Unemployment rate forecast - Country rankings

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Unemployment rate forecast, 2020 - Country rankings:

The average for 2020 based on 100 countries was 9.47 percent.The highest value was in South Africa: 35.31 percent and the lowest value was in Thailand: 1.1 percent. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: International Monetary Fund

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1. South Africa

2. Sudan

3. Greece

4. Spain

5. Macedonia

6. Armenia

7. Belize

8. Bosnia & Herz.

9. Turkey

10. Mauritius

11. Iran

12. Bahamas

13. Algeria

14. Brazil

15. Portugal

16. Barbados

17. Serbia

18. Fiji

19. Norway

20. Puerto Rico

21. Italy

22. Costa Rica

23. Morocco

24. Colombia

25. Ireland

26. Israel

27. Albania

28. Croatia

29. Nicaragua

30. Argentina

31. Uruguay

32. France

33. USA

34. San Marino

35. Egypt

36. Romania

37. Sweden

38. Ukraine

39. Poland

40. Chile

41. Suriname

42. Brunei

43. New Zealand

44. Domin. Rep.

45. Slovenia

46. Lithuania

47. Cyprus

48. Panama

49. Cape Verde

50. Finland

51. Honduras

52. Slovakia

53. Bolivia

54. Bulgaria

55. Iceland

56. Latvia

57. El Salvador

58. Kazakhstan

59. Luxembourg

60. Australia

61. Aruba

62. Czech Rep.

63. Indonesia

64. Canada

65. Belgium

66. Peru

67. Paraguay

68. Kyrgyzstan

69. Denmark

70. Netherlands

71. Ecuador

72. Mongolia

73. Sri Lanka

74. Philippines

75. Estonia

76. Austria

77. Hungary

78. Mexico

79. Tr.&Tobago

80. Malta

81. Azerbaijan

82. Russia

83. Malaysia

84. UK

85. Bahrain

86. Pakistan

87. South Korea

88. Hong Kong

89. Taiwan

90. China

91. Burma

92. Germany

93. Moldova

94. Japan

95. Seychelles

96. Switzerland

97. Singapore

98. Belarus

99. Macao

100. Thailand

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).

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