{"id":89245,"date":"2023-06-05T22:26:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T21:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-tops-countries-with-highest-unemployment-rate-see-list"},"modified":"2023-06-05T23:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:38:15","slug":"nigeria-tops-countries-with-highest-unemployment-rate-see-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/nigeria-tops-countries-with-highest-unemployment-rate-see-list","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria tops countries with highest unemployment rate [see list]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Countries with the highest unemployment have been ranked.<\/p>\n<p>The World of Statistics in its latest release on Sunday via its verified Twitter handle ranked Nigeria high, indicating the country has the highest level of unemployment in the world at 33.3%.<\/p>\n<p>Following in that order of countries with the highest number of unemployment are South Africa 32.9%, followed by Spain at 13.26%, Greece at 11.2%, Colombia is 10.7% and Turkey, 10% making up the top Six.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full list according to the ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Average number of Unemployment rate:<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria: 33.3%<\/p>\n<p>South Africa: 32.9%<\/p>\n<p>Spain: 13.26%<\/p>\n<p>Greece: 11.2%<\/p>\n<p>Colombia: 10.7%<\/p>\n<p>Turkey: 10%<\/p>\n<p>Iran: 9.7%<\/p>\n<p>Uruguay: 8.8%<\/p>\n<p>Chile: 8.7%<\/p>\n<p>Brazil: 8.5%<\/p>\n<p>Italy: 7.8%<\/p>\n<p>India: 7.8%<\/p>\n<p>Sweden: 7.5%<\/p>\n<p>Portugal: 7.2%<\/p>\n<p>Egypt: 7.1%<\/p>\n<p>France: 7.1%<\/p>\n<p>Euro area: 6.5%<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan: 6.5%<\/p>\n<p>Paraguay: 6.5%<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela: 6.4%<\/p>\n<p>Argentina: 6.3%<\/p>\n<p>Austria: 5.9%<\/p>\n<p>Belgium: 5.6%<\/p>\n<p>Germany: 5.6%<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia: 5.45%<\/p>\n<p>China: 5.2%<\/p>\n<p>Canada: 5%<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia: 4.8%<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh: 4.7%<\/p>\n<p>Philippines: 4.7%<\/p>\n<p>UK: 3.9%<\/p>\n<p>Ireland: 3.8%<\/p>\n<p>Australia: 3.7%<\/p>\n<p>US: 3.7%<\/p>\n<p>Norway: 3.5%<\/p>\n<p>Netherlands: 3.4%<\/p>\n<p>Russia: 3.3%<\/p>\n<p>Mexico: 2.8%<\/p>\n<p>UAE: 2.75%<\/p>\n<p>Japan: 2.6%<\/p>\n<p>South Korea: 2.6%<\/p>\n<p>Denmark: 2.4%<\/p>\n<p>Vietnam: 2.25%<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland: 2%<\/p>\n<p>Singapore: 1.8%<\/p>\n<p>Thailand: 1.05%<\/p>\n<p>Cambodia: 0.36%<\/p>\n<p>Qatar: 0.1%<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Countries with the highest unemployment have been ranked. The World of Statistics in its latest release on Sunday via its verified Twitter handle ranked Nigeria high, indicating the country has the highest level of unemployment in the world at 33.3%. Following in that order of countries with the highest number of unemployment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[1570,2140,254,367],"class_list":["post-89245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-unemployment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria tops countries with highest unemployment rate [see list] - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Countries with the highest unemployment have been ranked. 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