolia | 5.81 | 68 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Portugal | 5.8 | 69 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Zambia | 5.71 | 70 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Italy | 5.7 | 71 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Suriname | 5.65 | 72 | 1991 - 2025 |
| C.A. Republic | 5.55 | 73 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Denmark | 5.36 | 74 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Eritrea | 5.3 | 75 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Brunei | 5.28 | 76 | 1991 - 2025 |
| DR Congo | 5.28 | 77 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Guinea | 5.25 | 78 | 1991 - 2025 |
| China | 5.12 | 79 | 1991 - 2025 |
| UK | 5.06 | 80 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 81 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Slovakia | 4.99 | 82 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Pakistan | 4.97 | 83 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Nicaragua | 4.96 | 84 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Brazil | 4.93 | 85 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Norway | 4.9 | 86 | 1991 - 2025 |
| New Zealand | 4.89 | 87 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Croatia | 4.88 | 88 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Ireland | 4.73 | 89 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Switzerland | 4.72 | 90 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Azerbaijan | 4.65 | 91 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Maldives | 4.65 | 92 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Hungary | 4.63 | 93 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Peru | 4.57 | 94 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Egypt | 4.56 | 95 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Fiji | 4.55 | 96 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Cyprus | 4.47 | 97 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Kenya | 4.28 | 98 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Mauritius | 4.28 | 99 | 1991 - 2025 |
| India | 4.25 | 100 | 1991 - 2025 |
| USA | 4.21 | 101 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Malawi | 4.2 | 102 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Sierra Leone | 4.14 | 103 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Australia | 4.13 | 104 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Kazakhstan | 4.13 | 105 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Honduras | 4.12 | 106 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Vanuatu | 4.08 | 107 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Belarus | 4.06 | 108 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Germany | 3.98 | 109 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Iceland | 3.86 | 110 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Paraguay | 3.86 | 111 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Bangladesh | 3.83 | 112 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Bulgaria | 3.75 | 113 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Malaysia | 3.7 | 114 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Netherlands | 3.69 | 115 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Samoa | 3.68 | 116 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Israel | 3.6 | 117 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Uzbekistan | 3.5 | 118 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Liberia | 3.49 | 119 | 1991 - 2025 |
| North Korea | 3.44 | 120 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Comoros | 3.39 | 121 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Indonesia | 3.38 | 122 | 1991 - 2025 |
| G.-Bissau | 3.37 | 123 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Hong Kong | 3.35 | 124 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3.22 | 125 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Domin. Rep. | 3.2 | 126 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Cameroon | 3.18 | 127 | 1991 - 2025 |
| El Salvador | 3.11 | 128 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Papua N.G. | 3.01 | 129 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Slovenia | 2.98 | 130 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Malta | 2.95 | 131 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Tr.&Tobago | 2.93 | 132 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Poland | 2.83 | 133 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Burkina Faso | 2.8 | 134 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Madagascar | 2.79 | 135 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Singapore | 2.78 | 136 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Ecuador | 2.76 | 137 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Ghana | 2.76 | 138 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Sri Lanka | 2.76 | 139 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Burma | 2.75 | 140 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Mali | 2.71 | 141 | 1991 - 2025 |
| South Korea | 2.68 | 142 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Bolivia | 2.67 | 143 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Macao | 2.65 | 144 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Bhutan | 2.64 | 145 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Mexico | 2.64 | 146 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Japan | 2.58 | 147 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Senegal | 2.52 | 148 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Jamaica | 2.43 | 149 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Czechia | 2.42 | 150 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Ethiopia | 2.41 | 151 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Nigeria | 2.3 | 152 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Guatemala | 2.28 | 153 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Uganda | 2.24 | 154 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Ivory Coast | 2.09 | 155 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Philippines | 2.06 | 156 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Russia | 2.06 | 157 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Togo | 1.96 | 158 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Oman | 1.88 | 159 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Moldova | 1.85 | 160 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Benin | 1.79 | 161 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Vietnam | 1.68 | 162 | 1991 - 2025 |
| UA Emirates | 1.58 | 163 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Tonga | 1.54 | 164 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1.49 | 165 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Solomon Isl. | 1.44 | 166 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Laos | 1.43 | 167 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Chad | 1.3 | 168 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Burundi | 1.04 | 169 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Kuwait | 0.99 | 170 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Tanzania | 0.95 | 171 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Thailand | 0.75 | 172 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Niger | 0.47 | 173 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Bahrain | 0.42 | 174 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Cambodia | 0.29 | 175 | 1991 - 2025 |
| Qatar | 0.07 | 176 | 1991 - 2025 |
Definition: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
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