WorldDataRank / Economy
Compare Unemployment Rate across 20 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2025. Values are measured in % of labor force.
Data year: 2025 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
This ranking uses common-year World Bank observations for 2025. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- Chile has the highest observed value at 9%.
- Cuba has the lowest observed value at 1.7%.
- The median across 20 reporting countries is 5.1%.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 7.2 percentage points.
Comparison across selected countries in the Americas. Values in % of labor force. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 9% |
| 2 | Panama | 8.4% |
| 3 | Colombia | 8.3% |
| 4 | Uruguay | 7.5% |
| 5 | Argentina | 7.1% |
| 6 | Canada | 6.9% |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 6.8% |
| 8 | Brazil | 6% |
| 9 | Peru | 5.1% |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 5.1% |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 5% |
| 12 | Honduras | 4.9% |
| 13 | Paraguay | 4.8% |
| 14 | United States | 4.2% |
| 15 | Ecuador | 3.3% |
| 16 | El Salvador | 3.3% |
| 17 | Bolivia | 3% |
| 18 | Mexico | 2.7% |
| 19 | Guatemala | 2.6% |
| 20 | Cuba | 1.7% |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 5.3%, compared with a median of 5.1%. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 0.6 percentage points. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
- Indicator ID
- SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
- Data year
- 2025
- Units
- % of labor force
- Coverage
- 20 of 20 selected countries in the Americas.
Source: World Bank: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) (2025)
Rankings use the cited source values without imputation or interpolation. Display rounding does not affect rank.
Technical details
- Coverage threshold
- Minimum 18 reporting countries.
- Countries included
- Chile, Panama, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Brazil, Peru, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras, Paraguay, United States, Ecuador, El Salvador, Bolivia, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba
- Countries excluded (missing observations; ISO3 codes)
- None
- Ranking direction
- descending
- Sorting
- Exact source values; equal values share competition rank. Ties display by ascending country ID, then record ID.
- Statistics
- Unweighted arithmetic mean, median, and highest minus lowest. Derived decimals use half-up rounding; source values remain exact.
Why a newer year was not selected
- 2026: 0 available observations; 18 required.
Caveats
This is a selected-country comparison, not a global ranking. Missing countries may affect the distribution. A higher value does not necessarily imply a better outcome. Source observations may be revised.