* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Unemployment rate for males, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 40 countries was 6.11 percent. The highest value was in Montenegro: 15.72 percent and the lowest value was in Moldova: 2.12 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 Male unemployment, 2023 Global rank Available data
Montenegro 15.72 1 1991 - 2023
North Macedonia 14.02 2 1991 - 2023
Albania 11.71 3 1991 - 2023
Spain 10.6 4 1991 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 8.98 5 1991 - 2023
Serbia 8.44 6 1991 - 2023
Greece 8.42 7 1991 - 2023
Turkey 8.05 8 1991 - 2023
Finland 7.84 9 1991 - 2023
Latvia 7.6 10 1991 - 2023
France 7.47 11 1991 - 2023
Lithuania 7.45 12 1991 - 2023
Sweden 7.36 13 1991 - 2023
Italy 6.8 14 1991 - 2023
Portugal 6.13 15 1991 - 2023
Estonia 6.11 16 1991 - 2023
Cyprus 6.05 17 1991 - 2023
Belgium 5.95 18 1991 - 2023
Romania 5.95 19 1991 - 2023
Slovakia 5.74 20 1991 - 2023
Croatia 5.57 21 1991 - 2023
Austria 5.48 22 1991 - 2023
Denmark 5 23 1991 - 2023
Luxembourg 4.97 24 1991 - 2023
Bulgaria 4.4 25 1991 - 2023
Ireland 4.39 26 1991 - 2023
UK 4.26 27 1991 - 2023
Belarus 4.25 28 1991 - 2023
Hungary 4.1 29 1991 - 2023
Iceland 3.91 30 1991 - 2023
Switzerland 3.87 31 1991 - 2023
Norway 3.67 32 1991 - 2023
Slovenia 3.6 33 1991 - 2023
Netherlands 3.4 34 1991 - 2023
Russia 3.31 35 1991 - 2023
Germany 3.26 36 1991 - 2023
Malta 3.25 37 1991 - 2023
Poland 2.92 38 1991 - 2023
Czechia 2.23 39 1991 - 2023
Moldova 2.12 40 1991 - 2023




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