United Kingdom - Unemployment Rate 2016
4.91%
−0.47pp from 2015
United Kingdom's unemployment rate was 4.91% in 2016, decreased +0.47pp from 5.55% in 2015. This was the 74th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.15% | -11.8% |
| 2nd | Niger | 0.55% | -1.1% |
| 3rd | Thailand | 0.69% | -23.6% |
| 4th | Cambodia | 0.72% | 82.2% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 0.74% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Myanmar | 1.06% | 38.1% |
| 7th | Chad | 1.09% | 5.7% |
| 8th | Bahrain | 1.19% | -66.0% |
| 9th | Burundi | 1.35% | -6.7% |
| 10th | Mali | 1.37% | -2.6% |
| 11th | Moldova | 1.59% | -68.3% |
| 12th | United Arab Emirates | 1.64% | -8.5% |
| 13th | Benin | 1.83% | -2.8% |
| 14th | Viet Nam | 1.85% | -20.7% |
| 15th | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.90% | -26.3% |
| 16th | Tanzania | 1.93% | -3.9% |
| 17th | Macao SAR, China | 1.94% | 6.2% |
| 18th | Madagascar | 1.95% | 9.2% |
| 19th | Cuba | 2.00% | -16.7% |
| 20th | Tonga | 2.05% | 1.3% |
| 21st | Kuwait | 2.16% | -1.8% |
| 22nd | Pakistan | 2.29% | -61.3% |
| 23rd | Papua New Guinea | 2.48% | -1.2% |
| 24th | Guatemala | 2.58% | 3.1% |
| 25th | Lao PDR | 2.63% | 31.3% |
| 26th | Seychelles | 2.68% | 0.0% |
| 27th | Philippines | 2.70% | -57.1% |
| 28th | Bhutan | 2.71% | 8.3% |
| 29th | Kenya | 2.76% | -0.2% |
| 30th | Togo | 2.97% | 34.7% |
| 31st | Iceland | 2.98% | -35.1% |
| 32nd | Uganda | 3.00% | 12.0% |
| 33rd | Liberia | 3.08% | 20.5% |
| 34th | Japan | 3.13% | -7.2% |
| 35th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.14% | -0.9% |
| 36th | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.21% | -5.8% |
| 37th | Liechtenstein | 3.23% | -14.2% |
| 38th | Oman | 3.27% | -4.0% |
| 39th | Andorra | 3.30% | -14.8% |
| 40th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.39% | 2.8% |
| 41st | Malaysia | 3.44% | 9.2% |
| 42nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.50% | -23.2% |
| 43rd | Cameroon | 3.53% | 0.3% |
| 44th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.57% | 1.4% |
| 45th | Korea | 3.65% | 1.6% |
| 46th | Mozambique | 3.65% | 6.5% |
| 47th | Peru | 3.74% | -42.3% |
| 48th | Mexico | 3.85% | -11.4% |
| 49th | Nicaragua | 3.90% | -17.1% |
| 50th | Czechia | 3.95% | -21.3% |
| 51st | Turkmenistan | 4.03% | 0.2% |
| 52nd | Singapore | 4.08% | 114.7% |
| 53rd | Germany | 4.10% | -5.8% |
| 54th | Comoros | 4.12% | 2.1% |
| 55th | Sierra Leone | 4.18% | -6.7% |
| 56th | Sri Lanka | 4.24% | -9.7% |
| 57th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.29% | -43.2% |
| 58th | Indonesia | 4.30% | -30.4% |
| 59th | Fiji | 4.32% | -21.5% |
| 60th | Bangladesh | 4.35% | -1.1% |
| 61st | El Salvador | 4.42% | -38.2% |
| 62nd | Senegal | 4.46% | -34.1% |
| 63rd | Nigeria | 4.50% | -50.0% |
| 64th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.53% | 2.0% |
| 65th | China | 4.56% | -1.9% |
| 66th | Ecuador | 4.60% | -3.6% |
| 67th | Burkina Faso | 4.60% | 2.8% |
| 68th | Timor-Leste | 4.66% | 26.6% |
| 69th | Norway | 4.68% | 3.3% |
| 70th | Malta | 4.69% | -12.9% |
| 71st | Panama | 4.72% | -6.6% |
| 72nd | Israel | 4.72% | -9.9% |
| 73rd | United States | 4.87% | -7.7% |
| 74th | United Kingdom | 4.91% | -8.7% |
| 75th | Switzerland | 4.92% | 54.8% |
| 76th | Kazakhstan | 4.96% | -0.3% |
| 77th | Guinea | 5.00% | -3.0% |
| 78th | Azerbaijan | 5.00% | 0.8% |
| 79th | Malawi | 5.01% | 1.2% |
| 80th | Hungary | 5.12% | -22.8% |
| 81st | New Zealand | 5.15% | -5.1% |
| 82nd | Uzbekistan | 5.16% | 0.1% |
| 83rd | Vanuatu | 5.20% | 0.6% |
| 84th | Zambia | 5.24% | -11.9% |
| 85th | Paraguay | 5.26% | 15.3% |
| 86th | Ghana | 5.26% | -22.8% |
| 87th | Guam | 5.40% | -21.7% |
| 88th | Russian Federation | 5.59% | 0.3% |
| 89th | Saudi Arabia | 5.60% | 0.2% |
| 90th | Australia | 5.71% | -5.9% |
| 91st | Maldives | 5.77% | -12.7% |
| 92nd | Eritrea | 5.77% | 0.4% |
| 93rd | Central African Republic | 5.79% | 0.3% |
| 94th | Belarus | 5.84% | 0.4% |
| 95th | Zimbabwe | 5.90% | 9.2% |
| 96th | Romania | 5.90% | -29.7% |
| 97th | Denmark | 5.99% | 31.9% |
| 98th | Netherlands | 6.01% | -23.8% |
| 99th | Austria | 6.06% | -1.5% |
| 100th | Poland | 6.14% | -18.1% |
| 101st | Gambia, The | 6.24% | -13.6% |
| 102nd | Luxembourg | 6.67% | 0.3% |
| 103rd | Honduras | 6.73% | 9.4% |
| 104th | Mauritius | 6.81% | -13.7% |
| 105th | Estonia | 6.88% | 11.3% |
| 106th | Chile | 6.93% | 9.5% |
| 107th | Sweden | 6.99% | -7.0% |
| 108th | Belize | 7.00% | -31.0% |
| 109th | Tajikistan | 7.04% | 0.0% |
| 110th | Canada | 7.04% | 0.5% |
| 111th | Mongolia | 7.24% | -3.5% |
| 112th | Dominican Republic | 7.28% | -0.6% |
| 113th | Channel Islands | 7.47% | -5.8% |
| 114th | Bulgaria | 7.58% | -18.0% |
| 115th | India | 7.61% | -0.2% |
| 116th | Aruba | 7.70% | 5.5% |
| 117th | Equatorial Guinea | 7.80% | 0.3% |
| 118th | Belgium | 7.83% | -9.7% |
| 119th | Uruguay | 7.84% | 4.2% |
| 120th | Lithuania | 7.86% | -13.8% |
| 121st | Suriname | 7.92% | 13.1% |
| 122nd | Slovenia | 8.00% | -11.1% |
| 123rd | Costa Rica | 8.09% | -15.8% |
| 124th | Argentina | 8.09% | 23.8% |
| 125th | Barbados | 8.25% | -27.0% |
| 126th | Ireland | 8.37% | -15.6% |
| 127th | Brunei Darussalam | 8.54% | 22.5% |
| 128th | San Marino | 8.60% | -6.4% |
| 129th | Jamaica | 8.63% | -36.0% |
| 130th | Finland | 8.82% | -7.9% |
| 131st | Colombia | 8.92% | -3.0% |
| 132nd | Samoa | 9.06% | 1.8% |
| 133rd | European Union | 9.11% | -9.1% |
| 134th | Morocco | 9.30% | -4.1% |
| 135th | Ukraine | 9.35% | 2.3% |
| 136th | Latvia | 9.64% | -2.3% |
| 137th | Slovak Republic | 9.68% | -15.7% |
| 138th | São Tomé and Principe | 9.68% | -27.9% |
| 139th | Lebanon | 9.79% | 5.2% |
| 140th | France | 10.06% | -2.8% |
| 141st | Afghanistan | 10.12% | 12.0% |
| 142nd | Algeria | 10.20% | -9.0% |
| 143rd | Mauritania | 10.29% | 1.8% |
| 144th | Nepal | 10.71% | 0.7% |
| 145th | Iraq | 10.82% | -0.4% |
| 146th | Türkiye | 10.90% | 5.8% |
| 147th | Portugal | 11.06% | -14.0% |
| 148th | Brazil | 11.58% | 34.3% |
| 149th | Italy | 11.69% | -2.7% |
| 150th | French Polynesia | 11.73% | -0.6% |
| 151st | Virgin Islands (US) | 11.73% | 0.7% |
| 152nd | Rwanda | 11.79% | -0.4% |
| 153rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 11.80% | -2.5% |
| 154th | Cabo Verde | 12.09% | -2.5% |
| 155th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 12.45% | -3.2% |
| 156th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12.62% | 14.7% |
| 157th | New Caledonia | 12.68% | -6.9% |
| 158th | Bahamas, The | 12.70% | -5.1% |
| 159th | South Sudan | 12.85% | 3.1% |
| 160th | Cyprus | 13.01% | -12.7% |
| 161st | Croatia | 13.02% | -23.7% |
| 162nd | Guyana | 13.26% | 2.0% |
| 163rd | Sudan | 13.66% | -36.8% |
| 164th | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.80% | -3.1% |
| 165th | Haiti | 13.90% | 0.8% |
| 166th | Serbia | 15.26% | -19.4% |
| 167th | Jordan | 15.28% | 16.8% |
| 168th | Albania | 15.42% | -9.8% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 15.56% | 1.1% |
| 170th | Lesotho | 16.14% | -0.5% |
| 171st | Angola | 16.57% | 0.6% |
| 172nd | Georgia | 16.60% | -24.2% |
| 173rd | Armenia | 17.62% | -4.8% |
| 174th | Montenegro | 17.73% | 1.0% |
| 175th | Yemen, Republic of | 18.42% | 2.9% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.61% | 0.6% |
| 177th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.03% | -0.6% |
| 178th | Botswana | 19.33% | 2.2% |
| 179th | Libya | 19.56% | -0.7% |
| 180th | Spain | 19.64% | -11.0% |
| 181st | St. Lucia | 19.93% | -4.4% |
| 182nd | Gabon | 20.12% | 0.9% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | 20.30% | 1.4% |
| 184th | Eswatini | 22.72% | -3.0% |
| 185th | Namibia | 23.35% | 12.3% |
| 186th | Greece | 23.51% | -5.6% |
| 187th | West Bank and Gaza | 23.94% | -7.6% |
| 188th | North Macedonia | 24.31% | -6.7% |
| 189th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.41% | -8.3% |
| 190th | Djibouti | 25.98% | -0.3% |
| 191st | South Africa | 26.54% | 4.7% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's unemployment rate in 2016?▾
United Kingdom's unemployment rate in 2016 was 4.91%. This ranked 74th globally.
How did United Kingdom's unemployment rate change in 2016?▾
United Kingdom's unemployment rate decreased by 8.7% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2016?▾
South Africa had the highest unemployment rate in 2016 at 26.54%.
What is the unemployment rate of United Kingdom in 2016?▾
The unemployment rate of United Kingdom in 2016 was 4.91%. This ranked 74th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for United Kingdom's unemployment rate?▾
United Kingdom's unemployment rate went from 5.55% in 2015 to 4.91% in 2016, a 8.7% decrease.
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