Unemployment rate (2004)

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Informations about Unemployment rate in 2004 year

	Afghanistan	NA (2003)
	Albania	15.8% officially; may be as high as 30% (2003 est.)
	Algeria	26.2% (2003 est.)
	American Samoa	6% (2000)
	Andorra	0% (1996 est.)
	Angola	extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2001 est.)
	Anguilla	6.7% (2001)
	Antigua and Barbuda	11% (2001 est.)
	Argentina	17.3% (2003)
	Armenia	20% (2001 est.)
	Aruba	0.6% (2003 est.)
	Australia	6% (2003)
	Austria	4.4% (2003 est.)
	Azerbaijan	1.1% (official rate is 1.2%) (2003 est.)
	Bahamas, The	6.9% (2001 est.)
	Bahrain	15% (1998 est.)
	Bangladesh	40% (includes underemployment) (2002 est.)
	Barbados	10.7% (2003 est.)
	Belarus	2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers (2003 est.)
	Belgium	8.1% (2003 est.)
	Belize	9.1% (2002)
	Benin	NA
	Bermuda	5% (2002 est.)
	Bhutan	NA
	Bolivia	11.7% note: widespread underemployment (2003)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40% (2002 est.)
	Botswana	40% (official rate is 21%) (2001 est.)
	Brazil	12.3% (2003 est.)
	British Virgin Islands	3% (1995)
	Brunei	10% (2001 est.)
	Bulgaria	14.3% (2003)
	Burkina Faso	NA
	Burma	4.2% (2003)
	Burundi	NA
	Cambodia	2.5% (2000 est.)
	Cameroon	30% (2001 est.)
	Canada	7.8% (2003 est.)
	Cape Verde	21% (2000 est.)
	Cayman Islands	4.1% (1997)
	Central African Republic	8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)
	Chad	NA (2000)
	Chile	8.5% (2003 est.)
	China	10.1% urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2003 est.)
	Christmas Island	NA
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	60% (2000 est.)
	Colombia	14.2% (2003 est.)
	Comoros	20% (1996 est.)
	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA (2003 est.)
	Congo, Republic of the	NA (2003)
	Cook Islands	13% (1996)
	Costa Rica	6.7% (2003 est.)
	Cote d'Ivoire	13% in urban areas (1998)
	Croatia	19.5% (2003)
	Cuba	2.6% (2003 est.)
	Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus: 3.4%; north Cyprus: 5.6% (2003 est.)
	Czech Republic	9.9% (2003)
	Denmark	6.1% (2003)
	Djibouti	50% (2000 est.)
	Dominica	23% (2000 est.)
	Dominican Republic	16.5% (2003 est.)
	East Timor	50% (including underemployment) (1992 est.)
	Ecuador	9.8%; note - underemployment of 47% (2003 est.)
	Egypt	9.9% (2003 est.)
	El Salvador	6.5% - but the economy has much underemployment (2003 est.)
	Equatorial Guinea	30% (1998 est.)
	Eritrea	NA (2003 est.)
	Estonia	10.1% (2003)
	Ethiopia	NA (2002)
	European Union	9.1% (2004 est.)
	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	full employment; labor shortage (2001)
	Faroe Islands	1% (October 2000)
	Fiji	7.6% (1999)
	Finland	9% (2003 est.)
	France	9.7% (2003 est.)
	French Guiana	22% (2001)
	French Polynesia	11.8% (1994)
	Gabon	21% (1997 est.)
	Gambia, The	NA (2002 est.)
	Gaza Strip	50% (includes West Bank) (2003 est.)
	Georgia	17% (2001 est.)
	Germany	10.5% (2003 est.)
	Ghana	20% (1997 est.)
	Gibraltar	2% (2001 est.)
	Greece	9.4% (2003 est.)
	Greenland	10% (2000 est.)
	Grenada	12.5% (2000)
	Guadeloupe	27.8% (1998)
	Guam	15% (2000 est.)
	Guatemala	7.5% (2003 est.)
	Guernsey	0.5% (1999 est.)
	Guinea	NA (2002 est.)
	Guinea-Bissau	NA (1998)
	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	27.5% (2003 est.)
	Hong Kong	7.9% (2003)
	Hungary	5.9% (2003 est.)
	Iceland	3.4% (2003 est.)
	India	9.5% (2003)
	Indonesia	8.7% (2003 est.)
	Iran	15.7% (2002 est.)
	Iraq	NA (2003 est.)
	Ireland	4.7% (2003 est.)
	Isle of Man	0.7% (March 2003)
	Israel	10.7% (2003 est.)
	Italy	8.6% (2003 est.)
	Jamaica	15.9% (2003 est.)
	Japan	5.3% (2003)
	Jersey	0.7% (1998 est.)
	Jordan	16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.)
	Kazakhstan	8.8% (2003 est.)
	Kenya	40% (2001 est.)
	Kiribati	2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
	Korea, North	NA (2003)
	Korea, South	3.4% (2003 est.)
	Kuwait	2.1% (2003 est.)
	Kyrgyzstan	7.2% (1999 est.)
	Laos	5.7% (1997 est.)
	Latvia	8.6% (2003 est.)
	Lebanon	18% (1997 est.)
	Lesotho	45% (2002)
	Liberia	85% (2003 est.)
	Libya	30% (2001)
	Liechtenstein	1.3% (September 2002)
	Lithuania	10.3% (2003 est.)
	Luxembourg	3.6% (2003 est.)
	Macau	6.3% (2003)
	Macedonia	36.7% (2003 est.)
	Madagascar	5.9% (1998)
	Malawi	NA (2003 est.)
	Malaysia	3.6% (2003 est.)
	Maldives	NEGL% (2003 est.)
	Mali	14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.)
	Malta	7% (2003 est.)
	Marshall Islands	30.9% (1999 est.)
	Martinique	27.2% (1998)
	Mauritania	21% (1999 est.)
	Mauritius	9.8% (2003 est.)
	Mayotte	38% (1999)
	Mexico	3.3% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2003)
	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	4.6% (2001)
	Montserrat	6% (1998 est.)
	Morocco	19% (2003 est.)
	Mozambique	21% (1997 est.)
	Namibia	35% (1998)
	Nauru	0% (2002 est.)
	Nepal	47% (2001 est.)
	Netherlands	5.3% (2003 est.)
	Netherlands Antilles	15.6% (2002 est.)
	New Caledonia	19% (1996)
	New Zealand	4.7% (2003 est.)
	Nicaragua	22% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.)
	Niger	NA (2002 est.)
	Nigeria	NA (2003 est.)
	Niue	NA (March 1999)
	Norfolk Island	NA
	Northern Mariana Islands	NA
	Norway	4.7% (2003 est.)
	Oman	NA
	Pakistan	7.7% plus substantial underemployment (2003 est.)
	Palau	2.3% (2000 est.)
	Panama	13.8% (2003 est.)
	Papua New Guinea	NA
	Paraguay	18.5% (2003 est.)
	Peru	9.7%; widespread underemployment (2003 est.)
	Philippines	11.4% (2003)
	Pitcairn Islands	NA
	Poland	20% (2003)
	Portugal	6.4% (2003 est.)
	Puerto Rico	12% (2002)
	Qatar	2.7% (2001)
	Reunion	36% (1999 est.)
	Romania	7.2% (2003)
	Russia	8.5% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.)
	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% (2003)
	Senegal	48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)
	Serbia and Montenegro	34.5% (2003 est.)
	Seychelles	NA
	Sierra Leone	NA
	Singapore	4.8% (2003 est.)
	Slovakia	15.2% (2003 est.)
	Slovenia	11.2% (2003 est.)
	Solomon Islands	NA
	Somalia	NA
	South Africa	31% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2003 est.)
	Spain	11.3% (2003 est.)
	Sri Lanka	8.4% (2003)
	Sudan	18.7% (2002 est.)
	Suriname	17% (2000)
	Swaziland	34% (2000 est.)
	Sweden	4.9% (2003 est.)
	Switzerland	3.7% (2003 est.)
	Syria	20% (2002 est.)
	Taiwan	5% (2003 est.)
	Tajikistan	40% (2002 est.)
	Tanzania	NA
	Thailand	2.2% (2003 est.)
	Togo	NA (2003 est.)
	Tokelau	NA
	Tonga	13.3% (1996 est.)
	Trinidad and Tobago	10.4% (2003)
	Tunisia	14.3% (2003 est.)
	Turkey	10.5% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2003 est.)
	Turkmenistan	NA
	Turks and Caicos Islands	10% (1997 est.)
	Tuvalu	NA
	Uganda	NA (2002 est.)
	Ukraine	3.7% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (2003)
	United Arab Emirates	2.4% (2001)
	United Kingdom	5% (2003 est.)
	United States	6% (2003)
	Uruguay	16% (2003)
	Uzbekistan	0.5% plus another 20% underemployed (2003)
	Vanuatu	NA
	Venezuela	18% (2003 est.)
	Vietnam	6.1% (2003 est.)
	Virgin Islands	9.3% (2003 est.)
	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	35% (2003 est.)
	Zambia	50% (2000 est.)
	Zimbabwe	70% (2002 est.)