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Map of world unemployment rates

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.

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 Comparisons, Eurostat, and the statistical division of the OECD.[2]

Unemployment rate by country

Country / Region Unemployment rate (%) Source / date of information
 Afghanistan 35.0 2008[3]
 Albania 13.49 2010 (Q4)[4]
 Algeria 10.0 2010 (September)[5]
 American Samoa (United States) 23.8 2010[3]
 Andorra 2.9 2009
 Anguilla (United Kingdom) 7.8 2002 (July)[6]
 Antigua and Barbuda 11.0 2001[3]
 Argentina 7.3 2010 (Q4)[7]
 Armenia 7.0 2010 (December)[8]
 Aruba (Netherlands) 5.7 2007[9]
 Australia 5.2 2011 (September)[10]
 Austria 4.3 2011 (May)[11]
 Azerbaijan 6.0 2009[12]
 Bahrain 15 2005 [13]
 Bangladesh 5.0 2009[14]
 Barbados 9.4 2010 (Q3)[15]
 Belarus 0.7 2010[16]
 Belgium 7.3 2011 (May)[11]
 Belize 12.6 2009 (September)[17]
 Bermuda 4.5 2009 (May)[18]
 Bhutan 4.0 2009[19]
 Bolivia 6.0 2010 (Q2)[20]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.2 2010 (August)[21]
 Botswana 7.5 2007[3]
 Brazil 6.5 2011 (March)[22]
 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 3.1 2007[23]
 Brunei 3.7 2008[3]
 Bulgaria 11.2 2011 (May)[11]
 Burma 4.9 2009[3]
 Cambodia 1.68 2008[24]
 Cameroon 4.4 (underemployment - 75.8) 30.0[3](CIA estimate) 2005[25]
 Canada 7.2 2011 (July)[26]
 Cape Verde 13.1 2010 (May)[27]
 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 4.0 (5.5 - 2010 estimate)[28] 2008[29]
 Central African Republic 8.0 2001[3]
 Chile 7.1 2010 (December)[30]
 China, People's Republic of 4.1 2010 (September)[31]
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) 60.0 2000[3]
 Colombia 12.2 2010 (April)[32]
 Comoros 20.0 1996[3]
 Cook Islands (New Zealand) 13.1 2001[33]
 Costa Rica 7.8 2009 (October)[34]
 Croatia 16.8 2011 (July)[90]
 Cuba 1.6 2009[3]
 Cyprus 7.4 2011 (May)[11]
 Czech Republic 6.5 2011 (May)[11]
 Denmark 7.4 2011 (May)[11]
 Djibouti 59.0 2007[3]
 Dominica 23.0 2000[3]
 Dominican Republic 14.4 2010 (April)[35]
 East Timor 20.0 2006
 Ecuador 7.7 2010 (Q2)[20]
 Egypt 9.4 2009 (Q4)[20][36]
 El Salvador 7.2 2009[3]
 Equatorial Guinea 30.0 1998[3]
 Estonia 13.8 2011 (March)[37]
 European Union 9.3 2011 (May)[38]
 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 5.9 2010 (May)[39]
 Fiji 8.6 2007[40][41]
 Finland 7.8 2011 (May)[11]
 France 9.5 2011 (May)[11]
 French Polynesia (France) 11.7 2007[42]
 Gabon 21.0 2006[3]
 Gaza Strip 37.8 2010 [43]
 Georgia 16.9 2009[44]
 Germany 5.8 2011 (September)[11]
 Ghana 3.6 2008 (September)[45]
 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 3.3 2005[46]
 Greece 18.4 2011 (August)[47]
 Greenland (Denmark) 7.8 2009[48]
 Grenada 24.5 2009 (June)[49]
 Guam (United States) 56 2010 (August)[50]
 Guatemala 3.2 2005[3]
 Guernsey (United Kingdom) 1.5 2010 (Q2)[51]
 Guyana 9.0 2009 (July)[52]
 Honduras 27.8 2007
 Hong Kong (China) 3.5 2011 (July)[53]
 Hungary 10.0 2011 (May)[11]
 Iceland 7.6 2010 (June)[54][55]
 India 10.8 2010[3]
 Indonesia 7.14 2010 (February)[56]
 Iran 11.5 2011 (Q3)[57]
 Iraq 18.0 2009 (February)[58]
 Ireland 14.0 2011 (May)[11]
 Isle of Man 1.8 2010 (August)[59]
 Israel 5.4 2011 (June)[60]
 Italy 8.1 2011 (May)[11]
 Jamaica 11.3 2009 (July)[61]
 Japan 4.1 2011 (September)[62]
 Jersey (United Kingdom) 2.7 2009 (July)[63]
 Jordan 11.9 2010 (Q4)[64]
 Kazakhstan 6.1 2010 (May)[65]
 Kenya 40.0 2009[66]
 Kiribati 38.2 2006[67]
 Kosovo[a] 40.0 2010[68]
 Kuwait 1.5 2008 (March)[69]
 Kyrgyzstan 8.2 2008[70][71]
 Laos 2.5 2009[3]
 Latvia 16.2 2011 (March)[11]
 Lebanon 10.0 2009 (July)[72]
 Lesotho 22.7 2008[73]
 Liberia 3.6 2010[74]
 Libya 13.0 2005 (May)[75]
 Liechtenstein 1.5 2007 (December)[3]
 Lithuania 16.3 2011 (May)[11]
 Luxembourg 4.5 2011 (May)[11]
 Macau (China) 3.0 2010 (April)[76]
 Macedonia 32.0 2010[77]
 Malaysia 3.2 2010 (April)[78]
 Mali 30.0 2004[3]
 Malta 6.2 2011 (May)[11]
 Marshall Islands 30.9 1999[79]
 Mauritania 30.0 2008[3]
 Mauritius 8.4 2010 (Q1)[80]
 Mayotte (France) 25.4 2005[3]
 Mexico 5.5 2010 (April)[81][82]
 Federated States of Micronesia 22.0 2000[83]
 Moldova 9.1 2010 (Q1)[84]
 Monaco 0.0 2005[3]
 Mongolia 12.2 2010 (Q1)[85]
 Montenegro 20.3 2009 (Q4)[86]
 Montserrat (United Kingdom) 6.0 1998[3]
 Morocco 10.0 2010 (Q1)[87][88]
 Mozambique 60.0 2009
 Namibia 51.2 2008[3]
 Nauru 90.0 2004[3]
   Nepal 46.0 2008[3]
 Netherlands 4.2 2011 (May)[37]
 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 10.0 2008[89]
 New Caledonia (France) 17.1 2004[3]
 New Zealand 6.6 2011 (March)[90]
 Nicaragua 5.9 2009[3]
 Nigeria 4.9% 2009 (March)[91]
 Norway 3.4 2011 (April)[11]
 Niue (New Zealand) 10.7 2006[92]
 Pakistan 15 2010[93]
 Palau 4.2 2005[3]
 Panama 7.1 2009[3]
 Papua New Guinea 1.8 2004[3]
 Paraguay 7.9 2009[3]
 Peru 7.7 2010 (May)[94]
 Philippines 7.2 2011 (April)[95]
 Poland 9.2 2011 (May))[11]
 Portugal 12.4 2011 (May)[11]
 Puerto Rico (United States) 16 2011 (June)[96]
 Qatar 0.5 2009[3]
 Romania 7.0 2011 (March)[11]
 Russia 7.6 2011 (January)[97]
 Saint Helena (United Kingdom) 14.0 1998[3]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.5 1997[3]
 Saint Lucia 15.7 2006[98]
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 10.3 1999[3]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.0 2009 (June)[49]
 San Marino 3.1 2008[3]
 Saudi Arabia 10.8 (males only) 2010 [99]
 Senegal 48.0;[citation needed] 30% among adults aged 24 and under[100] 2007
 Serbia 27+ 2011 (October)[101]
 Singapore 1.9 2011 (March)[102]
 Slovakia 13.3 2011 (May)[11]
 Slovenia 8.3 2011 (May)[11]
 South Africa 25.0 2011 (Q3)[103]
 South Korea 3.7 2010 (April)[81]
 Spain 21.5 2011 (October)[11]
 Sri Lanka 5.9 2009 (Q3)[104]
 Sudan 18.7 2002[3]
 Suriname 9.5 2004[3]
 Swaziland 40.6 2007[105]
 Sweden 7.7 2011 (May)[11]
  Switzerland 2.9 2010 (June)[106]
 Syria 9.2 2009[3]
 Republic of China (Taiwan) 5.14 2010 (May)[107]
 Tajikistan 60.0 2008 (August)[108]
 Thailand 1.2 2009 (September)[109]
 The Bahamas 12.6 2009 (September)[110]
 Tonga 1.1 2006[111]
 Trinidad and Tobago 5.8 2009 (Q3)[20]
 Tunisia 13.3 2009[112]
 Turkey 9.1 2011 (September)[113]
 Turkmenistan 70.0 2008 (November)[114]
 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.4 2007[115]
 Ukraine 9.2 2009 (December)[20]
 United Arab Emirates 12.7 2008[116]
 United Kingdom 7.6 2011 (March)[11]
 United States 9.0 2011 (October)[117]
 Uruguay 6.1 2011 (January)[118]
 Uzbekistan 8.0 2008 (December)[119]
 Vanuatu 78.21 1999[120]
 Venezuela 8.3 2011 (September)[121]
 Vietnam 2.9 2009 (April)[3]
 U.S. Virgin Islands (United States) 7.9 2010 (April)[122]
 Wallis and Futuna (France) 12.2 2008[123]
 West Bank 17.2 2010 [43]
 Yemen 35.0 2009 (June)[124]
 Zambia 16.0 2005[125]
 Zimbabwe 97.0 2009

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