Male Unemployment (%) by Country
As of 2025, Eswatini leads globally in male unemployment (%) at 32.5%, followed by South Africa, Djibouti, Botswana. At the lower end, Qatar, Cambodia, Bahrain rank among the lowest. The global median is 4.9% (Brazil). 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 | Male Unemployment (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eswatini | 32.5% | 2025 |
| 2 |  South Africa | 31.0% | 2025 |
| 3 |  Djibouti | 21.8% | 2025 |
| 4 |  Botswana | 21.5% | 2025 |
| 5 |  West Bank and Gaza | 20.2% | 2022 |
| 6 |  Namibia | 20.1% | 2025 |
| 7 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.5% | 2025 |
| 8 |  Republic of the Congo | 18.7% | 2025 |
| 9 |  Somalia | 16.4% | 2025 |
| 10 |  Yemen | 16.3% | 2025 |
| 11 |  Libya | 15.5% | 2025 |
| 12 |  Jordan | 14.9% | 2025 |
| 13 |  Lesotho | 14.7% | 2025 |
| 14 |  Gabon | 14.5% | 2025 |
| 15 |  Angola | 14.0% | 2025 |
| 16 |  Georgia | 13.4% | 2025 |
| 17 |  Iraq | 13.3% | 2025 |
| 18 |  North Macedonia | 13.1% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Montenegro | 13.0% | 2025 |
| 20 |  Tunisia | 12.8% | 2025 |
| 21 |  Afghanistan | 12.5% | 2025 |
| 22 |  Cabo Verde | 12.4% | 2025 |
| 23 |  Haiti | 12.3% | 2025 |
| 24 |  Armenia | 12.1% | 2025 |
| 25 |  South Sudan | 11.2% | 2023 |
| 26 |  French Polynesia | 11.0% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Syria | 10.9% | 2025 |
| 28 |  Guyana | 10.8% | 2025 |
| 29 |  Albania | 10.7% | 2025 |
| 30 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 10.6% | 2025 |
| 31 |  New Caledonia | 10.4% | 2025 |
| 32 |  Rwanda | 10.1% | 2025 |
| 33 |  Finland | 10.0% | 2025 |
| 34 |  Algeria | 9.8% | 2025 |
| 35 |  Lebanon | 9.7% | 2023 |
| 36 |  Nepal | 9.7% | 2025 |
| 37 |  Ukraine | 9.5% | 2021 |
| 38 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.4% | 2025 |
| 39 |  Bahamas | 9.3% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Zimbabwe | 9.2% | 2025 |
| 41 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 9.0% | 2025 |
| 42 |  Spain | 9.0% | 2025 |
| 43 |  Sweden | 8.8% | 2025 |
| 44 |  Estonia | 8.6% | 2025 |
| 45 |  Morocco | 8.5% | 2025 |
| 46 |  Chile | 8.5% | 2025 |
| 47 |  St. Lucia | 8.4% | 2025 |
| 48 |  Tajikistan | 8.2% | 2025 |
| 49 |  Mauritania | 8.1% | 2025 |
| 50 |  Equatorial Guinea | 7.7% | 2025 |
| 51 |  Latvia | 7.6% | 2025 |
| 52 |  France | 7.5% | 2025 |
| 53 |  Canada | 7.2% | 2025 |
| 54 |  Lithuania | 7.1% | 2025 |
| 55 |  The Gambia | 6.9% | 2025 |
| 56 |  Panama | 6.9% | 2025 |
| 57 |  Türkiye | 6.9% | 2025 |
| 58 |  Iran | 6.8% | 2025 |
| 59 |  Serbia | 6.8% | 2025 |
| 60 |  Puerto Rico | 6.8% | 2025 |
| 61 |  Colombia | 6.7% | 2025 |
| 62 |  Uruguay | 6.6% | 2025 |
| 63 |  Argentina | 6.4% | 2025 |
| 64 |  Romania | 6.3% | 2025 |
| 65 |  Greece | 6.3% | 2025 |
| 66 |  Luxembourg | 6.2% | 2025 |
| 67 |  Costa Rica | 6.2% | 2025 |
| 68 |  Belgium | 6.1% | 2025 |
| 69 |  Barbados | 6.1% | 2025 |
| 70 |  Mozambique | 6.0% | 2025 |
| 71 |  Austria | 5.9% | 2025 |
| 72 |  Sudan | 5.9% | 2022 |
| 73 | Channel Islands | 5.9% | 2025 |
| 74 |  Belize | 5.9% | 2025 |
| 75 |  Turkmenistan | 5.9% | 2025 |
| 76 |  Mongolia | 5.8% | 2025 |
| 77 |  Portugal | 5.8% | 2025 |
| 78 |  Guam | 5.7% | 2025 |
| 79 |  Zambia | 5.7% | 2025 |
| 80 |  Italy | 5.7% | 2025 |
| 81 |  Suriname | 5.7% | 2025 |
| 82 |  Central African Republic | 5.6% | 2025 |
| 83 |  Denmark | 5.4% | 2025 |
| 84 |  Eritrea | 5.3% | 2025 |
| 85 |  DR Congo | 5.3% | 2025 |
| 86 |  Brunei | 5.3% | 2025 |
| 87 |  Guinea | 5.3% | 2025 |
| 88 |  China | 5.1% | 2025 |
| 89 |  United Kingdom | 5.1% | 2025 |
| 90 |  Venezuela | 5.0% | 2025 |
| 91 |  Slovakia | 5.0% | 2025 |
| 92 |  Pakistan | 5.0% | 2025 |
| 93 |  Nicaragua | 5.0% | 2025 |
| 94 |  Brazil | 4.9% | 2025 |
| 95 |  Norway | 4.9% | 2025 |
| 96 |  New Zealand | 4.9% | 2025 |
| 97 |  Croatia | 4.9% | 2025 |
| 98 |  Ireland | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 99 |  Switzerland | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 100 |  Azerbaijan | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 101 |  Maldives | 4.6% | 2025 |
| 102 |  Hungary | 4.6% | 2025 |
| 103 |  Peru | 4.6% | 2025 |
| 104 |  Egypt | 4.6% | 2025 |
| 105 |  Fiji | 4.6% | 2025 |
| 106 |  Cyprus | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 107 |  Kenya | 4.3% | 2025 |
| 108 |  Mauritius | 4.3% | 2025 |
| 109 |  India | 4.2% | 2025 |
| 110 |  United States | 4.2% | 2025 |
| 111 |  Malawi | 4.2% | 2025 |
| 112 |  Sierra Leone | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 113 |  Australia | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 114 |  Kazakhstan | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 115 |  Honduras | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 116 |  Vanuatu | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 117 |  Belarus | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 118 |  Germany | 4.0% | 2025 |
| 119 |  Paraguay | 3.9% | 2025 |
| 120 |  Iceland | 3.9% | 2025 |
| 121 |  Bangladesh | 3.8% | 2025 |
| 122 |  Bulgaria | 3.8% | 2025 |
| 123 |  Malaysia | 3.7% | 2025 |
| 124 |  Netherlands | 3.7% | 2025 |
| 125 |  Samoa | 3.7% | 2025 |
| 126 |  Israel | 3.6% | 2025 |
| 127 |  Uzbekistan | 3.5% | 2025 |
| 128 |  Liberia | 3.5% | 2025 |
| 129 |  North Korea | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 130 |  Comoros | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 131 |  Indonesia | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 132 |  Guinea-Bissau | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 133 |  Hong Kong | 3.3% | 2025 |
| 134 |  Kyrgyzstan | 3.2% | 2025 |
| 135 |  Dominican Republic | 3.2% | 2025 |
| 136 |  Cameroon | 3.2% | 2025 |
| 137 |  El Salvador | 3.1% | 2025 |
| 138 |  Papua New Guinea | 3.0% | 2025 |
| 139 |  Slovenia | 3.0% | 2025 |
| 140 |  Malta | 2.9% | 2025 |
| 141 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2.9% | 2025 |
| 142 |  Poland | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 143 |  Burkina Faso | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 144 |  Madagascar | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 145 |  Singapore | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 146 |  Sri Lanka | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 147 |  Ecuador | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 148 |  Ghana | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 149 |  Myanmar | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 150 |  Mali | 2.7% | 2025 |
| 151 |  South Korea | 2.7% | 2025 |
| 152 |  Bolivia | 2.7% | 2025 |
| 153 |  Macao | 2.7% | 2025 |
| 154 |  Bhutan | 2.6% | 2025 |
| 155 |  Mexico | 2.6% | 2025 |
| 156 |  Japan | 2.6% | 2025 |
| 157 |  Senegal | 2.5% | 2025 |
| 158 |  Jamaica | 2.4% | 2025 |
| 159 |  Czechia | 2.4% | 2025 |
| 160 |  Ethiopia | 2.4% | 2025 |
| 161 |  Nigeria | 2.3% | 2025 |
| 162 |  Guatemala | 2.3% | 2025 |
| 163 |  Uganda | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 164 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 2.1% | 2025 |
| 165 |  Philippines | 2.1% | 2025 |
| 166 |  Russia | 2.1% | 2025 |
| 167 |  Togo | 2.0% | 2025 |
| 168 |  Oman | 1.9% | 2025 |
| 169 |  Moldova | 1.8% | 2025 |
| 170 |  Benin | 1.8% | 2025 |
| 171 |  Vietnam | 1.7% | 2025 |
| 172 |  Cuba | 1.7% | 2025 |
| 173 |  United Arab Emirates | 1.6% | 2025 |
| 174 |  Timor-Leste | 1.6% | 2025 |
| 175 |  Tonga | 1.5% | 2025 |
| 176 |  Saudi Arabia | 1.5% | 2025 |
| 177 |  Solomon Islands | 1.4% | 2025 |
| 178 |  Laos | 1.4% | 2025 |
| 179 |  Chad | 1.3% | 2025 |
| 180 |  Burundi | 1.0% | 2025 |
| 181 |  Kuwait | 1.0% | 2025 |
| 182 |  Tanzania | 0.9% | 2025 |
| 183 |  Thailand | 0.8% | 2025 |
| 184 |  Niger | 0.5% | 2025 |
| 185 |  Bahrain | 0.4% | 2025 |
| 186 |  Cambodia | 0.3% | 2025 |
| 187 |  Qatar | 0.1% | 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest male unemployment (%) in 2025?
Eswatini ranks #1 with male unemployment (%) of 32.5% as of 2025, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest male unemployment (%)?
Qatar ranks last (#187) with 0.1% as of 2025.
What is the global median for male unemployment (%)?
The median value is 4.9% (Brazil, ranked #94 out of 187 countries).
How many countries report data for male unemployment (%)?
187 countries have available data for male unemployment (%). Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does male unemployment (%) belong to?
Male Unemployment (%) is classified under the "Labor" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.