Unemployment with basic education, male (% of male labor force with basic education) by country
The percentage of the labor force with a basic level of education who are unemployed. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).
Countries reporting
128
Highest
36.7%
South Africa
Lowest
0.0%
Qatar
Median
5.9%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,699
What the numbers show
Unemployment with basic education, male (% of male labor force with basic education) is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 36.7% in South Africa; the lowest is 0.0% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.9%, and the mean is 7.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,020.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 1,348.7%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 85.8%).
Unemployment with basic education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 36.7% | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 2 | Slovakia | 34.6% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 3 | Palestine | 33.7% | 2025 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 4 | Botswana | 26.0% | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 5 | Sweden | 23.2% | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 6 | Namibia | 20.8% | 2018 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 7 | North Macedonia | 20.0% | 2024 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 8 | Lithuania | 19.5% | 2024 | down 31.3% | flat |
| 9 | Jordan | 19.3% | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 10 | Montenegro | 18.6% | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 11 | Finland | 18.1% | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 12 | Angola | 16.9% | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 13 | Latvia | 16.6% | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 14 | Romania | 15.8% | 2024 | up 88.4% | rising |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 14.8% | 2022 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 14.7% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 17 | Tunisia | 14.5% | 2023 | up 47.4% | falling |
| 18 | Austria | 14.4% | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.8% | 2024 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 20 | Hungary | 13.2% | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 21 | France | 13.2% | 2024 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 22 | Belgium | 12.9% | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 23 | Spain | 12.7% | 2025 | down 56.0% | rising |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 12.6% | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 25 | Greenland | 12.5% | 2015 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 26 | Malawi | 12.4% | 2024 | up 353.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Estonia | 12.4% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 28 | Croatia | 12.2% | 2024 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 29 | Morocco | 12.1% | 2022 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 12.1% | 2024 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 31 | Saint Lucia | 11.6% | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 32 | Ukraine | 11.5% | 2021 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 33 | Cape Verde | 10.9% | 2019 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 10.5% | 2024 | up 168.9% | rising |
| 35 | Denmark | 10.1% | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 36 | Georgia | 10.0% | 2024 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 37 | Norway | 9.6% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 38 | Armenia | 9.2% | 2023 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Rwanda | 8.9% | 2024 | up 1,348.7% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia | 8.8% | 2024 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 41 | Australia | 8.6% | 2024 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 42 | Italy | 8.5% | 2024 | down 44.3% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 8.5% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 44 | Chile | 8.5% | 2025 | up 41.1% | falling |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 8.4% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 46 | Ireland | 8.1% | 2024 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 47 | Greece | 8.0% | 2024 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Uruguay | 7.9% | 2024 | up 35.6% | falling |
| 49 | Slovenia | 7.5% | 2024 | down 51.2% | flat |
| 50 | Germany | 7.4% | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 51 | Albania | 7.2% | 2024 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 52 | Turkey | 7.1% | 2024 | down 23.2% | flat |
| 53 | Barbados | 6.9% | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 54 | New Zealand | 6.9% | 2020 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 55 | Mali | 6.9% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 56 | Belarus | 6.9% | 2024 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 57 | Senegal | 6.5% | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 58 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.4% | 2018 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 59 | Russia | 6.2% | 2024 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 60 | United States | 6.1% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 61 | Belize | 6.1% | 2019 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 62 | Colombia | 6.1% | 2025 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 63 | Netherlands | 6.0% | 2024 | down 48.6% | rising |
| 64 | Iceland | 6.0% | 2024 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 65 | Mongolia | 5.8% | 2024 | up 35.8% | falling |
| 66 | Cyprus | 5.7% | 2024 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Brazil | 5.7% | 2025 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 68 | Pakistan | 5.7% | 2025 | up 187.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Portugal | 5.6% | 2025 | down 57.3% | rising |
| 70 | Cayman Islands | 5.5% | 2015 | — | falling |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 5.5% | 2017 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 72 | Panama | 5.5% | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 5.3% | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 74 | Iran | 5.0% | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 75 | Grenada | 4.5% | 2023 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 76 | Brunei | 4.4% | 2024 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 77 | Malta | 4.4% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 78 | Israel | 4.3% | 2024 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 4.3% | 2017 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 80 | Mauritius | 4.2% | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 81 | Hong Kong | 4.0% | 2024 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 82 | Poland | 3.8% | 2024 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 83 | South Korea | 3.8% | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 84 | Seychelles | 3.7% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 85 | Venezuela | 3.7% | 2017 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 86 | Malaysia | 3.5% | 2022 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Fiji | 3.4% | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.4% | 2024 | up 35.9% | flat |
| 89 | Zambia | 3.3% | 2024 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 90 | Czechia | 3.3% | 2024 | down 85.8% | falling |
| 91 | Kenya | 3.1% | 2022 | up 122.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 3.1% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 93 | Burkina Faso | 3.0% | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 3.0% | 2025 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 95 | Honduras | 2.9% | 2025 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 96 | Peru | 2.8% | 2025 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 97 | Egypt | 2.8% | 2024 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Macao | 2.8% | 2016 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 99 | Sri Lanka | 2.7% | 2023 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 100 | Singapore | 2.7% | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 101 | India | 2.5% | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 102 | Indonesia | 2.3% | 2023 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 103 | Mexico | 2.3% | 2024 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 104 | Ghana | 2.1% | 2024 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 105 | San Marino | 2.1% | 2022 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 106 | East Timor | 2.0% | 2022 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 107 | Argentina | 1.9% | 2024 | down 75.2% | falling |
| 108 | Bhutan | 1.9% | 2024 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 109 | El Salvador | 1.9% | 2024 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.8% | 2022 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Philippines | 1.8% | 2023 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 112 | Bolivia | 1.5% | 2024 | up 60.4% | falling |
| 113 | Guatemala | 1.5% | 2024 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 114 | Vietnam | 1.4% | 2024 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 115 | Uganda | 1.4% | 2021 | up 106.5% | rising |
| 116 | Togo | 1.3% | 2022 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Moldova | 1.3% | 2024 | up 166.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Nigeria | 1.2% | 2024 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Ecuador | 1.2% | 2025 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 1.1% | 2023 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Myanmar | 1.0% | 2020 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Jamaica | 1.0% | 2023 | down 80.1% | falling |
| 123 | Tanzania | 1.0% | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Niger | 0.9% | 2022 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Saudi Arabia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 126 | Thailand | 0.6% | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2020 | down 47.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 12.6%
- European Union 11.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 11.6%
- Euro area 11.4%
- Kosovo 10.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 10.1%
- Post-demographic dividend 9.1%
- High income 8.9%
- OECD members 8.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 7.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 7.9%
- North America 7.7%
About this data
The percentage of the labor force with a basic level of education who are unemployed. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).