Female unemployment - Country rankings
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Unemployment rate for females, 2023:
The average for 2023 based on 177 countries was 8.15 percent. The highest value was in Swaziland: 36.7 percent and the lowest value was in Cambodia: 0.25 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2024. 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 | 36.7 | 1 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Djibouti | 35.92 | 2 | 1991 - 2024 |
| South Africa | 34.53 | 3 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Iraq | 29.85 | 4 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Yemen | 29.46 | 5 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Gabon | 28.88 | 6 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Botswana | 27.07 | 7 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Afghanistan | 26.57 | 8 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Jordan | 26.57 | 9 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Libya | 25 | 10 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Syria | 24.91 | 11 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Somalia | 24.56 | 12 | 1991 - 2024 |
| R. of Congo | 21.22 | 13 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Algeria | 21.14 | 14 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Tunisia | 20.45 | 15 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Lesotho | 18.67 | 16 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Egypt | 18.23 | 17 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Namibia | 18.12 | 18 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Haiti | 17.72 | 19 | 1991 - 2024 |
| St. Vincent & ... | 16.57 | 20 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Iran | 15.79 | 21 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Mauritania | 15.14 | 22 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Lebanon | 14.75 | 23 | 1991 - 2023 |
| Angola | 14.67 | 24 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Rwanda | 14.36 | 25 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Greece | 14.29 | 26 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Spain | 13.88 | 27 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Guyana | 13.46 | 28 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Montenegro | 12.82 | 29 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Bosnia & Herz. | 12.78 | 30 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Turkey | 12.72 | 31 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Belize | 12.69 | 32 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Armenia | 12.54 | 33 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Saudi Arabia | 12.32 | 34 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Saint Lucia | 12.19 | 35 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Nepal | 12.18 | 36 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Colombia | 11.88 | 37 | 1991 - 2024 |
| N. Caledonia | 11.63 | 38 | 1991 - 2024 |
| North Macedonia | 11.43 | 39 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Cape Verde | 11.38 | 40 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Oman | 11.21 | 41 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Suriname | 10.73 | 42 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Morocco | 10.7 | 43 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Tajikistan | 10.46 | 44 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Albania | 10.38 | 45 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Costa Rica | 10.21 | 46 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Georgia | 10.15 | 47 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Brazil | 9.7 | 48 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Uruguay | 9.44 | 49 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Sri Lanka | 9.4 | 50 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Eq. Guinea | 9.38 | 51 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Chile | 9.36 | 52 | 1991 - 2024 |
| S.T.&Principe | 9.18 | 53 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Honduras | 8.83 | 54 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Zimbabwe | 8.82 | 55 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Italy | 8.76 | 56 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Serbia | 8.65 | 57 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Panama | 8.54 | 58 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Domin. Rep. | 8.44 | 59 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Bahamas | 8.21 | 60 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Sweden | 7.87 | 61 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Samoa | 7.68 | 62 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Mauritius | 7.59 | 63 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Kenya | 7.55 | 64 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Paraguay | 7.34 | 65 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Pakistan | 7.26 | 66 | 1991 - 2024 |
| France | 7.2 | 67 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Portugal | 6.89 | 68 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Barbados | 6.87 | 69 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Argentina | 6.79 | 70 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Estonia | 6.64 | 71 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Croatia | 6.62 | 72 | 1991 - 2024 |
| C.A. Republic | 6.59 | 73 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Uzbekistan | 6.59 | 74 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Azerbaijan | 6.5 | 75 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Finland | 6.41 | 76 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Lithuania | 6.37 | 77 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Vanuatu | 6.37 | 78 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Eritrea | 6.3 | 79 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Zambia | 6.21 | 80 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Cyprus | 6.17 | 81 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 82 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Kuwait | 5.95 | 83 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Malawi | 5.95 | 84 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Brunei | 5.94 | 85 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Slovakia | 5.93 | 86 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Peru | 5.8 | 87 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Gambia | 5.78 | 88 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Burkina Faso | 5.77 | 89 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Jamaica | 5.7 | 90 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Fiji | 5.53 | 91 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Kazakhstan | 5.45 | 92 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Luxembourg | 5.44 | 93 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Latvia | 5.34 | 94 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Guinea | 5.29 | 95 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Denmark | 5.27 | 96 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Canada | 5.26 | 97 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Romania | 5.12 | 98 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Belgium | 5.05 | 99 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Austria | 5.03 | 100 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Nicaragua | 4.85 | 101 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Tr.&Tobago | 4.8 | 102 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Bangladesh | 4.76 | 103 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Ethiopia | 4.7 | 104 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Puerto Rico | 4.64 | 105 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Mongolia | 4.62 | 106 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Comoros | 4.43 | 107 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Ecuador | 4.35 | 108 | 1991 - 2024 |
| UA Emirates | 4.3 | 109 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Switzerland | 4.28 | 110 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4.27 | 111 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Bhutan | 4.24 | 112 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Bulgaria | 4.22 | 113 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Ireland | 4.21 | 114 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Cameroon | 4.18 | 115 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Hungary | 4.15 | 116 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Nigeria | 4.11 | 117 | 1991 - 2024 |
| China | 4.06 | 118 | 1991 - 2024 |
| India | 4.06 | 119 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Malaysia | 4.05 | 120 | 1991 - 2024 |
| New Zealand | 3.97 | 121 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Bahrain | 3.82 | 122 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Mozambique | 3.78 | 123 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Netherlands | 3.74 | 124 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Singapore | 3.71 | 125 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Slovenia | 3.71 | 126 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Burma | 3.68 | 127 | 1991 - 2024 |
| UK | 3.66 | 128 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Maldives | 3.65 | 129 | 1991 - 2024 |
| DR Congo | 3.62 | 130 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Australia | 3.57 | 131 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Tanzania | 3.5 | 132 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Israel | 3.48 | 133 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Norway | 3.45 | 134 | 1991 - 2024 |
| USA | 3.45 | 135 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Bolivia | 3.43 | 136 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Ghana | 3.4 | 137 | 1991 - 2024 |
| El Salvador | 3.37 | 138 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Uganda | 3.36 | 139 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Senegal | 3.34 | 140 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Madagascar | 3.33 | 141 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Russia | 3.19 | 142 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Iceland | 3.1 | 143 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Indonesia | 3.08 | 144 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Mali | 3.08 | 145 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Czechia | 3.04 | 146 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Guatemala | 3.01 | 147 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Malta | 2.94 | 148 | 1991 - 2024 |
| North Korea | 2.93 | 149 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Tonga | 2.86 | 150 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Germany | 2.84 | 151 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Mexico | 2.8 | 152 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Poland | 2.79 | 153 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Belarus | 2.77 | 154 | 1991 - 2024 |
| South Korea | 2.72 | 155 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Turkmenistan | 2.54 | 156 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Ivory Coast | 2.53 | 157 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Philippines | 2.5 | 158 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Hong Kong | 2.42 | 159 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Japan | 2.32 | 160 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Liberia | 2.24 | 161 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Papua N.G. | 2.17 | 162 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Sierra Leone | 2.12 | 163 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Togo | 2.1 | 164 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Macao | 1.96 | 165 | 1991 - 2024 |
| G.-Bissau | 1.82 | 166 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Solomon Isl. | 1.51 | 167 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Vietnam | 1.51 | 168 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Benin | 1.46 | 169 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Moldova | 1.21 | 170 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Laos | 0.87 | 171 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Burundi | 0.82 | 172 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Thailand | 0.81 | 173 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Chad | 0.73 | 174 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Qatar | 0.38 | 175 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Niger | 0.3 | 176 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Cambodia | 0.25 | 177 | 1991 - 2024 |
Definition: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
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