Unemployment Rate
Unemployed as a share of the total labour force. IMF WEO, 2019–2026.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (Apr 2026) Licence: IMF terms — public data Unit: % Parsed: 2026-06-28 Open source ↗
Method: Years after the latest actual are IMF estimates/projections, not outturns.
Avg (2026)
6.5%
0.00pp vs 2025
Improving
9
of 105 tracked
Declining
6
period over period
Stable
90
±0.5pp band
Unemployment rate
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2019–2026.
AmericasEurope & Central AsiaEast Asia & PacificMiddle East & North AfricaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaAdvanced / other
Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 4.5% | +1.2pp |
| 🇮🇷 Iran | 9.2% | +1.2pp |
| 🇨🇴 Colombia | 9% | +1.0pp |
| 🇭🇳 Honduras | 6.8% | +0.90pp |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 6.8% | +0.80pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 0% | -15.2pp |
| 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 0% | -3.4pp |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 7.4% | -1.5pp |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 10.2% | -1.4pp |
| 🇲🇦 Morocco | 12.2% | -0.80pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Americas +0.30pp
Sub-Saharan Africa +0.20pp
East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp
Europe & Central Asia -0.10pp
South Asia -0.10pp
Middle East & North Africa -0.60pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 5 | 22.2% | +0.20pp |
| Middle East & North Africa | 5 | 10.7% | -0.60pp |
| Americas | 25 | 6% | +0.30pp |
| Europe & Central Asia | 49 | 6% | -0.10pp |
| South Asia | 2 | 5.9% | -0.10pp |
| East Asia & Pacific | 17 | 3.6% | 0.00pp |
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