Unemployment rate forecast - Country rankings
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Unemployment rate forecast, 2022 - Country rankings:
The average for 2022 based on 99 countries was 7.86 percent.The highest value was in South Africa: 30.76 percent and the lowest value was in Thailand: 1 percent. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2026. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: International Monetary Fund
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30.76
29.69
22.67
18.81
17.25
16.80
16.37
15.82
15.21
14.86
14.00
13.97
13.24
13.00
12.69
12.29
11.75
11.60
11.50
10.97
10.91
9.70
9.44
9.40
9.34
9.20
9.16
9.11
9.07
8.96
8.50
8.39
8.38
8.24
8.20
7.89
7.60
7.57
7.52
7.25
6.99
6.82
6.70
6.70
6.61
6.56
6.52
6.50
6.47
6.42
6.39
6.25
6.14
6.08
5.95
5.81
5.80
5.75
5.69
5.51
5.50
5.50
5.30
5.04
5.00
4.98
4.98
4.93
4.90
4.90
4.80
4.70
4.60
4.54
4.43
4.40
4.38
4.26
4.23
4.10
4.10
4.00
4.00
3.80
3.80
3.74
3.60
3.60
3.50
3.40
3.33
3.20
3.00
3.00
2.50
2.40
2.38
2.05
1.00
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7.7
15.4
23.1
30.76
Definition: The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed persons as a percentage of the labor force (the total number of people employed plus unemployed). The series includes actual historical values for past years and forecast values for the current and the next few years.
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