Unemployment rate (2006)

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Informations about Unemployment rate in 2006 year

	Afghanistan	40% (2005 est.)
	Albania	14.3% official rate, but may exceed 30% (2005 est.)
	Algeria	17.1% (2005 est.)
	American Samoa	29.8% (2005)
	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	11.6% (2005 est.)
	Armenia	31.6% (2004 est.)
	Aruba	6.9% (2005 est.)
	Australia	5.1% (2005 est.)
	Austria	5.2% (2005 est.)
	Azerbaijan	1.1% official rate (2005 est.)
	Bahamas, The	10.2% (2005 est.)
	Bahrain	15% (2005 est.)
	Bangladesh	2.5% (includes underemployment) (2005 est.)
	Barbados	10.7% (2003 est.)
	Belarus	1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2005)
	Belgium	8.4% (2005 est.)
	Belize	12.9% (2003)
	Benin	NA%
	Bermuda	2.1% (2004 est.)
	Bhutan	NA%
	Bolivia	8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2005 est.)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.5% official rate; grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to 25-30% (31 December 2004 est.)
	Botswana	23.8% (2004)
	Brazil	9.8% (2005 est.)
	British Virgin Islands	3.6% (1997)
	Brunei	4.8% (2004)
	Bulgaria	9.9% (2005)
	Burkina Faso	NA%
	Burma	5% (2005 est.)
	Burundi	NA%
	Cambodia	2.5% (2000 est.)
	Cameroon	30% (2001 est.)
	Canada	6.8% (2005 est.)
	Cape Verde	21% (2000 est.)
	Cayman Islands	4.4% (2004)
	Central African Republic	8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)
	Chad	NA%
	Chile	8.1% (2005 est.)
	China	9% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2004; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas; an official Chinese journal estimated overall unemployment (including rural areas) for 2003 at 20% (2005 est.)
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	60% (2000 est.)
	Colombia	11.8% (2005 est.)
	Comoros	20% (1996 est.)
	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA%
	Congo, Republic of the	NA%
	Cook Islands	13.1% (2005)
	Costa Rica	6.6% (2005 est.)
	Cote d'Ivoire	13% in urban areas (1998)
	Croatia	18% official rate; labor force surveys indicate unemployment around 14% (2005 est.)
	Cuba	1.9% (2005 est.)
	Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus: 4% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 5.6% (2004 est.)
	Czech Republic	7.9% (2005)
	Denmark	5.7% (2005 est.)
	Djibouti	50% (2004 est.)
	Dominica	23% (2000 est.)
	Dominican Republic	17% (2005 est.)
	East Timor	50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.)
	Ecuador	10.7% official rate; but underemployment of 47% (2005 est.)
	Egypt	9.5% (2005 est.)
	El Salvador	6.5% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2005 est.)
	Equatorial Guinea	30% (1998 est.)
	Eritrea	NA%
	Estonia	7.8% (2005)
	Ethiopia	NA%
	European Union	9.4% (2005 est.)
	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	full employment; labor shortage (2001)
	Faroe Islands	1% (October 2000)
	Fiji	7.6% (1999)
	Finland	8.4% (2005 est.)
	France	9.9% (2005 est.)
	French Guiana	19.2% (December 2003)
	French Polynesia	11.8% (1994)
	Gabon	21% (1997 est.)
	Gambia, The	NA%
	Gaza Strip	31% (includes West Bank) (January-September 2005 avg.)
	Georgia	12.6% (2004 est.)
	Germany	11.7% (2005 est.)
	Ghana	20% (1997 est.)
	Gibraltar	2% (2001 est.)
	Greece	9.9% (2005 est.)
	Greenland	10% (2000 est.)
	Grenada	12.5% (2000)
	Guadeloupe	26.9% (2003)
	Guam	11.4% (2002 est.)
	Guatemala	7.5% (2003 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% (2005 est.)
	Hong Kong	5.5% (2005 est.)
	Hungary	7.2% (2005)
	Iceland	2.1% (2005 est.)
	India	8.9% (2005 est.)
	Indonesia	11.8% (2005 est.)
	Iran	11.2% (2004 est.)
	Iraq	25% to 30% (2005 est.)
	Ireland	4.3% (2005 est.)
	Isle of Man	0.6% (2004 est.)
	Israel	9% (2005 est.)
	Italy	7.7% (2005 est.)
	Jamaica	11.5% (2005 est.)
	Japan	4.4% (2005 est.)
	Jersey	0.9% (2004 est.)
	Jordan	12.5% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2004 est.)
	Kazakhstan	8.1% (2005 est.)
	Kenya	40% (2001 est.)
	Kiribati	2% official rate; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
	Korea, North	NA%
	Korea, South	3.7% (2005 est.)
	Kuwait	2.2% (2004 est.)
	Kyrgyzstan	18% (2004 est.)
	Laos	2.4% (2005 est.)
	Latvia	7.5% (2005 est.)
	Lebanon	18% (1997 est.)
	Lesotho	45% (2002)
	Liberia	85% (2003 est.)
	Libya	30% (2004 est.)
	Liechtenstein	1.3% (September 2002)
	Lithuania	8.2% (2005)
	Luxembourg	4.5% (2005 est.)
	Macau	4.1% (3rd Quarter 2005)
	Macedonia	37.3% (2005 est.)
	Malawi	NA%
	Malaysia	3.6% (2005 est.)
	Maldives	NEGL% (2003 est.)
	Mali	14.6% (2001 est.)
	Malta	7.8% (2005 est.)
	Marshall Islands	30.9% (2000 est.)
	Martinique	27.2% (1998)
	Mauritania	20% (2004 est.)
	Mauritius	9.6% (2005 est.)
	Mayotte	32.8% (2003)
	Mexico	3.6% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2005 est.)
	Micronesia, Federated States of	22% (2000 est.)
	Moldova	8%; note - roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2002 est.)
	Monaco	22% (1999)
	Mongolia	6.7% (2003)
	Montenegro	27.7% (2005)
	Montserrat	6% (1998 est.)
	Morocco	11% (2005 est.)
	Mozambique	21% (1997 est.)
	Namibia	35% (1998)
	Nauru	90% (2004 est.)
	Nepal	42% (2004 est.)
	Netherlands	6.6% (2005 est.)
	Netherlands Antilles	17% (2002 est.)
	New Caledonia	17.1% (2004)
	New Zealand	3.7% (2005 est.)
	Nicaragua	5.6% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2005 est.)
	Niger	NA%
	Nigeria	2.9% (2005 est.)
	Niue	12% NA%
	Norfolk Island	0%
	Northern Mariana Islands	3.9% NA%
	Norway	4.6% (2005 est.)
	Oman	15% (2004 est.)
	Pakistan	6.6% plus substantial underemployment (2005 est.)
	Palau	4.2% (2005 est.)
	Panama	9.8% (2005 est.)
	Papua New Guinea	2.8% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)
	Paraguay	16% (2005 est.)
	Peru	7.6% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2005 est.)
	Philippines	8.7% (2005 est.)
	Poland	18.2% (2005 est.)
	Portugal	7.6% (2005 est.)
	Puerto Rico	12% (2002)
	Qatar	2.7% (2001)
	Reunion	31% (2002)
	Romania	7.7% (2005 est.)
	Russia	7.6% plus considerable underemployment (2005 est.)
	Rwanda	NA%
	Saint Helena	14% (1998 est.)
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.5% (1997)
	Saint Lucia	20% (2003 est.)
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10.3% (1999)
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15% (2001 est.)
	Samoa	NA%
	San Marino	2.6% (2001)
	Sao Tome and Principe	NA%
	Saudi Arabia	13% among Saudi males only (local bank estimate; some estimates range as high as 25%) (2004 est.)
	Senegal	48%; note - urban youth 40% (2001 est.)
	Serbia	31.6% note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2005 est.)
	Seychelles	NA%
	Sierra Leone	NA%
	Singapore	3.1% (2005 est.)
	Slovakia	16.4% (2005 est.)
	Slovenia	6.3% (2005 est.)
	Solomon Islands	NA%
	Somalia	NA%
	South Africa	26.6% (2005 est.)
	Spain	9.2% (2005 est.)
	Sri Lanka	7.7% (2005 est.)
	Sudan	18.7% (2002 est.)
	Suriname	9.5% (2004)
	Swaziland	40% (2005 est.)
	Sweden	5.8% (2005 est.)
	Switzerland	3.8% (2005 est.)
	Syria	12.3% (2004 est.)
	Taiwan	4.1% (2005 est.)
	Tajikistan	12% (2004 est.)
	Tanzania	NA%
	Thailand	1.8% (2005 est.)
	Togo	NA%
	Tokelau	NA%
	Tonga	13% (FY03/04 est.)
	Trinidad and Tobago	8% (2005 est.)
	Tunisia	14.2% (2005 est.)
	Turkey	10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2005 est.)
	Turkmenistan	60% (2004 est.)
	Turks and Caicos Islands	10% (1997 est.)
	Tuvalu	NA%
	Uganda	NA%
	Ukraine	3.1% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is around 9-10% (2005 est.)
	United Arab Emirates	2.4% (2001)
	United Kingdom	4.7% (2005 est.)
	United States	5.1% (2005 est.)
	Uruguay	12.2% (2005 est.)
	Uzbekistan	0.7% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2005 est.)
	Vanuatu	1.7% NA%
	Venezuela	12.2% (2005 est.)
	Vietnam	2.4% (2005 est.)
	Virgin Islands	6.2% (2004)
	Wallis and Futuna	15.2% NA%
	West Bank	19.9% (includes Gaza Strip) (January-September 2005)
	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	80% (2005 est.)