Unemployment rate forecast - Country rankings

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Unemployment rate forecast, 2021 - Country rankings:

The average for 2021 based on 99 countries was 8.62 percent.The highest value was in South Africa: 36.5 percent and the lowest value was in Thailand: 1 percent. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2024. 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. Armenia

4. Belize

5. Bahamas

6. Costa Rica

7. Greece

8. Macedonia

9. Bosnia & Herz.

10. Spain

11. Colombia

12. Algeria

13. Brazil

14. Serbia

15. Barbados

16. Turkey

17. Iran

18. Italy

19. Albania

20. Puerto Rico

21. Nicaragua

22. Mauritius

23. Suriname

24. Mongolia

25. Aruba

26. Morocco

27. Croatia

28. Chile

29. France

30. Argentina

31. Panama

32. Egypt

33. Ukraine

34. El Salvador

35. Sweden

36. Uruguay

37. Peru

38. Finland

39. Cape Verde

40. San Marino

41. Latvia

42. Domin. Rep.

43. Canada

44. Australia

45. Portugal

46. Belgium

47. Lithuania

48. Philippines

49. UK

50. USA

51. Slovakia

52. Cyprus

53. Iceland

54. Luxembourg

55. Sri Lanka

56. New Zealand

57. Brunei

58. Indonesia

59. Kyrgyzstan

60. Fiji

61. Ireland

62. Paraguay

63. Estonia

64. Denmark

65. Romania

66. Slovenia

67. Mexico

68. Kazakhstan

69. Azerbaijan

70. Ecuador

71. Israel

72. Austria

73. Moldova

74. Russia

75. Poland

76. Pakistan

77. Honduras

78. Hungary

79. Bulgaria

80. Netherlands

81. Hong Kong

82. Norway

83. Germany

84. Malta

85. South Korea

86. Bolivia

87. Bahrain

88. Taiwan

89. China

90. Switzerland

91. Czech Rep.

92. Malaysia

93. Seychelles

94. Japan

95. Vietnam

96. Singapore

97. Macao

98. Belarus

99. 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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