| Unemployment rate Country profile category: Economy |
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.)