Female Unemployment (%) by Country
As of 2022, West Bank and Gaza leads globally in female unemployment (%) at 40.0%, followed by Eswatini, Djibouti, South Africa. At the lower end, Cambodia, Niger, Qatar rank among the lowest. The global median is 5.8% (Peru). This indicator falls under the "Labor" category and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Data is available for 187 countries.
All Countries Ranked
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| # | Country | Female Unemployment (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  West Bank and Gaza | 40.0% | 2022 |
| 2 |  Eswatini | 36.0% | 2025 |
| 3 |  Djibouti | 35.4% | 2025 |
| 4 |  South Africa | 34.0% | 2025 |
| 5 |  Yemen | 30.3% | 2025 |
| 6 |  Iraq | 30.1% | 2025 |
| 7 |  Gabon | 28.6% | 2025 |
| 8 |  Botswana | 27.9% | 2025 |
| 9 |  Syria | 26.1% | 2025 |
| 10 |  Libya | 25.2% | 2025 |
| 11 |  Afghanistan | 25.0% | 2025 |
| 12 |  Somalia | 24.6% | 2025 |
| 13 |  Jordan | 23.3% | 2025 |
| 14 |  Republic of the Congo | 21.1% | 2025 |
| 15 |  Algeria | 20.6% | 2025 |
| 16 |  Tunisia | 20.4% | 2025 |
| 17 |  Lesotho | 18.4% | 2025 |
| 18 |  Namibia | 18.4% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Haiti | 18.0% | 2025 |
| 20 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 16.0% | 2025 |
| 21 |  Iran | 15.6% | 2025 |
| 22 |  Egypt | 15.3% | 2025 |
| 23 |  Mauritania | 14.7% | 2025 |
| 24 |  Lebanon | 14.5% | 2023 |
| 25 |  Angola | 14.3% | 2025 |
| 26 |  Montenegro | 14.2% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Sudan | 14.0% | 2022 |
| 28 |  Armenia | 13.8% | 2025 |
| 29 |  South Sudan | 13.6% | 2023 |
| 30 |  Belize | 13.5% | 2025 |
| 31 |  Guyana | 13.4% | 2025 |
| 32 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.3% | 2025 |
| 33 |  Rwanda | 12.8% | 2025 |
| 34 |  French Polynesia | 12.5% | 2025 |
| 35 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 12.2% | 2025 |
| 36 |  New Caledonia | 12.1% | 2025 |
| 37 |  Spain | 11.9% | 2025 |
| 38 |  Nepal | 11.8% | 2025 |
| 39 |  Türkiye | 11.6% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Cabo Verde | 11.4% | 2025 |
| 41 |  Greece | 11.3% | 2025 |
| 42 |  Albania | 11.2% | 2025 |
| 43 |  Oman | 11.1% | 2025 |
| 44 |  North Macedonia | 11.1% | 2025 |
| 45 |  Suriname | 10.8% | 2025 |
| 46 |  St. Lucia | 10.7% | 2025 |
| 47 |  Georgia | 10.7% | 2025 |
| 48 |  Morocco | 10.6% | 2025 |
| 49 |  Colombia | 10.5% | 2025 |
| 50 |  Panama | 10.4% | 2025 |
| 51 |  Ukraine | 10.2% | 2021 |
| 52 |  Saudi Arabia | 9.7% | 2025 |
| 53 |  Chile | 9.6% | 2025 |
| 54 |  Zimbabwe | 9.4% | 2025 |
| 55 |  Equatorial Guinea | 9.3% | 2025 |
| 56 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 9.3% | 2025 |
| 57 |  Bahamas | 9.2% | 2025 |
| 58 |  Finland | 8.9% | 2025 |
| 59 |  Uruguay | 8.7% | 2025 |
| 60 |  Sweden | 8.6% | 2025 |
| 61 |  Argentina | 8.1% | 2025 |
| 62 |  Estonia | 8.0% | 2025 |
| 63 |  Costa Rica | 7.8% | 2025 |
| 64 |  Dominican Republic | 7.7% | 2025 |
| 65 |  Mauritius | 7.6% | 2025 |
| 66 |  France | 7.5% | 2025 |
| 67 |  Serbia | 7.5% | 2025 |
| 68 |  Brazil | 7.3% | 2025 |
| 69 |  Italy | 7.3% | 2025 |
| 70 |  Samoa | 7.3% | 2025 |
| 71 |  Mozambique | 7.2% | 2025 |
| 72 |  Central African Republic | 7.0% | 2025 |
| 73 |  Barbados | 7.0% | 2025 |
| 74 |  Pakistan | 6.9% | 2025 |
| 75 |  Fiji | 6.9% | 2025 |
| 76 |  Kenya | 6.7% | 2025 |
| 77 |  Eritrea | 6.7% | 2025 |
| 78 |  Uzbekistan | 6.6% | 2025 |
| 79 |  Canada | 6.6% | 2025 |
| 80 |  Portugal | 6.5% | 2025 |
| 81 |  Sri Lanka | 6.5% | 2025 |
| 82 |  Luxembourg | 6.5% | 2025 |
| 83 | Channel Islands | 6.5% | 2025 |
| 84 |  Honduras | 6.4% | 2025 |
| 85 |  Lithuania | 6.3% | 2025 |
| 86 |  Azerbaijan | 6.3% | 2025 |
| 87 |  Vanuatu | 6.2% | 2025 |
| 88 |  Zambia | 6.2% | 2025 |
| 89 |  The Gambia | 6.1% | 2025 |
| 90 |  Paraguay | 6.1% | 2025 |
| 91 |  Kuwait | 6.0% | 2025 |
| 92 |  Malawi | 6.0% | 2025 |
| 93 |  Venezuela | 5.8% | 2025 |
| 94 |  Peru | 5.8% | 2025 |
| 95 |  Slovakia | 5.8% | 2025 |
| 96 |  Denmark | 5.7% | 2025 |
| 97 |  Belgium | 5.6% | 2025 |
| 98 |  Romania | 5.6% | 2025 |
| 99 |  Latvia | 5.5% | 2025 |
| 100 |  Kazakhstan | 5.5% | 2025 |
| 101 |  Cyprus | 5.5% | 2025 |
| 102 |  Guam | 5.4% | 2025 |
| 103 |  New Zealand | 5.3% | 2025 |
| 104 |  Brunei | 5.3% | 2025 |
| 105 |  Austria | 5.2% | 2025 |
| 106 |  Nicaragua | 5.2% | 2025 |
| 107 |  Croatia | 5.1% | 2025 |
| 108 |  Puerto Rico | 5.1% | 2025 |
| 109 |  Switzerland | 5.0% | 2025 |
| 110 |  Guinea | 5.0% | 2025 |
| 111 |  Ethiopia | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 112 |  Ireland | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 113 |  Mongolia | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 114 |  United Kingdom | 4.4% | 2025 |
| 115 |  Comoros | 4.4% | 2025 |
| 116 |  Hungary | 4.4% | 2025 |
| 117 |  Norway | 4.3% | 2025 |
| 118 |  Jamaica | 4.3% | 2025 |
| 119 |  Burkina Faso | 4.3% | 2025 |
| 120 |  United Arab Emirates | 4.2% | 2025 |
| 121 |  United States | 4.2% | 2025 |
| 122 |  Cameroon | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 123 |  India | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 124 |  Ecuador | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 125 |  Bhutan | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 126 |  Netherlands | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 127 |  Maldives | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 128 |  Australia | 4.0% | 2025 |
| 129 |  China | 4.0% | 2025 |
| 130 |  Tajikistan | 4.0% | 2025 |
| 131 |  Kyrgyzstan | 4.0% | 2025 |
| 132 |  Nigeria | 3.9% | 2025 |
| 133 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 3.9% | 2025 |
| 134 |  Malaysia | 3.9% | 2025 |
| 135 |  Bangladesh | 3.7% | 2025 |
| 136 |  North Korea | 3.7% | 2025 |
| 137 |  Bahrain | 3.6% | 2025 |
| 138 |  El Salvador | 3.6% | 2025 |
| 139 |  DR Congo | 3.5% | 2025 |
| 140 |  Myanmar | 3.5% | 2025 |
| 141 |  Germany | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 142 |  Slovenia | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 143 |  Israel | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 144 |  Iceland | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 145 |  Madagascar | 3.3% | 2025 |
| 146 |  Czechia | 3.3% | 2025 |
| 147 |  Bolivia | 3.3% | 2025 |
| 148 |  Uganda | 3.3% | 2025 |
| 149 |  Bulgaria | 3.3% | 2025 |
| 150 |  Guatemala | 3.3% | 2025 |
| 151 |  Ghana | 3.2% | 2025 |
| 152 |  Poland | 3.1% | 2025 |
| 153 |  Senegal | 3.1% | 2025 |
| 154 |  Indonesia | 3.0% | 2025 |
| 155 |  Mali | 3.0% | 2025 |
| 156 |  Singapore | 2.9% | 2025 |
| 157 |  Malta | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 158 |  Mexico | 2.7% | 2025 |
| 159 |  South Korea | 2.7% | 2025 |
| 160 |  Belarus | 2.7% | 2025 |
| 161 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 2.6% | 2025 |
| 162 |  Tonga | 2.5% | 2025 |
| 163 |  Turkmenistan | 2.5% | 2025 |
| 164 |  Philippines | 2.5% | 2025 |
| 165 |  Japan | 2.3% | 2025 |
| 166 |  Hong Kong | 2.3% | 2025 |
| 167 |  Tanzania | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 168 |  Liberia | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 169 |  Russia | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 170 |  Sierra Leone | 2.1% | 2025 |
| 171 |  Papua New Guinea | 2.1% | 2025 |
| 172 |  Macao | 2.1% | 2025 |
| 173 |  Togo | 2.0% | 2025 |
| 174 |  Guinea-Bissau | 1.9% | 2025 |
| 175 |  Cuba | 1.9% | 2025 |
| 176 |  Timor-Leste | 1.6% | 2025 |
| 177 |  Solomon Islands | 1.4% | 2025 |
| 178 |  Benin | 1.4% | 2025 |
| 179 |  Vietnam | 1.4% | 2025 |
| 180 |  Moldova | 1.2% | 2025 |
| 181 |  Laos | 0.9% | 2025 |
| 182 |  Thailand | 0.8% | 2025 |
| 183 |  Burundi | 0.8% | 2025 |
| 184 |  Chad | 0.7% | 2025 |
| 185 |  Qatar | 0.4% | 2025 |
| 186 |  Niger | 0.3% | 2025 |
| 187 |  Cambodia | 0.2% | 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest female unemployment (%) in 2022?
West Bank and Gaza ranks #1 with female unemployment (%) of 40.0% as of 2022, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest female unemployment (%)?
Cambodia ranks last (#187) with 0.2% as of 2022.
What is the global median for female unemployment (%)?
The median value is 5.8% (Peru, ranked #94 out of 187 countries).
How many countries report data for female unemployment (%)?
187 countries have available data for female unemployment (%). Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does female unemployment (%) belong to?
Female Unemployment (%) is classified under the "Labor" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.