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Uzbekistan

0.6% unemployment for Uzbekistan is pure vandalism. The Uzbekistan wiki page itself cites an unemployment rate of 20%.

On other wiki lists, the country is said to have a 99.3% literacy rate, and to be one of the most egalitarian nations in the world.


—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 140.180.132.35 (talkcontribs) 08:36, 3 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Japan

I've updated the unemployment statistics and ranking for Japan based on a statistics bureau estimation. --Pavithran 01:23, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All CIA misquotes

Just a new thought. As we have the web why not get the unemployment figures from the governmental statistical agencies rather than some pie in the sky secondary source. ie Chinas rural unemployment is something like 30% so how can it have a overall estimation of about 5-9?? even the Chinese SSB who cooks there own books doesnt put it this low. Or maybe it is the real CIA??!! and then we know we have a conspiracy.

According to the Chinese government, the unemployment rate in the whole country is 15%, which means that it's probably much higher than that, but certainly not lower. -The monkeyhate 16:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]


The Figures provieded by national govenments cannot easily be compared, becasue different countries use different ways to define unemployment. It makes thus sense to take as many rates as possible from a single source unless one can verify how figures are computed.134.105.168.67 12:09, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Canada

There was a severe discrepency in Canada's unemployment rate (CIA noted it as 6.8 and Statistics Canada notes it as 6.1) so I updated it with reference. This does through out of line the rankings. Maybe someone could invest the time in updating these rankings? Jeff 14:37, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

United States

Out of curiosity, does anyone know why the United States is ranked at (by entity) 48, with an unemployment rate of 4.90%, when Mali, with an unemployment rate of 5.30% is at 47? Has the USA been misplaced? All the other countries are set out in the correct order of unemployment rates. Also, on the unemployment page it states that the US unemployment rate is 5.0%. Bgh251f2 13:40, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

1.5% of the U.S. working population is incarcerated. 4.9+1.5=6.4% unemployment.

Looking at the history of this article, it seems that the original source (CIA World Factbook) said 5.5% (which it probably was in 2004), but someone later changed the figure to reflect more recent unemployment rates of the US. This begs the question, which one should we put? Both have their advantages: 5.5% is the number found in the original source, but ~4.9% is probably closer to the current US unemployment rate of today, not 2004. Any thoughts? --jonsafari 06:12, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
There have been a number of accuracy problems with the CIA world factbook. So it is useful only as a convenient starting point to build the list; and if there are more authoritative sources, they should be used instead. I have replaced the US figure to 5.00, based on Dept. of Labor figure and provided a link to the source. As for Nauru, I still couldn't find a good source for its unemployment rate. --Vsion 17:58, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Kiribati

Why is Kiribati listed as both 8th (sovereign) at 2.00% and at 57th (sovereign) at 70.00% unemployment? --jonsafari 23:42, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

the later entry is removed, thanks. --Vsion 22:09, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nauru

Nauru is at the very bottom of this list with a stunning 90% unemployment but according to the Economy_of_Nauru article the unemployment rate is close to zero. 213.114.244.151 17:29, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

South Korea

South korean labor department said that unemployment rate in age of 20s and 30s are over 20%. This stats shows south korean economy is the worst since 1980s.

Many of economist said, as long as the ruling political party puesues social democratic economic policies, the ecomomic situation will get worse.

Mexico

I find Mexico's low unemployment rate to be unbelievable. Why do they pour across the border for US jobs? This list is VERY unreliable.

Yea, I agree with you, I love my country but I don't believe this statistics, I think that the goverment is lying.

I agree too. Do they get these numbers from the government of each country?

Mexico has a low unemployment rate because mexicans try harder and are more willing to work than the rest of us, exemplified by their excursions across the border.

Mexico has jobs but they have a low minimum wage 48 poesos a day. Thats why they pour across the border for US jobs. So they can make 5 dollars an hour instead of a day. Mexico city is the largest city in the world so there are jobs in mexico.

Mexico IS NOT the largest city in the world. That statement is so false as the low unemployment. IS Not the largest by population, Area or density. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_population

Why mexicans keep saying that ?

EU

Removed EU, not a country.--Numerousfalx 23:27, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is an entity though - User:Dalta

Other countries

I'm sorry, but I can't believe that the economies of Uzbekistan, Cuba and Myanmar are really between the 20 most successful in the field of unemployment's rate. I rather think that theirs leaders are lying. I think this category of list is very interesting, but I propose that its sources should be changed, or fostered. For instance, the data of ONGs, ONU and other more or less neutral organizations should be considered.

I agree. Thought may be the definition of "having a job" may varies between countries. Tttrung 10:10, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Why can't you believe it? Do you think the USA walks on water or something? Don't believe everything your right-wing, imperialist government tells you. Cuba is a socialist state and the state is a major employer meaning that more people can be employed unlike in the USA where employees are considered expendable because of your neocon politics. Oh, I'm not Cuban but British and have tried to understand w=for years what the USA's problem with Cuba really is. Could it be that they have higher standards of living, lower crime and better longivity and healthcare than most of the Western world? Xania 23:28, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Xania, please consider that Cuba has a GDP/capita of ~$3K (PPP adjusted). As for life expectancy, Cuba is ranked slightly below Western Europe and the US. The HDI for Cuba is lower as well. More importantly, I don't know of any country in the western world that thousands of people have died trying to escape. Must be that "higher standard of living" that's making them risk their lives sailing on flimsy rafts.. Algorythmic 12:08, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Zealand

In the election last year in New Zealand, the current prime minister Helen Clark used New Zealand's current 'lowest unemployment rate in the OECD' as something to gather in votes. From sources, it seems that New Zealand has the lowest unemployment rate closley followed by South Korea.

Iraq

I heard report that Iraq's unemployment rate is around 50%.

Dates

If more recent information is available for individual entries, which is probably the case with many of the 2004 estimates, should the new information replace the CIA information for the sake of up-to-dateness, or should the list stay as it is – until the next World Factbook is published – for the sake of comparability?

May monthly unemployment rates be given if they are newer than yearly rates? If so, should we use seasonally adjusted rates (for the sake of comparability to other entries' yearly rates) or unadjusted rates? Wikipeditor 03:48, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As was discussed above in the United States section, it seems reasonable to use more recent information as long as it's relatively reliable. Your second question concerning seasonal fluxuation is interesting, and merits further discussion. –jonsafari 05:08, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Unemployment figures for Germany are available here. I just don't know how to sort the table.