Compare Unemployment rate (2003) - Unemployment rate (2001)

Compare Unemployment rate (2003) with Unemployment rate (2001)

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	Unemployment rate (2003)	Unemployment rate (2001)
Albania	17% officially; may be as high as 30% (2001 est.)	16% (2000 est.) officially; may be as high as 25%
Algeria	31% (2002 est.)	30% (1999 est.)
American Samoa	6% (2000)	16% (1993)
Angola	extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2001 est.)	extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2000 est.)
Anguilla	6.7% (2001)	7% (1992 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda	11% (2001 est.)	7% (1999 est.)
Argentina	21.5% (37377)	15% (December 2000)
Armenia	20% (2001 est.)	20% (1998 est.) note: official rate is 9.3% for 1998
Aruba	0.6%	0.6% (1999 est.)
Australia	6.3% (2002)	6.4% (2000)
Austria	4.8% (2002 est.)	5.4% (2000 est.)
Azerbaijan	16% (official rate is 1.2%) (2003 est.)	20% (1999 est.)
Bahamas, The	6.9% (2001 est.)	9% (1998 est.)
Bangladesh	40% (includes underemployment) (2002 est.)	35.2% (1996)
Barbados	10% (2001 est.)	11% (1999 est.)
Belgium	7.2% (2002 est.)	8.4% (2000 est.)
Belize	9.1% (2002)	12.8% (1999)
Bermuda	4.5% (1993)	NEGL% (1995)
Bolivia	7.6% note: widespread underemployment (2000)	11.4% (1997) note: widespread underemployment
Bosnia and Herzegovina	40% (2002 est.)	35%-40% (1999 est.)
Botswana	40% (official rate is 21%) (2001 est.)	40% (2000 est.)
Brazil	6.4% (2001 est.)	7.1% (2000 est.)
Brunei	10% (2001 est.)	4.9% (1995 est.)
Bulgaria	18% (2002 est.)	17.7% (2000 est.)
Burma	5.1% (2001 est.)	7.1% (official FY97/98 est.)
Cameroon	30% (2001 est.)	30% (1998 est.)
Canada	7.6% (2002 est.)	6.8% (2000 est.)
Cape Verde	21% (2000 est.)	24% (1999 est.)
Central African Republic	8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)	6% (1993)
Chile	9.2% (2002)	9% (December 2000)
China	urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2002 est.)	urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2000 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	60% (2000 est.)	-
Colombia	17.4% (2002 est.)	20% (2000 est.)
Cook Islands	13% (1996)	NA%
Costa Rica	6.3% (2002 est.)	5.2% (2000 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire	13% in urban areas (1998)	13% in urban areas (1998 est.)
Croatia	21.7% (2002 est.)	22% (October 2000)
Cuba	4.1% (2001 est.)	5.5% (2000 est.)
Cyprus	Greek Cypriot area: 3.3%; Turkish Cypriot area: 5.6% (2002 est.)	Greek Cypriot area: 3.6% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 6% (1998 est.)
Czech Republic	9.8% (2002)	8.7% (2000 est.)
Denmark	5.1% (2002)	5.3% (2000)
Dominica	23% (2000 est.)	20% (1999 est.)
Dominican Republic	14.5% (2002 est.)	13.8% (1999 est.)
East Timor	50% (including underemployment)	-
Ecuador	7.7%; note - widespread underemployment (2001 est.)	13%; note - widespread underemployment (2000 est.)
Egypt	12% (2001 est.)	11.5% (2000 est.)
El Salvador	10% - but the economy has much underemployment. (2001 est.)	10% (2000 est.)
Estonia	12.4% (2001)	11.7% (1999 est.)
Fiji	7.6% (1999)	6% (1997 est.)
Finland	8.5% (2002 est.)	9.8% (2000 est.)
France	9.1% (2002 est.)	9.7% (2000 est.)
French Guiana	22% (2001)	21.4% (1998)
French Polynesia	11.8% (1994)	15% (1992 est.)
Gaza Strip	50% (includes West Bank) (2002 est.)	40% (includes West Bank) (yearend 2000)
Georgia	17% (2001 est.)	14.9% (1999 est.)
Germany	9.8% (2002 est.)	9.9% (2000 est.)
Gibraltar	2% (2001 est.)	13.5% (1996)
Greece	10.3% (2002 est.)	11.3% (2000 est.)
Greenland	10% (2000 est.)	7% (1999 est.)
Grenada	12.5% (2000)	15% (1997)
Guyana	9.1% (understated) (2000)	12% (1992 est.)
Haiti	widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2002 est.)	widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (1999)
Honduras	28% (2002 est.)	28% (2000 est.)
Hong Kong	7.5% (2002 est.)	4.5% (2000 est.)
Hungary	5.8% (2002 est.)	9.4% (2000 est.)
Iceland	2.8% (2002 est.)	2.7% (January 2001)
India	8.8% (2002)	NA%
Indonesia	10.6% (2002 est.)	15%-20% (1998 est.)
Iran	16.3% (2003 est.)	14% (1999 est.)
Ireland	4.3% (2002 est.)	4.1% (2000)
Isle of Man	0.7% (March 2003)	0.6% (August 2000)
Israel	10.4% (2002 est.)	9% (2000 est.)
Italy	9.1% (2002 est.)	10.4% (2000 est.)
Jamaica	15.4% (2002 est.)	16% (2000 est.)
Japan	5.4% (2002)	4.7% (2000)
Jordan	16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.)	15% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (1999 est.)
Kazakhstan	8.8% (2002 est.)	13.7% (1998 est.)
Kenya	40% (2001 est.)	50% (1998 est.)
Korea, South	3.1% (2002 est.)	4.1% (2000 est.)
Kuwait	7% (2002 est.)	1.8% (official 1996 est.)
Kyrgyzstan	7.2% (1999 est.)	6% (1998 est.)
Latvia	7.6% (2001 est.)	7.8% (2000 est.)
Lesotho	45% (2002)	45% (2000 est.)
Liberia	NA	70%
Libya	30% (2001)	30% (2000 est.)
Liechtenstein	1.3% (37500)	1.8% (February 1999)
Lithuania	12.5% (2001 est.)	10.8% (2000)
Luxembourg	4.1% (2002 est.)	2.7% (2000 est.)
Macau	6.3% (2002)	6.6% (2000)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	37% (2002 est.)	32% (2000)
Madagascar	5.9% (1998)	NA%
Malaysia	3.8% (2002 est.)	2.8% (2000 est.)
Mali	14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.)	NA%
Malta	7% (2002 est.)	4.5% (3rd Quarter 2000)
Marshall Islands	30.9% (1999 est.)	16% (1991 est.)
Mauritania	21% (1999 est.)	23% (1995 est.)
Mauritius	8.8% (2002 est.)	6.4% (1999 est.)
Mayotte	38% (1999)	45% (1997)
Mexico	urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2002)	urban - 2.2% (2000); plus considerable underemployment
Moldova	8% (roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad) (2002 est.)	1.9% (includes only officially registered unemployed; large numbers of underemployed workers) (November 2000)
Mongolia	20% (2000)	NA%
Montserrat	6% (1998 est.)	20% (1996 est.)
Morocco	19% (2002 est.)	23% (1999 est.)
Namibia	35% (1998)	30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.)
Nepal	47% (2001 est.)	NA%; substantial underemployment (1999)
Netherlands	3% (2002 est.)	2.6% (2000 est.)
Netherlands Antilles	15% (1998 est.)	14.9% (1998 est.)
New Zealand	5.3% (2002 est.)	6.3% (2000 est.)
Nicaragua	24% plus considerable underemployment (2002 est.)	20% plus considerable underemployment (1999 est.)
Norway	3.9% (2002 est.)	3% (2000 est.)
Pakistan	7.8% plus substantial underemployment (2002 est.)	6% (FY99/00 est.)
Panama	16% (2002 est.)	13% (2000 est.)
Paraguay	18.2% (2002 est.)	16% (2000 est.)
Peru	9.4%; widespread underemployment (2002 est.)	7.7%; extensive underemployment (1997)
Philippines	10.2% (2002)	10% (2000)
Poland	18.1% (2002)	12% (1999)
Portugal	4.7% (2002 est.)	4.3% (2000 est.)
Puerto Rico	12% (2002)	9.5% (2000)
Qatar	2.7% (2001)	NA%
Reunion	36% (1999 est.)	42.8% (1998)
Romania	8.3% (2002)	11.5% (1999)
Russia	7.9% plus considerable underemployment (2002)	10.5% (2000 est.), plus considerable underemployment
Saint Lucia	16.5% (1997 est.)	15% (1996 est.)
San Marino	2.6% (2001)	3% (1999)
Saudi Arabia	25% (2002)	NA%
Senegal	48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)	NA%; urban youth 40%
Serbia and Montenegro	32% (2002 est.)	-
Singapore	4.6% (2002 est.)	3% (2000 est.)
Slovakia	17.2% (2002 est.)	17% (2000 est.)
Slovenia	11% (2002 est.)	7.1% (1997 est.)
South Africa	37% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2001 est.)	30% (2000 est.)
Spain	11.3% (2002 est.)	14% (2000 est.)
Sri Lanka	8% (2002)	8.8% (1999 est.)
Sudan	18.7% (2002 est.)	4% (1996 est.)
Suriname	17% (2000)	20% (1997)
Swaziland	34% (2000 est.)	22% (1995 est.)
Sweden	4% (2002 est.)	6% (2000 est.)
Switzerland	1.9% (2002 est.)	1.9% (2000 est.)
Syria	20% (2002 est.)	20% (2000 est.)
Taiwan	5.2% (2002 est.)	3% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan	40% (2002 est.)	5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1998)
Thailand	2.9% (2002 est.)	3.7% (2000 est.)
Tonga	13.3% (1996 est.)	13.3% (FY96/97)
Trinidad and Tobago	10.8% (2002)	12.8% (2000)
Tunisia	15.4% (2002 est.)	15.6% (2000 est.)
Turkey	10.8% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2002 est.)	5.6% (plus underemployment of 5.6%) (2000 est.)
Ukraine	3.8% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (2002)	4.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (December 1999)
United Kingdom	5.2% (2002 est.)	5.5% (2000 est.)
United States	5.8% (2002)	4% (2000)
Uruguay	19.4% (2002)	14% (2000 est.)
Venezuela	17% (2002 est.)	14% (2000 est.)
West Bank	50% (includes Gaza Strip) (2002 est.)	40% (includes Gaza Strip) (yearend 2000)
World	30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment	30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2000 est.)
Yugoslavia	-	30% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe	70% (2002 est.)	50% (2000 est.)