Unemployment rate (modelled ILO estimate) in Asia

48 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: % of labour force. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.1 %
Qatar
Median country
3.8 %
half above, half below
World
4.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.1 to 17.3
Qatar - Yemen

How to read it

Across 48 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Yemen (17.3 %) and the lowest in Qatar (0.1 %).

The median country is at 3.8 %: half are above, half below.

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

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Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external… · via World Bank WDI (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS) · licence

Unemployment over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Qatar0.1
2Cambodia0.3
3Thailand0.8
4Bahrain1.1
5Laos1.2
6Vietnam1.5
7Timor-Leste1.6
8United Arab Emirates2.2
9Kuwait2.2
10Philippines2.2
11Macao2.3
12Japan2.5
13South Korea2.7
14Hong Kong2.8
15Singapore2.8
16Saudi Arabia3.0
17Myanmar3.0
18Bhutan3.2
19Indonesia3.2
20Oman3.3
21Israel3.5
22Kyrgyzstan3.5
23North Korea3.5
24Malaysia3.8
25Bangladesh3.8
26Sri Lanka4.0
27India4.2
28Turkmenistan4.3
29Maldives4.5
30China4.6
31Uzbekistan4.6
32Kazakhstan4.8
33Cyprus4.9
34Mongolia5.2
35Brunei5.3
36Pakistan5.4
37Azerbaijan5.5
38Tajikistan6.9
39Iran8.3
40Türkiye8.5
41Nepal10.5
42Georgia12.1
43Armenia12.9
44Afghanistan13.4
45Syria13.6
46Iraq15.5
47Jordan16.5
48Yemen17.3
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