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Unemployment rate (Country profile category: Economy)

Afghanistan:
8% (1995 est.)

Albania:
14% (October 1997) officially, but may be as high as 28%

Algeria:
30% (1999 est.)

American Samoa:
12% (1991)

Andorra:
0%

Angola:
extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (1999 est.)

Anguilla:
7% (1992 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda:
7% (1999 est.)

Argentina:
14% (December 1999)

Armenia:
20% (1998 est.)
note: official rate is 9.3% for 1998

Aruba:
0.6% (1996 est.)

Australia:
7.5% (1999)

Austria:
4.4% (1999)

Azerbaijan:
20% (1999 est.)

Bahamas, The:
9% (1998 est.)

Bahrain:
15% (1998 est.)

Bangladesh:
35.2% (1996)

Barbados:
12% (1998 est.)

Belarus:
2.3% officially registered unemployed (December 1998); large number of underemployed workers

Belgium:
9% (1999 est.)

Belize:
14.3% (1998)

Benin:
NA%

Bermuda:
NEGL% (1995)

Bhutan:
NA%

Bolivia:
11.4% (1997) with widespread underemployment

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
35%-40% (1999 est.)

Botswana:
20%-40% (1999 est.)

Brazil:
7.5% (1999 est.)

British Virgin Islands:
3% (1995)

Brunei:
4.9% (1995 est.)

Bulgaria:
15% (1999 est.)

Burkina Faso:
NA%

Burma:
7.1% (official FY97/98 est.)

Burundi:
NA%

Cambodia:
2.8% (1999 est.)

Cameroon:
30% (1998 est.)

Canada:
7.6% (1999)

Cape Verde:
NA%

Cayman Islands:
5.1% (1996)

Central African Republic:
6% (1993)

Chad:
NA%

Chile:
9% (1999)

China:
urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (1999 est.)

Christmas Island:
NA%

Colombia:
20% (1999 est.)

Comoros:
20% (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
NA%

Congo, Republic of the:
NA%

Cook Islands:
NA%

Costa Rica:
5.6% (1998 est.); 7.5% underemployment

Cote d'Ivoire:
NA%

Croatia:
20% (1999 est.)

Cuba:
6% (December 1999 est.)

Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot area: 3.3% (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 6.4% (1997)

Czech Republic:
9% (1999 est.)

Denmark:
5.7% (1999 est.)

Djibouti:
40%-50% (1996 est.)

Dominica:
20% (1999 est.)

Dominican Republic:
13.8% (1999 est.)

Ecuador:
12% with widespread underemployment (November 1998 est.)

Egypt:
11.8% (1999 est.)

El Salvador:
7.7% (1997 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:
5% (1998 est.)

Fiji:
6% (1997 est.)

Finland:
10% (1999 est.)

France:
11% (1999 est.)

French Guiana:
21.4% (1998 est.)

French Polynesia:
15% (1992 est.)

Gabon:
21% (1997 est.)

Gambia, The:
NA%

Gaza Strip:
14.5% (includes West Bank) (1998 est.)

Georgia:
14.5% (1998 est.)

Germany:
10.5% (1999 est.)

Ghana:
20% (1997 est.)

Gibraltar:
13.5% (1996)

Greece:
9.9% (1999 est.)

Greenland:
10.5% (1995 est.)

Grenada:
15% (1997)

Guadeloupe:
27.8% (1998)

Guam:
2% (1992 est.)

Guatemala:
7.5% (1999 est.)

Guernsey:
0.5% (1997 est.)

Guinea:
NA%

Guinea-Bissau:
NA%

Guyana:
12% (1992 est.)

Haiti:
70%; widespread underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (1999)

Honduras:
12% (1999); underemployed 30% (1997 est.)

Hong Kong:
6% (1999 est.)

Hungary:
10% (1999 est.)

Iceland:
2.4% (1999 est.)

India:
NA%

Indonesia:
15%-20% (1998 est.)

Iran:
25% (1999 est.)

Iraq:
NA%

Ireland:
5.5% (1999)

Israel:
9.1% (1999 est.)

Italy:
11.5% (1999 est.)

Jamaica:
15.5% (1998)

Japan:
4.7% (1999 est.)

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:
6.3% (1999 est.)

Kuwait:
1.8% (official 1996 est.)

Kyrgyzstan:
6% (1998 est.)

Laos:
5.7% (1997 est.)

Latvia:
9.6% (1999 est.)

Lebanon:
18% (1997 est.)

Lesotho:
substantial unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half of the labor force (1999 est.)

Liberia:
70%

Libya:
30% (1998 est.)

Liechtenstein:
1.8% (February 1999)

Lithuania:
10% (1999)

Luxembourg:
2.7% (1999 est.)

Macau:
6.9% (1999)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
35% (1999 est.)

Madagascar:
NA%

Malawi:
NA%

Malaysia:
3% (1999 est.)

Maldives:
NEGL%

Mali:
NA%

Malta:
5.5% (September 1999)

Man, Isle of:
0.7% (July 1999)

Marshall Islands:
16% (1991 est.)

Martinique:
24% (1997)

Mauritania:
23% (1995 est.)

Mauritius:
2% (1996 est.)

Mayotte:
45% (1997)

Mexico:
2.5% urban (1998); plus considerable underemployment

Micronesia, Federated States of:
27% (1989)

Moldova:
2% (includes only officially registered unemployed; large numbers of underemployed workers) (September 1998)

Monaco:
3.1% (1998)

Mongolia:
4.5% (1998)

Montserrat:
20% (1996 est.)

Morocco:
19% (1998 est.)

Mozambique:
NA%

Namibia:
30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.)

Nauru:
0%

Nepal:
NA%; substantial underemployment (1999)

Netherlands:
3.5% but generous welfare benefits have prompted large numbers to drop out of the labor market (1999 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:
14.9% (1998 est.)

New Caledonia:
15% (1994)

New Zealand:
7% (1999 est.)

Nicaragua:
10.5% (1999 est.); considerable underemployment

Niger:
NA%

Nigeria:
28% (1992 est.)

Niue:
NA%

Norfolk Island:
NA%

Northern Mariana Islands:
14% (residents)

Norway:
2.9% (1999 est.)

Oman:
NA%

Pakistan:
7% (FY98/99 est.)

Palau:
7%

Panama:
13.1% (1997 est.)

Papua New Guinea:
NA%

Paraguay:
12% (1998 est.)

Peru:
7.7%; extensive underemployment (1997)

Philippines:
9.6% (October 1998)

Pitcairn Islands:
NA%

Poland:
11% (1999 est.)

Portugal:
4.6% (1999 est.)

Puerto Rico:
13% (FY97/98 est.)

Qatar:
NA%

Reunion:
42.8% (1998)

Romania:
11% (1999 est.)

Russia:
12.4% (1999 est.), plus considerable underemployment

Rwanda:
NA%

Saint Helena:
18% (1996)

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%

San Marino:
3.6% (April 1996)

Sao Tome and Principe:
50% in the formal business sector (1998 est.)

Saudi Arabia:
NA%

Senegal:
NA%; urban youth 40%

Serbia and Montenegro:
30% (1999 est.)

Seychelles:
NA%

Sierra Leone:
NA%

Singapore:
3.2% (1999 est.)

Slovakia:
20% (1999 est.)

Slovenia:
7.1% (1997 est.)

Solomon Islands:
NA%

Somalia:
NA%

South Africa:
30% (1999 est.)

Spain:
16% (1999 est.)

Sri Lanka:
9.5% (1998 est.)

Sudan:
30% (FY92/93 est.)

Suriname:
20% (1997)

Swaziland:
22% (1995 est.)

Sweden:
5.5% plus about 5% in training programs (1999 est.)

Switzerland:
2.8% (1999 est.)

Syria:
12%-15% (1998 est.)

Tajikistan:
5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1998)

Tanzania:
NA%

Thailand:
4.5% (1998 est.)

Togo:
NA%

Tokelau:
NA%

Tonga:
11.8% (FY93/94)

Trinidad and Tobago:
14.2% (1998)

Tunisia:
16.5% (1999 est.)

Turkey:
7.3% plus underemployment of 6.9% (April 1999 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:
6% (1999)

United States:
4.2% (1999)

Uruguay:
12% (1999)

Uzbekistan:
5% plus another 10% underemployed (December 1996 est.)

Vanuatu:
NA%

Venezuela:
18% (1999 est.)

Vietnam:
25% (1995 est.)

Virgin Islands:
4.9% (March 1999)

Wallis and Futuna:
NA%

West Bank:
14.5% (includes Gaza Strip) (1998 est.)

Western Sahara:
NA%

World:
30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (1999 est.)

Yemen:
30% (1995 est.)

Zambia:
25% (1998)

Zimbabwe:
50% (1999 est.)

Taiwan:
2.9% (1999 est.)

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