Unemployment rates per country


This is a list of unemployment rates for various countries. Unless indicated otherwise, statistics are based on The World Factbook.[1] Several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list. Note that different states, NGOs, and agencies estimate unemployment rates using different definitions and methodologies. Given the dramatic differences in cultural attitudes towards the workforce and working conditions that exist even between Western countries, a definition that is both descriptive and objective probably does not exist. Questions like how is a part-time job counted, how long until someone is out of the workforce, and the status of subsistence living have not been agreed upon. In short, these figures are not directly comparable.

[edit]Comparable unemployment rates

Because international comparisons of unemployment rates can be misleading, several organizations adjust unemployment rates to a common concept to allow accurate international comparisons. These comparisons generally pertain to developed countries and are prepared by the Division of International Labor ComparisonsEurostat, and the statistical division of the OECD.[2]

[edit]Unemployment rate by country


Country / RegionUnemployment rate (%)Source / date of information
 Afghanistan35.02008[3]
 Albania13.232011 (Q4)[4]
 Algeria10.02010 (September)[5]
 American Samoa (United States)23.82010[3]
 Andorra2.92011
 Anguilla (United Kingdom)7.82002 (July)[6]
 Antigua and Barbuda11.02001[3]
 Argentina7.12012 (Q1)[7]
 Armenia7.02010 (December)[8]
 Aruba (Netherlands)5.72007[9]
 Australia5.22012 (June)[10]
 Austria3.92012 (April)[11]
 Azerbaijan6.02009[12]
 Bahrain152005[13]
 Bangladesh5.02009[14]
 Barbados9.42010 (Q3)[15]
 Belarus0.72010[16]
 Belgium7.42012 (April)[11]
 Belize23.22010[17]
 Bermuda4.52009 (May)[18]
 Bhutan4.02009[19]
 Bolivia6.02010 (Q2)[20]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina27.62011[21]
 Botswana7.52007[3]
 Brazil4.72011 (December)[22]
 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)3.12007[23]
 Brunei3.72008[3]
 Bulgaria12.62012 (April)[11]
 Burma4.92009[3]
 Cambodia1.682008[24]
 Cameroon4.4 (underemployment - 75.8) 30.0[3](CIA estimate)2005[25]
 Canada7.22012 (Mar)[26]
 Cape Verde13.12010 (May)[27]
 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)4.0 (5.5 - 2010 estimate)[28]2008[29]
 Central African Republic8.02001[3]
 Chile6.72012 (Jul)[30]
 China, People's Republic of4.12010 (September)[31]
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)11.32006[32]
 Colombia9.72011 (September)[33]
 Comoros20.01996[3]
 Cook Islands13.12001[34]
 Costa Rica7.82009 (October)[35]
 Croatia16.42012 (April)[11]
 Cuba1.62009[3]
 Cyprus10.12012 (April)[11]
 Czech Republic6.62012 (April)[11]
 Denmark6.22012 (April)[11]
 Djibouti59.02007[3]
 Dominica23.02000[3]
 Dominican Republic14.42010 (April)[36]
 East Timor20.02006
 Ecuador7.72010 (Q2)[20]
 Egypt9.42009 (Q4)[20][37]
 El Salvador7.22009[3]
 Equatorial Guinea30.01998[3]
 Estonia10.82012 (March)[38]
 European Union11.12012 (July)[39]
 Faroe Islands (Denmark)5.92010 (May)[40]
 Fiji8.62007[41][42]
 Finland7.62012 (April)[11]
 France10.22012 (April)[11]
 French Polynesia (France)11.72007[43]
 Gabon21.02006[3]
 Gaza Strip37.82010[44]
 Georgia16.32010[45]
 Germany5.42012 (April)[11]
 Ghana3.62008 (September)[46]
 Gibraltar (United Kingdom)1.82011[47]
 Greece22.62012 (June)[48]
 Greenland (Denmark)7.82009[49]
 Grenada24.52009 (June)[50]
 Guam (United States)562010 (August)[51]
 Guatemala3.22005[3]
 Guernsey (United Kingdom)1.52010 (Q2)[52]
 Guyana9.02009 (July)[53]
 Honduras27.82007
 Hong Kong (China)3.52011 (July)[54]
 Hungary10.72012 (April)[11]
 Iceland6.62012 (April)[11]
 India9.82011 est.[55]
 Indonesia6.562011 (August)[56]
 Iran11.52011 (Q3)[57]
 Iraq18.02009 (February)[58]
 Ireland14.92012 (June)[11]
 Isle of Man1.82010 (August)[59]
 Israel7.12012 (May)[60]
 Italy10.22012 (April)[11]
 Jamaica11.32009 (July)[61]
 Japan4.52012 (February)[11]
 Jersey (United Kingdom)2.72009 (July)[62]
 Jordan11.92010 (Q4)[63]
 Kazakhstan6.12010 (May)[64]
 Kenya40.02009[65]
 Kiribati38.22006[66]
 Kosovo[a]40.02010[67]
 Kuwait1.52008 (March)[68]
 Kyrgyzstan8.22008[69][70]
 Laos2.52009[3]
 Latvia15.22012 (March)[11]
 Lebanon10.02009 (July)[71]
 Lesotho22.72008[72]
 Liberia3.62010[73]
 Libya13.02005 (May)[74]
 Liechtenstein1.52007 (December)[3]
 Lithuania13.82012 (April)[11]
 Luxembourg5.22012 (April)[11]
 Macau (China)3.02010 (April)[75]
 Macedonia30.92010[76]
 Malaysia3.02011 (October)[77]
 Mali30.02004[3]
 Malta5.72012 (April)[11]
 Marshall Islands30.91999[78]
 Mauritania30.02008[3]
 Mauritius8.42010 (Q1)[79]
 Mayotte (France)25.42005[3]
 Mexico5.52010 (April)[80][81]
 Federated States of Micronesia22.02000[82]
 Moldova9.12010 (Q1)[83]
 Monaco0.02011[3]
 Mongolia12.22010 (Q1)[84]
 Montenegro18.12011)[85]
 Montserrat (United Kingdom)6.01998[3]
 Morocco10.02010 (Q1)[86][87]
 Mozambique60.02009
 Namibia51.22008[3]
 Nauru90.02004[3]
 Nepal46.02008[3]
 Netherlands5.22012 (April)[11]
 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)10.02008[88]
 New Caledonia (France)17.12004[3]
 New Zealand6.82012 (June)[89]
 Nicaragua5.92009[3]
 Nigeria23.92009 (March)[90]
 North KoreaNA%2012 (April)[3]
 Norway3.02012 (March)[11]
 Niue10.72006[91]
 Pakistan5.72010[92]
 Palau4.22005[3]
 Panama5.62011[93]
 Papua New Guinea1.82004[3]
 Paraguay7.92009[3]
 Peru7.72010 (May)[94]
 Philippines6.92012 (April)[95]
 Poland9.92012 (April)[11]
 Portugal15.22012 (April)[11]
 Puerto Rico (United States)162011 (June)[96]
 Qatar0.52009[3]
 Republic of China (Taiwan)5.142010 (May)[97]
 Romania7.42012 (April)[11]
 Russia6.42012 (January)[98]
 Saint Helena (United Kingdom)14.01998[3]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis5.12006[99]
 Saint Lucia15.72006[100]
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)10.31999[3]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18.02009 (June)[50]
 San Marino3.12008[3]
 Saudi Arabia10.8 (males only)2010[101]
 Senegal48.0;[citation needed] 30% among adults aged 24 and under[102]2007
 Serbia23.72011 (November)[103]
 Singapore1.92011 (March)[104]
 Slovakia13.72012 (April)[11]
 Slovenia8.72012 (April)[11]
 South Africa23.92011 (Q3)[105]
 South Korea3.72010 (April)[80]
 Spain24.632012 (July)[11]
 Sri Lanka4.22012 (Q1)[106]
 Sudan18.72002[3]
 Suriname9.52004[3]
 Swaziland40.62007[107]
 Sweden7.32012 (April)[11]
 Switzerland3.12012 (April)[108]
 Syria9.22009[3]
 Tajikistan60.02008 (August)[109]
 Thailand1.22009 (September)[110]
 The Bahamas12.62009 (September)[111]
 Tonga1.12006[112]
 Trinidad and Tobago5.82009 (Q3)[20]
 Tunisia13.32009[113]
 Turkey8.22012 (February)[11]
 Turkmenistan70.02008 (November)[114]
 Turks and Caicos Islands5.42007[115]
 Ukraine9.22009 (December)[20]
 United Arab Emirates4.32010[116]
 United Kingdom8.12012 (May)[11]
 United States8.22012 (May)[117]
 Uruguay5.32012 (January)[118]
 Uzbekistan8.02008 (December)[119]
 Vanuatu78.211999[120]
 Venezuela8.32011 (September)[121]
 Vietnam2.92009 (April)[3]
 U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)7.92010 (April)[122]
 Wallis and Futuna (France)12.22008[123]
 West Bank17.22010[44]
 Yemen35.02009 (June)[124]
 Zambia16.02005[125]
 Zimbabwe702011[126]

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