West Bank and Gaza Unemployment Rate 1991-2025

West Bank and Gaza unemployment rate for 2022 was 24.42%, a 1.97% decline from 2021.
  • West Bank and Gaza unemployment rate for 2021 was 26.39%, a 0.5% increase from 2020.
  • West Bank and Gaza unemployment rate for 2020 was 25.90%, a 0.56% increase from 2019.
  • West Bank and Gaza unemployment rate for 2019 was 25.34%, a 0.92% decline from 2018.
Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
Country Rankings
Country Name Unemployment Rate
Eswatini 37.85%
South Africa 28.84%
Djibouti 26.37%
West Bank and Gaza 24.42%
Botswana 23.62%
Gabon 20.50%
Republic of Congo 20.26%
Namibia 19.75%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 19.51%
Libya 19.32%
Somalia 19.13%
Jordan 18.20%
Yemen 17.52%
Lesotho 16.67%
St. Lucia 15.93%
Iraq 15.59%
Tunisia 15.30%
Montenegro 15.29%
Rwanda 15.09%
Haiti 14.72%
Angola 14.69%
North Macedonia 14.48%
Sao Tome and Principe 14.12%
Afghanistan 14.10%
Syrian Arab Republic 13.81%
Spain 12.92%
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 12.67%
Bosnia 12.66%
Algeria 12.44%
Greece 12.43%
Guyana 12.42%
South Sudan 12.40%
Cabo Verde 12.27%
French Polynesia 11.91%
Georgia 11.66%
Lebanon 11.60%
Albania 11.59%
Costa Rica 11.33%
New Caledonia 11.29%
Nepal 10.92%
Mauritania 10.60%
Colombia 10.55%
Turkey 10.43%
Zimbabwe 10.09%
Samoa 9.92%
Bahamas 9.87%
Morocco 9.53%
Brazil 9.23%
Iran 9.09%
Equatorial Guinea 8.75%
Belize 8.72%
Serbia 8.68%
Armenia 8.61%
Barbados 8.49%
Chile 8.30%
Suriname 8.23%
Panama 8.20%
Italy 8.07%
Uruguay 7.88%
Sudan 7.53%
Sweden 7.39%
Egypt 7.34%
France 7.31%
Honduras 7.04%
Tajikistan 6.98%
Croatia 6.96%
Latvia 6.82%
Cyprus 6.81%
Argentina 6.81%
Paraguay 6.76%
Euro Area 6.75%
Finland 6.72%
Central African Republic 6.34%
Sri Lanka 6.33%
Mauritius 6.32%
Mongolia 6.21%
Slovak Republic 6.14%
Gambia 6.08%
Portugal 6.01%
Puerto Rico 6.00%
Zambia 5.99%
Lithuania 5.96%
Bhutan 5.95%
Eritrea 5.94%
Channel Islands 5.91%
Comoros 5.85%
Kenya 5.81%
Venezuela 5.75%
Azerbaijan 5.65%
Romania 5.61%
Saudi Arabia 5.59%
Estonia 5.57%
Belgium 5.56%
Pakistan 5.55%
Guam 5.53%
Dominican Republic 5.50%
Burkina Faso 5.35%
Guinea 5.33%
Canada 5.28%
Bangladesh 5.25%
Brunei 5.19%
Vanuatu 5.17%
Malawi 5.05%
Austria 4.99%
China 4.98%
Nicaragua 4.98%
Kazakhstan 4.86%
India 4.82%
Democratic Republic of Congo 4.59%
Luxembourg 4.59%
Uzbekistan 4.54%
Fiji 4.48%
Ireland 4.48%
Denmark 4.43%
Maldives 4.42%
Trinidad and Tobago 4.38%
Hong Kong 4.32%
Switzerland 4.30%
Bulgaria 4.27%
Turkmenistan 4.12%
Jamaica 4.08%
Kyrgyz Republic 4.06%
Slovenia 4.01%
Malaysia 3.93%
Russia 3.87%
Peru 3.85%
Nigeria 3.83%
Iceland 3.79%
Ecuador 3.76%
United Kingdom 3.73%
Australia 3.70%
Israel 3.70%
Cameroon 3.69%
United States 3.65%
Mozambique 3.62%
Hungary 3.61%
Singapore 3.59%
Belarus 3.57%
Bolivia 3.55%
Netherlands 3.52%
Ethiopia 3.49%
Indonesia 3.46%
New Zealand 3.30%
Mexico 3.26%
Norway 3.23%
Guinea-Bissau 3.20%
Sierra Leone 3.19%
Madagascar 3.19%
Germany 3.14%
Mali 3.09%
Ghana 3.08%
Guatemala 3.05%
El Salvador 3.00%
Liberia 2.99%
Senegal 2.97%
North Korea 2.97%
Uganda 2.93%
Malta 2.93%
Poland 2.89%
UAE 2.87%
South Korea 2.86%
Myanmar 2.83%
Papua New Guinea 2.69%
Tanzania 2.61%
Japan 2.60%
Philippines 2.60%
Macao 2.48%
Tonga 2.35%
Czech Republic 2.22%
Kuwait 2.12%
Togo 2.07%
Solomon Islands 1.58%
Timor-Leste 1.54%
Vietnam 1.54%
Oman 1.51%
Benin 1.47%
Bahrain 1.33%
Cuba 1.25%
Lao PDR 1.21%
Chad 1.10%
Thailand 0.94%
Burundi 0.92%
Moldova 0.91%
Niger 0.55%
Cambodia 0.25%
Qatar 0.13%