Unemployment rate (modelled ILO estimate) in North America

21 countries in North America, 2025. Unit: % of labour force. World ranking →

First in the ranking
1.7 %
Cuba
Median country
6.0 %
half above, half below
World
4.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
1.7 to 18.0
Cuba - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

How to read it

Across 21 countries in North America, the highest value is in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (18.0 %) and the lowest in Cuba (1.7 %).

The median country is at 6.0 %: 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
1Cuba1.7
2Guatemala2.6
3Mexico2.7
4Jamaica3.3
5El Salvador3.3
6Trinidad and Tobago3.3
7United States4.2
8Honduras4.9
9Nicaragua5.0
10Dominican Republic5.1
11Puerto Rico6.0
12Barbados6.5
13Costa Rica6.8
14Canada6.9
15Panama8.4
16Belize8.9
17Bahamas9.2
18Saint Lucia9.5
19United States Virgin Islands11.4
20Haiti14.9
21Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18.0
World Bank, WDI · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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