CIA - The World Factbook
CIA - The World Factbook
Field Listing :: Unemployment rate
Country
Unemployment rate(%)
Albania
12% (2009 est.)
12.5% (2008 est.)
note: these are official rates, but actual rates may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming
Algeria
12.4% (2009 est.)
12.8% (2008 est.)
Argentina
9.6% (2009 est.)
7.9% (2008 est.)
note: data are based on private estimates. Official estimates put unemployment at 8.4% in 2009, and 7.3% in 2008, but the official figures lack credibility
Austria
4.7% (2009 est.)
3.9% (2008 est.)
Belgium
8.3% (2009 est.)
7% (2008 est.)
Belize
8.1% (2008)
9.4% (2006)
Bolivia
8.5% (2009 est.)
7.5% (2008 est.)
note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment
Bosnia and Herzegovina
40% (2009 est.)
29% (2007 est.)
note: official rate; gray economy may reduce actual unemployment to 25-30%
Brazil
7.4% (2009 est.)
7.9% (2008 est.)
Burma
4.9% (2009 est.)
5% (2008 est.)
Cambodia
3.5% (2007 est.)
2.5% (2000 est.)
Canada
8.5% (2009 est.)
6.2% (2008 est.)
Chile
10% (2009 est.)
7.8% (2008 est.)
China
4.3% (September 2009 est.)
4.2% (December 2008 est.)
note: official data for urban areas only; including migrants may boost total unemployment to 9%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas
Colombia
12% (2009 est.)
10.6% (2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
note: unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of the civil war
Croatia
16.1% (2009 est.)
13.7% (2008 est.)
Cuba
1.6% (2009 est.)
1.6% (2008 est.)
Cyprus
4.8% (2009 est.)
3.6% (2008 est.)
Denmark
4.3% (2009 est.)
3.4% (2008 est.)
Djibouti
59% (2007 est.)
note: data are for urban areas, 83% in rural areas
Ecuador
7.9% (2009 est.)
7.3% (2008 est.)
Egypt
9.7% (2009 est.)
8.7% (2008 est.)
El Salvador
7.2% (2009 est.)
6.9% (2008 est.)
note: data are official rates; but the economy has much underemployment
Estonia
14.3% (2009 est.)
5.7% (2008 est.)
Finland
8.5% (2009 est.)
6.4% (2008)
France
9.7% (2009 est.)
7.4% (2008 est.)
Georgia
16.4% (2009 est.)
13.6% (2006 est.)
Germany
8.2% (2009 est.)
7.8% (2008 est.)
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%
Greece
9% (2009 est.)
7.7% (2008 est.)
Haiti
NA% est.)
note: widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs
Honduras
6% (2009 est.)
3.5% (2008 est.)
note: about 36% are unemployed or underemployed
Hungary
10.8% (2009 est.)
7.8% (2008 est.)
Iceland
8.2% (December 2009 est.)
4.8% (December 2008 est.)
note: this figure climbed to 9.4% as of February 2009
India
10.7% (2009 est.)
10.4% (2008 est.)
Iran
11.8% (2009 est.)
10.3% (2008 est.)
note: data are according to the Iranian Government
Iraq
15.2% (2008 est.)
18% (2006 est.)
note: official data; unofficial estimates as high as 30%
Ireland
12% (2009 est.)
6.3% (2008 est.)
Israel
7.4% (2009 est.)
6.1% (2008 est.)
Italy
7.5% (2009 est.)
6.8% (2008 est.)
Jamaica
14.5% (2009 est.)
11% (2008 est.)
Japan
5.6% (2009 est.)
4% (2008 est.)
Jordan
13.5% (2009 est.)
12.6% (2008 est.)
note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30%
Kenya
40% (2008 est.)
40% (2001 est.)
Laos
2.5% (2009 est.)
2.4% (2005 est.)
Latvia
16.6% (2009 est.)
7.5% (2008 est.)
Lithuania
13.7% (2009 est.)
5.8% (2008 est.)
note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7%
Macau
3.6% (2009)
3% (2008)
Macedonia
31.7% (2009 est.)
33.8% (2008 est.)
Malaysia
5% (2009 est.)
3.3% (2008 est.)
Malta
6.9% (2009 est.)
6.3% (2008)
Mexico
5.6% (2009 est.)
4% (2008 est.)
note: underemployment may be as high as 25%
Moldova
2.6% (2009 est.)
1.5% (2008 est.)
Morocco
9.9% (2009 est.)
9.6% (2008 est.)
Nepal
46% (2008 est.)
42% (2004 est.)
Nicaragua
5.9% (2009 est.)
5.6% (2008 est.)
note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008
Norway
3.2% (2009 est.)
2.6% (2008 est.)
Pakistan
15.2% (2009 est.)
13.6% (2008 est.)
note: substantial underemployment exists
Panama
7.1% (2009 est.)
5.6% (2008 est.)
Paraguay
7.9% (2009 est.)
5.7% (2008 est.)
Peru
9% (2009 est.)
8.1% (2008 est.)
note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment
Poland
8.9% (January 2010 est.)
6.5% (December 2008 est.)
Portugal
9.2% (2009 est.)
7.6% (2008 est.)
Qatar
0.5% (2009 est.)
0.4% (2008 est.)
Romania
7.6% (2009 est.)
4.4% (2008 est.)
Russia
8.9% (2009 est.)
6.5% (2008)
Saudi Arabia
11.6% (2009 est.)
11.8% (2008 est.)
note: data are for Saudi males only (local bank estimates; some estimates range as high as 25%)
Serbia
16.6% (October 2009 est.)
Slovenia
9.4% (2009 est.)
6.7% (2008 est.)
Spain
18.1% (2009 est.)
11.4% (2008 est.)
Sweden
9.3% (2009 est.)
6.1% (2007 est.)
Syria
9.2% (2009 est.)
12.6% (2008 est.)
Taiwan
5.9% (2009 est.)
4.1% (2008 est.)
Tajikistan
2.2% (2009 est.)
2.3% (2008 est.)
note: official rates; actual unemployment is higher
Thailand
1.6% (2009 est.)
1.4% (2008 est.)
Timor-Leste
20% (2006 est.)
note: data are for rural areas, unemployment rises to more than 40% among urban youth
Tunisia
14.7% (2009 est.)
14.2% (2008 est.)
Turkey
14.5% (2009 est.)
11.2% (2008)
note: underemployment amounted to 4% in 2008
Ukraine
4.8% (2009 est.)
2.3% (2007 est.)
note: officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers
Uruguay
7.9% (2009 est.)
7.6% (2008 est.)
Uzbekistan
1.1% (2009 est.)
1% (2008 est.)
note: officially measured by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed
Vietnam
2.9% (April 2009 est.)
4.7% (2008 est.)
World
8.7% (2009 est.)
7.2% (2008 est.)
note: 30% (2007 est.) combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment
Zimbabwe
95% (2009 est.)
80% (2005 est.)