|
Country
|
Unemployment rate (%)
|
|
Afghanistan
|
40% (2005 est.)
|
|
Albania
|
13.8% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (September 2006 est.)
|
|
Algeria
|
15.7% (2006 est.)
|
|
American Samoa
|
29.8% (2005)
|
|
Andorra
|
0% (1996 est.)
|
|
Angola
|
extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2001 est.)
|
|
Anguilla
|
8% (2002)
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
11% (2001 est.)
|
|
Argentina
|
10.2% (3rd quarter, 2006 est.)
|
|
Armenia
|
7.4% (November 2006 est.)
|
|
Aruba
|
6.9% (2005 est.)
|
|
Australia
|
4.9% (2006 est.)
|
|
Austria
|
4.9% (2006 est.)
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
1.2% official rate (2006 est.)
|
|
Bahamas, The
|
10.2% (2005 est.)
|
|
Bahrain
|
15% (2005 est.)
|
|
Bangladesh
|
2.5% (includes underemployment) (2006 est.)
|
|
Barbados
|
10.7% (2003 est.)
|
|
Belarus
|
1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2005)
|
|
Belgium
|
8.1% (2006 est.)
|
|
Belize
|
9.4% (2006)
|
|
Benin
|
NA%
|
|
Bermuda
|
2.1% (2004 est.)
|
|
Bhutan
|
2.5% (2004)
|
|
Bolivia
|
7.8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2006 est.)
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
45.5% official rate; grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to 25-30% (31 December 2004 est.)
|
|
Botswana
|
23.8% (2004)
|
|
Brazil
|
9.6% (2006 est.)
|
|
British Virgin Islands
|
3.6% (1997)
|
|
Brunei
|
4% (2006)
|
|
Bulgaria
|
9.6% (2006 est.)
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
NA%
|
|
Burma
|
10.2% (2006 est.)
|
|
Burundi
|
NA%
|
|
Cambodia
|
2.5% (2000 est.)
|
|
Cameroon
|
30% (2001 est.)
|
|
Canada
|
6.4% (2006 est.)
|
|
Cape Verde
|
21% (2000 est.)
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
4.4% (2004)
|
|
Central African Republic
|
8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)
|
|
Chad
|
NA%
|
|
Chile
|
7.8% (2006)
|
|
China
|
4.2% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2005; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2005)
|
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
60% (2000 est.)
|
|
Colombia
|
11.1% (2006 est.)
|
|
Comoros
|
20% (1996 est.)
|
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
NA%
|
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
NA%
|
|
Cook Islands
|
13.1% (2005)
|
|
Costa Rica
|
6.6% (2006 est.)
|
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
13% in urban areas (1998)
|
|
Croatia
|
17.2% official rate; labor force surveys indicate unemployment around 14% (2006 est.)
|
|
Cuba
|
1.9% (2006 est.)
|
|
Cyprus
|
area under government control: 5.5% (2005 est.); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 5.6% (2004 est.) (2006 est.)
|
|
Czech Republic
|
8.4% (2006 est.)
|
|
Denmark
|
3.8% (2006 est.)
|
|
Djibouti
|
50% (2004 est.)
|
|
Dominica
|
23% (2000 est.)
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
16% (2006 est.)
|
|
East Timor
|
50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.)
|
|
Ecuador
|
10.6% official rate; but underemployment of 47% (2006 est.)
|
|
Egypt
|
10.3% (2006 est.)
|
|
El Salvador
|
6% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2006 est.)
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
30% (1998 est.)
|
|
Eritrea
|
NA%
|
|
Estonia
|
4.5% (2006)
|
|
Ethiopia
|
NA%
|
|
European Union
|
8.5% (2006 est.)
|
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
full employment; labor shortage (2001)
|
|
Faroe Islands
|
2.1% (2006)
|
|
Fiji
|
7.6% (1999)
|
|
Finland
|
7% (2006 est.)
|
|
France
|
8.7% (December 2006 est.)
|
|
French Polynesia
|
11.7% (2005)
|
|
Gabon
|
21% (1997 est.)
|
|
Gambia, The
|
NA%
|
|
Gaza Strip
|
31% (includes West Bank) (January-September 2005 avg.)
|
|
Georgia
|
12.6% (2004 est.)
|
|
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.)
|
|
Ghana
|
20% (1997 est.)
|
|
Gibraltar
|
2% (2001 est.)
|
|
Greece
|
9.2% (2006 est.)
|
|
Greenland
|
9.3% (2005 est.)
|
|
Grenada
|
12.5% (2000)
|
|
Guam
|
11.4% (2002 est.)
|
|
Guatemala
|
3.2% (2005 est.)
|
|
Guernsey
|
0.9% (March 2006 est.)
|
|
Guinea
|
NA%
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
NA%
|
|
Guyana
|
9.1% (understated) (2000)
|
|
Haiti
|
widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2002 est.)
|
|
Honduras
|
27.9% (2006 est.)
|
|
Hong Kong
|
4.9% (2006 est.)
|
|
Hungary
|
7.4% (2006 est.)
|
|
Iceland
|
1.3% (2006 est.)
|
|
India
|
7.8% (2006 est.)
|
|
Indonesia
|
12.5% (2006 est.)
|
|
Iran
|
15% according to the Iranian government (2007 est.)
|
|
Iraq
|
25% to 30% (2005 est.)
|
|
Ireland
|
4.3% (2006 est.)
|
|
Isle of Man
|
1.5% (December 2006 est.)
|
|
Israel
|
8.3% (30 September 2006)
|
|
Italy
|
7% (2006 est.)
|
|
Jamaica
|
11.3% (2006 est.)
|
|
Japan
|
4.1% (2006 est.)
|
|
Jersey
|
2.2% (2006 est.)
|
|
Jordan
|
15.4% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2006 est.)
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
7.4% (2006 est.)
|
|
Kenya
|
40% (2001 est.)
|
|
Kiribati
|
2% official rate; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
|
|
Korea, North
|
NA%
|
|
Korea, South
|
3.3% (December 2006 est.)
|
|
Kuwait
|
2.2% (2004 est.)
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
18% (2004 est.)
|
|
Laos
|
2.4% (2005 est.)
|
|
Latvia
|
6.5% (December 2006 est.)
|
|
Lebanon
|
20% (2006 est.)
|
|
Lesotho
|
45% (2002)
|
|
Liberia
|
85% (2003 est.)
|
|
Libya
|
30% (2004 est.)
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
1.3% (September 2002)
|
|
Lithuania
|
3.7%
note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2006 est.)
|
|
Luxembourg
|
4.1% (2006 est.)
|
|
Macau
|
4.1% (2005)
|
|
Macedonia
|
36% (September 2006 est.)
|
|
Malawi
|
NA%
|
|
Malaysia
|
3.5% (2006 est.)
|
|
Maldives
|
NEGL% (2003 est.)
|
|
Mali
|
14.6% (2001 est.)
|
|
Malta
|
6.8% (2005 est.)
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
30.9% (2000 est.)
|
|
Mauritania
|
20% (2004 est.)
|
|
Mauritius
|
9.4% (2006 est.)
|
|
Mayotte
|
25.4% (2005)
|
|
Mexico
|
3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2006 est.)
|
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
22% (2000 est.)
|
|
Moldova
|
7.3%; note - roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2005 est.)
|
|
Monaco
|
0% (2005)
|
|
Mongolia
|
3.3% (2005)
|
|
Montenegro
|
27.7% (2005)
|
|
Montserrat
|
6% (1998 est.)
|
|
Morocco
|
7.7% (2006 est.)
|
|
Mozambique
|
21% (1997 est.)
|
|
Namibia
|
5.3% (2006 est.)
|
|
Nauru
|
90% (2004 est.)
|
|
Nepal
|
42% (2004 est.)
|
|
Netherlands
|
5.5% (2006 est.)
|
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
17% (2002 est.)
|
|
New Caledonia
|
17.1% (2004)
|
|
New Zealand
|
3.8% (2006 est.)
|
|
Nicaragua
|
3.8% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2006 est.)
|
|
Niger
|
NA%
|
|
Nigeria
|
5.8% (2006 est.)
|
|
Niue
|
12% (2001)
|
|
Norfolk Island
|
0%
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
3.9% (2001)
|
|
Norway
|
3.5% (2006 est.)
|
|
Oman
|
15% (2004 est.)
|
|
Pakistan
|
6.5% plus substantial underemployment (2006 est.)
|
|
Palau
|
4.2% (2005 est.)
|
|
Panama
|
8.8% (2006 est.)
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
2% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)
|
|
Paraguay
|
9.4% (2005 est.)
|
|
Peru
|
7.2% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2006 est.)
|
|
Philippines
|
7.9% (2006 est.)
|
|
Poland
|
14.9% (November 2006 est.)
|
|
Portugal
|
7.6% (2006 est.)
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
12% (2002)
|
|
Qatar
|
3.2% (2006 est.)
|
|
Romania
|
6.1% (2006 est.)
|
|
Russia
|
6.6% plus considerable underemployment (2006 est.)
|
|
Rwanda
|
NA%
|
|
Saint Helena
|
14% (1998 est.)
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
4.5% (1997)
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
20% (2003 est.)
|
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
10.3% (1999)
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
15% (2001 est.)
|
|
Samoa
|
NA%
|
|
San Marino
|
3.8% (2004)
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
NA%
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
13% among Saudi males only (local bank estimate; some estimates range as high as 25%) (2004 est.)
|
|
Senegal
|
48%; note - urban youth 40% (2001 est.)
|
|
Serbia
|
31.6%
note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2005 est.)
|
|
Seychelles
|
NA%
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
NA%
|
|
Singapore
|
3.1% (2006 est.)
|
|
Slovakia
|
10.2% (2006 est.)
|
|
Slovenia
|
9.6% (2006 est.)
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
NA%
|
|
Somalia
|
NA%
|
|
South Africa
|
25.5% (2006 est.)
|
|
Spain
|
8.1% (October 2006 est.)
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
7.6% (2006 est.)
|
|
Sudan
|
18.7% (2002 est.)
|
|
Suriname
|
9.5% (2004)
|
|
Swaziland
|
40% (2006 est.)
|
|
Sweden
|
5.6% (2006 est.)
|
|
Switzerland
|
3.3% (2006 est.)
|
|
Syria
|
12.5% (2005 est.)
|
|
Taiwan
|
3.9% (2006 est.)
|
|
Tajikistan
|
12% (2004 est.)
|
|
Tanzania
|
NA%
|
|
Thailand
|
2.1% (2006 est.)
|
|
Togo
|
NA%
|
|
Tokelau
|
NA%
|
|
Tonga
|
13% (FY03/04 est.)
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
7% (2006 est.)
|
|
Tunisia
|
13.9% (2006 est.)
|
|
Turkey
|
10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2006 est.)
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
60% (2004 est.)
|
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
10% (1997 est.)
|
|
Tuvalu
|
NA%
|
|
Uganda
|
NA%
|
|
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)
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2.4% (2001)
|
|
United Kingdom
|
2.9% (2006 est.)
|
|
United States
|
4.8% (2006 est.)
|
|
Uruguay
|
10.8% (2006 est.)
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
3% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2006)
|
|
Vanuatu
|
1.7% (1999)
|
|
Venezuela
|
8.9% (October 2006 est.)
|
|
Vietnam
|
2% (2006 est.)
|
|
Virgin Islands
|
6.2% (2004)
|
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
15.2% (2003)
|
|
West Bank
|
20.3% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
|
|
Western Sahara
|
NA%
|
|
World
|
30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment
|
|
Yemen
|
35% (2003 est.)
|
|
Zambia
|
50% (2000 est.)
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
80% (2005 est.)
|
