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Unemployment rate (Country profile category: Economy) |
Afghanistan:
8% (1995 est.)
Albania:
14% (October 1997) officially, but may be as high as 28%
Algeria:
30% (1999 est.)
American Samoa:
12% (1991)
Andorra:
0%
Angola:
extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (1999 est.)
Anguilla:
7% (1992 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda:
7% (1999 est.)
Argentina:
14% (December 1999)
Armenia:
20% (1998 est.)
note:
official rate is 9.3% for 1998
Aruba:
0.6% (1996 est.)
Australia:
7.5% (1999)
Austria:
4.4% (1999)
Azerbaijan:
20% (1999 est.)
Bahamas, The:
9% (1998 est.)
Bahrain:
15% (1998 est.)
Bangladesh:
35.2% (1996)
Barbados:
12% (1998 est.)
Belarus:
2.3% officially registered unemployed (December 1998); large number of underemployed workers
Belgium:
9% (1999 est.)
Belize:
14.3% (1998)
Benin:
NA%
Bermuda:
NEGL% (1995)
Bhutan:
NA%
Bolivia:
11.4% (1997) with widespread underemployment
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
35%-40% (1999 est.)
Botswana:
20%-40% (1999 est.)
Brazil:
7.5% (1999 est.)
British Virgin Islands:
3% (1995)
Brunei:
4.9% (1995 est.)
Bulgaria:
15% (1999 est.)
Burkina Faso:
NA%
Burma:
7.1% (official FY97/98 est.)
Burundi:
NA%
Cambodia:
2.8% (1999 est.)
Cameroon:
30% (1998 est.)
Canada:
7.6% (1999)
Cape Verde:
NA%
Cayman Islands:
5.1% (1996)
Central African Republic:
6% (1993)
Chad:
NA%
Chile:
9% (1999)
China:
urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (1999 est.)
Christmas Island:
NA%
Colombia:
20% (1999 est.)
Comoros:
20% (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
NA%
Congo, Republic of the:
NA%
Cook Islands:
NA%
Costa Rica:
5.6% (1998 est.); 7.5% underemployment
Cote d'Ivoire:
NA%
Croatia:
20% (1999 est.)
Cuba:
6% (December 1999 est.)
Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot area: 3.3% (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 6.4% (1997)
Czech Republic:
9% (1999 est.)
Denmark:
5.7% (1999 est.)
Djibouti:
40%-50% (1996 est.)
Dominica:
20% (1999 est.)
Dominican Republic:
13.8% (1999 est.)
Ecuador:
12% with widespread underemployment (November 1998 est.)
Egypt:
11.8% (1999 est.)
El Salvador:
7.7% (1997 est.)
Equatorial Guinea:
30% (1998 est.)
Eritrea:
NA%
Estonia:
11.7% (1999 est.)
Ethiopia:
NA%
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
full employment; labor shortage
Faroe Islands:
5% (1998 est.)
Fiji:
6% (1997 est.)
Finland:
10% (1999 est.)
France:
11% (1999 est.)
French Guiana:
21.4% (1998 est.)
French Polynesia:
15% (1992 est.)
Gabon:
21% (1997 est.)
Gambia, The:
NA%
Gaza Strip:
14.5% (includes West Bank) (1998 est.)
Georgia:
14.5% (1998 est.)
Germany:
10.5% (1999 est.)
Ghana:
20% (1997 est.)
Gibraltar:
13.5% (1996)
Greece:
9.9% (1999 est.)
Greenland:
10.5% (1995 est.)
Grenada:
15% (1997)
Guadeloupe:
27.8% (1998)
Guam:
2% (1992 est.)
Guatemala:
7.5% (1999 est.)
Guernsey:
0.5% (1997 est.)
Guinea:
NA%
Guinea-Bissau:
NA%
Guyana:
12% (1992 est.)
Haiti:
70%; widespread underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (1999)
Honduras:
12% (1999); underemployed 30% (1997 est.)
Hong Kong:
6% (1999 est.)
Hungary:
10% (1999 est.)
Iceland:
2.4% (1999 est.)
India:
NA%
Indonesia:
15%-20% (1998 est.)
Iran:
25% (1999 est.)
Iraq:
NA%
Ireland:
5.5% (1999)
Israel:
9.1% (1999 est.)
Italy:
11.5% (1999 est.)
Jamaica:
15.5% (1998)
Japan:
4.7% (1999 est.)
Jersey:
0.7% (1998 est.)
Jordan:
15% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (1999 est.)
Kazakhstan:
13.7% (1998 est.)
Kenya:
50% (1998 est.)
Kiribati:
2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
Korea, North:
NA%
Korea, South:
6.3% (1999 est.)
Kuwait:
1.8% (official 1996 est.)
Kyrgyzstan:
6% (1998 est.)
Laos:
5.7% (1997 est.)
Latvia:
9.6% (1999 est.)
Lebanon:
18% (1997 est.)
Lesotho:
substantial unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half of the labor force (1999 est.)
Liberia:
70%
Libya:
30% (1998 est.)
Liechtenstein:
1.8% (February 1999)
Lithuania:
10% (1999)
Luxembourg:
2.7% (1999 est.)
Macau:
6.9% (1999)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
35% (1999 est.)
Madagascar:
NA%
Malawi:
NA%
Malaysia:
3% (1999 est.)
Maldives:
NEGL%
Mali:
NA%
Malta:
5.5% (September 1999)
Man, Isle of:
0.7% (July 1999)
Marshall Islands:
16% (1991 est.)
Martinique:
24% (1997)
Mauritania:
23% (1995 est.)
Mauritius:
2% (1996 est.)
Mayotte:
45% (1997)
Mexico:
2.5% urban (1998); plus considerable underemployment
Micronesia, Federated States of:
27% (1989)
Moldova:
2% (includes only officially registered unemployed; large numbers of underemployed workers) (September 1998)
Monaco:
3.1% (1998)
Mongolia:
4.5% (1998)
Montserrat:
20% (1996 est.)
Morocco:
19% (1998 est.)
Mozambique:
NA%
Namibia:
30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.)
Nauru:
0%
Nepal:
NA%; substantial underemployment (1999)
Netherlands:
3.5% but generous welfare benefits have prompted large numbers to drop out of the labor market (1999 est.)
Netherlands Antilles:
14.9% (1998 est.)
New Caledonia:
15% (1994)
New Zealand:
7% (1999 est.)
Nicaragua:
10.5% (1999 est.); considerable underemployment
Niger:
NA%
Nigeria:
28% (1992 est.)
Niue:
NA%
Norfolk Island:
NA%
Northern Mariana Islands:
14% (residents)
Norway:
2.9% (1999 est.)
Oman:
NA%
Pakistan:
7% (FY98/99 est.)
Palau:
7%
Panama:
13.1% (1997 est.)
Papua New Guinea:
NA%
Paraguay:
12% (1998 est.)
Peru:
7.7%; extensive underemployment (1997)
Philippines:
9.6% (October 1998)
Pitcairn Islands:
NA%
Poland:
11% (1999 est.)
Portugal:
4.6% (1999 est.)
Puerto Rico:
13% (FY97/98 est.)
Qatar:
NA%
Reunion:
42.8% (1998)
Romania:
11% (1999 est.)
Russia:
12.4% (1999 est.), plus considerable underemployment
Rwanda:
NA%
Saint Helena:
18% (1996)
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
4.5% (1997)
Saint Lucia:
15% (1996 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
9.8% (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
22% (1997 est.)
Samoa:
NA%
San Marino:
3.6% (April 1996)
Sao Tome and Principe:
50% in the formal business sector (1998 est.)
Saudi Arabia:
NA%
Senegal:
NA%; urban youth 40%
Serbia and Montenegro:
30% (1999 est.)
Seychelles:
NA%
Sierra Leone:
NA%
Singapore:
3.2% (1999 est.)
Slovakia:
20% (1999 est.)
Slovenia:
7.1% (1997 est.)
Solomon Islands:
NA%
Somalia:
NA%
South Africa:
30% (1999 est.)
Spain:
16% (1999 est.)
Sri Lanka:
9.5% (1998 est.)
Sudan:
30% (FY92/93 est.)
Suriname:
20% (1997)
Swaziland:
22% (1995 est.)
Sweden:
5.5% plus about 5% in training programs (1999 est.)
Switzerland:
2.8% (1999 est.)
Syria:
12%-15% (1998 est.)
Tajikistan:
5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1998)
Tanzania:
NA%
Thailand:
4.5% (1998 est.)
Togo:
NA%
Tokelau:
NA%
Tonga:
11.8% (FY93/94)
Trinidad and Tobago:
14.2% (1998)
Tunisia:
16.5% (1999 est.)
Turkey:
7.3% plus underemployment of 6.9% (April 1999 est.)
Turkmenistan:
NA%
Turks and Caicos Islands:
10% (1997 est.)
Tuvalu:
NA%
Uganda:
NA%
Ukraine:
4.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (December 1999)
United Arab Emirates:
NA%
United Kingdom:
6% (1999)
United States:
4.2% (1999)
Uruguay:
12% (1999)
Uzbekistan:
5% plus another 10% underemployed (December 1996 est.)
Vanuatu:
NA%
Venezuela:
18% (1999 est.)
Vietnam:
25% (1995 est.)
Virgin Islands:
4.9% (March 1999)
Wallis and Futuna:
NA%
West Bank:
14.5% (includes Gaza Strip) (1998 est.)
Western Sahara:
NA%
World:
30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (1999 est.)
Yemen:
30% (1995 est.)
Zambia:
25% (1998)
Zimbabwe:
50% (1999 est.)
Taiwan:
2.9% (1999 est.)