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Unemployment rate Country profile category: Economy |
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z |
Afghanistan: | NA% |
Albania: | 16% (2000 est.) officially; may be as high as 25% |
Algeria: | 30% (1999 est.) |
American Samoa: | 16% (1993) |
Andorra: | 0% |
Angola: | extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2000 est.) |
Anguilla: | 7% (1992 est.) |
Antigua and Barbuda: | 7% (1999 est.) |
Argentina: | 15% (December 2000) |
Armenia: |
20% (1998 est.)
note: official rate is 9.3% for 1998 |
Aruba: | 0.6% (1999 est.) |
Australia: | 6.4% (2000) |
Austria: | 5.4% (2000 est.) |
Azerbaijan: | 20% (1999 est.) |
Bahamas, The: | 9% (1998 est.) |
Bahrain: | 15% (1998 est.) |
Bangladesh: | 35.2% (1996) |
Barbados: | 11% (1999 est.) |
Belarus: | 2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers |
Belgium: | 8.4% (2000 est.) |
Belize: | 12.8% (1999) |
Benin: | NA% |
Bermuda: | NEGL% (1995) |
Bhutan: | NA% |
Bolivia: |
11.4% (1997)
note: widespread underemployment |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 35%-40% (1999 est.) |
Botswana: | 40% (2000 est.) |
Brazil: | 7.1% (2000 est.) |
British Virgin Islands: | 3% (1995) |
Brunei: | 4.9% (1995 est.) |
Bulgaria: | 17.7% (2000 est.) |
Burkina Faso: | NA% |
Burma: | 7.1% (official FY97/98 est.) |
Burundi: | NA% |
Cambodia: | 2.8% (1999 est.) |
Cameroon: | 30% (1998 est.) |
Canada: | 6.8% (2000 est.) |
Cape Verde: | 24% (1999 est.) |
Cayman Islands: | 4.1% (1997) |
Central African Republic: | 6% (1993) |
Chad: | NA% |
Chile: | 9% (December 2000) |
China: | urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2000 est.) |
Christmas Island: | NA% |
Colombia: | 20% (2000 est.) |
Comoros: | 20% (1996 est.) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | NA% |
Congo, Republic of the: | NA% |
Cook Islands: | NA% |
Costa Rica: | 5.2% (2000 est.) |
Cote d'Ivoire: | 13% in urban areas (1998 est.) |
Croatia: | 22% (October 2000) |
Cuba: | 5.5% (2000 est.) |
Cyprus: | Greek Cypriot area: 3.6% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 6% (1998 est.) |
Czech Republic: | 8.7% (2000 est.) |
Denmark: | 5.3% (2000) |
Djibouti: | 50% (2000 est.) |
Dominica: | 20% (1999 est.) |
Dominican Republic: | 13.8% (1999 est.) |
Ecuador: | 13%; note - widespread underemployment (2000 est.) |
Egypt: | 11.5% (2000 est.) |
El Salvador: | 10% (2000 est.) |
Equatorial Guinea: | 30% (1998 est.) |
Eritrea: | NA% |
Estonia: | 11.7% (1999 est.) |
Ethiopia: | NA% |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): | full employment; labor shortage |
Faroe Islands: | 1% (October 2000) |
Fiji: | 6% (1997 est.) |
Finland: | 9.8% (2000 est.) |
France: | 9.7% (2000 est.) |
French Guiana: | 21.4% (1998) |
French Polynesia: | 15% (1992 est.) |
Gabon: | 21% (1997 est.) |
Gambia, The: | NA% |
Gaza Strip: | 40% (includes West Bank) (yearend 2000) |
Georgia: | 14.9% (1999 est.) |
Germany: | 9.9% (2000 est.) |
Ghana: | 20% (1997 est.) |
Gibraltar: | 13.5% (1996) |
Greece: | 11.3% (2000 est.) |
Greenland: | 7% (1999 est.) |
Grenada: | 15% (1997) |
Guadeloupe: | 27.8% (1998) |
Guam: | 15% (2000 est.) |
Guatemala: | 7.5% (1999 est.) |
Guernsey: | 0.5% (1999 est.) |
Guinea: | NA% |
Guinea-Bissau: | NA% |
Guyana: | 12% (1992 est.) |
Haiti: | widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (1999) |
Honduras: | 28% (2000 est.) |
Hong Kong: | 4.5% (2000 est.) |
Hungary: | 9.4% (2000 est.) |
Iceland: | 2.7% (January 2001) |
India: | NA% |
Indonesia: | 15%-20% (1998 est.) |
Iran: | 14% (1999 est.) |
Iraq: | NA% |
Ireland: | 4.1% (2000) |
Israel: | 9% (2000 est.) |
Italy: | 10.4% (2000 est.) |
Jamaica: | 16% (2000 est.) |
Japan: | 4.7% (2000) |
Jersey: | 0.7% (1998 est.) |
Jordan: | 15% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (1999 est.) |
Kazakhstan: | 13.7% (1998 est.) |
Kenya: | 50% (1998 est.) |
Kiribati: | 2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.) |
Korea, North: | NA% |
Korea, South: | 4.1% (2000 est.) |
Kuwait: | 1.8% (official 1996 est.) |
Kyrgyzstan: | 6% (1998 est.) |
Laos: | 5.7% (1997 est.) |
Latvia: | 7.8% (2000 est.) |
Lebanon: | 18% (1997 est.) |
Lesotho: | 45% (2000 est.) |
Liberia: | 70% |
Libya: | 30% (2000 est.) |
Liechtenstein: | 1.8% (February 1999) |
Lithuania: | 10.8% (2000) |
Luxembourg: | 2.7% (2000 est.) |
Macau: | 6.6% (2000) |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 32% (2000) |
Madagascar: | NA% |
Malawi: | NA% |
Malaysia: | 2.8% (2000 est.) |
Maldives: | NEGL% |
Mali: | NA% |
Malta: | 4.5% (3rd Quarter 2000) |
Man, Isle of: | 0.6% (August 2000) |
Marshall Islands: | 16% (1991 est.) |
Martinique: | 27.2% (1998) |
Mauritania: | 23% (1995 est.) |
Mauritius: | 6.4% (1999 est.) |
Mayotte: | 45% (1997) |
Mexico: | urban - 2.2% (2000); plus considerable underemployment |
Micronesia, Federated States of: | 16% (1999 est.) |
Moldova: | 1.9% (includes only officially registered unemployed; large numbers of underemployed workers) (November 2000) |
Monaco: | 3.1% (1998) |
Mongolia: | NA% |
Montserrat: | 20% (1996 est.) |
Morocco: | 23% (1999 est.) |
Mozambique: | 21% (1997 est.) |
Namibia: | 30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.) |
Nauru: | 0% |
Nepal: | NA%; substantial underemployment (1999) |
Netherlands: | 2.6% (2000 est.) |
Netherlands Antilles: | 14.9% (1998 est.) |
New Caledonia: | 19% (1996) |
New Zealand: | 6.3% (2000 est.) |
Nicaragua: | 20% plus considerable underemployment (1999 est.) |
Niger: | NA% |
Nigeria: | 28% (1992 est.) |
Niue: | NA% |
Norfolk Island: | NA% |
Northern Mariana Islands: | NA% |
Norway: | 3% (2000 est.) |
Oman: | NA% |
Pakistan: | 6% (FY99/00 est.) |
Palau: | 2.3% (2000 est.) |
Panama: | 13% (2000 est.) |
Papua New Guinea: | NA% |
Paraguay: | 16% (2000 est.) |
Peru: | 7.7%; extensive underemployment (1997) |
Philippines: | 10% (2000) |
Pitcairn Islands: | NA% |
Poland: | 12% (1999) |
Portugal: | 4.3% (2000 est.) |
Puerto Rico: | 9.5% (2000) |
Qatar: | NA% |
Reunion: | 42.8% (1998) |
Romania: | 11.5% (1999) |
Russia: | 10.5% (2000 est.), plus considerable underemployment |
Rwanda: | NA% |
Saint Helena: | 14% (1998 est.) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: | 4.5% (1997) |
Saint Lucia: | 15% (1996 est.) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: | 9.8% (1997) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: | 22% (1997 est.) |
Samoa: | NA%; note - substantial underemployment |
San Marino: | 3% (1999) |
Sao Tome and Principe: | NA% |
Saudi Arabia: | NA% |
Senegal: | NA%; urban youth 40% |
Seychelles: | NA% |
Sierra Leone: | NA% |
Singapore: | 3% (2000 est.) |
Slovakia: | 17% (2000 est.) |
Slovenia: | 7.1% (1997 est.) |
Solomon Islands: | NA% |
Somalia: | NA% |
South Africa: | 30% (2000 est.) |
Spain: | 14% (2000 est.) |
Sri Lanka: | 8.8% (1999 est.) |
Sudan: | 4% (1996 est.) |
Suriname: | 20% (1997) |
Swaziland: | 22% (1995 est.) |
Sweden: | 6% (2000 est.) |
Switzerland: | 1.9% (2000 est.) |
Syria: | 20% (2000 est.) |
Tajikistan: | 5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1998) |
Tanzania: | NA% |
Thailand: | 3.7% (2000 est.) |
Togo: | NA% |
Tokelau: | NA% |
Tonga: | 13.3% (FY96/97) |
Trinidad and Tobago: | 12.8% (2000) |
Tunisia: | 15.6% (2000 est.) |
Turkey: | 5.6% (plus underemployment of 5.6%) (2000 est.) |
Turkmenistan: | NA% |
Turks and Caicos Islands: | 10% (1997 est.) |
Tuvalu: | NA% |
Uganda: | NA% |
Ukraine: | 4.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (December 1999) |
United Arab Emirates: | NA% |
United Kingdom: | 5.5% (2000 est.) |
United States: | 4% (2000) |
Uruguay: | 14% (2000 est.) |
Uzbekistan: | 10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.) |
Vanuatu: | NA% |
Venezuela: | 14% (2000 est.) |
Vietnam: | 25% (1995 est.) |
Virgin Islands: | 4.9% (March 1999) |
Wallis and Futuna: | NA% |
West Bank: | 40% (includes Gaza Strip) (yearend 2000) |
Western Sahara: | NA% |
World: | 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2000 est.) |
Yemen: | 30% (1995 est.) |
Yugoslavia: | 30% (2000 est.) |
Zambia: | 50% (2000 est.) |
Zimbabwe: | 50% (2000 est.) |
Taiwan: | 3% (2000 est.) |