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Country | Unemployment rate (%)
Afghanistan | NA%
Albania | 17% officially; may be as high as 30% (2001 est.)
Algeria | 31% (2002 est.)
American Samoa | 6% (2000)
Andorra | 0%
Angola | extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2001 est.)
Anguilla | 6.7% (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda | 11% (2001 est.)
Argentina | 21.5% (37377)
Armenia | 20% (2001 est.)
Aruba | 0.6%
Australia | 6.3% (2002)
Austria | 4.8% (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan | 16% (official rate is 1.2%) (2003 est.)
Bahamas, The | 6.9% (2001 est.)
Bahrain | 15% (1998 est.)
Bangladesh | 40% (includes underemployment) (2002 est.)
Barbados | 10% (2001 est.)
Belarus | 2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers
Belgium | 7.2% (2002 est.)
Belize | 9.1% (2002)
Benin | NA%
Bermuda | 4.5% (1993)
Bhutan | NA%
Bolivia | 7.6% note: widespread underemployment (2000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40% (2002 est.)
Botswana | 40% (official rate is 21%) (2001 est.)
Brazil | 6.4% (2001 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 3% (1995)
Brunei | 10% (2001 est.)
Bulgaria | 18% (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso | NA%
Burma | 5.1% (2001 est.)
Burundi | NA%
Cambodia | 2.8% (1999 est.)
Cameroon | 30% (2001 est.)
Canada | 7.6% (2002 est.)
Cape Verde | 21% (2000 est.)
Cayman Islands | 4.1% (1997)
Central African Republic | 8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)
Chad | NA%
Chile | 9.2% (2002)
China | urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2002 est.)
Christmas Island | NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 60% (2000 est.)
Colombia | 17.4% (2002 est.)
Comoros | 20% (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | NA%
Congo, Republic of the | NA%
Cook Islands | 13% (1996)
Costa Rica | 6.3% (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 13% in urban areas (1998)
Croatia | 21.7% (2002 est.)
Cuba | 4.1% (2001 est.)
Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 3.3%; Turkish Cypriot area: 5.6% (2002 est.)
Czech Republic | 9.8% (2002)
Denmark | 5.1% (2002)
Djibouti | 50% (2000 est.)
Dominica | 23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic | 14.5% (2002 est.)
East Timor | 50% (including underemployment)
Ecuador | 7.7%; note - widespread underemployment (2001 est.)
Egypt | 12% (2001 est.)
El Salvador | 10% - but the economy has much underemployment. (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 30% (1998 est.)
Eritrea | NA%
Estonia | 12.4% (2001)
Ethiopia | NA%
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | full employment; labor shortage
Faroe Islands | 1% (October 2000)
Fiji | 7.6% (1999)
Finland | 8.5% (2002 est.)
France | 9.1% (2002 est.)
French Guiana | 22% (2001)
French Polynesia | 11.8% (1994)
Gabon | 21% (1997 est.)
Gambia, The | NA%
Gaza Strip | 50% (includes West Bank) (2002 est.)
Georgia | 17% (2001 est.)
Germany | 9.8% (2002 est.)
Ghana | 20% (1997 est.)
Gibraltar | 2% (2001 est.)
Greece | 10.3% (2002 est.)
Greenland | 10% (2000 est.)
Grenada | 12.5% (2000)
Guadeloupe | 27.8% (1998)
Guam | 15% (2000 est.)
Guatemala | 7.5% (1999 est.)
Guernsey | 0.5% (1999 est.)
Guinea | NA%
Guinea-Bissau | NA%
Guyana | 9.1% (understated) (2000)
Haiti | widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2002 est.)
Honduras | 28% (2002 est.)
Hong Kong | 7.5% (2002 est.)
Hungary | 5.8% (2002 est.)
Iceland | 2.8% (2002 est.)
India | 8.8% (2002)
Indonesia | 10.6% (2002 est.)
Iran | 16.3% (2003 est.)
Iraq | NA%
Ireland | 4.3% (2002 est.)
Israel | 10.4% (2002 est.)
Italy | 9.1% (2002 est.)
Jamaica | 15.4% (2002 est.)
Japan | 5.4% (2002)
Jersey | 0.7% (1998 est.)
Jordan | 16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan | 8.8% (2002 est.)
Kenya | 40% (2001 est.)
Kiribati | 2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
Korea, North | NA%
Korea, South | 3.1% (2002 est.)
Kuwait | 7% (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 7.2% (1999 est.)
Laos | 5.7% (1997 est.)
Latvia | 7.6% (2001 est.)
Lebanon | 18% (1997 est.)
Lesotho | 45% (2002)
Liberia | NA
Libya | 30% (2001)
Liechtenstein | 1.3% (37500)
Lithuania | 12.5% (2001 est.)
Luxembourg | 4.1% (2002 est.)
Macau | 6.3% (2002)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 37% (2002 est.)
Madagascar | 5.9% (1998)
Malawi | NA%
Malaysia | 3.8% (2002 est.)
Maldives | NEGL%
Mali | 14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.)
Malta | 7% (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of | 0.7% (March 2003)
Marshall Islands | 30.9% (1999 est.)
Martinique | 27.2% (1998)
Mauritania | 21% (1999 est.)
Mauritius | 8.8% (2002 est.)
Mayotte | 38% (1999)
Mexico | urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2002)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 16% (1999 est.)
Moldova | 8% (roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad) (2002 est.)
Monaco | 3.1% (1998)
Mongolia | 20% (2000)
Montserrat | 6% (1998 est.)
Morocco | 19% (2002 est.)
Mozambique | 21% (1997 est.)
Namibia | 35% (1998)
Nauru | 0%
Nepal | 47% (2001 est.)
Netherlands | 3% (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | 15% (1998 est.)
New Caledonia | 19% (1996)
New Zealand | 5.3% (2002 est.)
Nicaragua | 24% plus considerable underemployment (2002 est.)
Niger | NA%
Nigeria | 28% (1992 est.)
Niue | NA%
Norfolk Island | NA%
Northern Mariana Islands | NA%
Norway | 3.9% (2002 est.)
Oman | NA%
Pakistan | 7.8% plus substantial underemployment (2002 est.)
Palau | 2.3% (2000 est.)
Panama | 16% (2002 est.)
Papua New Guinea | NA%
Paraguay | 18.2% (2002 est.)
Peru | 9.4%; widespread underemployment (2002 est.)
Philippines | 10.2% (2002)
Pitcairn Islands | NA%
Poland | 18.1% (2002)
Portugal | 4.7% (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico | 12% (2002)
Qatar | 2.7% (2001)
Reunion | 36% (1999 est.)
Romania | 8.3% (2002)
Russia | 7.9% plus considerable underemployment (2002)
Rwanda | NA%
Saint Helena | 14% (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.5% (1997)
Saint Lucia | 16.5% (1997 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 9.8% (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22% (1997 est.)
Samoa | NA%; note - substantial underemployment
San Marino | 2.6% (2001)
Sao Tome and Principe | NA%
Saudi Arabia | 25% (2002)
Senegal | 48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | 32% (2002 est.)
Seychelles | NA%
Sierra Leone | NA%
Singapore | 4.6% (2002 est.)
Slovakia | 17.2% (2002 est.)
Slovenia | 11% (2002 est.)
Solomon Islands | NA%
Somalia | NA%
South Africa | 37% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2001 est.)
Spain | 11.3% (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka | 8% (2002)
Sudan | 18.7% (2002 est.)
Suriname | 17% (2000)
Swaziland | 34% (2000 est.)
Sweden | 4% (2002 est.)
Switzerland | 1.9% (2002 est.)
Syria | 20% (2002 est.)
Taiwan | 5.2% (2002 est.)
Tajikistan | 40% (2002 est.)
Tanzania | NA%
Thailand | 2.9% (2002 est.)
Togo | NA%
Tokelau | NA%
Tonga | 13.3% (1996 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 10.8% (2002)
Tunisia | 15.4% (2002 est.)
Turkey | 10.8% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan | NA%
Turks and Caicos Islands | 10% (1997 est.)
Tuvalu | NA%
Uganda | NA%
Ukraine | 3.8% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (2002)
United Arab Emirates | NA%
United Kingdom | 5.2% (2002 est.)
United States | 5.8% (2002)
Uruguay | 19.4% (2002)
Uzbekistan | 10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.)
Vanuatu | NA%
Venezuela | 17% (2002 est.)
Vietnam | 25% (1995 est.)
Virgin Islands | 4.9% (March 1999)
Wallis and Futuna | NA%
West Bank | 50% (includes Gaza Strip) (2002 est.)
Western Sahara | NA%
World | 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment
Yemen | 30% (1995 est.)
Zambia | 50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe | 70% (2002 est.)
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