Compare Unemployment rate (2003) - Unemployment rate (2005)

Compare Unemployment rate (2003) with Unemployment rate (2005)

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	Unemployment rate (2003)	Unemployment rate (2005)
Afghanistan	NA%	NA
Albania	17% officially; may be as high as 30% (2001 est.)	14.8% officially; may be as high as 30% (2001 est.)
Algeria	31% (2002 est.)	25.4% (2004 est.)
Andorra	0%	0% (1996 est.)
Anguilla	6.7% (2001)	8% (2002)
Argentina	21.5% (37377)	14.8% (2004 est.)
Armenia	20% (2001 est.)	30% (2003 est.)
Aruba	0.6%	0.6% (2003 est.)
Australia	6.3% (2002)	5.1% (December 2004 est.)
Austria	4.8% (2002 est.)	4.4% (2004 est.)
Azerbaijan	16% (official rate is 1.2%) (2003 est.)	1.2% (official rate) (2004 est.)
Bahamas, The	6.9% (2001 est.)	10.2% (2004 est.)
Bangladesh	40% (includes underemployment) (2002 est.)	40% (includes underemployment) (2004 est.)
Barbados	10% (2001 est.)	10.7% (2003 est.)
Belarus	2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers	2% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2004)
Belgium	7.2% (2002 est.)	12% (first half, 2004)
Belize	9.1% (2002)	12.9% (2003)
Benin	NA%	NA
Bermuda	4.5% (1993)	5% (2002 est.)
Bhutan	NA%	NA
Bolivia	7.6% note: widespread underemployment (2000)	9.2% in urban areas note: widespread underemployment (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	40% (2002 est.)	44% officially; however, grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to near 20% (2004 est.)
Botswana	40% (official rate is 21%) (2001 est.)	23.8% (2004 est.)
Brazil	6.4% (2001 est.)	11.5% (2004 est.)
Brunei	10% (2001 est.)	3.2% (2002 est.)
Bulgaria	18% (2002 est.)	12.7% (2004 est.)
Burma	5.1% (2001 est.)	5.2% (2004 est.)
Burundi	NA%	NA
Cambodia	2.8% (1999 est.)	2.5% (2000 est.)
Canada	7.6% (2002 est.)	7% (2004)
Chad	NA%	NA
Chile	9.2% (2002)	8.5% (2004 est.)
China	urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2002 est.)	9.8% in urban areas; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas; an official Chinese journal estimated overall unemployment (including rural areas) for 2003 at 20% (2004 est.)
Christmas Island	NA%	-
Colombia	17.4% (2002 est.)	13.6% (2004 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA%	NA (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the	NA%	NA (2003)
Costa Rica	6.3% (2002 est.)	6.6% (2004 est.)
Croatia	21.7% (2002 est.)	13.8% (2004 est.)
Cuba	4.1% (2001 est.)	2.5% (2004 est.)
Cyprus	Greek Cypriot area: 3.3%; Turkish Cypriot area: 5.6% (2002 est.)	Republic of Cyprus: 3.2%; north Cyprus: 5.6% (2004 est.)
Czech Republic	9.8% (2002)	10.6% (2004 est.)
Denmark	5.1% (2002)	6.2% (2004 est.)
Djibouti	50% (2000 est.)	50% (2004 est.)
Dominican Republic	14.5% (2002 est.)	17% (2004 est.)
East Timor	50% (including underemployment)	50% (including underemployment) (1992 est.)
Ecuador	7.7%; note - widespread underemployment (2001 est.)	11.1%; note - underemployment of 47% (2004 est.)
Egypt	12% (2001 est.)	10.9% (2004 est.)
El Salvador	10% - but the economy has much underemployment. (2001 est.)	6.3% - but the economy has much underemployment (2004 est.)
Eritrea	NA%	NA (2003 est.)
Estonia	12.4% (2001)	9.6% (2004 est.)
Ethiopia	NA%	NA (2002)
European Union	-	9.5% (2004 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	full employment; labor shortage	full employment; labor shortage (2001)
Finland	8.5% (2002 est.)	8.9% (2004 est.)
France	9.1% (2002 est.)	10.1% (2004 est.)
Gambia, The	NA%	NA (2002 est.)
Gaza Strip	50% (includes West Bank) (2002 est.)	50% (includes West Bank) (2003 est.)
Germany	9.8% (2002 est.)	10.6% (2004 est.)
Greece	10.3% (2002 est.)	10% (2004 est.)
Guatemala	7.5% (1999 est.)	7.5% (2003 est.)
Guinea	NA%	NA (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	NA%	NA (1998)
Honduras	28% (2002 est.)	28.5% (2004 est.)
Hong Kong	7.5% (2002 est.)	6.7% (2004 est.)
Hungary	5.8% (2002 est.)	5.9% (2004 est.)
Iceland	2.8% (2002 est.)	3.1% (2004 est.)
India	8.8% (2002)	9.2% (2004 est.)
Indonesia	10.6% (2002 est.)	9.2% (2004 est.)
Iran	16.3% (2003 est.)	11.2% (2004 est.)
Iraq	NA%	25% to 30% (2004 est.)
Ireland	4.3% (2002 est.)	4.3% (2004 est.)
Isle of Man	0.7% (March 2003)	0.6% (2004 est.)
Israel	10.4% (2002 est.)	10.7% (2004 est.)
Italy	9.1% (2002 est.)	8.6% (2004 est.)
Jamaica	15.4% (2002 est.)	15% (2004 est.)
Japan	5.4% (2002)	4.7% (2004 est.)
Jersey	0.7% (1998 est.)	0.9% (2004 est.)
Jordan	16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.)	15% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2004 est.)
Kazakhstan	8.8% (2002 est.)	8% (2004 est.)
Korea, North	NA%	NA (2003)
Korea, South	3.1% (2002 est.)	3.6% (2004 est.)
Kuwait	7% (2002 est.)	2.2% (2004 est.)
Kyrgyzstan	7.2% (1999 est.)	18% (2004 est.)
Latvia	7.6% (2001 est.)	8.8% (2004 est.)
Liberia	NA	85% (2003 est.)
Libya	30% (2001)	30% (2004)
Liechtenstein	1.3% (37500)	1.3% (September 2002)
Lithuania	12.5% (2001 est.)	8% (2004 est.)
Luxembourg	4.1% (2002 est.)	4.5% (December, 2004 est.)
Macau	6.3% (2002)	4.7% (3rd Quarter, 2004)
Macedonia	-	37.7% (3rd quarter, 2004 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	37% (2002 est.)	-
Madagascar	5.9% (1998)	-
Malawi	NA%	NA (2003 est.)
Malaysia	3.8% (2002 est.)	3% (2004 est.)
Maldives	NEGL%	NEGL% (2003 est.)
Malta	7% (2002 est.)	7% (2003 est.)
Mauritania	21% (1999 est.)	20% (2004 est.)
Mauritius	8.8% (2002 est.)	10.8% (2004 est.)
Mexico	urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2002)	3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2004 est.)
Monaco	3.1% (1998)	22% (1999)
Mongolia	20% (2000)	6.7% (2003)
Morocco	19% (2002 est.)	12.1% (2004 est.)
Nauru	0%	90% (2004 est.)
Netherlands	3% (2002 est.)	6% (2004 est.)
Netherlands Antilles	15% (1998 est.)	15.6% (2002 est.)
New Zealand	5.3% (2002 est.)	4.2% (2004 est.)
Nicaragua	24% plus considerable underemployment (2002 est.)	7.8% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2003 est.)
Niger	NA%	NA (2002 est.)
Nigeria	28% (1992 est.)	NA
Niue	NA%	NA
Norfolk Island	NA%	0%
Northern Mariana Islands	NA%	NA
Norway	3.9% (2002 est.)	4.3% (2004 est.)
Oman	NA%	15% (2004 est.)
Pakistan	7.8% plus substantial underemployment (2002 est.)	8.3% plus substantial underemployment (2004 est.)
Panama	16% (2002 est.)	12.6% (2004 est.)
Papua New Guinea	NA%	NA
Paraguay	18.2% (2002 est.)	15.1% (2004 est.)
Peru	9.4%; widespread underemployment (2002 est.)	9.6% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2004 est.)
Philippines	10.2% (2002)	11.7% (2004 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	NA%	NA
Poland	18.1% (2002)	19.5% (2004 est.)
Portugal	4.7% (2002 est.)	6.5% (2004 est.)
Romania	8.3% (2002)	6.3% (2004 est.)
Russia	7.9% plus considerable underemployment (2002)	8.3% plus considerable underemployment (2004 est.)
Rwanda	NA%	NA
Saint Lucia	16.5% (1997 est.)	20% (2003 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22% (1997 est.)	15% (2001 est.)
Samoa	NA%; note - substantial underemployment	NA; note - substantial underemployment
Sao Tome and Principe	NA%	NA
Saudi Arabia	25% (2002)	25% (unofficial estimate) (2004 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro	32% (2002 est.)	30% note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2004 est.)
Seychelles	NA%	NA
Sierra Leone	NA%	NA
Singapore	4.6% (2002 est.)	3.4% (2004 est.)
Slovakia	17.2% (2002 est.)	13.1% (31 December 2004 est.)
Slovenia	11% (2002 est.)	6.4% (2004 est.)
Somalia	NA%	NA
South Africa	37% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2001 est.)	26.2% (2004 est.)
Spain	11.3% (2002 est.)	10.4% (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka	8% (2002)	7.8% (2004 est.)
Sweden	4% (2002 est.)	5.6% (2004 est.)
Switzerland	1.9% (2002 est.)	3.4% (2004 est.)
Taiwan	5.2% (2002 est.)	4.5% (2004 est.)
Tanzania	NA%	NA
Thailand	2.9% (2002 est.)	1.5% (November 2004 est.)
Togo	NA%	NA (2003 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago	10.8% (2002)	10.4% (2004 est.)
Tunisia	15.4% (2002 est.)	13.8% (2004 est.)
Turkey	10.8% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2002 est.)	9.3% (plus underemployment of 4.0%) (2004 est.)
Turkmenistan	NA%	60% (2004 est.)
Uganda	NA%	NA (2002 est.)
Ukraine	3.8% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (2002)	3.5% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is around 9-10 percent (2004 est.)
United Arab Emirates	NA%	2.4% (2001)
United Kingdom	5.2% (2002 est.)	4.8% (2004 est.)
United States	5.8% (2002)	5.5% (2004 est.)
Uruguay	19.4% (2002)	13% (2004 est.)
Uzbekistan	10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.)	0.6% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2004 est.)
Venezuela	17% (2002 est.)	17.1% (2004 est.)
Vietnam	25% (1995 est.)	1.9% (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands	4.9% (March 1999)	9.3% (2003 est.)
West Bank	50% (includes Gaza Strip) (2002 est.)	27.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2004 est.)
Western Sahara	NA%	NA
Yemen	30% (1995 est.)	35% (2003 est.)