Comparable country indicators
Country ranking by unemployment rate for 2023
Country ranking by “Unemployment rate” for 2023. The table covers 54 countries with a published value; another 1 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 | Japan | 2.5667 | 2023 |
| 2 | South Korea | 2.7083 | 2023 |
| 3 | Mexico | 2.795 | 2023 |
| 4 | Czechia | 2.8 | December 2023 |
| 5 | Russia | 3 | December 2023 |
| 6 | Malta | 3.1 | December 2023 |
| 7 | Poland | 3.1 | December 2023 |
| 8 | Germany | 3.2 | December 2023 |
| 9 | Israel | 3.4417 | 2023 |
| 10 | Slovenia | 3.5 | December 2023 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 3.6 | December 2023 |
| 12 | Iceland | 3.6 | December 2023 |
| 13 | Norway | 3.7 | December 2023 |
| 14 | United States | 3.8 | December 2023 |
| 15 | New Zealand | 3.8 | 2023 |
| 16 | Australia | 3.9871 | December 2023 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 4.1 | December 2023 |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 4.1 | December 2023 |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 4.4 | December 2023 |
| 20 | Hungary | 4.4 | December 2023 |
| 21 | Ireland | 4.4 | December 2023 |
| 22 | Moldova | 4.5933 | 2023 |
| 23 | China | 5.1 | December 2023 |
| 24 | Cyprus | 5.3 | December 2023 |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 5.4555 | 2023 |
| 26 | Austria | 5.5 | December 2023 |
| 27 | Romania | 5.5 | December 2023 |
| 28 | Belgium | 5.6 | December 2023 |
| 29 | Croatia | 5.6 | December 2023 |
| 30 | Slovakia | 5.6 | December 2023 |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 5.7 | December 2023 |
| 32 | Canada | 5.8 | December 2023 |
| 33 | India | 5.8 | 2023 |
| 34 | Denmark | 6 | December 2023 |
| 35 | Portugal | 6.5 | December 2023 |
| 36 | Estonia | 6.9 | December 2023 |
| 37 | Latvia | 7 | December 2023 |
| 38 | Italy | 7.1 | December 2023 |
| 39 | Lithuania | 7.4 | December 2023 |
| 40 | Brazil | 7.4 | December 2023 |
| 41 | Finland | 7.6 | December 2023 |
| 42 | France | 7.6 | December 2023 |
| 43 | Sweden | 8.2 | December 2023 |
| 44 | Türkiye | 8.9 | December 2023 |
| 45 | Serbia | 9.4279 | 2023 |
| 46 | Albania | 9.5 | 2023 |
| 47 | Greece | 10.4 | December 2023 |
| 48 | Spain | 11.9 | December 2023 |
| 49 | Armenia | 12.4 | 2023 |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 12.8 | December 2023 |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.3 | December 2023 |
| 52 | Georgia | 16.4 | 2023 |
| 53 | Ukraine | 19.0716 | 2023 |
| 54 | South Africa | 32.375 | 2023 |
Countries without data for 2023
These countries have no published value for the selected indicator in 2023.
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
International Monetary Fund, Eurostat, Rosstat, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Office for National Statistics, National Bureau of Statistics of China, Statistics Canada, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Central Bank of Brazil. Units: % of the labour force. For each calendar year the last published value within the year is used.
Data as of December 2023