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Lowest Unemployment Countries
The lowest unemployment rates among 50 major economies — a first read on how tight the labour market is.
What this ranking measures
The share of the labour force actively looking for work, mostly ILO-modelled estimates, across the 50 major economies Richbay tracks — not a world ranking. It counts people still searching, so it drops when they stop; and where most workers hold employer-tied residence permits, a contract ending usually means leaving the country rather than joining the unemployed, which is a large part of why Gulf states sit at the top. It says nothing about pay, job quality, or whether the market is open to foreigners.
- 1
Qatar
- Unemployment
- 0.1% (2025)
- 2
Thailand
- Unemployment
- 0.8% (2025)
- 3
Bahrain
- Unemployment
- 1.1% (2025)
- 4
Vietnam
- Unemployment
- 1.5% (2025)
- 5
United Arab Emirates
- Unemployment
- 2.2% (2025)
- 6
Kuwait
- Unemployment
- 2.2% (2025)
- 7
Philippines
- Unemployment
- 2.2% (2025)
- 8
Japan
- Unemployment
- 2.5% (2025)
- 9
Mexico
- Unemployment
- 2.7% (2025)
- 10
South Korea
- Unemployment
- 2.7% (2025)
- 11
Hong Kong
- Unemployment
- 2.8% (2025)
- 12
Singapore
- Unemployment
- 2.8% (2025)
- 13
Czechia
- Unemployment
- 2.8% (2025)
- 14
Poland
- Unemployment
- 3.0% (2025)
- 15
Saudi Arabia
- Unemployment
- 3.0% (2025)
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