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  Unemployment rate (2007)Unemployment rate (2002)
Afghanistan Afghanistan 40% (2005 est.) NA%
Albania Albania 13.8% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (2006 est.) 17% officially (2001 est.); may be as high as 30% (2001)
Algeria Algeria 15.7% (2006 est.) 34% (2001 est.)
American Samoa American Samoa 29.8% (2005) 6% (2000)
Andorra Andorra 0% (1996 est.) 0%
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 8% (2002) 8% (1999) (1999)
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 11% (2001 est.) 7% (2000 est.)
Argentina Argentina 8.7% (2006 est.) 25% (yearend 2001)
Armenia Armenia 7.4% (November 2006 est.) 20%


note: official rate is 10.9% for 2000 (2001 est.)
Aruba Aruba 6.9% (2005 est.) 0.6%
Australia Australia 4.9% (2006 est.) 6.3% (2002)
Austria Austria 4.9% (2006 est.) 4.8% (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1.2% official rate (2006 est.) 16% (official rate is 1.1% for 2002) (2001 est.)
Bahamas, The Bahamas, The 10.2% (2005 est.) 6.9% (2001 est.)
Bahrain Bahrain 15% (2005 est.) 15% (1998 est.)
Bangladesh Bangladesh 2.5% (includes underemployment) (2006 est.) 35% (2001 est.)
Barbados Barbados 10.7% (2003 est.) 10% (2001 est.)
Belarus Belarus 1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2005) 2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers
Belgium Belgium 8.1% (2006 est.) 7.2% (2002 est.)
Belize Belize 9.4% (2006) 11.5% (2000) (2000)
Benin Benin NA% NA%
Bermuda Bermuda 2.1% (2004 est.) 4.5% (1993)
Bhutan Bhutan 2.5% (2004) NA%
Bolivia Bolivia 7.8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2006 est.) 7.6% (2000)


note: widespread underemployment (2000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.5% official rate; grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to 25-30% (31 December 2004 est.) 40% (2001 est.)
Botswana Botswana 23.8% (2004) 40% (official rate is 21%) (2001 est.)
Brazil Brazil 9.6% (2006 est.) 6.4% (2001 est.)
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 3.6% (1997) 3% (1995)
Brunei Brunei 4% (2006) 10% (2001 est.)
Bulgaria Bulgaria 9.6% (2006 est.) 18% (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso NA% NA%
Burma Burma 10.2% (2006 est.) 5.1% (2001 est.)
Burundi Burundi NA% NA%
Cambodia Cambodia 2.5% (2000 est.) 2.8% (1999 est.)
Cameroon Cameroon 30% (2001 est.) 30% (2001 est.)
Canada Canada 6.4% (2006 est.) 7.6% (2002 est.)
Cape Verde Cape Verde 21% (2000 est.) 21% (2000 est.)
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 4.4% (2004) 4.1% (1997)
Central African Republic Central African Republic 8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.) 8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)
Chad Chad NA% NA%
Chile Chile 7.8% (2006 est.) 10.1% (2001) (2001)
China China 4.2% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2005; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2005) urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2002 est.)
Christmas Island Christmas Island - NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands 60% (2000 est.) 60% (2000 est.)
Colombia Colombia 11.1% (2006 est.) 17% (2001 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 13.1% (2005) 13% (1996)
Costa Rica Costa Rica 6.6% (2006 est.) 5.2% (2000 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire 13% in urban areas (1998) 13% in urban areas (1998 est.) (1998)
Croatia Croatia 17.2% official rate; labor force surveys indicate unemployment around 14% (2006 est.) 20.2% (2002 est.)
Cuba Cuba 1.9% (2006 est.) 4.1% (2001 est.)
Cyprus Cyprus area under government control: 5.5% (2005 est.)


area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 5.6% (2004 est.) (2006 est.)		 Greek Cypriot area: 3%; Turkish Cypriot area: 5.6% (1999 est.)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 8.4% (2006 est.) 8.5% (2002 est.)
Denmark Denmark 3.8% (2006 est.) 5.1% (2002)
Djibouti Djibouti 50% (2004 est.) 50% (2000 est.) (2000 est.)
Dominica Dominica 23% (2000 est.) 23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 16% (2006 est.) 15% (2001 est.)
East Timor East Timor - 50% (including underemployment)
Ecuador Ecuador 10.6% official rate; but underemployment of 47% (2006 est.) 14%; note - widespread underemployment (2001 est.)
Egypt Egypt 10.3% (2006 est.) 12% (2001 est.)
El Salvador El Salvador 6% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2006 est.) 10% (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 30% (1998 est.) 30% (1998 est.)
Eritrea Eritrea NA% NA%
Estonia Estonia 4.5% (2006 est.) 12.4% (2001)
Ethiopia Ethiopia NA% NA%
European Union European Union 8.5% (2006 est.) -
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) full employment; labor shortage (2001) full employment; labor shortage
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 2.1% (2006) 1% (October 2000 )
Fiji Fiji 7.6% (1999) 7.6% (1999)
Finland Finland 7% (2006 est.) 8.5% (2002 est.)
France France 8.7% (2006 est.) 9.1% (2002 est.)
French Guiana French Guiana - 21.4% (1998) (1998)
French Polynesia French Polynesia 11.7% (2005) NA%
Gabon Gabon 21% (2006 est.) 21% (1997 est.)
Gambia, The Gambia, The NA% NA%
Gaza Strip Gaza Strip 20.3% (includes West Bank) (2005) 26% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)
Georgia Georgia 12.6% (2004 est.) 17% (2001 est.)
Germany Germany 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.)		 9.8% (2002 est.)
Ghana Ghana 20% (1997 est.) 20% (1997 est.)
Gibraltar Gibraltar 2% (2001 est.) 13.5% (1996) (1996)
Greece Greece 9.2% (2006 est.) 10.3% (2002 est.)
Greenland Greenland 9.3% (2005 est.) 10% (2000 est.)
Grenada Grenada 12.5% (2000) 11.5% (1999) (1999)
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe - 27.8% (1998) (1998)
Guam Guam 11.4% (2002 est.) 15% (2000 est.)
Guatemala Guatemala 3.2% (2005 est.) 7.5% (1999 est.)
Guernsey Guernsey 0.9% (March 2006 est.) 0.5% (1999 est.)
Guinea Guinea NA% NA%
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau NA% NA%
Guyana Guyana 9.1% (understated) (2000) 9.1% (2000) (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 (2001) (2001)
Honduras Honduras 27.9% (2006 est.) 28% (2001 est.)
Hong Kong Hong Kong 4.9% (2006 est.) 5.2% (2001 est.)
Hungary Hungary 7.4% (2006 est.) 5.8% (2002 est.)
Iceland Iceland 1.3% (2006 est.) 2.8% (2002 est.)
India India 7.8% (2006 est.) 8.8% (2002)
Indonesia Indonesia 12.5% (2006 est.) 8% (2001 est.)
Iran Iran 15% according to the Iranian government (2007 est.) 14% (1999 est.)
Iraq Iraq 25% to 30% (2005 est.) NA%
Ireland Ireland 4.3% (2006 est.) 4.7% (2002 est.)
Isle of Man Isle of Man 1.5% (December 2006 est.) 0.7% (February 2002 )
Israel Israel 8.3% (2006 est.) 10.4% (2002 est.)
Italy Italy 7% (2006 est.) 9.1% (2002 est.)
Jamaica Jamaica 11.3% (2006 est.) 16% (2000 est.)
Japan Japan 4.1% (2006 est.) 5.4% (2002)
Jersey Jersey 2.2% (2006 est.) 0.7% (1998 est.)
Jordan Jordan 15.4% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2006 est.) 16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 7.4% (2006 est.) 10% (2001 est.)
Kenya Kenya 40% (2001 est.) 40% (2001 est.)
Kiribati Kiribati 2% official rate; underemployment 70% (1992 est.) 2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
Korea, North Korea, North NA% NA%
Korea, South Korea, South 3.3% (2006 est.) 3.1% (2002 est.)
Kuwait Kuwait 2.2% (2004 est.) 1.8% (1996 est.)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 18% (2004 est.) 7.2% (1999 est.)
Laos Laos 2.4% (2005 est.) 5.7% (1997 est.)
Latvia Latvia 6.5% (2006 est.) 7.6% (2001 est.)
Lebanon Lebanon 20% (2006 est.) 18% (1997 est.)
Lesotho Lesotho 45% (2002) 45% (2000 est.)
Liberia Liberia 85% (2003 est.) 70%
Libya Libya 30% (2004 est.) 30% (2000 est.)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 1.3% (September 2002) 1.3% (1999)
Lithuania Lithuania 3.7%


note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2006 est.)		 12.5% (2001 est.)
Luxembourg Luxembourg 4.1% (2006 est.) 4.1% (2002 est.)
Macau Macau 4.1% (2005) 6.5% (2001 est.)
Macedonia Macedonia 36% (2006 est.) -
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of - 35% (2002 est.)
Madagascar Madagascar - NA%
Malawi Malawi NA% NA%
Malaysia Malaysia 3.5% (2006 est.) 3.7% (2001 est.)
Maldives Maldives NEGL% (2003 est.) NEGL%
Mali Mali 14.6% (2001 est.) 14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.)
Malta Malta 6.8% (2005 est.) 7% (2002 est.)
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 30.9% (2000 est.) 30.9% (1999 est.)
Martinique Martinique - 27.2% (1998) (1998)
Mauritania Mauritania 20% (2004 est.) 21% (1999 est.)
Mauritius Mauritius 9.4% (2006 est.) 8.6% (2001 est.)
Mayotte Mayotte 25.4% (2005) 45% (1997) (1997)
Mexico Mexico 3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2006 est.) urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2001)
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of 22% (2000 est.) 16% (1999 est.)
Moldova Moldova 7.3%; note - roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2005 est.) 8% (roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad) (2002 est.)
Monaco Monaco 0% (2005) 3.1% (1998)
Mongolia Mongolia 3.3% (2005) 20% (2000)
Montenegro Montenegro 27.7% (2005) -
Montserrat Montserrat 6% (1998 est.) 6% (1998 est.)
Morocco Morocco 7.7% (2006 est.) 23% (1999 est.)
Mozambique Mozambique 21% (1997 est.) 21% (1997 est.)
Namibia Namibia 5.3% (2006 est.) 30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.)
Nauru Nauru 90% (2004 est.) 0%
Nepal Nepal 42% (2004 est.) 47% (2001 est.)
Netherlands Netherlands 5.5% (2006 est.) 3% (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 17% (2002 est.) 15% (1998 est.)
New Caledonia New Caledonia 17.1% (2004) 19% (1996)
New Zealand New Zealand 3.8% (2006 est.) 5.5% (2001 est.)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 3.8% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2006 est.) 23% plus considerable underemployment (2001 est.)
Niger Niger NA% NA%
Nigeria Nigeria 5.8% (2006 est.) 0.28% 28% (1992 est.) (1992 est.)
Niue Niue 12% (2001) NA%
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island - NA%
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands 3.9% (2001) NA%
Norway Norway 3.5% (2006 est.) 3.9% (2002 est.)
Oman Oman 15% (2004 est.) NA%
Pakistan Pakistan 6.5% plus substantial underemployment (2006 est.) 6.3% (2001 est.)
Palau Palau 4.2% (2005 est.) 2.3% (2000 est.)
Panama Panama 8.8% (2006 est.) 13% (2000 est.)
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 2% up to 80% in urban areas (2004) NA%
Paraguay Paraguay 9.4% (2005 est.) 17.8% (2001 est.)
Peru Peru 7.2% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2006 est.) 9%; widespread underemployment (2001 est.)
Philippines Philippines 7.9% (2006 est.) 10% (2001)
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands - NA%
Poland Poland 14.9% (2006 est.) 17% (2002 est.)
Portugal Portugal 7.6% (2006 est.) 4.7% (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 12% (2002) 9.5% (2000) (2000)
Qatar Qatar 3.2% (2006 est.) 2.7% (2001)
Reunion Reunion - 42.8% (1998) (1998)
Romania Romania 6.1% (2006 est.) 9.1% (2001)
Russia Russia 6.6% plus considerable underemployment (2006 est.) 8% (2001 est.), plus considerable underemployment (2002 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) (1997)
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 20% (2003 est.) 15% (1996 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10.3% (1999) 9.8% (1997) (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15% (2001 est.) 22% (1997 est.) (1997 est.)
Samoa Samoa NA% NA%; note - substantial underemployment
San Marino San Marino 3.8% (2004) 2.6% (2001)
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe NA% NA%
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 13% among Saudi males only (local bank estimate; some estimates range as high as 25%) (2004 est.) NA%
Senegal Senegal 48%; note - urban youth 40% (2001 est.) 48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)
Serbia Serbia 31.6%


note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2005 est.)		 -
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro - 28% (2002 est.)
Seychelles Seychelles NA% NA%
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone NA% NA%
Singapore Singapore 3.1% (2006 est.) 4.7% (2001 est.)
Slovakia Slovakia 10.2% (2006 est.) 17.2% (2002 est.)
Slovenia Slovenia 9.6% (2006 est.) 11% (2002 est.)
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands NA% NA%
Somalia Somalia NA% NA%
South Africa South Africa 25.5% (2006 est.) 37% (2001 est.)
Spain Spain 8.1% (2006 est.) 11.3% (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 7.6% (2006 est.) 7.7% (2001)
Sudan Sudan 18.7% (2002 est.) 18.7% (2002 est.)
Suriname Suriname 9.5% (2004) 20% (1997) (1997)
Swaziland Swaziland 40% (2006 est.) 34% (2000 est.)
Sweden Sweden 5.6% (2006 est.) 4% (2002 est.)
Switzerland Switzerland 3.3% (2006 est.) 1.9% (2002 est.)
Syria Syria 12.5% (2005 est.) 20% (2000 est.)
Taiwan Taiwan 3.9% (2006 est.) 4.5% (2001 est.)
Tajikistan Tajikistan 12% (2004 est.) 20% (2001 est.)
Tanzania Tanzania NA% NA%
Thailand Thailand 2.1% (2006 est.) 3.9% (2001 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% (FY03/04 est.) 13.3% (1996 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 7% (2006 est.) 11.8% (2001) (2001)
Tunisia Tunisia 13.9% (2006 est.) 15.6% (2000 est.)
Turkey Turkey 10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2006 est.) 10.8% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 60% (2004 est.) NA%
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 10% (1997 est.) 10% (1997 est.)
Tuvalu Tuvalu NA% NA%
Uganda Uganda NA% NA%
Ukraine Ukraine 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.) 3.6% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (November 2001)
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2.4% (2001) NA%
United Kingdom United Kingdom 2.9% (2006 est.) 5.2% (2002 est.)
United States United States 4.8% (2006 est.) 5% (2002)
Uruguay Uruguay 10.8% (2006 est.) 15.2% (2001) (2001)
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 3% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2006) 10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.)
Vanuatu Vanuatu 1.7% (1999) NA%
Venezuela Venezuela 8.9% (2006 est.) 14.1% (2001 est.)
Vietnam Vietnam 2% (2006 est.) 25% (1995 est.)
Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 6.2% (2004) 4.9% (March 1999)
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna 15.2% (2003) NA%
West Bank West Bank 20.3% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) 26% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.)
Western Sahara Western Sahara NA% NA%
World World 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2006 est.) 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2001 est.)
Yemen Yemen 35% (2003 est.) 30% (1995 est.)
Zambia Zambia 50% (2000 est.) 50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 80% (2005 est.) 60% (2001 est.)
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