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Unemployment rate by country

Country / Region Unemployment rate (%) Source / date of information
 Afghanistan 35.0 2008[1]
 Albania 13.2 2013 (Q4)[2][verification needed]
 Algeria 10.2 2013(September)[3]
 American Samoa (United States) 49.9 2011 (March)[4]
 Andorra 2.9 2013
 Anguilla (United Kingdom) 7.8 2013 (July)[5]
 Antigua and Barbuda 11.0 2001[1]
 Argentina 7.1 2013 (Q1)[6]
 Armenia 17.3 2013[7]
 Aruba (Netherlands) 15.7 2013[8]
 Australia 6 2014 (Jan)[9]
 Austria 4.8 (previously employed individuals only) 2013 (November)[10]
 Azerbaijan 5.7 2012[1]
 Bahrain 15.0 2005[1]
 Bangladesh 5.0 2012[1]
 Barbados 11.5 2013 (Q1)[11]
 Belarus 0.5 2013[12]
 Belgium 8.4 2013 (November)[10]
 Belize 11.3 2012 [1]
 Bermuda 8 2012 [1]
 Bhutan 4 2009 [1]
 Bolivia 7.5 2012 [1]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.2 2011[13]
 Botswana 17.8 2009[1]
 Brazil 5.4 2013 (November)[14]
 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 3.1 2007[15]
 Brunei 2.6 2011[1]
 Bulgaria 12.9 2013 (November)[10]
 Burma 5.4 2012[1]
 Cambodia 0 2011[1]
 Cameroon 4.4 (underemployment - 75.8) 30.0[1] (CIA estimate) 2005[16]
 Canada 7.2 2013 (July)[17]
 Cape Verde 13.1 2010 (May)[18]
 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 4.0 (5.5 - 2010 estimate)[19] 2008[20]
 Central African Republic 8.0 2001[1]
 Chad 22.6 2006[21]
 Chile 6.2 2012 (November)[22]
 China, People's Republic of 4,1 2013 (December)[23]
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) 11.3 2006[24]
 Colombia 7.8 2013 (October)[25]
 Comoros 20.0 1996[1]
 Cook Islands 13.1 2005 [1]
 Costa Rica 7.8 2009 (October)[26]
 Croatia 22.4 2014 (March) [10]
 Cuba 3.8 2012[1]
 Cyprus 17.3 2013 (November)[10]
 Czech Republic 6.9 2013 (November)[10]
 Denmark 6.9 2013 (November)[10]
 Djibouti 59.0 2007[1]
 Dominica 23.0 2000[1]
 Dominican Republic 14.4 2010 (April)[27]
 East Timor 20.0 2006
 Ecuador 7.7 2010 (Q2)[28]
 Egypt 8.1 2013 (Q2)[28]
 El Salvador 6.1 2012[1]
 Equatorial Guinea 22.3 2009[1]
 Estonia 10.8 2012 (March)[29]
 European Union 12 2014(January)[30]
 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 5.9 2010 (May)[31]
 Fiji 8.6 2007[32][33]
 Finland 9.1 2014 (March)[10]
 France 10.8 2013 (November)[10]
 French Polynesia (France) 11.7 2007[34]
 Gabon 21.0 2006[1]
 Gaza Strip (Palestine) 37.8 2010[35]
 Georgia 13.7 2014[36]
 Germany 5.2 2013 (November)[10]
 Ghana 3.6 2008 (September)[37]
 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 1.8 2011[38]
 Greece 27.5 2013 (December) [39]
 Greenland (Denmark) 7.8 2009[40]
 Grenada 24.5 2009 (June)[41]
 Guam (United States) 13.3 2013 (March)[42]
 Guatemala 4.1 2011[1]
 Guernsey (United Kingdom) 1.5 2010 (Q2)[43]
 Guyana 9.0 2009 (July)[44]
 Honduras 4.4 2012[1]
 Hong Kong 3.3 2012 (July–September)[45]
 Hungary 8.9 2013 (November) - 2014 (January)[46]
 Iceland 5.4 2013 (November)[10]
 India 8.5 2012 [1]
 Indonesia 6.1 2012 [1]
 Iran 15.5 2012 [1]
 Iraq 16.0 2012 [1]
 Ireland 11.9 2014 (February)[47]
 Isle of Man 1.8 2010 (August)[48]
 Israel 5.9 2013 (October)[49]
 Italy 12.7 2013 (November)[10]
 Jamaica 11.3 2009 (July)[50]
 Japan 3.9 2013 (June)[10]
 Jersey (United Kingdom) 2.7 2009 (July)[51]
 Jordan 11.9 2010 (Q4)[52]
 Kazakhstan 6.1 2010 (May)[53]
 Kenya 42.0 2009[54]
 Kiribati 38.2 2006[55]
 Kosovo (disputed) 45.3 2011[1]
 Kuwait 1.5 2008 (March)[56]
 Kyrgyzstan 8.2 2008[57][58]
 Laos 2.5 2009[1]
 Latvia 12.0 2013 (September)[10]
 Lebanon 10.0 2009 (July)[59]
 Lesotho 42.7 2008[60]
 Libya 13.0 2005 (May)[61]
 Liechtenstein 2.5 2011 (December)[1]
 Lithuania 11.3 2013 (November)[10]
 Luxembourg 6.1 2013 (November)[10]
 Macau (China) 2 2012 [1]
 Macedonia 28.6 2013 (Q4)[62]
 Malaysia 3.0 2011 (October)[63]
 Mali 30.0 2004[1]
 Malta 6.4 2013 (November)[10]
 Marshall Islands 30.9 1999[64]
 Mauritania 30.0 2008[1]
 Mauritius 7.9 2012 (Q13)[65]
 Mayotte (France) 25.4 2005[1]
 Mexico 4.9 2013 (September) [66]
 Federated States of Micronesia 22 2000[67]
 Moldova 9.1 2010 (Q1)[68]
 Monaco 0.0 2011[1]
 Mongolia 12.2 2010 (Q1)[69]
 Montenegro 15.0 2013 (December 30th) [70]
 Montserrat (United Kingdom) 6.0 1998[1]
 Morocco 10.0 2010 (Q1)[71][72]
 Mozambique 60.0 2009
 Namibia 51.2 2008[1]
 Nauru 90.0 2004[1]
   Nepal 46.0 2008[1]
 Netherlands 6.9 2013 (November)[10]
 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 10.0 2008[73]
 New Caledonia (France) 17.1 2004[1]
 New Zealand 6.0 2013 (December quarter)[74]
 Nicaragua 5.9 2009[1]
 Nigeria 9.9 2009 (March)[75]
 North Korea N/A 2012 (April)[1]
 Northern Mariana Islands (United States) 11.2 2010[1]
 Norway 3.5 2013 (August)[76]
 Niue 10.7 2006[77]
 Pakistan 6.0 2012[1]
 Palau 4.2 2005[1]
 Panama 5.6 2011[78]
 Papua New Guinea 1.9 2008[1]
 Paraguay 6.9 2012[1]
 Peru 5.8 2012 (January)[79]
 Philippines 7.3 2013 (September)[80]
 Poland 10.6 2013 (January)[81]
 Portugal 15.5 2013 (November)[10]
 Puerto Rico (United States) 14.7 2013 (November)[82]
 Qatar 0.5 2012[1]
 Romania 7.3 2013 (November)[10]
 Russia 5.2 2013 (May)[83]
 Saint Helena (United Kingdom) 14.0 1998[1]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.1 2006[84]
 Saint Lucia 15.7 2006[85]
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 9.9 2008[1]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.0 2009 (June)[41]
 San Marino 7.0 2012[1]
 Saudi Arabia 12.1 2012[86]
 Senegal 48.0 (30.0 among adults aged 24 and under[87]) 2007[1]
 Serbia 20.1 2013 (December)[88]
 Singapore 1.9 2011 (March)[89]
 Slovakia 14.0 2013 (November)[10]
 Slovenia 9.9 2013 (November)[10]
 South Africa 25.5 2012 (Q3)[90]
 South Korea 2.7 2013 (November)[91]
 Spain 26 2013 (November)[10]
 Sri Lanka 4.2 2012 (Q1)[92]
 Sudan 20.0 2012[1]
 Suriname 9.0 2008[1]
 Swaziland 40.6 2007[93]
 Sweden 8.0 2013 (November)[10]
  Switzerland 3.1 2012 (April)[94]
 Syria 18.0 2012[1]
 Taiwan 4.2 2013 (October)[95]
 Tajikistan 60.0 2008 (August)[96]
 Thailand 0.56 2013 (January)[97]
 The Bahamas 14 2012 [1]
 Tonga 1.1 2006[98]
 Trinidad and Tobago 5.8 2009 (Q3)[28]
 Tunisia 13.3 2009[99]
 Turkey 9.8 2013 (October)[10]
 Turkmenistan 70.0 2008 (November)[100]
 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.4 2007[101]
 Ukraine 9.2 2009 (December)[28]
 United Arab Emirates 4.3 2010[102]
 United Kingdom 7.1 2014 (January)[103]
 United States 6.7 2014 (January)[104]
 Uruguay 5.3 2012 (January)[105]
 Uzbekistan 8.0 2008 (December)[106]
 Vanuatu 78.2 1999[107]
 Venezuela 5.6 2013 (December)[108]
 Vietnam 3.2 2012 (April)[1]
 U.S. Virgin Islands (United States) 13.7 2013 (October)[109]
 Wallis and Futuna (France) 12.2 2008[110]
 West Bank 17.2 2010[111]
 Yemen 35.0 2009 (June)[112]
 Zambia 14.0 2006 [1]
 Zimbabwe 70 2011[113]

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