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Rank
Country
Unemployment rate
(%)
Date of Information
1
 Andorra 0.00 1996 est.
2
 Monaco 0.00 2005
3
 Norfolk Island 0.00 NA
4
 Guernsey 0.90 March 2006 est.
5
 Azerbaijan 1.20 2006 est.
6
 Iceland 1.30 2006 est.
7
 Liechtenstein 1.30 September 2002
8
 Isle of Man 1.50 December 2006 est.
9
 Belarus 1.60 2005
10
 Vanuatu 1.70 1999
11
 Cuba 1.90 2006 est.
12
 Gibraltar 2.00 2001 est.
13
 Kiribati 2.00 1992 est.
14
 Vietnam 2.00 2006 est.
15
 Papua New Guinea 2.00 2004
16
 Bermuda 2.10 2004 est.
17
 Thailand 2.10 2006 est.
18
 Faroe Islands 2.10 2006
19
 Jersey 2.20 2006 est.
20
 Kuwait 2.20 2004 est.
21
 United Arab Emirates 2.40 2001
22
 Laos 2.40 2005 est.
23
 Bangladesh 2.50 2006 est.
24
 Bhutan 2.50 2004
25
 Cambodia 2.50 2000 est.
26
 Ukraine 2.70 2006 est.
27
 United Kingdom 2.90 2006 est.
28
 Uzbekistan 3.00 2006
29
 Singapore 3.10 2006 est.
30
 Guatemala 3.20 2005 est.
31
 Qatar 3.20 2006 est.
32
 Mexico 3.20 2006 est.
33
 Korea, South 3.30 2006 est.
34
 Switzerland 3.30 2006 est.
35
 Mongolia 3.30 2005
36
 Malaysia 3.50 2006 est.
37
 Norway 3.50 2006 est.
38
 British Virgin Islands 3.60 1997
39
 Lithuania 3.70 2006 est.
40
 Denmark 3.80 2006 est.
41
 New Zealand 3.80 2006 est.
42
 San Marino 3.80 2004
43
 Nicaragua 3.80 2006 est.
44
 Northern Mariana Islands 3.90 2001
45
 Taiwan 3.90 2006 est.
46
 Brunei 4.00 2006
47
 Japan 4.10 2006 est.
48
 Luxembourg 4.10 2006 est.
49
 Macau 4.10 2005
50
 China 4.20 2005
51
 Palau 4.20 2005 est.
52
 Ireland 4.30 2006 est.
53
 Cayman Islands 4.40 2004
54
 Estonia 4.50 2006 est.
55
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.50 1997
56
 United States 4.80 2006 est.
57
 Australia 4.90 2006 est.
58
 Hong Kong 4.90 2006 est.
59
 Austria 4.90 2006 est.
60
 Namibia 5.30 2006 est.
61
 Cyprus 5.50 NA
62
 Netherlands 5.50 2006 est.
63
 Cyprus 5.60 NA
64
 Sweden 5.60 2006 est.
65
 Nigeria 5.80 2006 est.
66
 El Salvador 6.00 2006 est.
67
 Montserrat 6.00 1998 est.
68
 Romania 6.10 2006 est.
69
 Virgin Islands 6.20 2004
70
 Canada 6.40 2006 est.
71
 Latvia 6.50 2006 est.
72
 Pakistan 6.50 2006 est.
73
 Costa Rica 6.60 2006 est.
74
 Russia 6.60 2006 est.
75
 Malta 6.80 2005 est.
76
 Aruba 6.90 2005 est.
77
 Finland 7.00 2006 est.
78
 Italy 7.00 2006 est.
79
 Trinidad and Tobago 7.00 2006 est.
80
 Germany 7.10 2006 est.
81
 Peru 7.20 2006 est.
82
 Moldova 7.30 2005 est.
83
 Armenia 7.40 November 2006 est.
84
 Kazakhstan 7.40 2006 est.
85
 Hungary 7.40 2006 est.
86
 Sri Lanka 7.60 2006 est.
87
 Portugal 7.60 2006 est.
88
 Fiji 7.60 1999
89
 Morocco 7.70 2006 est.
90
 Bolivia 7.80 2006 est.
91
 Chile 7.80 2006 est.
92
 India 7.80 2006 est.
93
 Philippines 7.90 2006 est.
94
 Anguilla 8.00 2002
95
 Central African Republic 8.00 2001 est.
96
 Belgium 8.10 2006 est.
97
 Spain 8.10 2006 est.
98
 Israel 8.30 2006 est.
99
 Czech Republic 8.40 2006 est.
100
 European Union 8.50 2006 est.
101
 Argentina 8.70 2006 est.
102
 France 8.70 2006 est.
103
 Panama 8.80 2006 est.
104
 Venezuela 8.90 2006 est.
105
 Greece 9.20 2006 est.
106
 Greenland 9.30 2005 est.
107
 Belize 9.40 2006
108
 Mauritius 9.40 2006 est.
109
 Paraguay 9.40 2005 est.
110
 Suriname 9.50 2004
111
 Brazil 9.60 2006 est.
112
 Bulgaria 9.60 2006 est.
113
 Slovenia 9.60 2006 est.
114
 Turks and Caicos Islands 10.00 1997 est.
115
 Bahamas, The 10.20 2005 est.
116
 Turkey 10.20 2006 est.
117
 Burma 10.20 2006 est.
118
 Slovakia 10.20 2006 est.
119
 Egypt 10.30 2006 est.
120
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10.30 1999
121
 Ecuador 10.60 2006 est.
122
 Barbados 10.70 2003 est.
123
 Uruguay 10.80 2006 est.
124
 Antigua and Barbuda 11.00 2001 est.
125
 Colombia 11.10 2006 est.
126
 Jamaica 11.30 2006 est.
127
 Guam 11.40 2002 est.
128
 French Polynesia 11.70 2005
129
 Niue 12.00 2001
130
 Puerto Rico 12.00 2002
131
 Tajikistan 12.00 2004 est.
132
 Grenada 12.50 2000
133
 Syria 12.50 2005 est.
134
 Indonesia 12.50 2006 est.
135
 Georgia 12.60 2004 est.
136
 Cote d'Ivoire 13.00 1998
137
 Saudi Arabia 13.00 2004 est.
138
 Tonga 13.00 FY03/04 est.
139
 Cook Islands 13.10 2005
140
 Albania 13.80 2006 est.
141
 Tunisia 13.90 2006 est.
142
 Saint Helena 14.00 1998 est.
143
 Mali 14.60 2001 est.
144
 Poland 14.90 2006 est.
145
 Bahrain 15.00 2005 est.
146
 Oman 15.00 2004 est.
147
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.00 2001 est.
148
 Iran 15.00 2007 est.
149
 Wallis and Futuna 15.20 2003
150
 Jordan 15.40 2006 est.
151
 Algeria 15.70 2006 est.
152
 Dominican Republic 16.00 2006 est.
153
 Netherlands Antilles 17.00 2002 est.
154
 New Caledonia 17.10 2004
155
 Croatia 17.20 2006 est.
156
 Kyrgyzstan 18.00 2004 est.
157
 Sudan 18.70 2002 est.
158
 Comoros 20.00 1996 est.
159
 Saint Lucia 20.00 2003 est.
160
 Mauritania 20.00 2004 est.
161
 Ghana 20.00 1997 est.
162
 Lebanon 20.00 2006 est.
163
 Gaza Strip 20.30 2005
164
 West Bank 20.30 2005
165
 Cape Verde 21.00 2000 est.
166
 Gabon 21.00 2006 est.
167
 Mozambique 21.00 1997 est.
168
 Micronesia, Federated States of 22.00 2000 est.
169
 Dominica 23.00 2000 est.
170
 Botswana 23.80 2004
171
 Iraq 25.00 2005 est.
172
 Mayotte 25.40 2005
173
 South Africa 25.50 2006 est.
174
 Montenegro 27.70 2005
175
 Honduras 27.90 2006 est.
176
 American Samoa 29.80 2005
177
 Cameroon 30.00 2001 est.
178
 Equatorial Guinea 30.00 1998 est.
179
 Libya 30.00 2004 est.
180
 World 30.00 2006 est.
181
 Marshall Islands 30.90 2000 est.
182
 Serbia 31.60 2005 est.
183
 Yemen 35.00 2003 est.
184
 Macedonia 36.00 2006 est.
185
 Afghanistan 40.00 2005 est.
186
 Swaziland 40.00 2006 est.
187
 Kenya 40.00 2001 est.
188
 Nepal 42.00 2004 est.
189
 Lesotho 45.00 2002
190
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.50 31 December 2004 est.
191
 Senegal 48.00 2001 est.
192
 Djibouti 50.00 2004 est.
193
 Zambia 50.00 2000 est.
194
 Timor-Leste 50.00 2001 est.
195
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 60.00 2000 est.
196
 Turkmenistan 60.00 2004 est.
197
 Zimbabwe 80.00 2005 est.
198
 Liberia 85.00 2003 est.
199
 Nauru 90.00 2004 est.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 8.7% (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.)
Czech Republic 8.4% (2006 est.)
Denmark 3.8% (2006 est.)
Djibouti 50% (2004 est.)
Dominica 23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic 16% (2006 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 20.3% (includes West Bank) (2005)
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.)
Timor-Leste 50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 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 (2006 est.)
Yemen 35% (2003 est.)
Zambia 50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe 80% (2005 est.)

 

 

 

 

 

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