Unemployment rate (2003)

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Informations about Unemployment rate in 2003 year

	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.)
	Isle of Man	0.7% (March 2003)
	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.)
	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.)