Compare Unemployment rate (2001) - Unemployment rate (2002)

Compare Unemployment rate (2001) with Unemployment rate (2002)

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	Unemployment rate (2001)	Unemployment rate (2002)
Albania	16% (2000 est.) officially; may be as high as 25%	17% officially (2001 est.); may be as high as 30% (2001)
Algeria	30% (1999 est.)	34% (2001 est.)
American Samoa	16% (1993)	6% (2000)
Angola	extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2000 est.)	extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2001 est.)
Anguilla	7% (1992 est.)	8% (1999) (1999)
Antigua and Barbuda	7% (1999 est.)	7% (2000 est.)
Argentina	15% (December 2000)	25% (yearend 2001)
Armenia	20% (1998 est.) note: official rate is 9.3% for 1998	20% note: official rate is 10.9% for 2000 (2001 est.)
Aruba	0.6% (1999 est.)	0.6%
Australia	6.4% (2000)	6.3% (2002)
Austria	5.4% (2000 est.)	4.8% (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan	20% (1999 est.)	16% (official rate is 1.1% for 2002) (2001 est.)
Bahamas, The	9% (1998 est.)	6.9% (2001 est.)
Bangladesh	35.2% (1996)	35% (2001 est.)
Barbados	11% (1999 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Belgium	8.4% (2000 est.)	7.2% (2002 est.)
Belize	12.8% (1999)	11.5% (2000) (2000)
Bermuda	NEGL% (1995)	4.5% (1993)
Bolivia	11.4% (1997) note: widespread underemployment	7.6% (2000) note: widespread underemployment (2000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	35%-40% (1999 est.)	40% (2001 est.)
Botswana	40% (2000 est.)	40% (official rate is 21%) (2001 est.)
Brazil	7.1% (2000 est.)	6.4% (2001 est.)
Brunei	4.9% (1995 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Bulgaria	17.7% (2000 est.)	18% (2002 est.)
Burma	7.1% (official FY97/98 est.)	5.1% (2001 est.)
Cameroon	30% (1998 est.)	30% (2001 est.)
Canada	6.8% (2000 est.)	7.6% (2002 est.)
Cape Verde	24% (1999 est.)	21% (2000 est.)
Central African Republic	6% (1993)	8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)
Chile	9% (December 2000)	10.1% (2001) (2001)
China	urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2000 est.)	urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2002 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	-	60% (2000 est.)
Colombia	20% (2000 est.)	17% (2001 est.)
Cook Islands	NA%	13% (1996)
Cote d'Ivoire	13% in urban areas (1998 est.)	13% in urban areas (1998 est.) (1998)
Croatia	22% (October 2000)	20.2% (2002 est.)
Cuba	5.5% (2000 est.)	4.1% (2001 est.)
Cyprus	Greek Cypriot area: 3.6% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 6% (1998 est.)	Greek Cypriot area: 3%; Turkish Cypriot area: 5.6% (1999 est.)
Czech Republic	8.7% (2000 est.)	8.5% (2002 est.)
Denmark	5.3% (2000)	5.1% (2002)
Djibouti	50% (2000 est.)	50% (2000 est.) (2000 est.)
Dominica	20% (1999 est.)	23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic	13.8% (1999 est.)	15% (2001 est.)
East Timor	-	50% (including underemployment)
Ecuador	13%; note - widespread underemployment (2000 est.)	14%; note - widespread underemployment (2001 est.)
Egypt	11.5% (2000 est.)	12% (2001 est.)
El Salvador	10% (2000 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Estonia	11.7% (1999 est.)	12.4% (2001)
Faroe Islands	1% (October 2000)	1% (October 2000 )
Fiji	6% (1997 est.)	7.6% (1999)
Finland	9.8% (2000 est.)	8.5% (2002 est.)
France	9.7% (2000 est.)	9.1% (2002 est.)
French Guiana	21.4% (1998)	21.4% (1998) (1998)
French Polynesia	15% (1992 est.)	NA%
Gaza Strip	40% (includes West Bank) (yearend 2000)	26% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)
Georgia	14.9% (1999 est.)	17% (2001 est.)
Germany	9.9% (2000 est.)	9.8% (2002 est.)
Gibraltar	13.5% (1996)	13.5% (1996) (1996)
Greece	11.3% (2000 est.)	10.3% (2002 est.)
Greenland	7% (1999 est.)	10% (2000 est.)
Grenada	15% (1997)	11.5% (1999) (1999)
Guadeloupe	27.8% (1998)	27.8% (1998) (1998)
Guyana	12% (1992 est.)	9.1% (2000) (understated) (2000)
Haiti	widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (1999)	widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2001) (2001)
Honduras	28% (2000 est.)	28% (2001 est.)
Hong Kong	4.5% (2000 est.)	5.2% (2001 est.)
Hungary	9.4% (2000 est.)	5.8% (2002 est.)
Iceland	2.7% (January 2001)	2.8% (2002 est.)
India	NA%	8.8% (2002)
Indonesia	15%-20% (1998 est.)	8% (2001 est.)
Ireland	4.1% (2000)	4.7% (2002 est.)
Isle of Man	0.6% (August 2000)	0.7% (February 2002 )
Israel	9% (2000 est.)	10.4% (2002 est.)
Italy	10.4% (2000 est.)	9.1% (2002 est.)
Japan	4.7% (2000)	5.4% (2002)
Jordan	15% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (1999 est.)	16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan	13.7% (1998 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Kenya	50% (1998 est.)	40% (2001 est.)
Korea, South	4.1% (2000 est.)	3.1% (2002 est.)
Kuwait	1.8% (official 1996 est.)	1.8% (1996 est.)
Kyrgyzstan	6% (1998 est.)	7.2% (1999 est.)
Latvia	7.8% (2000 est.)	7.6% (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein	1.8% (February 1999)	1.3% (1999)
Lithuania	10.8% (2000)	12.5% (2001 est.)
Luxembourg	2.7% (2000 est.)	4.1% (2002 est.)
Macau	6.6% (2000)	6.5% (2001 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	32% (2000)	35% (2002 est.)
Malaysia	2.8% (2000 est.)	3.7% (2001 est.)
Mali	NA%	14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.)
Malta	4.5% (3rd Quarter 2000)	7% (2002 est.)
Marshall Islands	16% (1991 est.)	30.9% (1999 est.)
Martinique	27.2% (1998)	27.2% (1998) (1998)
Mauritania	23% (1995 est.)	21% (1999 est.)
Mauritius	6.4% (1999 est.)	8.6% (2001 est.)
Mayotte	45% (1997)	45% (1997) (1997)
Mexico	urban - 2.2% (2000); plus considerable underemployment	urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2001)
Moldova	1.9% (includes only officially registered unemployed; large numbers of underemployed workers) (November 2000)	8% (roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad) (2002 est.)
Mongolia	NA%	20% (2000)
Montserrat	20% (1996 est.)	6% (1998 est.)
Nepal	NA%; substantial underemployment (1999)	47% (2001 est.)
Netherlands	2.6% (2000 est.)	3% (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles	14.9% (1998 est.)	15% (1998 est.)
New Zealand	6.3% (2000 est.)	5.5% (2001 est.)
Nicaragua	20% plus considerable underemployment (1999 est.)	23% plus considerable underemployment (2001 est.)
Nigeria	28% (1992 est.)	0.28% 28% (1992 est.) (1992 est.)
Norway	3% (2000 est.)	3.9% (2002 est.)
Pakistan	6% (FY99/00 est.)	6.3% (2001 est.)
Paraguay	16% (2000 est.)	17.8% (2001 est.)
Peru	7.7%; extensive underemployment (1997)	9%; widespread underemployment (2001 est.)
Philippines	10% (2000)	10% (2001)
Poland	12% (1999)	17% (2002 est.)
Portugal	4.3% (2000 est.)	4.7% (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico	9.5% (2000)	9.5% (2000) (2000)
Qatar	NA%	2.7% (2001)
Reunion	42.8% (1998)	42.8% (1998) (1998)
Romania	11.5% (1999)	9.1% (2001)
Russia	10.5% (2000 est.), plus considerable underemployment	8% (2001 est.), plus considerable underemployment (2002 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.5% (1997)	4.5% (1997) (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	9.8% (1997)	9.8% (1997) (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22% (1997 est.)	22% (1997 est.) (1997 est.)
San Marino	3% (1999)	2.6% (2001)
Senegal	NA%; urban youth 40%	48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro	-	28% (2002 est.)
Singapore	3% (2000 est.)	4.7% (2001 est.)
Slovakia	17% (2000 est.)	17.2% (2002 est.)
Slovenia	7.1% (1997 est.)	11% (2002 est.)
South Africa	30% (2000 est.)	37% (2001 est.)
Spain	14% (2000 est.)	11.3% (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka	8.8% (1999 est.)	7.7% (2001)
Sudan	4% (1996 est.)	18.7% (2002 est.)
Suriname	20% (1997)	20% (1997) (1997)
Swaziland	22% (1995 est.)	34% (2000 est.)
Sweden	6% (2000 est.)	4% (2002 est.)
Switzerland	1.9% (2000 est.)	1.9% (2002 est.)
Taiwan	3% (2000 est.)	4.5% (2001 est.)
Tajikistan	5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1998)	20% (2001 est.)
Thailand	3.7% (2000 est.)	3.9% (2001 est.)
Tonga	13.3% (FY96/97)	13.3% (1996 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago	12.8% (2000)	11.8% (2001) (2001)
Turkey	5.6% (plus underemployment of 5.6%) (2000 est.)	10.8% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2002 est.)
Ukraine	4.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (December 1999)	3.6% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (November 2001)
United Kingdom	5.5% (2000 est.)	5.2% (2002 est.)
United States	4% (2000)	5% (2002)
Uruguay	14% (2000 est.)	15.2% (2001) (2001)
Venezuela	14% (2000 est.)	14.1% (2001 est.)
West Bank	40% (includes Gaza Strip) (yearend 2000)	26% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.)
World	30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2000 est.)	30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2001 est.)
Yugoslavia	30% (2000 est.)	-
Zimbabwe	50% (2000 est.)	60% (2001 est.)