Comparable country indicators
Country ranking by unemployment rate for 2026
Country ranking by “Unemployment rate” for 2026. The table covers 53 countries with a published value; another 2 in the world catalogue have no value for this year. For Russia the ranking uses the unemployment rate from Rosstat’s labour force survey. Foreign values follow Eurostat’s harmonised methodology. Both measures are close in meaning (share of unemployed in the labour force), but age coverage and survey details may differ.
Full country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value, % of the labour force | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 2.2 | June 2026 |
| 2 | Japan | 2.5333 | 2026 |
| 3 | Mexico | 2.7493 | 2026 |
| 4 | South Korea | 2.8 | 2026 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 3 | June 2026 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 3 | June 2026 |
| 7 | Poland | 3.1 | June 2026 |
| 8 | Israel | 3.2 | 2026 |
| 9 | Czechia | 3.3 | June 2026 |
| 10 | Malta | 3.5 | June 2026 |
| 11 | Moldova | 3.75 | 2026 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 3.8 | June 2026 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 3.8 | June 2026 |
| 14 | Germany | 3.9 | June 2026 |
| 15 | United States | 4.1 | July 2026 |
| 16 | Croatia | 4.3 | June 2026 |
| 17 | Australia | 4.4618 | July 2026 |
| 18 | Hungary | 4.5 | June 2026 |
| 19 | Norway | 4.5 | June 2026 |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 4.9 | May 2026 |
| 21 | Ireland | 5 | June 2026 |
| 22 | Switzerland | 5 | March 2026 |
| 23 | China | 5.2 | July 2026 |
| 24 | Azerbaijan | 5.267 | 2026 |
| 25 | Brazil | 5.3 | July 2026 |
| 26 | New Zealand | 5.4126 | 2026 |
| 27 | Iceland | 5.5 | June 2026 |
| 28 | Portugal | 5.6 | June 2026 |
| 29 | Austria | 5.7 | June 2026 |
| 30 | Italy | 5.7 | June 2026 |
| 31 | Slovakia | 5.8 | June 2026 |
| 32 | Belgium | 6.3 | June 2026 |
| 33 | Romania | 6.3 | June 2026 |
| 34 | Canada | 6.4 | July 2026 |
| 35 | Denmark | 6.5 | June 2026 |
| 36 | Estonia | 6.6 | June 2026 |
| 37 | Latvia | 6.8 | June 2026 |
| 38 | Lithuania | 6.9 | June 2026 |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 7.1 | June 2026 |
| 40 | Türkiye | 7.6 | June 2026 |
| 41 | Greece | 8 | June 2026 |
| 42 | France | 8.2 | June 2026 |
| 43 | Albania | 8.7 | 2026 |
| 44 | Serbia | 8.7816 | 2026 |
| 45 | Sweden | 8.9 | June 2026 |
| 46 | Spain | 10.1 | June 2026 |
| 47 | Ukraine | 10.1876 | 2026 |
| 48 | Finland | 10.3 | June 2026 |
| 49 | North Macedonia | 10.5 | May 2026 |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.7 | May 2026 |
| 51 | Armenia | 12.8 | 2026 |
| 52 | Georgia | 13.9 | 2026 |
| 53 | South Africa | 32.456 | 2026 |
Countries without data for 2026
These countries have no published value for the selected indicator in 2026.
Other ranking indicators
- Harmonised index of consumer prices
- Unemployment rate
- General government budget balance
- General government gross debt
- Population
- Long-term government bond yield
- Economic activity rate
- GDP per capita relative to the EU average
- Gross domestic product at current prices
- Gross domestic product per capita at current prices
Other years
Data source
Rosstat, International Monetary Fund, Eurostat, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Office for National Statistics, National Bureau of Statistics of China, Central Bank of Brazil and Statistics Canada. Units: % of the labour force. For each calendar year the last published value within the year is used.
Data as of July 2026