Percentage of labor force that is unemployed (2026)

Sudan leads the world in percentage of labor force that is unemployed at 61.33% in 2026, followed by South Africa (32.46%) and Jordan (21.33%). Georgia (13.9%) and Armenia (12.8%) close out the top 5. Next up, Bosnia and Herzegovina (12.6%) and Morocco (12.2%). North Macedonia (11.5%), Panama (10.4%), and Ukraine (10.19%) round out the top ten. The gap across the top ten is wide: Sudan has 6.0× the value of Ukraine (10.19%). Three of the top ten are in Africa. Among these countries, Ukraine saw the largest year-over-year change at -12.0%.