Unemployment rate (percent, SA) (World Bank GEM)

Reviewed series · Labour · Monthly · percent · WB.GEM.UNEMP.RATE.SA.M

World Bank derived GEM observations; publisher native values and adjustment are preserved. Only reviewed individual countries/territories are included; regional/global aggregates are excluded. The workbook supplies no observation flags, detailed national methodological breaks or currency codes. No growth rate, quarter, currency conversion, annualization, deflation or rebasing is inferred. Quarterly GDP is the publisher quarterly measure, not guaranteed to be comparable with another publisher annual-rate convention. Local-currency levels and FX magnitudes cannot be compared across countries or across unreported currency redenominations. Monthly FX is an official period average, not a live currency-market quote; reserve cover refers only to merchandise imports. Rights apply to the World Bank published derived dataset, not underlying Datastream feeds.

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Latest reading by geography

Sorted by value, highest first. Each row keeps its own period, and national definitions can differ, so the order is not a like for like ranking.

Unemployment rate (percent, SA) (World Bank GEM): latest reading for 65 geographies, with the period of each. Source: World Bank Global Economic Monitor.
#Country or areaValue (percent)PeriodHistory
1South AfricaZAF32.852026-06History
2TunisiaTUN15.132026-06History
3North MacedoniaMKD11.282026-06History
4FinlandFIN10.082026-08History
5SpainESP10.002026-07History
6ColombiaCOL9.732026-08History
7ChileCHL9.432026-08History
8SwedenSWE8.882026-08History
9GreeceGRC8.342026-07History
10LithuaniaLTU8.002026-08History
11FranceFRA7.972026-03History
12ArgentinaARG7.832026-06History
13TürkiyeTUR7.802026-08History
14AustriaAUT7.662026-08History
15LatviaLVA7.362026-07History
16UruguayURY7.302026-08History
17VenezuelaVEN7.252018-12History
18PakistanPAK6.902025-12History
19IcelandISL6.712026-08History
20EstoniaEST6.502026-06History
21ItalyITA6.492026-07History
22LuxembourgLUX6.492026-08History
23CanadaCAN6.402026-08History
24BelgiumBEL6.132026-07History
25PolandPOL5.902026-08History
26EgyptEGY5.892026-06History
27PhilippinesPHL5.702026-09History
28BahrainBHR5.602025-12History
29BulgariaBGR5.562026-08History
30BrazilBRA5.432026-08History
31New ZealandNZL5.422026-06History
32Dominican RepublicDOM5.322026-06History
33SlovakiaSVK5.242026-08History
34PortugalPRT5.182026-06History
35IrelandIRL5.002026-08History
36United KingdomGBR4.902026-06History
37PeruPER4.842026-08History
38HungaryHUN4.562026-06History
39AustraliaAUS4.552026-08History
40SloveniaSVN4.502026-07History
41NorwayNOR4.402026-07History
42United StatesUSA4.102026-08History
43GermanyDEU4.092026-08History
44NetherlandsNLD4.062026-08History
45CyprusCYP3.902026-07History
46Sri LankaLKA3.902025-12History
47Hong KongHKG3.762026-08History
48CroatiaHRV3.702026-08History
49EcuadorECU3.422026-03History
50MaltaMLT3.342026-06History
51TaiwanTWN3.322026-08History
52CzechiaCZE3.302026-07History
53RomaniaROU3.302026-07History
54SwitzerlandCHE3.122026-08History
55DenmarkDNK3.112026-08History
56Saudi ArabiaSAU3.082025-12History
57IsraelISR2.802026-08History
58MexicoMEX2.722026-08History
59South KoreaKOR2.702026-08History
60JapanJPN2.442026-07History
61RussiaRUS2.282026-08History
62VietnamVNM2.212025-12History
63BelarusBLR2.112026-06History
64SingaporeSGP1.902026-06History
65ThailandTHA1.162026-08History

Source: World Bank Global Economic Monitor. 65 geographies, periods 2018-12-01 to 2026-09-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.