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  Unemployment rate (2002)Unemployment rate (2008)
Afghanistan Afghanistan NA% 40% (2005 est.)
Albania Albania 17% officially (2001 est.); may be as high as 30% (2001) 13% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (2007 est.)
Algeria Algeria 34% (2001 est.) 14.1% (2007 est.)
American Samoa American Samoa 6% (2000) 29.8% (2005)
Andorra Andorra 0% 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 8% (1999) (1999) 8% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 7% (2000 est.) 11% (2001 est.)
Argentina Argentina 25% (yearend 2001) 8.9% (2007 est.)
Armenia Armenia 20%


note: official rate is 10.9% for 2000 (2001 est.)
7.1% (2007 est.)
Aruba Aruba 0.6% 6.9% (2005 est.)
Australia Australia 6.3% (2002) 4.4% (November 2007 est.)
Austria Austria 4.8% (2002 est.) 4.3% (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 16% (official rate is 1.1% for 2002) (2001 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 35% (2001 est.) 2.5% (includes underemployment) (2007 est.)
Barbados Barbados 10% (2001 est.) 10.7% (2003 est.)
Belarus Belarus 2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers 1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2005)
Belgium Belgium 7.2% (2002 est.) 7.6% (2007 est.)
Belize Belize 11.5% (2000) (2000) 9.4% (2006)
Benin Benin NA% NA%
Bermuda Bermuda 4.5% (1993) 2.1% (2004 est.)
Bhutan Bhutan NA% 2.5% (2004)
Bolivia Bolivia 7.6% (2000)


note: widespread underemployment (2000)
8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 40% (2001 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 6.4% (2001 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 18% (2002 est.) 8% (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso NA% 77%
Burma Burma 5.1% (2001 est.) 5.2% (2007 est.)
Burundi Burundi NA% NA%
Cambodia Cambodia 2.8% (1999 est.) 2.5% (2000 est.)
Cameroon Cameroon 30% (2001 est.) 30% (2001 est.)
Canada Canada 7.6% (2002 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% NA%
Chile Chile 10.1% (2001) (2001) 7% (2007 est.)
China China urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2002 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 17% (2001 est.) 10.6% (2007 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% (1996) 13.1% (2005)
Costa Rica Costa Rica 5.2% (2000 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire 13% in urban areas (1998 est.) (1998) unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of the civil war
Croatia Croatia 20.2% (2002 est.) 11.8% (2007 est.)
Cuba Cuba 4.1% (2001 est.) 1.9% (2007 est.)
Cyprus Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: 3%; Turkish Cypriot area: 5.6% (1999 est.) area under government control: 3.8% (2005 est.)


area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 5.6% (2004 est.) (2007 est.)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 8.5% (2002 est.) 6.6% (2007 est.)
Denmark Denmark 5.1% (2002) 3.5% (2007 est.)
Djibouti Djibouti 50% (2000 est.) (2000 est.) 59% in urban areas, 83% in rural areas (2007 est.)
Dominica Dominica 23% (2000 est.) 23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 15% (2001 est.) 15.5% (2007 est.)
East Timor East Timor 50% (including underemployment) -
Ecuador Ecuador 14%; note - widespread underemployment (2001 est.) 9.8% (2007 est.)
Egypt Egypt 12% (2001 est.) 10.1% (2007 est.)
El Salvador El Salvador 10% (2001 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% NA%
Estonia Estonia 12.4% (2001) 5.2% (2007 est.)
Ethiopia Ethiopia NA% NA%
European Union European Union - 8.5% (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) full employment; labor shortage 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 8.5% (2002 est.) 6.6% (2007 est.)
France France 9.1% (2002 est.) 8% (2007 est.)
French Guiana French Guiana 21.4% (1998) (1998) -
French Polynesia French Polynesia NA% 11.7% (2005)
Gabon Gabon 21% (1997 est.) 21% (2006 est.)
Gambia, The Gambia, The NA% NA%
Gaza Strip Gaza Strip 26% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) 34.8% (2006)
Georgia Georgia 17% (2001 est.) 13.6% (2006 est.)
Germany Germany 9.8% (2002 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 13.5% (1996) (1996) 3% (2005 est.)
Greece Greece 10.3% (2002 est.) 8.4% (2007 est.)
Greenland Greenland 10% (2000 est.) 9.3% (2005 est.)
Grenada Grenada 11.5% (1999) (1999) 12.5% (2000)
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 27.8% (1998) (1998) -
Guam Guam 15% (2000 est.) 11.4% (2002 est.)
Guatemala Guatemala 7.5% (1999 est.) 3.2% (2005 est.)
Guernsey Guernsey 0.5% (1999 est.) 0.9% (March 2006 est.)
Guinea Guinea NA% NA%
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau NA% NA%
Guyana Guyana 9.1% (2000) (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 (2001) (2001) widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2002 est.)
Honduras Honduras 28% (2001 est.) 27.8% (2007 est.)
Hong Kong Hong Kong 5.2% (2001 est.) 4.2% (2007 est.)
Hungary Hungary 5.8% (2002 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.)
Iceland Iceland 2.8% (2002 est.) 1% (2007 est.)
India India 8.8% (2002) 7.2% (2007 est.)
Indonesia Indonesia 8% (2001 est.) 9.7% (2007 est.)
Iran Iran 14% (1999 est.) 11% according to the Iranian government (June 2007)
Iraq Iraq NA% 18% to 30% (2006 est.)
Ireland Ireland 4.7% (2002 est.) 5% (2007 est.)
Isle of Man Isle of Man 0.7% (February 2002 ) 1.5% (December 2006 est.)
Israel Israel 10.4% (2002 est.) 7.6% (2007 est.)
Italy Italy 9.1% (2002 est.) 6.7% (2007 est.)
Jamaica Jamaica 16% (2000 est.) 10.2% (2007 est.)
Japan Japan 5.4% (2002) 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 10% (2001 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% NA%
Korea, South Korea, South 3.1% (2002 est.) 3.2% (2007 est.)
Kosovo Kosovo - 50% (2007 est.)
Kuwait Kuwait 1.8% (1996 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 7.6% (2001 est.) 5.9% (2007 est.)
Lebanon Lebanon 18% (1997 est.) 20% (2006 est.)
Lesotho Lesotho 45% (2000 est.) 45% (2002)
Liberia Liberia 70% 85% (2003 est.)
Libya Libya 30% (2000 est.) 30% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 1.3% (1999) 1.3% (September 2002)
Lithuania Lithuania 12.5% (2001 est.) 3.2%


note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2007 est.)
Luxembourg Luxembourg 4.1% (2002 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.)
Macau Macau 6.5% (2001 est.) 3.1% (2006)
Macedonia Macedonia - 35% (2007 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 3.7% (2001 est.) 3.1% (2007 est.)
Maldives Maldives NEGL% NEGL% (2003 est.)
Mali Mali 14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.) 14.6% (2001 est.)
Malta Malta 7% (2002 est.) 6.8% (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 30.9% (1999 est.) 30.9% (2000 est.)
Martinique Martinique 27.2% (1998) (1998) -
Mauritania Mauritania 21% (1999 est.) 20% (2004 est.)
Mauritius Mauritius 8.6% (2001 est.) 9.2% (2007 est.)
Mayotte Mayotte 45% (1997) (1997) 25.4% (2005)
Mexico Mexico urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2001) 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 20% (2000) 3.2% (2006)
Montenegro Montenegro - 14.7% (2007 est.)
Montserrat Montserrat 6% (1998 est.) 6% (1998 est.)
Morocco Morocco 23% (1999 est.) 15% (2007 est.)
Mozambique Mozambique 21% (1997 est.) 21% (1997 est.)
Namibia Namibia 30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.) 5.3% (2006 est.)
Nauru Nauru 0% 90% (2004 est.)
Nepal Nepal 47% (2001 est.) 42% (2004 est.)
Netherlands Netherlands 3% (2002 est.) 4.5% (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 15% (1998 est.) 17% (2002 est.)
New Caledonia New Caledonia 19% (1996) 17.1% (2004)
New Zealand New Zealand 5.5% (2001 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 23% plus considerable underemployment (2001 est.) 5.6% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2007 est.)
Niger Niger NA% NA%
Nigeria Nigeria 0.28% 28% (1992 est.) (1992 est.) 5.8% (2006 est.)
Niue Niue NA% 12% (2001)
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island NA% -
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands NA% 3.9% (2001)
Norway Norway 3.9% (2002 est.) 2.4% (2007 est.)
Oman Oman NA% 15% (2004 est.)
Pakistan Pakistan 6.3% (2001 est.) 7.5% plus substantial underemployment (2007 est.)
Palau Palau 2.3% (2000 est.) 4.2% (2005 est.)
Panama Panama 13% (2000 est.) 7.2% (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea NA% 1.9% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)
Paraguay Paraguay 17.8% (2001 est.) 11.4% (2007 est.)
Peru Peru 9%; widespread underemployment (2001 est.) 7.4% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2007 est.)
Philippines Philippines 10% (2001) 7.3% (2007 est.)
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands NA% -
Poland Poland 17% (2002 est.) 12.8% (2007 est.)
Portugal Portugal 4.7% (2002 est.) 8% (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 9.5% (2000) (2000) 12% (2002)
Qatar Qatar 2.7% (2001) 0.7% (2007 est.)
Reunion Reunion 42.8% (1998) (1998) -
Romania Romania 9.1% (2001) 4.5% (2007 est.)
Russia Russia 8% (2001 est.), plus considerable underemployment (2002 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) (1997) 4.5% (1997)
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 15% (1996 est.) 20% (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon 9.8% (1997) (1997) 10.3% (1999)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22% (1997 est.) (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 NA% 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 28% (2002 est.) -
Seychelles Seychelles NA% NA%
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone NA% NA%
Singapore Singapore 4.7% (2001 est.) 1.7% (2007 est.)
Slovakia Slovakia 17.2% (2002 est.) 8.6% (2007 est.)
Slovenia Slovenia 11% (2002 est.) 4.6% (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands NA% NA%
Somalia Somalia NA% NA%
South Africa South Africa 37% (2001 est.) 24.2% (2007 est.)
Spain Spain 11.3% (2002 est.) 7.6% (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 7.7% (2001) 6.3% (2007 est.)
Sudan Sudan 18.7% (2002 est.) 18.7% (2002 est.)
Suriname Suriname 20% (1997) (1997) 9.5% (2004)
Swaziland Swaziland 34% (2000 est.) 40% (2006 est.)
Sweden Sweden 4% (2002 est.) 4.5% (2007 est.)
Switzerland Switzerland 1.9% (2002 est.) 3.1% (2007 est.)
Syria Syria 20% (2000 est.) 10% (2007 est.)
Taiwan Taiwan 4.5% (2001 est.) 3.9% (2007)
Tajikistan Tajikistan 20% (2001 est.) 12% (2004 est.)
Tanzania Tanzania NA% NA%
Thailand Thailand 3.9% (2001 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% NA%
Tokelau Tokelau NA% NA%
Tonga Tonga 13.3% (1996 est.) 13% (FY03/04 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 11.8% (2001) (2001) 6% (2007 est.)
Tunisia Tunisia 15.6% (2000 est.) 13.9% (2007 est.)
Turkey Turkey 10.8% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2002 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% NA%
Ukraine Ukraine 3.6% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (November 2001) 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 NA% 2.4% (2001)
United Kingdom United Kingdom 5.2% (2002 est.) 5.4% (2007 est.)
United States United States 5% (2002) 4.6% (2007 est.)
Uruguay Uruguay 15.2% (2001) (2001) 9.2% (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.) 0.8% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2007 est.)
Vanuatu Vanuatu NA% 1.7% (1999)
Venezuela Venezuela 14.1% (2001 est.) 9.1% (2007 est.)
Vietnam Vietnam 25% (1995 est.) 5.1% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 4.9% (March 1999) 6.2% (2004)
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna NA% 15.2% (2003)
West Bank West Bank 26% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 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 (2001 est.) 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2007 est.)
Yemen Yemen 30% (1995 est.) 35% (2003 est.)
Zambia Zambia 50% (2000 est.) 50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 60% (2001 est.) 80% (2005 est.)
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