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Country | Unemployment rate (%)
Afghanistan | NA
Albania | 14.8% officially; may be as high as 30% (2001 est.)
Algeria | 25.4% (2004 est.)
American Samoa | 6% (2000)
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 | 14.8% (2004 est.)
Armenia | 30% (2003 est.)
Aruba | 0.6% (2003 est.)
Australia | 5.1% (December 2004 est.)
Austria | 4.4% (2004 est.)
Azerbaijan | 1.2% (official rate) (2004 est.)
Bahamas, The | 10.2% (2004 est.)
Bahrain | 15% (1998 est.)
Bangladesh | 40% (includes underemployment) (2004 est.)
Barbados | 10.7% (2003 est.)
Belarus | 2% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2004)
Belgium | 12% (first half, 2004)
Belize | 12.9% (2003)
Benin | NA
Bermuda | 5% (2002 est.)
Bhutan | NA
Bolivia | 9.2% in urban areas note: widespread underemployment (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44% officially; however, grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to near 20% (2004 est.)
Botswana | 23.8% (2004 est.)
Brazil | 11.5% (2004 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 3% (1995)
Brunei | 3.2% (2002 est.)
Bulgaria | 12.7% (2004 est.)
Burkina Faso | NA%
Burma | 5.2% (2004 est.)
Burundi | NA
Cambodia | 2.5% (2000 est.)
Cameroon | 30% (2001 est.)
Canada | 7% (2004)
Cape Verde | 21% (2000 est.)
Cayman Islands | 4.1% (1997)
Central African Republic | 8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)
Chad | NA
Chile | 8.5% (2004 est.)
China | 9.8% in urban areas; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas; an official Chinese journal estimated overall unemployment (including rural areas) for 2003 at 20% (2004 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 60% (2000 est.)
Colombia | 13.6% (2004 est.)
Comoros | 20% (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | NA (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | NA (2003)
Cook Islands | 13% (1996)
Costa Rica | 6.6% (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 13% in urban areas (1998)
Croatia | 13.8% (2004 est.)
Cuba | 2.5% (2004 est.)
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 3.2%; north Cyprus: 5.6% (2004 est.)
Czech Republic | 10.6% (2004 est.)
Denmark | 6.2% (2004 est.)
Djibouti | 50% (2004 est.)
Dominica | 23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic | 17% (2004 est.)
East Timor | 50% (including underemployment) (1992 est.)
Ecuador | 11.1%; note - underemployment of 47% (2004 est.)
Egypt | 10.9% (2004 est.)
El Salvador | 6.3% - but the economy has much underemployment (2004 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 30% (1998 est.)
Eritrea | NA (2003 est.)
Estonia | 9.6% (2004 est.)
Ethiopia | NA (2002)
European Union | 9.5% (2004 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | full employment; labor shortage (2001)
Faroe Islands | 1% (October 2000)
Fiji | 7.6% (1999)
Finland | 8.9% (2004 est.)
France | 10.1% (2004 est.)
French Guiana | 22% (2001)
French Polynesia | 11.8% (1994)
Gabon | 21% (1997 est.)
Gambia, The | NA (2002 est.)
Gaza Strip | 50% (includes West Bank) (2003 est.)
Georgia | 17% (2001 est.)
Germany | 10.6% (2004 est.)
Ghana | 20% (1997 est.)
Gibraltar | 2% (2001 est.)
Greece | 10% (2004 est.)
Greenland | 10% (2000 est.)
Grenada | 12.5% (2000)
Guadeloupe | 27.8% (1998)
Guam | 15% (2000 est.)
Guatemala | 7.5% (2003 est.)
Guernsey | 0.5% (1999 est.)
Guinea | NA (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | NA (1998)
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 | 28.5% (2004 est.)
Hong Kong | 6.7% (2004 est.)
Hungary | 5.9% (2004 est.)
Iceland | 3.1% (2004 est.)
India | 9.2% (2004 est.)
Indonesia | 9.2% (2004 est.)
Iran | 11.2% (2004 est.)
Iraq | 25% to 30% (2004 est.)
Ireland | 4.3% (2004 est.)
Israel | 10.7% (2004 est.)
Italy | 8.6% (2004 est.)
Jamaica | 15% (2004 est.)
Japan | 4.7% (2004 est.)
Jersey | 0.9% (2004 est.)
Jordan | 15% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2004 est.)
Kazakhstan | 8% (2004 est.)
Kenya | 40% (2001 est.)
Kiribati | 2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
Korea, North | NA (2003)
Korea, South | 3.6% (2004 est.)
Kuwait | 2.2% (2004 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 18% (2004 est.)
Laos | 5.7% (1997 est.)
Latvia | 8.8% (2004 est.)
Lebanon | 18% (1997 est.)
Lesotho | 45% (2002)
Liberia | 85% (2003 est.)
Libya | 30% (2004)
Liechtenstein | 1.3% (September 2002)
Lithuania | 8% (2004 est.)
Luxembourg | 4.5% (December, 2004 est.)
Macau | 4.7% (3rd Quarter, 2004)
Macedonia | 37.7% (3rd quarter, 2004 est.)
Malawi | NA (2003 est.)
Malaysia | 3% (2004 est.)
Maldives | NEGL% (2003 est.)
Mali | 14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.)
Malta | 7% (2003 est.)
Man, Isle of | 0.6% (2004 est.)
Marshall Islands | 30.9% (1999 est.)
Martinique | 27.2% (1998)
Mauritania | 20% (2004 est.)
Mauritius | 10.8% (2004 est.)
Mayotte | 38% (1999)
Mexico | 3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2004 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 16% (1999 est.)
Moldova | 8% (roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad) (2002 est.)
Monaco | 22% (1999)
Mongolia | 6.7% (2003)
Montserrat | 6% (1998 est.)
Morocco | 12.1% (2004 est.)
Mozambique | 21% (1997 est.)
Namibia | 35% (1998)
Nauru | 90% (2004 est.)
Nepal | 47% (2001 est.)
Netherlands | 6% (2004 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | 15.6% (2002 est.)
New Caledonia | 19% (1996)
New Zealand | 4.2% (2004 est.)
Nicaragua | 7.8% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2003 est.)
Niger | NA (2002 est.)
Nigeria | NA
Niue | NA
Norfolk Island | 0%
Northern Mariana Islands | NA
Norway | 4.3% (2004 est.)
Oman | 15% (2004 est.)
Pakistan | 8.3% plus substantial underemployment (2004 est.)
Palau | 2.3% (2000 est.)
Panama | 12.6% (2004 est.)
Papua New Guinea | NA
Paraguay | 15.1% (2004 est.)
Peru | 9.6% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2004 est.)
Philippines | 11.7% (2004 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | NA
Poland | 19.5% (2004 est.)
Portugal | 6.5% (2004 est.)
Puerto Rico | 12% (2002)
Qatar | 2.7% (2001)
Reunion | 36% (1999 est.)
Romania | 6.3% (2004 est.)
Russia | 8.3% plus considerable underemployment (2004 est.)
Rwanda | NA
Saint Helena | 14% (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.5% (1997)
Saint Lucia | 20% (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 9.8% (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15% (2001 est.)
Samoa | NA; note - substantial underemployment
San Marino | 2.6% (2001)
Sao Tome and Principe | NA
Saudi Arabia | 25% (unofficial estimate) (2004 est.)
Senegal | 48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | 30% note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2004 est.)
Seychelles | NA
Sierra Leone | NA
Singapore | 3.4% (2004 est.)
Slovakia | 13.1% (31 December 2004 est.)
Slovenia | 6.4% (2004 est.)
Solomon Islands | NA%
Somalia | NA
South Africa | 26.2% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2004 est.)
Spain | 10.4% (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka | 7.8% (2004 est.)
Sudan | 18.7% (2002 est.)
Suriname | 17% (2000)
Swaziland | 34% (2000 est.)
Sweden | 5.6% (2004 est.)
Switzerland | 3.4% (2004 est.)
Syria | 20% (2002 est.)
Taiwan | 4.5% (2004 est.)
Tajikistan | 40% (2002 est.)
Tanzania | NA
Thailand | 1.5% (November 2004 est.)
Togo | NA (2003 est.)
Tokelau | NA%
Tonga | 13.3% (1996 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 10.4% (2004 est.)
Tunisia | 13.8% (2004 est.)
Turkey | 9.3% (plus underemployment of 4.0%) (2004 est.)
Turkmenistan | 60% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 10% (1997 est.)
Tuvalu | NA%
Uganda | NA (2002 est.)
Ukraine | 3.5% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is around 9-10 percent (2004 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 2.4% (2001)
United Kingdom | 4.8% (2004 est.)
United States | 5.5% (2004 est.)
Uruguay | 13% (2004 est.)
Uzbekistan | 0.6% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2004 est.)
Vanuatu | NA%
Venezuela | 17.1% (2004 est.)
Vietnam | 1.9% (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands | 9.3% (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | NA%
West Bank | 27.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2004 est.)
Western Sahara | NA
World | 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment
Yemen | 35% (2003 est.)
Zambia | 50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe | 70% (2002 est.)

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