Compare Unemployment rate (2005) - Unemployment rate (2004)

Compare Unemployment rate (2005) with Unemployment rate (2004)

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	Unemployment rate (2005)	Unemployment rate (2004)
Afghanistan	NA	NA (2003)
Albania	14.8% officially; may be as high as 30% (2001 est.)	15.8% officially; may be as high as 30% (2003 est.)
Algeria	25.4% (2004 est.)	26.2% (2003 est.)
Anguilla	8% (2002)	6.7% (2001)
Argentina	14.8% (2004 est.)	17.3% (2003)
Armenia	30% (2003 est.)	20% (2001 est.)
Australia	5.1% (December 2004 est.)	6% (2003)
Austria	4.4% (2004 est.)	4.4% (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan	1.2% (official rate) (2004 est.)	1.1% (official rate is 1.2%) (2003 est.)
Bahamas, The	10.2% (2004 est.)	6.9% (2001 est.)
Bangladesh	40% (includes underemployment) (2004 est.)	40% (includes underemployment) (2002 est.)
Belarus	2% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2004)	2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers (2003 est.)
Belgium	12% (first half, 2004)	8.1% (2003 est.)
Belize	12.9% (2003)	9.1% (2002)
Bolivia	9.2% in urban areas note: widespread underemployment (2003 est.)	11.7% note: widespread underemployment (2003)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	44% officially; however, grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to near 20% (2004 est.)	40% (2002 est.)
Botswana	23.8% (2004 est.)	40% (official rate is 21%) (2001 est.)
Brazil	11.5% (2004 est.)	12.3% (2003 est.)
Brunei	3.2% (2002 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Bulgaria	12.7% (2004 est.)	14.3% (2003)
Burkina Faso	NA%	NA
Burma	5.2% (2004 est.)	4.2% (2003)
Canada	7% (2004)	7.8% (2003 est.)
Chad	NA	NA (2000)
Chile	8.5% (2004 est.)	8.5% (2003 est.)
China	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.)	10.1% urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2003 est.)
Christmas Island	-	NA
Colombia	13.6% (2004 est.)	14.2% (2003 est.)
Costa Rica	6.6% (2004 est.)	6.7% (2003 est.)
Croatia	13.8% (2004 est.)	19.5% (2003)
Cuba	2.5% (2004 est.)	2.6% (2003 est.)
Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus: 3.2%; north Cyprus: 5.6% (2004 est.)	Republic of Cyprus: 3.4%; north Cyprus: 5.6% (2003 est.)
Czech Republic	10.6% (2004 est.)	9.9% (2003)
Denmark	6.2% (2004 est.)	6.1% (2003)
Djibouti	50% (2004 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic	17% (2004 est.)	16.5% (2003 est.)
Ecuador	11.1%; note - underemployment of 47% (2004 est.)	9.8%; note - underemployment of 47% (2003 est.)
Egypt	10.9% (2004 est.)	9.9% (2003 est.)
El Salvador	6.3% - but the economy has much underemployment (2004 est.)	6.5% - but the economy has much underemployment (2003 est.)
Estonia	9.6% (2004 est.)	10.1% (2003)
European Union	9.5% (2004 est.)	9.1% (2004 est.)
Finland	8.9% (2004 est.)	9% (2003 est.)
France	10.1% (2004 est.)	9.7% (2003 est.)
Germany	10.6% (2004 est.)	10.5% (2003 est.)
Greece	10% (2004 est.)	9.4% (2003 est.)
Honduras	28.5% (2004 est.)	27.5% (2003 est.)
Hong Kong	6.7% (2004 est.)	7.9% (2003)
Hungary	5.9% (2004 est.)	5.9% (2003 est.)
Iceland	3.1% (2004 est.)	3.4% (2003 est.)
India	9.2% (2004 est.)	9.5% (2003)
Indonesia	9.2% (2004 est.)	8.7% (2003 est.)
Iran	11.2% (2004 est.)	15.7% (2002 est.)
Iraq	25% to 30% (2004 est.)	NA (2003 est.)
Ireland	4.3% (2004 est.)	4.7% (2003 est.)
Isle of Man	0.6% (2004 est.)	0.7% (March 2003)
Israel	10.7% (2004 est.)	10.7% (2003 est.)
Italy	8.6% (2004 est.)	8.6% (2003 est.)
Jamaica	15% (2004 est.)	15.9% (2003 est.)
Japan	4.7% (2004 est.)	5.3% (2003)
Jersey	0.9% (2004 est.)	0.7% (1998 est.)
Jordan	15% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2004 est.)	16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan	8% (2004 est.)	8.8% (2003 est.)
Korea, South	3.6% (2004 est.)	3.4% (2003 est.)
Kuwait	2.2% (2004 est.)	2.1% (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan	18% (2004 est.)	7.2% (1999 est.)
Latvia	8.8% (2004 est.)	8.6% (2003 est.)
Libya	30% (2004)	30% (2001)
Lithuania	8% (2004 est.)	10.3% (2003 est.)
Luxembourg	4.5% (December, 2004 est.)	3.6% (2003 est.)
Macau	4.7% (3rd Quarter, 2004)	6.3% (2003)
Macedonia	37.7% (3rd quarter, 2004 est.)	36.7% (2003 est.)
Madagascar	-	5.9% (1998)
Malaysia	3% (2004 est.)	3.6% (2003 est.)
Mauritania	20% (2004 est.)	21% (1999 est.)
Mauritius	10.8% (2004 est.)	9.8% (2003 est.)
Mexico	3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2004 est.)	3.3% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2003)
Monaco	22% (1999)	3.1% (1998)
Mongolia	6.7% (2003)	4.6% (2001)
Morocco	12.1% (2004 est.)	19% (2003 est.)
Nauru	90% (2004 est.)	0% (2002 est.)
Netherlands	6% (2004 est.)	5.3% (2003 est.)
New Zealand	4.2% (2004 est.)	4.7% (2003 est.)
Nicaragua	7.8% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2003 est.)	22% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.)
Nigeria	NA	NA (2003 est.)
Niue	NA	NA (March 1999)
Norfolk Island	0%	NA
Norway	4.3% (2004 est.)	4.7% (2003 est.)
Oman	15% (2004 est.)	NA
Pakistan	8.3% plus substantial underemployment (2004 est.)	7.7% plus substantial underemployment (2003 est.)
Panama	12.6% (2004 est.)	13.8% (2003 est.)
Paraguay	15.1% (2004 est.)	18.5% (2003 est.)
Peru	9.6% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2004 est.)	9.7%; widespread underemployment (2003 est.)
Philippines	11.7% (2004 est.)	11.4% (2003)
Poland	19.5% (2004 est.)	20% (2003)
Portugal	6.5% (2004 est.)	6.4% (2003 est.)
Romania	6.3% (2004 est.)	7.2% (2003)
Russia	8.3% plus considerable underemployment (2004 est.)	8.5% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.)
Saint Lucia	20% (2003 est.)	16.5% (1997 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15% (2001 est.)	22% (1997 est.)
Samoa	NA; note - substantial underemployment	NA%; note - substantial underemployment
Saudi Arabia	25% (unofficial estimate) (2004 est.)	25% (2003)
Serbia and Montenegro	30% note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2004 est.)	34.5% (2003 est.)
Singapore	3.4% (2004 est.)	4.8% (2003 est.)
Slovakia	13.1% (31 December 2004 est.)	15.2% (2003 est.)
Slovenia	6.4% (2004 est.)	11.2% (2003 est.)
Solomon Islands	NA%	NA
South Africa	26.2% (2004 est.)	31% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2003 est.)
Spain	10.4% (2004 est.)	11.3% (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka	7.8% (2004 est.)	8.4% (2003)
Sweden	5.6% (2004 est.)	4.9% (2003 est.)
Switzerland	3.4% (2004 est.)	3.7% (2003 est.)
Taiwan	4.5% (2004 est.)	5% (2003 est.)
Thailand	1.5% (November 2004 est.)	2.2% (2003 est.)
Tokelau	NA%	NA
Trinidad and Tobago	10.4% (2004 est.)	10.4% (2003)
Tunisia	13.8% (2004 est.)	14.3% (2003 est.)
Turkey	9.3% (plus underemployment of 4.0%) (2004 est.)	10.5% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan	60% (2004 est.)	NA
Tuvalu	NA%	NA
Ukraine	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.)	3.7% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (2003)
United Kingdom	4.8% (2004 est.)	5% (2003 est.)
United States	5.5% (2004 est.)	6% (2003)
Uruguay	13% (2004 est.)	16% (2003)
Uzbekistan	0.6% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2004 est.)	0.5% plus another 20% underemployed (2003)
Vanuatu	NA%	NA
Venezuela	17.1% (2004 est.)	18% (2003 est.)
Vietnam	1.9% (2004 est.)	6.1% (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna	NA%	NA
West Bank	27.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2004 est.)	50% (includes Gaza Strip) (2002 est.)