Nigeria Tops Countries With Highest Unemployment Rate (Full List)

Nigeria topped countries with the highest unemployment rate across the world.

The World of Statistics in its latest release on Sunday via its verified Twitter handle ranked Nigeria high, indicating the country has the highest level of unemployment in the world at 33.3%.

Following in that order of countries with the highest number of unemployment are South Africa 32.9%, followed by Spain at 13.26%, Greece at 11.2%, Colombia is 10.7% and Turkey, 10% making up the top Six.

Here’s the full list according to the ranking.

Average Unemployment rate:

Nigeria: 33.3%
South Africa: 32.9%
Spain: 13.26%
Greece: 11.2%
Colombia: 10.7%
Turkey: 10%
Iran: 9.7%
Uruguay: 8.8%
Chile: 8.7%
Brazil: 8.5%
Italy: 7.8%
India: 7.8%
Sweden: 7.5%
Portugal: 7.2%
Egypt: 7.1%
France: 7.1%
Euro area: 6.5%
Pakistan: 6.5%
Paraguay: 6.5%
Venezuela: 6.4%
Argentina: 6.3%
Austria: 5.9%
Belgium: 5.6%
Germany: 5.6%
Indonesia: 5.45%
China: 5.2%
Canada: 5%
Saudi Arabia: 4.8%
Bangladesh: 4.7%
Philippines: 4.7%
UK: 3.9%
Ireland: 3.8%
Australia: 3.7%
US: 3.7%
Norway: 3.5%
Netherlands: 3.4%
Russia: 3.3%
Mexico: 2.8%
UAE: 2.75%
Japan: 2.6%
South Korea: 2.6%
Denmark: 2.4%
Vietnam: 2.25%
Switzerland: 2%
Singapore: 1.8%
Thailand: 1.05%
Cambodia: 0.36%
Qatar: 0.1%