Compare Unemployment rate (2008) - Unemployment rate (2007)

Compare Unemployment rate (2008) with Unemployment rate (2007)

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	Unemployment rate (2008)	Unemployment rate (2007)
Albania	13% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (2007 est.)	13.8% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (2006 est.)
Algeria	14.1% (2007 est.)	15.7% (2006 est.)
Argentina	8.9% (2007 est.)	8.7% (2006 est.)
Armenia	7.1% (2007 est.)	7.4% (November 2006 est.)
Australia	4.4% (November 2007 est.)	4.9% (2006 est.)
Austria	4.3% (2007 est.)	4.9% (2006 est.)
Azerbaijan	8.5% official rate (2005 est.)	1.2% official rate (2006 est.)
Bahamas, The	7.6% (2006 est.)	10.2% (2005 est.)
Bangladesh	2.5% (includes underemployment) (2007 est.)	2.5% (includes underemployment) (2006 est.)
Belgium	7.6% (2007 est.)	8.1% (2006 est.)
Bolivia	8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2006)	7.8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2006 est.)
Brazil	9.8% (2007 est.)	9.6% (2006 est.)
Bulgaria	8% (2007 est.)	9.6% (2006 est.)
Burkina Faso	77%	NA%
Burma	5.2% (2007 est.)	10.2% (2006 est.)
Canada	5.9% (2007 est.)	6.4% (2006 est.)
Chile	7% (2007 est.)	7.8% (2006 est.)
China	4% unemployment in urban areas; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2007 est.)	4.2% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2005; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2005)
Colombia	10.6% (2007 est.)	11.1% (2006 est.)
Costa Rica	5.5% (2007 est.)	6.6% (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire	unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of the civil war	13% in urban areas (1998)
Croatia	11.8% (2007 est.)	17.2% official rate; labor force surveys indicate unemployment around 14% (2006 est.)
Cuba	1.9% (2007 est.)	1.9% (2006 est.)
Cyprus	area under government control: 3.8% (2005 est.) area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 5.6% (2004 est.) (2007 est.)	area under government control: 5.5% (2005 est.) area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 5.6% (2004 est.) (2006 est.)
Czech Republic	6.6% (2007 est.)	8.4% (2006 est.)
Denmark	3.5% (2007 est.)	3.8% (2006 est.)
Djibouti	59% in urban areas, 83% in rural areas (2007 est.)	50% (2004 est.)
Dominican Republic	15.5% (2007 est.)	16% (2006 est.)
Ecuador	9.8% (2007 est.)	10.6% official rate; but underemployment of 47% (2006 est.)
Egypt	10.1% (2007 est.)	10.3% (2006 est.)
El Salvador	6.6% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2007 est.)	6% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2006 est.)
Estonia	5.2% (2007 est.)	4.5% (2006 est.)
Finland	6.6% (2007 est.)	7% (2006 est.)
France	8% (2007 est.)	8.7% (2006 est.)
Gaza Strip	34.8% (2006)	20.3% (includes West Bank) (2005)
Georgia	13.6% (2006 est.)	12.6% (2004 est.)
Germany	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.)	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	11% (2000 est.)	20% (1997 est.)
Gibraltar	3% (2005 est.)	2% (2001 est.)
Greece	8.4% (2007 est.)	9.2% (2006 est.)
Honduras	27.8% (2007 est.)	27.9% (2006 est.)
Hong Kong	4.2% (2007 est.)	4.9% (2006 est.)
Hungary	7.1% (2007 est.)	7.4% (2006 est.)
Iceland	1% (2007 est.)	1.3% (2006 est.)
India	7.2% (2007 est.)	7.8% (2006 est.)
Indonesia	9.7% (2007 est.)	12.5% (2006 est.)
Iran	11% according to the Iranian government (June 2007)	15% according to the Iranian government (2007 est.)
Iraq	18% to 30% (2006 est.)	25% to 30% (2005 est.)
Ireland	5% (2007 est.)	4.3% (2006 est.)
Israel	7.6% (2007 est.)	8.3% (2006 est.)
Italy	6.7% (2007 est.)	7% (2006 est.)
Jamaica	10.2% (2007 est.)	11.3% (2006 est.)
Japan	4% (2007 est.)	4.1% (2006 est.)
Jordan	13.5% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2007 est.)	15.4% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan	7.1% (2007 est.)	7.4% (2006 est.)
Korea, South	3.2% (2007 est.)	3.3% (2006 est.)
Kosovo	50% (2007 est.)	-
Latvia	5.9% (2007 est.)	6.5% (2006 est.)
Lithuania	3.2% note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2007 est.)	3.7% note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2006 est.)
Luxembourg	4.4% (2007 est.)	4.1% (2006 est.)
Macau	3.1% (2006)	4.1% (2005)
Macedonia	35% (2007 est.)	36% (2006 est.)
Malaysia	3.1% (2007 est.)	3.5% (2006 est.)
Mauritius	9.2% (2007 est.)	9.4% (2006 est.)
Mexico	3.7% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2007 est.)	3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2006 est.)
Moldova	2.1%; note - roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2007 est.)	7.3%; note - roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2005 est.)
Mongolia	3.2% (2006)	3.3% (2005)
Montenegro	14.7% (2007 est.)	27.7% (2005)
Morocco	15% (2007 est.)	7.7% (2006 est.)
Netherlands	4.5% (2007 est.)	5.5% (2006 est.)
New Zealand	3.5% (2007 est.)	3.8% (2006 est.)
Nicaragua	5.6% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2007 est.)	3.8% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2006 est.)
Norway	2.4% (2007 est.)	3.5% (2006 est.)
Pakistan	7.5% plus substantial underemployment (2007 est.)	6.5% plus substantial underemployment (2006 est.)
Panama	7.2% (2007 est.)	8.8% (2006 est.)
Papua New Guinea	1.9% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)	2% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)
Paraguay	11.4% (2007 est.)	9.4% (2005 est.)
Peru	7.4% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2007 est.)	7.2% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2006 est.)
Philippines	7.3% (2007 est.)	7.9% (2006 est.)
Poland	12.8% (2007 est.)	14.9% (2006 est.)
Portugal	8% (2007 est.)	7.6% (2006 est.)
Qatar	0.7% (2007 est.)	3.2% (2006 est.)
Romania	4.5% (2007 est.)	6.1% (2006 est.)
Russia	5.9% (November 2007 est.)	6.6% plus considerable underemployment (2006 est.)
Senegal	48%; note - urban youth 45% (2001 est.)	48%; note - urban youth 40% (2001 est.)
Serbia	18.8% (2007 est.)	31.6% note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2005 est.)
Singapore	1.7% (2007 est.)	3.1% (2006 est.)
Slovakia	8.6% (2007 est.)	10.2% (2006 est.)
Slovenia	4.6% (2007 est.)	9.6% (2006 est.)
South Africa	24.2% (2007 est.)	25.5% (2006 est.)
Spain	7.6% (2007 est.)	8.1% (2006 est.)
Sri Lanka	6.3% (2007 est.)	7.6% (2006 est.)
Sweden	4.5% (2007 est.)	5.6% (2006 est.)
Switzerland	3.1% (2007 est.)	3.3% (2006 est.)
Syria	10% (2007 est.)	12.5% (2005 est.)
Taiwan	3.9% (2007)	3.9% (2006 est.)
Thailand	1.7% (2007 est.)	2.1% (2006 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago	6% (2007 est.)	7% (2006 est.)
Tunisia	13.9% (2007 est.)	13.9% (2006 est.)
Turkey	9.7% plus underemployment of 4% (2007 est.)	10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2006 est.)
Ukraine	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.)	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	5.4% (2007 est.)	2.9% (2006 est.)
United States	4.6% (2007 est.)	4.8% (2006 est.)
Uruguay	9.2% (2007 est.)	10.8% (2006 est.)
Uzbekistan	0.8% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2007 est.)	3% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2006)
Venezuela	9.1% (2007 est.)	8.9% (2006 est.)
Vietnam	5.1% (2007 est.)	2% (2006 est.)
West Bank	18.6% (2006)	20.3% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
World	30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2007 est.)	30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2006 est.)