Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2021, South Africa ranked the highest in Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) with 31.8% followed by Djibouti and Lesotho. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 0.199%, Cambodia with 0.513% and Niger with 0.815%.
Average Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) reached 6.06% in 2021 in the World. This is 13.3 % more than in the previous year and 7.00 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) reached an all time high of 6.65% in 2020 and an all time low of 4.72% in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to 0.840 % since 1980.
Data for more countries are available at Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) indicator page.
| Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Armenia | % | 17.7% | 17.4% | 19.2% | 15.7% | 14.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 17.9% | 18.5% | 19.6% | 20.4% | 21.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (ROC) | % | 19.4% | 19.1% | 21.0% | 20.7% | 18.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 22.2% | 22.2% | 23.5% | 23.5% | 22.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 14.7% | 14.7% | 15.5% | 15.4% | 14.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 17.0% | 15.4% | 17.9% | 18.5% | 16.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 14.9% | 15.1% | 16.6% | 16.5% | 14.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 15.7% | 15.9% | 16.5% | 16.5% | 16.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | 21.8% | 16.6% | 16.9% | 16.6% | 15.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | % | 15.2% | 14.7% | 17.5% | 17.1% | 16.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 21.1% | 21.2% | 22.5% | 22.4% | 20.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Palestine | % | 22.3% | 21.2% | 22.3% | 22.2% | 20.2% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 16.2% | 16.3% | 16.9% | 17.1% | 16.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 25.1% | 26.7% | 27.7% | 32.1% | 31.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 24.8% | 26.6% | 31.6% | 32.9% | 33.8% |
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