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Starting at 2024, choose the newest common year with at least 10 existing country guides and at least 70% of world population represented. Regional aggregates and places without an existing country guide or same-year population are excluded; missing observations are never estimated. Rates, percentages and values already expressed per person are not divided by population again. Exact source ties share a rank; country names break ties in display order. 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The modelled ILO series improves comparability, but national averages do not measure work-permit access or demand for a particular occupation.","firstParagraph":"Eswatini (34.64 % of labour force), South Africa (32.28 % of labour force), and Djibouti (26.01 % of labour force) lead this 2024 comparison among countries with existing GooferPlaces guides.","description":"Eswatini leads this sourced 2024 comparison. See the full country table, coverage, methods and charts in the 2026 ranking.","shareImage":"/rankings-assets/highest-unemployment.png","verticalImage":"/rankings-assets/highest-unemployment-vertical.png"}