Country profile category: Economy
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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.) |