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Highest rate of unemployment
Average hours worked
Gender pay gap
Highest labour-force participation
Highest rate of unemployment
Highest rate of youth unemployment
Lowest labour-force participation
Unpaid work
Women on boards
% of labour force
2019
Rank
1
Country
South Africa
Result
28.2
Rank
2
Country
West Bank & Gaza
Result
26.2
Rank
3
Country
Lesotho
Result
23.4
Rank
4
Country
Eswatini
Result
22.1
Rank
5
Country
Namibia
Result
20.3
Rank
6
Country
Gabon
Result
20.0
Rank
7
Country
Libya
Result
18.6
Rank
8
Country
Bosnia & Herz.
Result
18.4
Rank
9
Country
Botswana
Result
18.2
Rank
10
Country
Macedonia
Result
17.8
Rank
11
Country
Greece
Result
17.2
Rank
12
Country
Armenia
Result
17.0
Rank
13
Country
Sudan
Result
16.5
Rank
14
Country
Tunisia
Result
16.0
Rank
15
Country
Montenegro
Result
14.9
Rank
16
Country
Jordan
Result
14.7
Rank
17
Country
Georgia
Result
14.4
Rank
18
Country
Spain
Result
14.0
Rank
19
Country
Haiti
Result
13.8
Rank
20
Country
Turkey
Result
13.5
Rank
21
Country
Yemen
Result
12.9
Rank
22
Country
Iraq
Result
12.8
Rank
Country
New Caledonia
Result
12.8
Rank
24
Country
Serbia
Result
12.7
Rank
25
Country
Albania
Result
12.3
Rank
26
Country
South Sudan
Result
12.2
Rank
27
Country
Brazil
Result
12.1
Rank
Country
French Polynesia
Result
12.1
Rank
29
Country
Costa Rica
Result
11.9
Rank
Country
Guyana
Result
11.9
Rank
31
Country
Algeria
Result
11.7
Rank
32
Country
Zambia
Result
11.4
Rank
Country
Somalia
Result
11.4
Rank
Country
Iran
Result
11.4
Rank
35
Country
Afghanistan
Result
11.1
Rank
36
Country
Tajikistan
Result
11.0
Rank
37
Country
Egypt
Result
10.8
Rank
38
Country
Bahamas
Result
10.4
Rank
39
Country
Barbados
Result
10.3
Rank
40
Country
Italy
Result
9.9
Rank
41
Country
Argentina
Result
9.8
Rank
42
Country
Colombia
Result
9.7
Rank
43
Country
Congo-Brazzaville
Result
9.5
Rank
Country
Mauritania
Result
9.5
Rank
45
Country
Gambia, The
Result
9.1
Rank
Country
Brunei
Result
9.1
Rank
47
Country
Morocco
Result
9.0
Rank
48
Country
Ukraine
Result
8.9
Rank
49
Country
Venezuela
Result
8.8
Rank
50
Country
Uruguay
Result
8.7
Rank
Country
Virgin Islands (US)
Result
8.7
Index key & notes
Notes
ILO definition.
Source: ILO