Jobs & employment

Whether work is available, especially for the young, and whether it is secure.

History

Jobs & employment: component score, 0–100

Ranking on this component

Year

Component score and the score of each indicator in it (0–100). Countries with partial indicator coverage are included but marked.

#	Country	Score	Unemployment rate	Youth unemployment rate (1…	Employment-to-population r…	Vulnerable employment	Overall rank
1	Qatar	100	100	100	100	100	43
2	United Arab Emirates	94	94	90	91	100	35
3	Bahrain	92	99	92	76	100	55
4	Macao SAR, China	88	94	89	70	100	–
5	Iceland	87	88	85	82	94	2
6	Kuwait	87	95	72	81	100	56
7	Singapore	87	92	90	71	93	19
8	Japan	86	93	95	60	95	13
9	Cambodia	85	100	100	100	41	129
10	Israel	84	88	91	63	95	37
11	Russian Federation	84	93	86	57	98	66
12	Oman	83	90	75	69	99	52
13	Germany	83	89	90	54	99	10
14	Saudi Arabia	83	89	80	62	100	57
15	Switzerland	82	85	86	65	92	7
16	Australia	82	87	84	65	93	6
17	Malta	82	91	84	61	92	28
18	Netherlands	82	88	85	67	88	4
19	Norway	82	87	78	63	99	1
20	Korea, Rep.	82	92	90	62	83	24
21	United States	82	87	85	55	99	32
22	Belarus	81	89	82	59	96	60
23	Kazakhstan	81	83	95	71	74	53
24	Ireland	80	85	82	61	92	9
25	Czechia	80	93	84	55	88	14
26	Cyprus	80	83	77	64	94	27
27	Hong Kong SAR, China	80	91	84	47	97	21
28	New Zealand	79	84	74	71	89	11
29	Denmark	79	81	79	60	97	3
30	Solomon Islands	79	98	97	100	22	107
31	Mexico	78	92	91	56	74	104
32	Cuba	78	96	94	40	81	85
33	Thailand	77	100	94	70	46	79
34	Viet Nam	77	97	90	81	42	101
35	Jamaica	77	90	82	71	66	86
36	Austria	77	82	82	51	94	15
37	Poland	77	92	81	50	86	26
38	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	77	89	87	96	36	–
39	Slovenia	77	88	81	48	91	23
40	Malaysia	77	87	78	64	78	51
41	Brunei Darussalam	76	82	66	59	98	40
42	Nigeria	76	91	93	97	24	155
43	Moldova	76	98	94	79	34	58
44	Trinidad and Tobago	76	90	87	49	78	75
45	Hungary	76	85	72	52	94	41
46	Bulgaria	76	86	78	44	95	48
47	United Kingdom	76	85	74	54	90	20
48	Philippines	76	94	89	57	63	106
49	Canada	76	77	76	58	92	16
50	Guam	76	81	77	54	90	–
51	El Salvador	75	90	88	56	67	113
52	Bolivia	75	90	93	89	29	99
53	Guatemala	75	93	94	53	60	126
54	Niger	75	100	100	96	3	172
55	Maldives	75	86	73	57	83	74
56	Tanzania	75	97	98	100	4	135
57	Burundi	74	100	100	93	4	174
58	Timor-Leste	74	97	97	68	34	97
59	Lithuania	74	75	75	54	91	22
60	Channel Islands	74	78	75	43	99	–
61	Uganda	74	92	95	93	15	156
62	Latvia	73	74	75	50	93	29
63	Eritrea	73	78	83	84	46	–
64	Kyrgyz Republic	73	89	86	47	69	87
65	Benin	73	97	97	87	9	146
66	Estonia	72	71	64	57	95	17
67	Liberia	72	91	99	86	12	149
68	Bahamas, The	72	65	66	71	85	47
69	Slovak Republic	72	81	64	52	90	34
70	Peru	72	82	83	75	47	91
71	Madagascar	71	91	92	100	3	154
72	Nicaragua	71	83	84	62	57	120
73	Paraguay	71	80	76	69	60	92
74	Tonga	71	95	91	34	63	67
75	Croatia	71	82	69	36	96	36
76	Luxembourg	71	77	59	52	96	12
77	Mauritius	71	80	69	47	86	63
78	Barbados	70	76	66	58	81	54
79	China	70	84	72	60	63	88
80	Ecuador	70	89	86	61	44	103
81	Indonesia	69	90	76	68	44	95
82	Belgium	69	79	68	39	91	18
83	Cote d'Ivoire	69	94	95	68	20	138
84	Lao PDR	69	99	99	67	12	142
85	Uzbekistan	69	85	81	47	64	94
86	Honduras	69	83	86	44	63	132
87	Dominican Republic	69	81	77	59	58	77
88	Brazil	68	75	71	54	72	83
89	Portugal	68	76	58	46	92	31
90	Sweden	68	68	53	55	96	8
91	Finland	68	68	65	46	93	5
92	France	68	72	65	39	94	30
93	Mongolia	67	82	79	51	57	70
94	Ghana	67	92	92	51	32	118
95	Guinea-Bissau	67	92	97	63	14	162
96	Mali	67	91	95	67	13	171
97	Argentina	66	73	64	51	77	71
98	Equatorial Guinea	66	68	71	48	77	147
99	Cameroon	66	88	90	63	23	159
100	Puerto Rico (US)	66	80	76	16	91	–
101	Fiji	65	81	72	45	64	62
102	Malawi	65	82	89	56	32	153
103	Burkina Faso	65	89	90	72	7	170
104	Bangladesh	64	88	85	50	35	148
105	Venezuela, RB	64	81	82	35	59	128
106	Turkmenistan	64	87	84	17	70	119
107	Romania	64	81	55	33	88	50
108	St. Lucia	64	60	59	59	77	78
109	Chile	64	67	60	50	79	45
110	Togo	64	95	96	50	14	157
111	Costa Rica	64	74	61	44	76	59
112	Chad	63	99	100	54	0	180
113	Ethiopia	63	89	92	69	3	173
114	Italy	63	76	62	29	87	38
115	Serbia	63	73	59	46	75	68
116	Senegal	63	92	95	37	28	130
117	Azerbaijan	63	80	75	57	39	98
118	Comoros	63	87	85	43	36	139
119	Uruguay	62	69	48	56	75	44
120	Panama	62	68	63	58	58	89
121	Myanmar	62	91	83	43	29	158
122	Turkiye	61	66	70	35	75	112
123	Papua New Guinea	61	93	95	37	19	145
124	Vanuatu	61	83	80	47	34	108
125	Central African Republic	61	77	83	74	9	179
126	Kenya	61	80	71	64	27	124
127	Mozambique	61	75	80	84	4	168
128	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	60	55	56	32	97	–
129	Suriname	60	71	52	35	82	105
130	Belize	60	67	65	40	68	102
131	Bhutan	60	90	66	62	21	76
132	Congo, Dem. Rep.	59	85	87	60	6	177
133	Egypt, Arab Rep.	59	75	68	19	75	131
134	Pakistan	59	80	84	35	37	150
135	Sri Lanka	59	86	64	29	57	100
136	Spain	58	55	48	39	92	33
137	Zambia	58	79	82	53	20	144
138	Samoa	58	83	77	18	54	64
139	Colombia	57	63	63	51	52	96
140	Rwanda	57	56	69	49	56	136
141	Sierra Leone	57	91	96	40	1	160
142	Montenegro	56	48	54	37	86	49
143	Greece	56	61	57	30	76	39
144	Tajikistan	56	74	73	7	70	123
145	New Caledonia	55	57	38	37	87	–
146	India	54	86	71	43	18	114
147	Zimbabwe	54	64	71	59	22	166
148	Guinea	54	82	89	36	9	167
149	Sao Tome and Principe	53	65	86	0	62	121
150	North Macedonia	53	52	44	27	89	69
151	Guyana	53	53	52	33	73	110
152	Sudan	53	72	79	5	56	178
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53	58	47	24	82	84
154	Gambia, The	52	76	81	25	27	140
155	Albania	52	58	51	51	48	73
156	Lebanon	52	57	56	13	81	122
157	Armenia	51	51	48	41	64	72
158	Georgia	50	55	42	50	53	65
159	Morocco	50	65	57	16	61	111
160	Cabo Verde	49	53	45	37	62	90
161	French Polynesia	49	54	28	29	86	–
162	Iran, Islamic Rep.	49	69	59	11	56	133
163	South Sudan	47	51	65	65	8	182
164	Lesotho	46	34	52	32	65	143
165	Angola	46	44	48	65	25	165
166	Algeria	44	54	42	8	73	117
167	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	42	27	17	48	77	80
168	Mauritania	41	60	56	9	40	151
169	Tunisia	39	39	23	13	82	116
170	Iraq	39	39	38	6	71	152
171	Jordan	38	33	23	2	94	93
172	Namibia	37	22	27	31	68	115
173	Syrian Arab Republic	35	47	36	0	57	164
174	Nepal	34	59	61	6	11	137
175	Gabon	33	18	29	18	68	127
176	Haiti	32	42	28	45	13	175
177	Botswana	32	3	10	41	73	109
178	Afghanistan	30	46	68	0	6	176
179	Yemen, Rep.	30	32	37	0	49	–
180	West Bank and Gaza	29	0	29	3	82	141
181	Libya	28	23	0	14	78	134
182	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	26	23	33	0	49	181
183	South Africa	25	0	0	11	90	125
184	Congo, Rep.	24	19	20	45	13	161
185	Eswatini	18	0	0	2	70	163
186	Djibouti	17	0	0	0	68	169