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  Unemployment rate (2003)Unemployment rate (2007)
Afghanistan Afghanistan NA% 40% (2005 est.)
Albania Albania 17% officially; may be as high as 30% (2001 est.) 13.8% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (2006 est.)
Algeria Algeria 31% (2002 est.) 15.7% (2006 est.)
American Samoa American Samoa 6% (2000) 29.8% (2005)
Andorra Andorra 0% 0% (1996 est.)
Angola Angola extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2001 est.) extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2001 est.)
Anguilla Anguilla 6.7% (2001) 8% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 11% (2001 est.) 11% (2001 est.)
Argentina Argentina 21.5% (37377) 8.7% (2006 est.)
Armenia Armenia 20% (2001 est.) 7.4% (November 2006 est.)
Aruba Aruba 0.6% 6.9% (2005 est.)
Australia Australia 6.3% (2002) 4.9% (2006 est.)
Austria Austria 4.8% (2002 est.) 4.9% (2006 est.)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 16% (official rate is 1.2%) (2003 est.) 1.2% official rate (2006 est.)
Bahamas, The Bahamas, The 6.9% (2001 est.) 10.2% (2005 est.)
Bahrain Bahrain 15% (1998 est.) 15% (2005 est.)
Bangladesh Bangladesh 40% (includes underemployment) (2002 est.) 2.5% (includes underemployment) (2006 est.)
Barbados Barbados 10% (2001 est.) 10.7% (2003 est.)
Belarus Belarus 2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers 1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2005)
Belgium Belgium 7.2% (2002 est.) 8.1% (2006 est.)
Belize Belize 9.1% (2002) 9.4% (2006)
Benin Benin NA% NA%
Bermuda Bermuda 4.5% (1993) 2.1% (2004 est.)
Bhutan Bhutan NA% 2.5% (2004)
Bolivia Bolivia 7.6%


note: widespread underemployment (2000)		 7.8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 40% (2002 est.) 45.5% official rate; grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to 25-30% (31 December 2004 est.)
Botswana Botswana 40% (official rate is 21%) (2001 est.) 23.8% (2004)
Brazil Brazil 6.4% (2001 est.) 9.6% (2006 est.)
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 3% (1995) 3.6% (1997)
Brunei Brunei 10% (2001 est.) 4% (2006)
Bulgaria Bulgaria 18% (2002 est.) 9.6% (2006 est.)
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso NA% NA%
Burma Burma 5.1% (2001 est.) 10.2% (2006 est.)
Burundi Burundi NA% NA%
Cambodia Cambodia 2.8% (1999 est.) 2.5% (2000 est.)
Cameroon Cameroon 30% (2001 est.) 30% (2001 est.)
Canada Canada 7.6% (2002 est.) 6.4% (2006 est.)
Cape Verde Cape Verde 21% (2000 est.) 21% (2000 est.)
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 4.1% (1997) 4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic Central African Republic 8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.) 8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)
Chad Chad NA% NA%
Chile Chile 9.2% (2002) 7.8% (2006 est.)
China China urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2002 est.) 4.2% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2005; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2005)
Christmas Island Christmas Island NA% -
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands 60% (2000 est.) 60% (2000 est.)
Colombia Colombia 17.4% (2002 est.) 11.1% (2006 est.)
Comoros Comoros 20% (1996 est.) 20% (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the NA% NA%
Congo, Republic of the Congo, Republic of the NA% NA%
Cook Islands Cook Islands 13% (1996) 13.1% (2005)
Costa Rica Costa Rica 6.3% (2002 est.) 6.6% (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire 13% in urban areas (1998) 13% in urban areas (1998)
Croatia Croatia 21.7% (2002 est.) 17.2% official rate; labor force surveys indicate unemployment around 14% (2006 est.)
Cuba Cuba 4.1% (2001 est.) 1.9% (2006 est.)
Cyprus Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: 3.3%; Turkish Cypriot area: 5.6% (2002 est.) area under government control: 5.5% (2005 est.)


area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 5.6% (2004 est.) (2006 est.)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 9.8% (2002) 8.4% (2006 est.)
Denmark Denmark 5.1% (2002) 3.8% (2006 est.)
Djibouti Djibouti 50% (2000 est.) 50% (2004 est.)
Dominica Dominica 23% (2000 est.) 23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 14.5% (2002 est.) 16% (2006 est.)
East Timor East Timor 50% (including underemployment) -
Ecuador Ecuador 7.7%; note - widespread underemployment (2001 est.) 10.6% official rate; but underemployment of 47% (2006 est.)
Egypt Egypt 12% (2001 est.) 10.3% (2006 est.)
El Salvador El Salvador 10% - but the economy has much underemployment. (2001 est.) 6% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 30% (1998 est.) 30% (1998 est.)
Eritrea Eritrea NA% NA%
Estonia Estonia 12.4% (2001) 4.5% (2006 est.)
Ethiopia Ethiopia NA% NA%
European Union European Union - 8.5% (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) full employment; labor shortage full employment; labor shortage (2001)
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 1% (October 2000) 2.1% (2006)
Fiji Fiji 7.6% (1999) 7.6% (1999)
Finland Finland 8.5% (2002 est.) 7% (2006 est.)
France France 9.1% (2002 est.) 8.7% (2006 est.)
French Guiana French Guiana 22% (2001) -
French Polynesia French Polynesia 11.8% (1994) 11.7% (2005)
Gabon Gabon 21% (1997 est.) 21% (2006 est.)
Gambia, The Gambia, The NA% NA%
Gaza Strip Gaza Strip 50% (includes West Bank) (2002 est.) 20.3% (includes West Bank) (2005)
Georgia Georgia 17% (2001 est.) 12.6% (2004 est.)
Germany Germany 9.8% (2002 est.) 7.1%


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% (2006 est.)
Ghana Ghana 20% (1997 est.) 20% (1997 est.)
Gibraltar Gibraltar 2% (2001 est.) 2% (2001 est.)
Greece Greece 10.3% (2002 est.) 9.2% (2006 est.)
Greenland Greenland 10% (2000 est.) 9.3% (2005 est.)
Grenada Grenada 12.5% (2000) 12.5% (2000)
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 27.8% (1998) -
Guam Guam 15% (2000 est.) 11.4% (2002 est.)
Guatemala Guatemala 7.5% (1999 est.) 3.2% (2005 est.)
Guernsey Guernsey 0.5% (1999 est.) 0.9% (March 2006 est.)
Guinea Guinea NA% NA%
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau NA% NA%
Guyana Guyana 9.1% (understated) (2000) 9.1% (understated) (2000)
Haiti 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 (2002 est.)
Honduras Honduras 28% (2002 est.) 27.9% (2006 est.)
Hong Kong Hong Kong 7.5% (2002 est.) 4.9% (2006 est.)
Hungary Hungary 5.8% (2002 est.) 7.4% (2006 est.)
Iceland Iceland 2.8% (2002 est.) 1.3% (2006 est.)
India India 8.8% (2002) 7.8% (2006 est.)
Indonesia Indonesia 10.6% (2002 est.) 12.5% (2006 est.)
Iran Iran 16.3% (2003 est.) 15% according to the Iranian government (2007 est.)
Iraq Iraq NA% 25% to 30% (2005 est.)
Ireland Ireland 4.3% (2002 est.) 4.3% (2006 est.)
Isle of Man Isle of Man 0.7% (March 2003) 1.5% (December 2006 est.)
Israel Israel 10.4% (2002 est.) 8.3% (2006 est.)
Italy Italy 9.1% (2002 est.) 7% (2006 est.)
Jamaica Jamaica 15.4% (2002 est.) 11.3% (2006 est.)
Japan Japan 5.4% (2002) 4.1% (2006 est.)
Jersey Jersey 0.7% (1998 est.) 2.2% (2006 est.)
Jordan Jordan 16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.) 15.4% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 8.8% (2002 est.) 7.4% (2006 est.)
Kenya Kenya 40% (2001 est.) 40% (2001 est.)
Kiribati Kiribati 2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.) 2% official rate; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
Korea, North Korea, North NA% NA%
Korea, South Korea, South 3.1% (2002 est.) 3.3% (2006 est.)
Kuwait Kuwait 7% (2002 est.) 2.2% (2004 est.)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 7.2% (1999 est.) 18% (2004 est.)
Laos Laos 5.7% (1997 est.) 2.4% (2005 est.)
Latvia Latvia 7.6% (2001 est.) 6.5% (2006 est.)
Lebanon Lebanon 18% (1997 est.) 20% (2006 est.)
Lesotho Lesotho 45% (2002) 45% (2002)
Liberia Liberia NA 85% (2003 est.)
Libya Libya 30% (2001) 30% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 1.3% (37500) 1.3% (September 2002)
Lithuania Lithuania 12.5% (2001 est.) 3.7%


note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2006 est.)
Luxembourg Luxembourg 4.1% (2002 est.) 4.1% (2006 est.)
Macau Macau 6.3% (2002) 4.1% (2005)
Macedonia Macedonia - 36% (2006 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 37% (2002 est.) -
Madagascar Madagascar 5.9% (1998) -
Malawi Malawi NA% NA%
Malaysia Malaysia 3.8% (2002 est.) 3.5% (2006 est.)
Maldives Maldives NEGL% NEGL% (2003 est.)
Mali Mali 14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.) 14.6% (2001 est.)
Malta Malta 7% (2002 est.) 6.8% (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 30.9% (1999 est.) 30.9% (2000 est.)
Martinique Martinique 27.2% (1998) -
Mauritania Mauritania 21% (1999 est.) 20% (2004 est.)
Mauritius Mauritius 8.8% (2002 est.) 9.4% (2006 est.)
Mayotte Mayotte 38% (1999) 25.4% (2005)
Mexico Mexico urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2002) 3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2006 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of 16% (1999 est.) 22% (2000 est.)
Moldova Moldova 8% (roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad) (2002 est.) 7.3%; note - roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2005 est.)
Monaco Monaco 3.1% (1998) 0% (2005)
Mongolia Mongolia 20% (2000) 3.3% (2005)
Montenegro Montenegro - 27.7% (2005)
Montserrat Montserrat 6% (1998 est.) 6% (1998 est.)
Morocco Morocco 19% (2002 est.) 7.7% (2006 est.)
Mozambique Mozambique 21% (1997 est.) 21% (1997 est.)
Namibia Namibia 35% (1998) 5.3% (2006 est.)
Nauru Nauru 0% 90% (2004 est.)
Nepal Nepal 47% (2001 est.) 42% (2004 est.)
Netherlands Netherlands 3% (2002 est.) 5.5% (2006 est.)
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 15% (1998 est.) 17% (2002 est.)
New Caledonia New Caledonia 19% (1996) 17.1% (2004)
New Zealand New Zealand 5.3% (2002 est.) 3.8% (2006 est.)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 24% plus considerable underemployment (2002 est.) 3.8% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2006 est.)
Niger Niger NA% NA%
Nigeria Nigeria 28% (1992 est.) 5.8% (2006 est.)
Niue Niue NA% 12% (2001)
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island NA% -
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands NA% 3.9% (2001)
Norway Norway 3.9% (2002 est.) 3.5% (2006 est.)
Oman Oman NA% 15% (2004 est.)
Pakistan Pakistan 7.8% plus substantial underemployment (2002 est.) 6.5% plus substantial underemployment (2006 est.)
Palau Palau 2.3% (2000 est.) 4.2% (2005 est.)
Panama Panama 16% (2002 est.) 8.8% (2006 est.)
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea NA% 2% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)
Paraguay Paraguay 18.2% (2002 est.) 9.4% (2005 est.)
Peru Peru 9.4%; widespread underemployment (2002 est.) 7.2% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2006 est.)
Philippines Philippines 10.2% (2002) 7.9% (2006 est.)
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands NA% -
Poland Poland 18.1% (2002) 14.9% (2006 est.)
Portugal Portugal 4.7% (2002 est.) 7.6% (2006 est.)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 12% (2002) 12% (2002)
Qatar Qatar 2.7% (2001) 3.2% (2006 est.)
Reunion Reunion 36% (1999 est.) -
Romania Romania 8.3% (2002) 6.1% (2006 est.)
Russia Russia 7.9% plus considerable underemployment (2002) 6.6% plus considerable underemployment (2006 est.)
Rwanda Rwanda NA% NA%
Saint Helena Saint Helena 14% (1998 est.) 14% (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.5% (1997) 4.5% (1997)
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 16.5% (1997 est.) 20% (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon 9.8% (1997) 10.3% (1999)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22% (1997 est.) 15% (2001 est.)
Samoa Samoa NA%; note - substantial underemployment NA%
San Marino San Marino 2.6% (2001) 3.8% (2004)
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe NA% NA%
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 25% (2002) 13% among Saudi males only (local bank estimate; some estimates range as high as 25%) (2004 est.)
Senegal Senegal 48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.) 48%; note - urban youth 40% (2001 est.)
Serbia Serbia - 31.6%


note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2005 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 32% (2002 est.) -
Seychelles Seychelles NA% NA%
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone NA% NA%
Singapore Singapore 4.6% (2002 est.) 3.1% (2006 est.)
Slovakia Slovakia 17.2% (2002 est.) 10.2% (2006 est.)
Slovenia Slovenia 11% (2002 est.) 9.6% (2006 est.)
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands NA% NA%
Somalia Somalia NA% NA%
South Africa South Africa 37% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2001 est.) 25.5% (2006 est.)
Spain Spain 11.3% (2002 est.) 8.1% (2006 est.)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 8% (2002) 7.6% (2006 est.)
Sudan Sudan 18.7% (2002 est.) 18.7% (2002 est.)
Suriname Suriname 17% (2000) 9.5% (2004)
Swaziland Swaziland 34% (2000 est.) 40% (2006 est.)
Sweden Sweden 4% (2002 est.) 5.6% (2006 est.)
Switzerland Switzerland 1.9% (2002 est.) 3.3% (2006 est.)
Syria Syria 20% (2002 est.) 12.5% (2005 est.)
Taiwan Taiwan 5.2% (2002 est.) 3.9% (2006 est.)
Tajikistan Tajikistan 40% (2002 est.) 12% (2004 est.)
Tanzania Tanzania NA% NA%
Thailand Thailand 2.9% (2002 est.) 2.1% (2006 est.)
Timor-Leste Timor-Leste - 50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.)
Togo Togo NA% NA%
Tokelau Tokelau NA% NA%
Tonga Tonga 13.3% (1996 est.) 13% (FY03/04 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 10.8% (2002) 7% (2006 est.)
Tunisia Tunisia 15.4% (2002 est.) 13.9% (2006 est.)
Turkey Turkey 10.8% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2002 est.) 10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2006 est.)
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NA% 60% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 10% (1997 est.) 10% (1997 est.)
Tuvalu Tuvalu NA% NA%
Uganda Uganda NA% NA%
Ukraine Ukraine 3.8% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (2002) 2.7% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is 6.7% (2006 est.)
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates NA% 2.4% (2001)
United Kingdom United Kingdom 5.2% (2002 est.) 2.9% (2006 est.)
United States United States 5.8% (2002) 4.8% (2006 est.)
Uruguay Uruguay 19.4% (2002) 10.8% (2006 est.)
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.) 3% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2006)
Vanuatu Vanuatu NA% 1.7% (1999)
Venezuela Venezuela 17% (2002 est.) 8.9% (2006 est.)
Vietnam Vietnam 25% (1995 est.) 2% (2006 est.)
Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 4.9% (March 1999) 6.2% (2004)
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna NA% 15.2% (2003)
West Bank West Bank 50% (includes Gaza Strip) (2002 est.) 20.3% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
Western Sahara Western Sahara NA% NA%
World 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 (2006 est.)
Yemen Yemen 30% (1995 est.) 35% (2003 est.)
Zambia Zambia 50% (2000 est.) 50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 70% (2002 est.) 80% (2005 est.)
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