Unemployment rate (2005)

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Informations about Unemployment rate in 2005 year

	Afghanistan	NA
	Albania	14.8% officially; may be as high as 30% (2001 est.)
	Algeria	25.4% (2004 est.)
	American Samoa	6% (2000)
	Andorra	0% (1996 est.)
	Angola	extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2001 est.)
	Anguilla	8% (2002)
	Antigua and Barbuda	11% (2001 est.)
	Argentina	14.8% (2004 est.)
	Armenia	30% (2003 est.)
	Aruba	0.6% (2003 est.)
	Australia	5.1% (December 2004 est.)
	Austria	4.4% (2004 est.)
	Azerbaijan	1.2% (official rate) (2004 est.)
	Bahamas, The	10.2% (2004 est.)
	Bahrain	15% (1998 est.)
	Bangladesh	40% (includes underemployment) (2004 est.)
	Barbados	10.7% (2003 est.)
	Belarus	2% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2004)
	Belgium	12% (first half, 2004)
	Belize	12.9% (2003)
	Benin	NA
	Bermuda	5% (2002 est.)
	Bhutan	NA
	Bolivia	9.2% in urban areas note: widespread underemployment (2003 est.)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44% officially; however, grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to near 20% (2004 est.)
	Botswana	23.8% (2004 est.)
	Brazil	11.5% (2004 est.)
	British Virgin Islands	3% (1995)
	Brunei	3.2% (2002 est.)
	Bulgaria	12.7% (2004 est.)
	Burkina Faso	NA%
	Burma	5.2% (2004 est.)
	Burundi	NA
	Cambodia	2.5% (2000 est.)
	Cameroon	30% (2001 est.)
	Canada	7% (2004)
	Cape Verde	21% (2000 est.)
	Cayman Islands	4.1% (1997)
	Central African Republic	8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)
	Chad	NA
	Chile	8.5% (2004 est.)
	China	9.8% in urban areas; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas; an official Chinese journal estimated overall unemployment (including rural areas) for 2003 at 20% (2004 est.)
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	60% (2000 est.)
	Colombia	13.6% (2004 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	6.6% (2004 est.)
	Cote d'Ivoire	13% in urban areas (1998)
	Croatia	13.8% (2004 est.)
	Cuba	2.5% (2004 est.)
	Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus: 3.2%; north Cyprus: 5.6% (2004 est.)
	Czech Republic	10.6% (2004 est.)
	Denmark	6.2% (2004 est.)
	Djibouti	50% (2004 est.)
	Dominica	23% (2000 est.)
	Dominican Republic	17% (2004 est.)
	East Timor	50% (including underemployment) (1992 est.)
	Ecuador	11.1%; note - underemployment of 47% (2004 est.)
	Egypt	10.9% (2004 est.)
	El Salvador	6.3% - but the economy has much underemployment (2004 est.)
	Equatorial Guinea	30% (1998 est.)
	Eritrea	NA (2003 est.)
	Estonia	9.6% (2004 est.)
	Ethiopia	NA (2002)
	European Union	9.5% (2004 est.)
	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	full employment; labor shortage (2001)
	Faroe Islands	1% (October 2000)
	Fiji	7.6% (1999)
	Finland	8.9% (2004 est.)
	France	10.1% (2004 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	10.6% (2004 est.)
	Ghana	20% (1997 est.)
	Gibraltar	2% (2001 est.)
	Greece	10% (2004 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	28.5% (2004 est.)
	Hong Kong	6.7% (2004 est.)
	Hungary	5.9% (2004 est.)
	Iceland	3.1% (2004 est.)
	India	9.2% (2004 est.)
	Indonesia	9.2% (2004 est.)
	Iran	11.2% (2004 est.)
	Iraq	25% to 30% (2004 est.)
	Ireland	4.3% (2004 est.)
	Isle of Man	0.6% (2004 est.)
	Israel	10.7% (2004 est.)
	Italy	8.6% (2004 est.)
	Jamaica	15% (2004 est.)
	Japan	4.7% (2004 est.)
	Jersey	0.9% (2004 est.)
	Jordan	15% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2004 est.)
	Kazakhstan	8% (2004 est.)
	Kenya	40% (2001 est.)
	Kiribati	2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
	Korea, North	NA (2003)
	Korea, South	3.6% (2004 est.)
	Kuwait	2.2% (2004 est.)
	Kyrgyzstan	18% (2004 est.)
	Laos	5.7% (1997 est.)
	Latvia	8.8% (2004 est.)
	Lebanon	18% (1997 est.)
	Lesotho	45% (2002)
	Liberia	85% (2003 est.)
	Libya	30% (2004)
	Liechtenstein	1.3% (September 2002)
	Lithuania	8% (2004 est.)
	Luxembourg	4.5% (December, 2004 est.)
	Macau	4.7% (3rd Quarter, 2004)
	Macedonia	37.7% (3rd quarter, 2004 est.)
	Malawi	NA (2003 est.)
	Malaysia	3% (2004 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	20% (2004 est.)
	Mauritius	10.8% (2004 est.)
	Mayotte	38% (1999)
	Mexico	3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2004 est.)
	Micronesia, Federated States of	16% (1999 est.)
	Moldova	8% (roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad) (2002 est.)
	Monaco	22% (1999)
	Mongolia	6.7% (2003)
	Montserrat	6% (1998 est.)
	Morocco	12.1% (2004 est.)
	Mozambique	21% (1997 est.)
	Namibia	35% (1998)
	Nauru	90% (2004 est.)
	Nepal	47% (2001 est.)
	Netherlands	6% (2004 est.)
	Netherlands Antilles	15.6% (2002 est.)
	New Caledonia	19% (1996)
	New Zealand	4.2% (2004 est.)
	Nicaragua	7.8% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2003 est.)
	Niger	NA (2002 est.)
	Nigeria	NA
	Niue	NA
	Norfolk Island	0%
	Northern Mariana Islands	NA
	Norway	4.3% (2004 est.)
	Oman	15% (2004 est.)
	Pakistan	8.3% plus substantial underemployment (2004 est.)
	Palau	2.3% (2000 est.)
	Panama	12.6% (2004 est.)
	Papua New Guinea	NA
	Paraguay	15.1% (2004 est.)
	Peru	9.6% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2004 est.)
	Philippines	11.7% (2004 est.)
	Pitcairn Islands	NA
	Poland	19.5% (2004 est.)
	Portugal	6.5% (2004 est.)
	Puerto Rico	12% (2002)
	Qatar	2.7% (2001)
	Reunion	36% (1999 est.)
	Romania	6.3% (2004 est.)
	Russia	8.3% plus considerable underemployment (2004 est.)
	Rwanda	NA
	Saint Helena	14% (1998 est.)
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.5% (1997)
	Saint Lucia	20% (2003 est.)
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	9.8% (1997)
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15% (2001 est.)
	Samoa	NA; note - substantial underemployment
	San Marino	2.6% (2001)
	Sao Tome and Principe	NA
	Saudi Arabia	25% (unofficial estimate) (2004 est.)
	Senegal	48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)
	Serbia and Montenegro	30% note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2004 est.)
	Seychelles	NA
	Sierra Leone	NA
	Singapore	3.4% (2004 est.)
	Slovakia	13.1% (31 December 2004 est.)
	Slovenia	6.4% (2004 est.)
	Solomon Islands	NA%
	Somalia	NA
	South Africa	26.2% (2004 est.)
	Spain	10.4% (2004 est.)
	Sri Lanka	7.8% (2004 est.)
	Sudan	18.7% (2002 est.)
	Suriname	17% (2000)
	Swaziland	34% (2000 est.)
	Sweden	5.6% (2004 est.)
	Switzerland	3.4% (2004 est.)
	Syria	20% (2002 est.)
	Taiwan	4.5% (2004 est.)
	Tajikistan	40% (2002 est.)
	Tanzania	NA
	Thailand	1.5% (November 2004 est.)
	Togo	NA (2003 est.)
	Tokelau	NA%
	Tonga	13.3% (1996 est.)
	Trinidad and Tobago	10.4% (2004 est.)
	Tunisia	13.8% (2004 est.)
	Turkey	9.3% (plus underemployment of 4.0%) (2004 est.)
	Turkmenistan	60% (2004 est.)
	Turks and Caicos Islands	10% (1997 est.)
	Tuvalu	NA%
	Uganda	NA (2002 est.)
	Ukraine	3.5% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is around 9-10 percent (2004 est.)
	United Arab Emirates	2.4% (2001)
	United Kingdom	4.8% (2004 est.)
	United States	5.5% (2004 est.)
	Uruguay	13% (2004 est.)
	Uzbekistan	0.6% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2004 est.)
	Vanuatu	NA%
	Venezuela	17.1% (2004 est.)
	Vietnam	1.9% (2004 est.)
	Virgin Islands	9.3% (2003 est.)
	Wallis and Futuna	NA%
	West Bank	27.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2004 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.)