USA vs Venezuela: Who Has More Jobless? 🇺🇸🇻🇪
USA or Venezuela: who has more jobless? Unemployment rate (% of the labour force), year by year to 2026.
USA: 7.2% (1980) → 4.3% (2025) → 4.2% (2026, estimate)
Venezuela: 14% (1999) → – (2025) → – (2026, estimate)
What the number means: 8% = 8 of every 100 people who want a job cannot find one.
Unemployment jumps in crises (2009, 2020) and is often highest among young people.
Unemployment rate = the share of people who want to work and are looking for a job but do not have one (IMF, national definitions).
Terms used:
- IMF forecast: the International Monetary Fund's own forecast for 2026
Data: IMF World Economic Outlook - unemployment rate, 1980-2025; 2026: IMF estimate.
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