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				Afghanistan | NA% | 40% (2005 est.) | 
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				Albania | 16% (2000 est.) officially; may be as high as 25% | 13% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (2007 est.) | 
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				Algeria | 30% (1999 est.) | 14.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				American Samoa | 16% (1993) | 29.8% (2005) | 
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				Andorra | 0% | 0% (1996 est.) | 
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				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.) | 
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				Anguilla | 7% (1992 est.) | 8% (2002) | 
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				Antigua and Barbuda | 7% (1999 est.) | 11% (2001 est.) | 
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				Argentina | 15% (December 2000) | 8.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Armenia | 20% (1998 est.)
 note: official rate is 9.3% for 1998  | 
				7.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Aruba | 0.6% (1999 est.) | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Australia | 6.4% (2000) | 4.4% (November 2007 est.) | 
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				Austria | 5.4% (2000 est.) | 4.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Azerbaijan | 20% (1999 est.) | 8.5% official rate (2005 est.) | 
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				Bahamas, The | 9% (1998 est.) | 7.6% (2006 est.) | 
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				Bahrain | 15% (1998 est.) | 15% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bangladesh | 35.2% (1996) | 2.5% (includes underemployment) (2007 est.) | 
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				Barbados | 11% (1999 est.) | 10.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Belarus | 2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers | 1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2005) | 
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				Belgium | 8.4% (2000 est.) | 7.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Belize | 12.8% (1999) | 9.4% (2006) | 
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				Bermuda | NEGL% (1995) | 2.1% (2004 est.) | 
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				Bhutan | NA% | 2.5% (2004) | 
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				Bolivia | 11.4% (1997)
 note: widespread underemployment  | 
				8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2006) | 
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35%-40% (1999 est.) | 45.5% official rate; grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to 25-30% (31 December 2004 est.) | 
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				Botswana | 40% (2000 est.) | 23.8% (2004) | 
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				Brazil | 7.1% (2000 est.) | 9.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				British Virgin Islands | 3% (1995) | 3.6% (1997) | 
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				Brunei | 4.9% (1995 est.) | 4% (2006) | 
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				Bulgaria | 17.7% (2000 est.) | 8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Burkina Faso | NA% | 77% | 
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				Burma | 7.1% (official FY97/98 est.) | 5.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cambodia | 2.8% (1999 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Cameroon | 30% (1998 est.) | 30% (2001 est.) | 
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				Canada | 6.8% (2000 est.) | 5.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cape Verde | 24% (1999 est.) | 21% (2000 est.) | 
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				Cayman Islands | 4.1% (1997) | 4.4% (2004) | 
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				Central African Republic | 6% (1993) | 8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.) | 
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				Chile | 9% (December 2000) | 7% (2007 est.) | 
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				China | urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2000 est.) | 4% unemployment in urban areas; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2007 est.) | 
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				Christmas Island | NA% | - | 
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				Cocos (Keeling) Islands | - | 60% (2000 est.) | 
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				Colombia | 20% (2000 est.) | 10.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cook Islands | NA% | 13.1% (2005) | 
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				Costa Rica | 5.2% (2000 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cote d'Ivoire | 13% in urban areas (1998 est.) | unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of the civil war | 
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				Croatia | 22% (October 2000) | 11.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cuba | 5.5% (2000 est.) | 1.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 3.6% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 6% (1998 est.) | area under government control: 3.8% (2005 est.) 
 area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 5.6% (2004 est.) (2007 est.)  | 
				
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				Czech Republic | 8.7% (2000 est.) | 6.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Denmark | 5.3% (2000) | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Djibouti | 50% (2000 est.) | 59% in urban areas, 83% in rural areas (2007 est.) | 
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				Dominica | 20% (1999 est.) | 23% (2000 est.) | 
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				Dominican Republic | 13.8% (1999 est.) | 15.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Ecuador | 13%; note - widespread underemployment (2000 est.) | 9.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Egypt | 11.5% (2000 est.) | 10.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				El Salvador | 10% (2000 est.) | 6.6% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2007 est.) | 
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				Estonia | 11.7% (1999 est.) | 5.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				European Union | - | 8.5% (2006 est.) | 
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				Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | full employment; labor shortage | full employment; labor shortage (2001) | 
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				Faroe Islands | 1% (October 2000) | 2.1% (2006) | 
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				Fiji | 6% (1997 est.) | 7.6% (1999) | 
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				Finland | 9.8% (2000 est.) | 6.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				France | 9.7% (2000 est.) | 8% (2007 est.) | 
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				French Guiana | 21.4% (1998) | - | 
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				French Polynesia | 15% (1992 est.) | 11.7% (2005) | 
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				Gabon | 21% (1997 est.) | 21% (2006 est.) | 
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				Gaza Strip | 40% (includes West Bank) (yearend 2000) | 34.8% (2006) | 
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				Georgia | 14.9% (1999 est.) | 13.6% (2006 est.) | 
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				Germany | 9.9% (2000 est.) | 9.1% 
 note: this is the International Labor Organization's estimated rate for international comparisons; Germany's Federal Employment Office estimated a seasonally adjusted rate of 10.8% (2007 est.)  | 
				
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				Ghana | 20% (1997 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) | 
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				Gibraltar | 13.5% (1996) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Greece | 11.3% (2000 est.) | 8.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Greenland | 7% (1999 est.) | 9.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Grenada | 15% (1997) | 12.5% (2000) | 
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				Guadeloupe | 27.8% (1998) | - | 
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				Guam | 15% (2000 est.) | 11.4% (2002 est.) | 
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				Guatemala | 7.5% (1999 est.) | 3.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guernsey | 0.5% (1999 est.) | 0.9% (March 2006 est.) | 
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				Guyana | 12% (1992 est.) | 9.1% (understated) (2000) | 
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				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 (2002 est.) | 
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				Honduras | 28% (2000 est.) | 27.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Hong Kong | 4.5% (2000 est.) | 4.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Hungary | 9.4% (2000 est.) | 7.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Iceland | 2.7% (January 2001) | 1% (2007 est.) | 
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				India | NA% | 7.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Indonesia | 15%-20% (1998 est.) | 9.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Iran | 14% (1999 est.) | 11% according to the Iranian government (June 2007) | 
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				Iraq | NA% | 18% to 30% (2006 est.) | 
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				Ireland | 4.1% (2000) | 5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Isle of Man | 0.6% (August 2000) | 1.5% (December 2006 est.) | 
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				Israel | 9% (2000 est.) | 7.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Italy | 10.4% (2000 est.) | 6.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Jamaica | 16% (2000 est.) | 10.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Japan | 4.7% (2000) | 4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Jersey | 0.7% (1998 est.) | 2.2% (2006 est.) | 
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				Jordan | 15% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (1999 est.) | 13.5% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kazakhstan | 13.7% (1998 est.) | 7.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kenya | 50% (1998 est.) | 40% (2001 est.) | 
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				Kiribati | 2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.) | 2% official rate; underemployment 70% (1992 est.) | 
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				Korea, South | 4.1% (2000 est.) | 3.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kosovo | - | 50% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kuwait | 1.8% (official 1996 est.) | 2.2% (2004 est.) | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | 6% (1998 est.) | 18% (2004 est.) | 
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				Laos | 5.7% (1997 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Latvia | 7.8% (2000 est.) | 5.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Lebanon | 18% (1997 est.) | 20% (2006 est.) | 
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				Lesotho | 45% (2000 est.) | 45% (2002) | 
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				Liberia | 70% | 85% (2003 est.) | 
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				Libya | 30% (2000 est.) | 30% (2004 est.) | 
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				Liechtenstein | 1.8% (February 1999) | 1.3% (September 2002) | 
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				Lithuania | 10.8% (2000) | 3.2% 
 note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2007 est.)  | 
				
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				Luxembourg | 2.7% (2000 est.) | 4.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Macau | 6.6% (2000) | 3.1% (2006) | 
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				Macedonia | - | 35% (2007 est.) | 
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				Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 32% (2000) | - | 
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				Madagascar | NA% | - | 
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				Malaysia | 2.8% (2000 est.) | 3.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Maldives | NEGL% | NEGL% (2003 est.) | 
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				Mali | NA% | 14.6% (2001 est.) | 
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				Malta | 4.5% (3rd Quarter 2000) | 6.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Marshall Islands | 16% (1991 est.) | 30.9% (2000 est.) | 
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				Martinique | 27.2% (1998) | - | 
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				Mauritania | 23% (1995 est.) | 20% (2004 est.) | 
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				Mauritius | 6.4% (1999 est.) | 9.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Mayotte | 45% (1997) | 25.4% (2005) | 
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				Mexico | urban - 2.2% (2000); plus considerable underemployment | 3.7% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2007 est.) | 
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				Micronesia, Federated States of | 16% (1999 est.) | 22% (2000 est.) | 
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				Moldova | 1.9% (includes only officially registered unemployed; large numbers of underemployed workers) (November 2000) | 2.1%; note - roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2007 est.) | 
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				Monaco | 3.1% (1998) | 0% (2005) | 
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				Mongolia | NA% | 3.2% (2006) | 
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				Montenegro | - | 14.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Montserrat | 20% (1996 est.) | 6% (1998 est.) | 
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				Morocco | 23% (1999 est.) | 15% (2007 est.) | 
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				Namibia | 30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.) | 5.3% (2006 est.) | 
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				Nauru | 0% | 90% (2004 est.) | 
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				Nepal | NA%; substantial underemployment (1999) | 42% (2004 est.) | 
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				Netherlands | 2.6% (2000 est.) | 4.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Netherlands Antilles | 14.9% (1998 est.) | 17% (2002 est.) | 
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				New Caledonia | 19% (1996) | 17.1% (2004) | 
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				New Zealand | 6.3% (2000 est.) | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Nicaragua | 20% plus considerable underemployment (1999 est.) | 5.6% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Nigeria | 28% (1992 est.) | 5.8% (2006 est.) | 
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				Niue | NA% | 12% (2001) | 
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				Norfolk Island | NA% | - | 
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				Northern Mariana Islands | NA% | 3.9% (2001) | 
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				Norway | 3% (2000 est.) | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Oman | NA% | 15% (2004 est.) | 
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				Pakistan | 6% (FY99/00 est.) | 7.5% plus substantial underemployment (2007 est.) | 
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				Palau | 2.3% (2000 est.) | 4.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Panama | 13% (2000 est.) | 7.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Papua New Guinea | NA% | 1.9% up to 80% in urban areas (2004) | 
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				Paraguay | 16% (2000 est.) | 11.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Peru | 7.7%; extensive underemployment (1997) | 7.4% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2007 est.) | 
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				Philippines | 10% (2000) | 7.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Pitcairn Islands | NA% | - | 
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				Poland | 12% (1999) | 12.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Portugal | 4.3% (2000 est.) | 8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Puerto Rico | 9.5% (2000) | 12% (2002) | 
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				Qatar | NA% | 0.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Reunion | 42.8% (1998) | - | 
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				Romania | 11.5% (1999) | 4.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Russia | 10.5% (2000 est.), plus considerable underemployment | 5.9% (November 2007 est.) | 
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				Saint Lucia | 15% (1996 est.) | 20% (2003 est.) | 
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				Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 9.8% (1997) | 10.3% (1999) | 
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				Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22% (1997 est.) | 15% (2001 est.) | 
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				Samoa | NA%; note - substantial underemployment | NA% | 
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				San Marino | 3% (1999) | 3.8% (2004) | 
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				Saudi Arabia | NA% | 13% among Saudi males only (local bank estimate; some estimates range as high as 25%) (2004 est.) | 
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				Senegal | NA%; urban youth 40% | 48%; note - urban youth 45% (2001 est.) | 
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				Serbia | - | 18.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Singapore | 3% (2000 est.) | 1.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Slovakia | 17% (2000 est.) | 8.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Slovenia | 7.1% (1997 est.) | 4.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				South Africa | 30% (2000 est.) | 24.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Spain | 14% (2000 est.) | 7.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Sri Lanka | 8.8% (1999 est.) | 6.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Sudan | 4% (1996 est.) | 18.7% (2002 est.) | 
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				Suriname | 20% (1997) | 9.5% (2004) | 
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				Swaziland | 22% (1995 est.) | 40% (2006 est.) | 
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				Sweden | 6% (2000 est.) | 4.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Switzerland | 1.9% (2000 est.) | 3.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Syria | 20% (2000 est.) | 10% (2007 est.) | 
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				Taiwan | 3% (2000 est.) | 3.9% (2007) | 
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				Tajikistan | 5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1998) | 12% (2004 est.) | 
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				Thailand | 3.7% (2000 est.) | 1.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Timor-Leste | - | 50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.) | 
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				Tonga | 13.3% (FY96/97) | 13% (FY03/04 est.) | 
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				Trinidad and Tobago | 12.8% (2000) | 6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Tunisia | 15.6% (2000 est.) | 13.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Turkey | 5.6% (plus underemployment of 5.6%) (2000 est.) | 9.7% plus underemployment of 4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Turkmenistan | NA% | 60% (2004 est.) | 
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				Ukraine | 4.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (December 1999) | 2.5% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is nearly 7% (2007 est.) | 
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				United Arab Emirates | NA% | 2.4% (2001) | 
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				United Kingdom | 5.5% (2000 est.) | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				United States | 4% (2000) | 4.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Uruguay | 14% (2000 est.) | 9.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Uzbekistan | 10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.) | 0.8% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2007 est.) | 
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				Vanuatu | NA% | 1.7% (1999) | 
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				Venezuela | 14% (2000 est.) | 9.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Vietnam | 25% (1995 est.) | 5.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Virgin Islands | 4.9% (March 1999) | 6.2% (2004) | 
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				Wallis and Futuna | NA% | 15.2% (2003) | 
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				West Bank | 40% (includes Gaza Strip) (yearend 2000) | 18.6% (2006) | 
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				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 (2007 est.) | 
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				Yemen | 30% (1995 est.) | 35% (2003 est.) | 
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				Yugoslavia | 30% (2000 est.) | - | 
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				Zimbabwe | 50% (2000 est.) | 80% (2005 est.) |