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  Unemployment rate (2004)Unemployment rate (2008)
Afghanistan Afghanistan NA (2003) 40% (2005 est.)
Albania Albania 15.8% officially; may be as high as 30% (2003 est.) 13% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (2007 est.)
Algeria Algeria 26.2% (2003 est.) 14.1% (2007 est.)
American Samoa American Samoa 6% (2000) 29.8% (2005)
Andorra Andorra 0% (1996 est.) 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 17.3% (2003) 8.9% (2007 est.)
Armenia Armenia 20% (2001 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.)
Aruba Aruba 0.6% (2003 est.) 6.9% (2005 est.)
Australia Australia 6% (2003) 4.4% (November 2007 est.)
Austria Austria 4.4% (2003 est.) 4.3% (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1.1% (official rate is 1.2%) (2003 est.) 8.5% official rate (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The Bahamas, The 6.9% (2001 est.) 7.6% (2006 est.)
Bahrain Bahrain 15% (1998 est.) 15% (2005 est.)
Bangladesh Bangladesh 40% (includes underemployment) (2002 est.) 2.5% (includes underemployment) (2007 est.)
Barbados Barbados 10.7% (2003 est.) 10.7% (2003 est.)
Belarus Belarus 2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers (2003 est.) 1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2005)
Belgium Belgium 8.1% (2003 est.) 7.6% (2007 est.)
Belize Belize 9.1% (2002) 9.4% (2006)
Benin Benin NA NA%
Bermuda Bermuda 5% (2002 est.) 2.1% (2004 est.)
Bhutan Bhutan NA 2.5% (2004)
Bolivia Bolivia 11.7%


note: widespread underemployment (2003)		 8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2006)
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 12.3% (2003 est.) 9.8% (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 3% (1995) 3.6% (1997)
Brunei Brunei 10% (2001 est.) 4% (2006)
Bulgaria Bulgaria 14.3% (2003) 8% (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso NA 77%
Burma Burma 4.2% (2003) 5.2% (2007 est.)
Burundi Burundi NA NA%
Cambodia Cambodia 2.5% (2000 est.) 2.5% (2000 est.)
Cameroon Cameroon 30% (2001 est.) 30% (2001 est.)
Canada Canada 7.8% (2003 est.) 5.9% (2007 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 (2000) NA%
Chile Chile 8.5% (2003 est.) 7% (2007 est.)
China China 10.1% urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2003 est.) 4% unemployment in urban areas; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2007 est.)
Christmas Island Christmas Island NA -
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands 60% (2000 est.) 60% (2000 est.)
Colombia Colombia 14.2% (2003 est.) 10.6% (2007 est.)
Comoros Comoros 20% (1996 est.) 20% (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the NA (2003 est.) NA%
Congo, Republic of the Congo, Republic of the NA (2003) NA%
Cook Islands Cook Islands 13% (1996) 13.1% (2005)
Costa Rica Costa Rica 6.7% (2003 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire 13% in urban areas (1998) unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of the civil war
Croatia Croatia 19.5% (2003) 11.8% (2007 est.)
Cuba Cuba 2.6% (2003 est.) 1.9% (2007 est.)
Cyprus Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: 3.4%; north Cyprus: 5.6% (2003 est.) area under government control: 3.8% (2005 est.)


area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 5.6% (2004 est.) (2007 est.)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 9.9% (2003) 6.6% (2007 est.)
Denmark Denmark 6.1% (2003) 3.5% (2007 est.)
Djibouti Djibouti 50% (2000 est.) 59% in urban areas, 83% in rural areas (2007 est.)
Dominica Dominica 23% (2000 est.) 23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 16.5% (2003 est.) 15.5% (2007 est.)
East Timor East Timor 50% (including underemployment) (1992 est.) -
Ecuador Ecuador 9.8%; note - underemployment of 47% (2003 est.) 9.8% (2007 est.)
Egypt Egypt 9.9% (2003 est.) 10.1% (2007 est.)
El Salvador El Salvador 6.5% - but the economy has much underemployment (2003 est.) 6.6% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 30% (1998 est.) 30% (1998 est.)
Eritrea Eritrea NA (2003 est.) NA%
Estonia Estonia 10.1% (2003) 5.2% (2007 est.)
Ethiopia Ethiopia NA (2002) NA%
European Union European Union 9.1% (2004 est.) 8.5% (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) full employment; labor shortage (2001) 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 9% (2003 est.) 6.6% (2007 est.)
France France 9.7% (2003 est.) 8% (2007 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 (2002 est.) NA%
Gaza Strip Gaza Strip 50% (includes West Bank) (2003 est.) 34.8% (2006)
Georgia Georgia 17% (2001 est.) 13.6% (2006 est.)
Germany Germany 10.5% (2003 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.)
Ghana Ghana 20% (1997 est.) 11% (2000 est.)
Gibraltar Gibraltar 2% (2001 est.) 3% (2005 est.)
Greece Greece 9.4% (2003 est.) 8.4% (2007 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% (2003 est.) 3.2% (2005 est.)
Guernsey Guernsey 0.5% (1999 est.) 0.9% (March 2006 est.)
Guinea Guinea NA (2002 est.) NA%
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau NA (1998) 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 27.5% (2003 est.) 27.8% (2007 est.)
Hong Kong Hong Kong 7.9% (2003) 4.2% (2007 est.)
Hungary Hungary 5.9% (2003 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.)
Iceland Iceland 3.4% (2003 est.) 1% (2007 est.)
India India 9.5% (2003) 7.2% (2007 est.)
Indonesia Indonesia 8.7% (2003 est.) 9.7% (2007 est.)
Iran Iran 15.7% (2002 est.) 11% according to the Iranian government (June 2007)
Iraq Iraq NA (2003 est.) 18% to 30% (2006 est.)
Ireland Ireland 4.7% (2003 est.) 5% (2007 est.)
Isle of Man Isle of Man 0.7% (March 2003) 1.5% (December 2006 est.)
Israel Israel 10.7% (2003 est.) 7.6% (2007 est.)
Italy Italy 8.6% (2003 est.) 6.7% (2007 est.)
Jamaica Jamaica 15.9% (2003 est.) 10.2% (2007 est.)
Japan Japan 5.3% (2003) 4% (2007 est.)
Jersey Jersey 0.7% (1998 est.) 2.2% (2006 est.)
Jordan Jordan 16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.) 13.5% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 8.8% (2003 est.) 7.1% (2007 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 (2003) NA%
Korea, South Korea, South 3.4% (2003 est.) 3.2% (2007 est.)
Kosovo Kosovo - 50% (2007 est.)
Kuwait Kuwait 2.1% (2003 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 8.6% (2003 est.) 5.9% (2007 est.)
Lebanon Lebanon 18% (1997 est.) 20% (2006 est.)
Lesotho Lesotho 45% (2002) 45% (2002)
Liberia Liberia 85% (2003 est.) 85% (2003 est.)
Libya Libya 30% (2001) 30% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 1.3% (September 2002) 1.3% (September 2002)
Lithuania Lithuania 10.3% (2003 est.) 3.2%


note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2007 est.)
Luxembourg Luxembourg 3.6% (2003 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.)
Macau Macau 6.3% (2003) 3.1% (2006)
Macedonia Macedonia 36.7% (2003 est.) 35% (2007 est.)
Madagascar Madagascar 5.9% (1998) -
Malawi Malawi NA (2003 est.) NA%
Malaysia Malaysia 3.6% (2003 est.) 3.1% (2007 est.)
Maldives Maldives NEGL% (2003 est.) NEGL% (2003 est.)
Mali Mali 14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.) 14.6% (2001 est.)
Malta Malta 7% (2003 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 9.8% (2003 est.) 9.2% (2007 est.)
Mayotte Mayotte 38% (1999) 25.4% (2005)
Mexico Mexico 3.3% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2003) 3.7% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2007 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.) 2.1%; note - roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2007 est.)
Monaco Monaco 3.1% (1998) 0% (2005)
Mongolia Mongolia 4.6% (2001) 3.2% (2006)
Montenegro Montenegro - 14.7% (2007 est.)
Montserrat Montserrat 6% (1998 est.) 6% (1998 est.)
Morocco Morocco 19% (2003 est.) 15% (2007 est.)
Mozambique Mozambique 21% (1997 est.) 21% (1997 est.)
Namibia Namibia 35% (1998) 5.3% (2006 est.)
Nauru Nauru 0% (2002 est.) 90% (2004 est.)
Nepal Nepal 47% (2001 est.) 42% (2004 est.)
Netherlands Netherlands 5.3% (2003 est.) 4.5% (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 15.6% (2002 est.) 17% (2002 est.)
New Caledonia New Caledonia 19% (1996) 17.1% (2004)
New Zealand New Zealand 4.7% (2003 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 22% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.) 5.6% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2007 est.)
Niger Niger NA (2002 est.) NA%
Nigeria Nigeria NA (2003 est.) 5.8% (2006 est.)
Niue Niue NA (March 1999) 12% (2001)
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island NA -
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands NA 3.9% (2001)
Norway Norway 4.7% (2003 est.) 2.4% (2007 est.)
Oman Oman NA 15% (2004 est.)
Pakistan Pakistan 7.7% plus substantial underemployment (2003 est.) 7.5% plus substantial underemployment (2007 est.)
Palau Palau 2.3% (2000 est.) 4.2% (2005 est.)
Panama Panama 13.8% (2003 est.) 7.2% (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea NA 1.9% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)
Paraguay Paraguay 18.5% (2003 est.) 11.4% (2007 est.)
Peru Peru 9.7%; widespread underemployment (2003 est.) 7.4% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2007 est.)
Philippines Philippines 11.4% (2003) 7.3% (2007 est.)
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands NA -
Poland Poland 20% (2003) 12.8% (2007 est.)
Portugal Portugal 6.4% (2003 est.) 8% (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 12% (2002) 12% (2002)
Qatar Qatar 2.7% (2001) 0.7% (2007 est.)
Reunion Reunion 36% (1999 est.) -
Romania Romania 7.2% (2003) 4.5% (2007 est.)
Russia Russia 8.5% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.) 5.9% (November 2007 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% (2003) 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 45% (2001 est.)
Serbia Serbia - 18.8% (2007 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 34.5% (2003 est.) -
Seychelles Seychelles NA NA%
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone NA NA%
Singapore Singapore 4.8% (2003 est.) 1.7% (2007 est.)
Slovakia Slovakia 15.2% (2003 est.) 8.6% (2007 est.)
Slovenia Slovenia 11.2% (2003 est.) 4.6% (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands NA NA%
Somalia Somalia NA NA%
South Africa South Africa 31% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2003 est.) 24.2% (2007 est.)
Spain Spain 11.3% (2003 est.) 7.6% (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 8.4% (2003) 6.3% (2007 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 4.9% (2003 est.) 4.5% (2007 est.)
Switzerland Switzerland 3.7% (2003 est.) 3.1% (2007 est.)
Syria Syria 20% (2002 est.) 10% (2007 est.)
Taiwan Taiwan 5% (2003 est.) 3.9% (2007)
Tajikistan Tajikistan 40% (2002 est.) 12% (2004 est.)
Tanzania Tanzania NA NA%
Thailand Thailand 2.2% (2003 est.) 1.7% (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste Timor-Leste - 50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.)
Togo Togo NA (2003 est.) NA%
Tokelau Tokelau NA NA%
Tonga Tonga 13.3% (1996 est.) 13% (FY03/04 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 10.4% (2003) 6% (2007 est.)
Tunisia Tunisia 14.3% (2003 est.) 13.9% (2007 est.)
Turkey Turkey 10.5% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2003 est.) 9.7% plus underemployment of 4% (2007 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 (2002 est.) NA%
Ukraine Ukraine 3.7% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (2003) 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.)
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2.4% (2001) 2.4% (2001)
United Kingdom United Kingdom 5% (2003 est.) 5.4% (2007 est.)
United States United States 6% (2003) 4.6% (2007 est.)
Uruguay Uruguay 16% (2003) 9.2% (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0.5% plus another 20% underemployed (2003) 0.8% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2007 est.)
Vanuatu Vanuatu NA 1.7% (1999)
Venezuela Venezuela 18% (2003 est.) 9.1% (2007 est.)
Vietnam Vietnam 6.1% (2003 est.) 5.1% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 9.3% (2003 est.) 6.2% (2004)
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna NA 15.2% (2003)
West Bank West Bank 50% (includes Gaza Strip) (2002 est.) 18.6% (2006)
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 (2007 est.)
Yemen Yemen 35% (2003 est.) 35% (2003 est.)
Zambia Zambia 50% (2000 est.) 50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 70% (2002 est.) 80% (2005 est.)
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