Unemployment Rate for Men with Basic Education

This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.

  1. In 2019, Unemployment Rate for Men with Basic Education in South Africa jumped by 7.3points from a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 Armenia Unemployment Rate for Men with Basic Education rose 21.1points year on year at 24.04 Percent of Male Labor Force with Basic Education.
  3. In 2019 South Africa was ranked number 1 in Unemployment Rate for Men with Basic Education.
  4. In 2019 Kosovo was number 3 in Unemployment Rate for Men with Basic Education reaching 31.87 Percent of Male Labor Force with Basic Education, moving from 92 in 2018.

Top Countries in Unemployment Rate for Men with Basic Education

Percent of Male Labor Force with Basic Education - 1990 to 2020

# 112 Countries Percent of Male Labor Force with Basic Education Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
South Africa
32.65 % 2019 +7.3 % +2.6 % View data
2 #2
Slovakia
32.12 % 2019 +5.7 % -6.5 % View data
3 #3
Kosovo
31.87 % 2019 NA -6.5 % View data
4 #4
Armenia
24.04 % 2019 -4.6 % +21.1 % View data
5 #5
Palestine
22.74 % 2019 -7.0 % +1.4 % View data
6 #6
Namibia
22.26 % 2019 +7.3 % +1.9 % View data
7 #7
Malawi
22.19 % 2017 NA NA View data
8 #8
Montenegro
20.36 % 2019 +22.4 % -8.3 % View data
9 #9
Macedonia
19.82 % 2019 -23.7 % -9.3 % View data
10 #10
Greece
17.63 % 2019 -7.1 % -8.0 % View data
11 #11
Sweden
17.40 % 2019 +2.2 % -0.1 % View data
12 #12
Spain
17.02 % 2019 -9.1 % -11.8 % View data
13 #13
Lithuania
16.82 % 2019 -7.6 % -9.9 % View data
14 #14
Canada
15.66 % 2020 +34.4 % +1.7 % View data
15 #15
France
15.60 % 2019 -3.5 % -3.1 % View data
16 #16
Finland
14.97 % 2019 +1.8 % -1.4 % View data
17 #17
Georgia
14.32 % 2019 +7.0 % -3.5 % View data
18 #18
Bosnia and Herzegovina
14.01 % 2019 -33.1 % -12.4 % View data
19 #19
Latvia
13.82 % 2019 -8.7 % -9.4 % View data
20 #20
Rwanda
13.20 % 2019 +3.4 % +85.0 % View data
21 #21
Turkey
12.93 % 2019 +34.4 % +7.0 % View data
22 #22
Laos
12.77 % 2017 NA NA View data
23 #23
Brazil
12.59 % 2019 -3.6 % +17.1 % View data
24 #24
Austria
12.38 % 2019 -5.6 % -0.7 % View data
25 #25
Italy
12.31 % 2019 -6.0 % -4.3 % View data
26 #26
Yemen
12.21 % 2014 NA -6.4 % View data
27 #27
Bulgaria
11.96 % 2019 -18.0 % -15.6 % View data
28 #28
Belgium
11.72 % 2019 -3.5 % -5.6 % View data
29 #29
Argentina
11.47 % 2019 +14.8 % +8.2 % View data
30 #30
Samoa
11.14 % 2017 NA +4.2 % View data
31 #31
Serbia
10.96 % 2019 -12.7 % -8.8 % View data
32 #32
Cape Verde
10.89 % 2019 +5.3 % -24.1 % View data
33 #33
Russia
10.73 % 2019 -13.7 % -4.6 % View data
34 #34
Croatia
10.61 % 2019 -9.1 % -15.5 % View data
35 #35
Ukraine
10.57 % 2019 -10.3 % -10.9 % View data
36 #36
United States
10.52 % 2020 +129.2 % +8.1 % View data
37 #37
Slovenia
10.42 % 2019 +30.4 % -7.6 % View data
38 #38
Czech Republic
9.87 % 2019 -4.3 % -15.8 % View data
39 #39
Costa Rica
9.55 % 2019 +12.5 % +2.1 % View data
40 #40
Hungary
9.35 % 2019 -6.7 % -12.6 % View data
41 #41
Nepal
9.14 % 2017 NA NA View data
42 #42
Germany
9.05 % 2019 -11.4 % -7.4 % View data
43 #43
Luxembourg
8.95 % 2019 +20.5 % -3.0 % View data
44 #44
Mongolia
8.90 % 2019 +173.8 % +15.9 % View data
45 #45
Niger
8.74 % 2017 NA NA View data
46 #46
Uruguay
8.73 % 2019 +10.9 % +8.3 % View data
47 #47
Ireland
8.53 % 2019 -4.2 % -15.4 % View data
48 #48
Switzerland
8.47 % 2019 +7.2 % -0.3 % View data
49 #49
Estonia
8.41 % 2019 -7.7 % -8.8 % View data
50 #50
Norway
8.12 % 2019 -3.0 % -0.6 % View data
51 #51
Denmark
8.10 % 2019 -7.0 % -6.5 % View data
52 #52
Brunei
8.05 % 2019 -1.5 % +0.5 % View data
53 #53
Comoros
8.04 % 2014 NA NA View data
54 #54
Cyprus
7.95 % 2019 -12.5 % -20.1 % View data
55 #55
Moldova
7.68 % 2019 +10.3 % +9.9 % View data
56 #56
Poland
7.67 % 2019 -25.6 % -16.4 % View data
57 #57
Tunisia
7.63 % 2019 -3.2 % NA View data
58 #58
Romania
6.91 % 2019 -0.9 % -3.8 % View data
59 #59
Iceland
6.75 % 2019 +43.9 % -4.2 % View data
60 #60
United Kingdom
6.72 % 2019 +4.5 % -10.4 % View data
61 #61
Colombia
6.34 % 2019 +17.4 % +3.5 % View data
62 #62
Israel
6.10 % 2019 -6.2 % -9.5 % View data
63 #63
Chile
5.91 % 2019 -5.4 % -0.7 % View data
64 #64
Portugal
5.89 % 2019 -7.0 % -16.9 % View data
65 #65
Netherlands
5.63 % 2019 -3.6 % -13.3 % View data
66 #66
Kazakhstan
5.46 % 2017 NA -0.2 % View data
67 #67
Egypt
5.01 % 2019 +28.9 % -15.2 % View data
68 #68
Togo
4.91 % 2017 NA NA View data
69 #69
South Korea
4.45 % 2020 +3.3 % +6.4 % View data
70 #70
Nicaragua
4.30 % 2014 NA NA View data
71 #71
Philippines
4.27 % 2019 -4.1 % -5.5 % View data
72 #72
Paraguay
4.20 % 2019 -0.5 % +2.4 % View data
73 #73
India
4.18 % 2019 -5.2 % NA View data
74 #74
Ghana
4.16 % 2019 +3.0 % NA View data
75 #75
Malta
4.11 % 2019 -20.4 % -14.3 % View data
76 #76
Panama
4.05 % 2019 +35.5 % +12.2 % View data
77 #77
Mauritius
3.94 % 2019 +49.2 % -4.8 % View data
78 #78
Tanzania
3.82 % 2014 +78.6 % NA View data
79 #79
Cayman Islands
3.79 % 2019 -15.4 % -16.7 % View data
80 #80
Honduras
3.72 % 2019 -20.2 % -10.6 % View data
80 #80
Pakistan
3.72 % 2018 NA +9.5 % View data
82 #82
El Salvador
3.68 % 2019 -15.8 % -5.7 % View data
83 #83
Mali
3.59 % 2019 +72.8 % -13.4 % View data
84 #84
Belize
3.57 % 2019 -8.6 % -5.8 % View data
85 #85
Dominican Republic
3.52 % 2019 -4.9 % -5.9 % View data
86 #86
Trinidad and Tobago
3.38 % 2019 -0.6 % +6.1 % View data
87 #87
Singapore
3.28 % 2019 -7.6 % NA View data
88 #88
Mexico
3.27 % 2019 +9.7 % -7.3 % View data
89 #89
East Timor
3.18 % 2016 NA NA View data
90 #90
Albania
3.14 % 2019 -42.7 % -29.9 % View data
91 #91
Bolivia
3.12 % 2019 +23.8 % +26.9 % View data
92 #92
Liberia
2.77 % 2016 +154.1 % NA View data
93 #93
Indonesia
2.72 % 2019 -17.8 % -3.4 % View data
94 #94
Peru
2.64 % 2019 +12.3 % +3.9 % View data
95 #95
Fiji
2.60 % 2016 NA -3.9 % View data
96 #96
San Marino
2.49 % 2016 NA NA View data
97 #97
Guatemala
2.43 % 2019 -4.2 % -5.5 % View data
98 #98
Bangladesh
2.40 % 2017 +20.0 % NA View data
99 #99
Seychelles
2.35 % 2017 NA -16.3 % View data
100 #100
Sri Lanka
2.28 % 2019 -6.9 % -3.1 % View data
101 #101
Cameroon
2.19 % 2014 NA NA View data
102 #102
Ecuador
1.94 % 2019 +5.4 % -2.8 % View data
103 #103
Malaysia
1.86 % 2016 -5.1 % NA View data
104 #104
Vietnam
1.65 % 2020 -12.2 % +1.4 % View data
105 #105
Kenya
1.40 % 2016 NA NA View data
106 #106
Ivory Coast
1.28 % 2017 -56.0 % -28.0 % View data
107 #107
Madagascar
1.12 % 2015 NA NA View data
108 #108
Saudi Arabia
1.10 % 2014 NA -16.9 % View data
109 #109
United Arab Emirates
0.71 % 2017 NA NA View data
110 #110
Thailand
0.62 % 2019 -16.2 % +3.2 % View data
111 #111
Cambodia
0.32 % 2019 -10.3 % -9.0 % View data
112 #112
Myanmar
0.29 % 2019 -46.3 % -19.2 % View data

Source: World Bank

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