Compare Unemployment rate (2006) - Unemployment rate (2007)

Compare Unemployment rate (2006) with Unemployment rate (2007)

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	Unemployment rate (2006)	Unemployment rate (2007)
Albania	14.3% official rate, but may exceed 30% (2005 est.)	13.8% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (2006 est.)
Algeria	17.1% (2005 est.)	15.7% (2006 est.)
Argentina	11.6% (2005 est.)	8.7% (2006 est.)
Armenia	31.6% (2004 est.)	7.4% (November 2006 est.)
Australia	5.1% (2005 est.)	4.9% (2006 est.)
Austria	5.2% (2005 est.)	4.9% (2006 est.)
Azerbaijan	1.1% official rate (2005 est.)	1.2% official rate (2006 est.)
Bangladesh	2.5% (includes underemployment) (2005 est.)	2.5% (includes underemployment) (2006 est.)
Belgium	8.4% (2005 est.)	8.1% (2006 est.)
Belize	12.9% (2003)	9.4% (2006)
Bhutan	NA%	2.5% (2004)
Bolivia	8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2005 est.)	7.8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2006 est.)
Brazil	9.8% (2005 est.)	9.6% (2006 est.)
Brunei	4.8% (2004)	4% (2006)
Bulgaria	9.9% (2005)	9.6% (2006 est.)
Burma	5% (2005 est.)	10.2% (2006 est.)
Canada	6.8% (2005 est.)	6.4% (2006 est.)
Chile	8.1% (2005 est.)	7.8% (2006 est.)
China	9% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2004; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas; an official Chinese journal estimated overall unemployment (including rural areas) for 2003 at 20% (2005 est.)	4.2% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2005; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2005)
Colombia	11.8% (2005 est.)	11.1% (2006 est.)
Costa Rica	6.6% (2005 est.)	6.6% (2006 est.)
Croatia	18% official rate; labor force surveys indicate unemployment around 14% (2005 est.)	17.2% official rate; labor force surveys indicate unemployment around 14% (2006 est.)
Cuba	1.9% (2005 est.)	1.9% (2006 est.)
Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus: 4% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 5.6% (2004 est.)	area under government control: 5.5% (2005 est.) area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 5.6% (2004 est.) (2006 est.)
Czech Republic	7.9% (2005)	8.4% (2006 est.)
Denmark	5.7% (2005 est.)	3.8% (2006 est.)
Dominican Republic	17% (2005 est.)	16% (2006 est.)
East Timor	50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.)	-
Ecuador	10.7% official rate; but underemployment of 47% (2005 est.)	10.6% official rate; but underemployment of 47% (2006 est.)
Egypt	9.5% (2005 est.)	10.3% (2006 est.)
El Salvador	6.5% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2005 est.)	6% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2006 est.)
Estonia	7.8% (2005)	4.5% (2006 est.)
European Union	9.4% (2005 est.)	8.5% (2006 est.)
Faroe Islands	1% (October 2000)	2.1% (2006)
Finland	8.4% (2005 est.)	7% (2006 est.)
France	9.9% (2005 est.)	8.7% (2006 est.)
French Guiana	19.2% (December 2003)	-
French Polynesia	11.8% (1994)	11.7% (2005)
Gabon	21% (1997 est.)	21% (2006 est.)
Gaza Strip	31% (includes West Bank) (January-September 2005 avg.)	20.3% (includes West Bank) (2005)
Germany	11.7% (2005 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.)
Greece	9.9% (2005 est.)	9.2% (2006 est.)
Greenland	10% (2000 est.)	9.3% (2005 est.)
Guadeloupe	26.9% (2003)	-
Guatemala	7.5% (2003 est.)	3.2% (2005 est.)
Guernsey	0.5% (1999 est.)	0.9% (March 2006 est.)
Honduras	28% (2005 est.)	27.9% (2006 est.)
Hong Kong	5.5% (2005 est.)	4.9% (2006 est.)
Hungary	7.2% (2005)	7.4% (2006 est.)
Iceland	2.1% (2005 est.)	1.3% (2006 est.)
India	8.9% (2005 est.)	7.8% (2006 est.)
Indonesia	11.8% (2005 est.)	12.5% (2006 est.)
Iran	11.2% (2004 est.)	15% according to the Iranian government (2007 est.)
Ireland	4.3% (2005 est.)	4.3% (2006 est.)
Isle of Man	0.6% (2004 est.)	1.5% (December 2006 est.)
Israel	9% (2005 est.)	8.3% (2006 est.)
Italy	7.7% (2005 est.)	7% (2006 est.)
Jamaica	11.5% (2005 est.)	11.3% (2006 est.)
Japan	4.4% (2005 est.)	4.1% (2006 est.)
Jersey	0.9% (2004 est.)	2.2% (2006 est.)
Jordan	12.5% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2004 est.)	15.4% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan	8.1% (2005 est.)	7.4% (2006 est.)
Korea, South	3.7% (2005 est.)	3.3% (2006 est.)
Latvia	7.5% (2005 est.)	6.5% (2006 est.)
Lebanon	18% (1997 est.)	20% (2006 est.)
Lithuania	8.2% (2005)	3.7% note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2006 est.)
Luxembourg	4.5% (2005 est.)	4.1% (2006 est.)
Macau	4.1% (3rd Quarter 2005)	4.1% (2005)
Macedonia	37.3% (2005 est.)	36% (2006 est.)
Malaysia	3.6% (2005 est.)	3.5% (2006 est.)
Malta	7.8% (2005 est.)	6.8% (2005 est.)
Martinique	27.2% (1998)	-
Mauritius	9.6% (2005 est.)	9.4% (2006 est.)
Mayotte	32.8% (2003)	25.4% (2005)
Mexico	3.6% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2005 est.)	3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2006 est.)
Moldova	8%; note - 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	22% (1999)	0% (2005)
Mongolia	6.7% (2003)	3.3% (2005)
Morocco	11% (2005 est.)	7.7% (2006 est.)
Namibia	35% (1998)	5.3% (2006 est.)
Netherlands	6.6% (2005 est.)	5.5% (2006 est.)
New Zealand	3.7% (2005 est.)	3.8% (2006 est.)
Nicaragua	5.6% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2005 est.)	3.8% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2006 est.)
Nigeria	2.9% (2005 est.)	5.8% (2006 est.)
Niue	12% NA%	12% (2001)
Norfolk Island	0%	-
Northern Mariana Islands	3.9% NA%	3.9% (2001)
Norway	4.6% (2005 est.)	3.5% (2006 est.)
Pakistan	6.6% plus substantial underemployment (2005 est.)	6.5% plus substantial underemployment (2006 est.)
Panama	9.8% (2005 est.)	8.8% (2006 est.)
Papua New Guinea	2.8% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)	2% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)
Paraguay	16% (2005 est.)	9.4% (2005 est.)
Peru	7.6% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2005 est.)	7.2% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2006 est.)
Philippines	8.7% (2005 est.)	7.9% (2006 est.)
Poland	18.2% (2005 est.)	14.9% (2006 est.)
Portugal	7.6% (2005 est.)	7.6% (2006 est.)
Qatar	2.7% (2001)	3.2% (2006 est.)
Reunion	31% (2002)	-
Romania	7.7% (2005 est.)	6.1% (2006 est.)
Russia	7.6% plus considerable underemployment (2005 est.)	6.6% plus considerable underemployment (2006 est.)
San Marino	2.6% (2001)	3.8% (2004)
Singapore	3.1% (2005 est.)	3.1% (2006 est.)
Slovakia	16.4% (2005 est.)	10.2% (2006 est.)
Slovenia	6.3% (2005 est.)	9.6% (2006 est.)
South Africa	26.6% (2005 est.)	25.5% (2006 est.)
Spain	9.2% (2005 est.)	8.1% (2006 est.)
Sri Lanka	7.7% (2005 est.)	7.6% (2006 est.)
Swaziland	40% (2005 est.)	40% (2006 est.)
Sweden	5.8% (2005 est.)	5.6% (2006 est.)
Switzerland	3.8% (2005 est.)	3.3% (2006 est.)
Syria	12.3% (2004 est.)	12.5% (2005 est.)
Taiwan	4.1% (2005 est.)	3.9% (2006 est.)
Thailand	1.8% (2005 est.)	2.1% (2006 est.)
Timor-Leste	-	50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago	8% (2005 est.)	7% (2006 est.)
Tunisia	14.2% (2005 est.)	13.9% (2006 est.)
Turkey	10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2005 est.)	10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2006 est.)
Ukraine	3.1% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is around 9-10% (2005 est.)	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 Kingdom	4.7% (2005 est.)	2.9% (2006 est.)
United States	5.1% (2005 est.)	4.8% (2006 est.)
Uruguay	12.2% (2005 est.)	10.8% (2006 est.)
Uzbekistan	0.7% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2005 est.)	3% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2006)
Vanuatu	1.7% NA%	1.7% (1999)
Venezuela	12.2% (2005 est.)	8.9% (2006 est.)
Vietnam	2.4% (2005 est.)	2% (2006 est.)
Wallis and Futuna	15.2% NA%	15.2% (2003)
West Bank	19.9% (includes Gaza Strip) (January-September 2005)	20.3% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
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.)