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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.)