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FIELD LISTING :: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.

Country Comparison to the World

Country | UNEMPLOYMENT RATE(%)
--- | ---
Afghanistan | 35% (2008 est.) 40% (2005 est.)
Albania | 18% (2014 est.) 17.1% (2013 est.) note: these are official rates that may not include those working at near-subsistence farming
Algeria | 10.6% (2014 est.) 9.8% (2013 est.)
American Samoa | 29.8% (2005)
Andorra | 4% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.)
Angola | NA%
Anguilla | 8% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda | 11% (2014 est.)
Argentina | 7.3% (2014 est.) 7.1% (2013 est.)
Armenia | 17.6% (2014 est.) 16.2% (2013 est.)
Aruba | 6.9% (2005 est.)
Australia | 6.1% (2014 est.) 5.7% (2013 est.)
Austria | 5.6% (2014 est.) 5.4% (2013 est.)
Azerbaijan | 6% (2014 est.) 4.7% (2013 est.)
Bahamas, The | 15% (2014 est.) 14% (2012 est.)
Bahrain | 4.1% (2014 est.) note: (2004 est.)
Bangladesh | 5% (2014 est.) 5% (2013 est.) note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many persons counted as employed work only a few hours a week and at low wages
Barbados | 12.7% (2014 est.) 11.7% (2013 est.)
Belarus | 0.7% (2014 est.) 1% (2009 est.) note: official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers
Belgium | 8.5% (2014 est.) 8.4% (2013 est.)
Belize | 12.9% (2014 est.) 11.3% (2012)
Benin | NA%
Bermuda | 9% (2014 est.) 7% (2013)
Bhutan | 3.2% (2014 est.) 2.1% (2012 est.)
Bolivia | 4% (2014 est.) 7.4% (2013 est.) note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.6% (2014 est.) 44.3% (2013 est.) note: official rate; actual rate is lower as many technically unemployed persons work in the gray economy
Botswana | 17.8% (2009 est.) 7.5% (2007 est.)
Brazil | 4.8% (2014 est.) 5.4% (2013 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 8.7% (2010 est.)
Brunei | 2.7% (2014 est.) 2.7% (2010)
Bulgaria | 11.5% (2014 est.) 11.8% (2013 est.)
Burkina Faso | 77% (2004)
Burma | 4% (2014 est.) 5.2% (2013 est.)
Burundi | NA%
Cabo Verde | 12% (2014 est.)
Cambodia | 0.3% (2013 est.) 0.2% (2012 est.)
Cameroon | 30% (2001 est.)
Canada | 6.9% (2014 est.) 7.1% (2013 est.)
Cayman Islands | 4% (2008) 4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic | 8% (2001 est.) note: 23% unemployment in the capital, Bangui
Chad | NA%
Chile | 6.4% (2014 est.) 6% (2013 est.)
China | 4.1% (2014 est.) 4.1% (2013 est.) note: data are for registered urban unemployment, which excludes private enterprises and migrants
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 60% (2000 est.)
Colombia | 9.1% (2014 est.) 9.7% (2013 est.)
Comoros | 20% (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | NA%
Congo, Republic of the | 53% (2012 est.)
Cook Islands | 13.1% (2005)
Costa Rica | 8.2% (2014 est.) 8.5% (2013 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | NA%
Croatia | 19.7% (2014 est.) 20.2% (2013 est.)
Cuba | 3.6% (2014 est.) 3.3% (2013 est.) note: these are official rates; unofficial estimates are about double the official figures
Curacao | 13% (2013 est.) 9.8% (2011 est.)
Cyprus | 16% (2014 est.) 15.9% (2013 est.)
Czech Republic | 7.9% (2014 est.) 7.7% (2013 est.)
Denmark | 6.5% (2014 est.) 5.7% (2013 est.)
Djibouti | 60% (2014 est.)
Dominica | 23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic | 6.4% (2014 est.) 15% (2013 est.)
Ecuador | 5% (2014 est.) 4.7% (2013 est.)
Egypt | 13.4% (2014 est.) 13.2% (2013 est.)
El Salvador | 5.5% (2014 est.) 6.3% (2013 est.) note: data are official rates; but underemployment is high
Equatorial Guinea | 22.3% (2009 est.)
Eritrea | 8.6% (2013 est.) 10% (2012 est.)
Estonia | 7% (2014 est.) 8.6% (2013 est.)
Ethiopia | 17.5% (2012 est.) 18% (2011 est.)
European Union | 9.9% (2014 est.) 10.5% (2013)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 4.1% (2010)
Faroe Islands | 5.5% (2012) 6.8% (2011)
Fiji | 8.8% (2014 est.)
Finland | 8.6% (2014 est.) 8.1% (2013 est.)
France | 10.2% (2014 est.) 10.3% (2013 est.) note: includes overseas territories
French Polynesia | 21.8% (2012) 11.7% (2010)
Gabon | 21% (2006 est.)
Gambia, The | NA%
Gaza Strip | 45.1% (2014 est.) 29.5% (2013 est.) note: data exclude West Bank
Georgia | 14.9% (2014 est.) 14.6% (2013 est.)
Germany | 5% (2014 est.) 5.3% (2013 est.)
Ghana | 5.2% (2013 est.)
Gibraltar | 3% (2005 est.)
Greece | 26.5% (2014 est.) 27.5% (2013 est.)
Greenland | 9.4% (2013 est.) 4.2% (2010 est.)
Grenada | 33.5% (2013) 25% (2008)
Guam | 8.4% (2013 est.) 8.2% (2010 est.)
Guatemala | 4.1% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)
Guernsey | 0.9% (March 2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | NA%
Guinea | NA%
Guyana | 11.1% (2013) 11.3% (2012)
Haiti | 40.6% (2010 est.) note: widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs
Honduras | 4.5% (2014 est.) 4.5% (2013 est.) note: about one-third of the people are underemployed
Hong Kong | 3.1% (2014 est.) 3.1% (2013 est.)
Hungary | 7.8% (2014 est.) 9.1% (2013 est.)
Iceland | 5% (2014 est.) 5.4% (2013 est.)
India | 8.6% (2014 est.) 9.1% (2013 est.)
Indonesia | 6.1% (2014 est.) 6.3% (2013 est.)
Iran | 11.2% (2014 est.) 10.4% (2013 est.) note: data are according to the Iranian Government
Iraq | 16% (2012 est.) 15% (2010 est.)
Ireland | 11.3% (2014 est.) 13.1% (2013 est.)
Isle of Man | 2% (April 2011 est.) 1.8% (October 2010 est.)
Israel | 6% (2014 est.) 6.2% (2013 est.)
Italy | 12.8% (2014 est.) 12.2% (2013 est.)
Jamaica | 15.3% (2014 est.) 15.2% (2013 est.)
Japan | 3.6% (2014 est.) 4% (2013 est.)
Jersey | 1.7% (2012 est.) 2.2% (2006 est.)
Jordan | 11.9% (2014 est.) 12.6% (2013 est.) note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30%
Kazakhstan | 5.2% (2014 est.) 5.2% (2013 est.)
Kenya | 40% (2013 est.) 40% (2001 est.)
Kiribati | 30.6% (2010 est.) 6.1% (2005)
Korea, North | 25.6% (2013 est.) 25.5% (2012 est.)
Korea, South | 3.5% (2014 est.) 3.1% (2013 est.)
Kosovo | 30.9% (2013 est.) 45% (2012 est.) note: Kosovo has a large informal sector that may not be reflected in these data
Kuwait | 2.1% (2014 est.) 3% (2013 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 7.6% (2014 est.) 18% (2004 est.)
Laos | 1.3% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2010 est.)
Latvia | 10.8% (2014 est.) 9.9% (2013 est.)
Lebanon | NA%
Lesotho | 28.1% (2014 est.) 25% (2008 est.)
Liberia | 85% (2003 est.)
Libya | 30% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein | 2.3% (2012) 2.5% (2011)
Lithuania | 10.7% (2014 est.) 11.8% (2013 est.)
Luxembourg | 7.1% (2014 est.) 6.9% (2013 est.)
Macau | 1.9% (2013 est.) 1.9% (2013 est.)
Macedonia | 28.5% (2014 est.) 29% (2013 est.)
Madagascar | NA% 3.6% (2012 est.)
Malawi | NA%
Malaysia | 2.9% (2014 est.) 3.1% (2013 est.)
Maldives | 11% (2012 est.) 12% (2011 est.)
Mali | 30% (2004 est.) 8.1% (2012 est.)
Malta | 5.9% (2014 est.) 6.4% (2013 est.)
Marshall Islands | 36% (2006 est.) 30.9% (2000 est.)
Mauritania | 31% (2012 est.) 30% (2008 est.)
Mauritius | 7.8% (2014 est.) 8% (2013 est.)
Mexico | 4.8% (2014 est.) 4.9% (2013 est.) note: underemployment may be as high as 25%
Micronesia, Federated States of | 16.2% (2010 est.)
Moldova | 4% (2014 est.) 5.2% (2013 est.)
Monaco | 2% (2012)
Mongolia | 7.7% (2014 est.) 7.8% (2013 est.)
Montenegro | 18.5% (2014 est.) 19.1% (2014 est.)
Montserrat | 6% (1998 est.)
Morocco | 9.1% (2014 est.) 9.2% (2013 est.)
Mozambique | 17% (2007 est.) 21% (1997 est.)
Namibia | 28.1% (2014 est.) 29.6% (2013 est.)
Nauru | 23% (2011 est.) 90% (2004 est.)
Nepal | 46% (2008 est.) 42% (2004 est.)
Netherlands | 7.4% (2014 est.) 7.3% (2013 est.)
New Caledonia | 17.1% (2004)
New Zealand | 5.4% (2014 est.) 6.2% (2013 est.)
Nicaragua | 4.8% (2014 est.) 6.1% (2013 est.) note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008
Nigeria | 23.9% (2011 est.) 4.9% (2011 est.)
Niger | 5.1% (2012 est.)
Niue | 12% (2001)
Northern Mariana Islands | 11.2% (2010 est.) 8% (2005 est.)
Norway | 3.5% (2014 est.) 3.5% (2013 est.)
Oman | 15% (2004 est.)
Pakistan | 6.8% (2014 est.) 6.2% (2013 est.) note: substantial underemployment exists
Palau | 4.2% (2005 est.)
Panama | 4.1% (2014 est.) 4.1% (2013 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 1.9% (2008 est.) 1.7% (2004)
Paraguay | 5.5% (2014 est.) 7.5% (2013 est.)
Peru | 6% (2014 est.) 6.5% (2013 est.) note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment
Philippines | 6.8% (2014 est.) 7.2% (2013 est.)
Poland | 8.2% (2014 est.) 10% (2013 est.)
Portugal | 13.9% (2014 est.) 16.2% (2013 est.)
Puerto Rico | 13.7% (December 2014 est.) 15% (December 2013 est.)
Qatar | 0.4% (2014 est.) 0.3% (2013 est.)
Romania | 6.4% (2014 est.) 7.2% (2013 est.)
Russia | 5.1% (2014 est.) 5.5% (2013 est.)
Rwanda | NA%
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 14% (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.5% (1997)
Saint Lucia | 20% (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 9.9% (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.8% (2008 est.)
Samoa | NA%
San Marino | 8.7% (2014 est.) 5.5% (2011)
Sao Tome and Principe | NA%
Saudi Arabia | 5.5% (2014 est.) 11.6% (2013 est.) note: data are for Saudi males only (local bank estimates; some estimates are as high as 25%)
Senegal | 48% (2007 est.)
Serbia | 19.7% (2014 est.) 20.1% (2013 est.)
Seychelles | 3% (2014 est.)
Sierra Leone | NA%
Singapore | 2% (2014 est.) 1.9% (2013 est.)
Sint Maarten | 12% (2012 est.) 10.6% (2008 est.)
Slovakia | 13.2% (2014 est.) 14.2% (2013 est.)
Slovenia | 9.8% (2014 est.) 13.1% (2013 est.)
Solomon Islands | NA%
Somalia | NA%
South Africa | 25.1% (2014 est.) 24.7% (2013 est.)
Spain | 24.5% (2014 est.) 26.1% (2013 est.)
Sri Lanka | 4% (2014 est.) 4.4% (2013 est.)
Sudan | 13.6% (2014 est.) 18.7% (2002 est.)
Suriname | 8.9% (2014 est.) 8.5% (2013 est.)
Swaziland | 40% (2006 est.)
Sweden | 7.9% (2014 est.) 8% (2013 est.)
Switzerland | 3.2% (2014 est.) 3.2% (2013 est.)
Syria | 33% (2014 est.) 35% (2013 est.)
Taiwan | 4% (2014 est.) 4.2% (2013 est.)
Tajikistan | 2.5% (2013 est.) 2.5% (2012 est.) note: official rates; actual unemployment is much higher
Tanzania | NA%
Thailand | 0.8% (2014 est.) 0.7% (2013 est.)
Timor-Leste | 11% (2013 est.) 18.4% (2010 est.)
Togo | NA%
Tokelau | NA%
Tonga | 1.1% (2011 est.) 1.1% (2006)
Trinidad and Tobago | 4% (2014 est.) 5.2% (2013 est.)
Tunisia | 15.3% (2014 est.) 15.8% (2013 est.)
Turkey | 9.9% (2014 est.) 9.1% (2013 est.)
Turkmenistan | 11% (2014 est.) 10.6% (2013)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 10% (1997 est.)
Tuvalu | NA%
Uganda | NA%
Ukraine | 10.5% (2014 est.) 7.2% (2013 est.) note: officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers
United Arab Emirates | 2.4% (2001 est.)
United Kingdom | 6.2% (2014 est.) 7.6% (2013 est.)
United States | 6.2% (2014 est.) 7.4% (2013 est.)
Uruguay | 6.5% (2014 est.) 6.6% (2013 est.)
Uzbekistan | 4.9% (2014 est.) 4.9% (2013 est.) note: official data, another 20% are underemployed
Vanuatu | 1.7% (1999 est.)
Venezuela | 8% (2014 est.) 7.5% (2013 est.)
Vietnam | 2.5% (2014 est.) 3.6% (2013 est.)
Virgin Islands | 13% (2014)
Wallis and Futuna | 12.2% (2008 est.)
West Bank | 16% (2014 est.) 18.6% (2013 est.)
Western Sahara | NA%
World | 8.3% (2014 est.) 7.7% (2013 est.) note: 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2007 est.)
Yemen | 27% (2014 est.) 35% (2003 est.)
Zambia | 15% (2008 est.) 50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe | 95% (2009 est.) 80% (2005 est.) note: figures include unemployment and underemployment; true unemployment is unknown and, under current economic conditions, unknowable

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