Country
|
Unemployment rate (%)
|
Afghanistan
|
NA (2003)
|
Albania
|
15.8% officially; may be as high as 30% (2003 est.)
|
Algeria
|
26.2% (2003 est.)
|
American Samoa
|
6% (2000)
|
Andorra
|
0% (1996 est.)
|
Angola
|
extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2001 est.)
|
Anguilla
|
6.7% (2001)
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
11% (2001 est.)
|
Argentina
|
17.3% (2003)
|
Armenia
|
20% (2001 est.)
|
Aruba
|
0.6% (2003 est.)
|
Australia
|
6% (2003)
|
Austria
|
4.4% (2003 est.)
|
Azerbaijan
|
1.1% (official rate is 1.2%) (2003 est.)
|
Bahamas, The
|
6.9% (2001 est.)
|
Bahrain
|
15% (1998 est.)
|
Bangladesh
|
40% (includes underemployment) (2002 est.)
|
Barbados
|
10.7% (2003 est.)
|
Belarus
|
2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers (2003 est.)
|
Belgium
|
8.1% (2003 est.)
|
Belize
|
9.1% (2002)
|
Benin
|
NA
|
Bermuda
|
5% (2002 est.)
|
Bhutan
|
NA
|
Bolivia
|
11.7%
note: widespread underemployment (2003)
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
40% (2002 est.)
|
Botswana
|
40% (official rate is 21%) (2001 est.)
|
Brazil
|
12.3% (2003 est.)
|
British Virgin Islands
|
3% (1995)
|
Brunei
|
10% (2001 est.)
|
Bulgaria
|
14.3% (2003)
|
Burkina Faso
|
NA
|
Burma
|
4.2% (2003)
|
Burundi
|
NA
|
Cambodia
|
2.5% (2000 est.)
|
Cameroon
|
30% (2001 est.)
|
Canada
|
7.8% (2003 est.)
|
Cape Verde
|
21% (2000 est.)
|
Cayman Islands
|
4.1% (1997)
|
Central African Republic
|
8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)
|
Chad
|
NA (2000)
|
Chile
|
8.5% (2003 est.)
|
China
|
10.1% urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2003 est.)
|
Christmas Island
|
NA
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
60% (2000 est.)
|
Colombia
|
14.2% (2003 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
|
6.7% (2003 est.)
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
13% in urban areas (1998)
|
Croatia
|
19.5% (2003)
|
Cuba
|
2.6% (2003 est.)
|
Cyprus
|
Republic of Cyprus: 3.4%; north Cyprus: 5.6% (2003 est.)
|
Czech Republic
|
9.9% (2003)
|
Denmark
|
6.1% (2003)
|
Djibouti
|
50% (2000 est.)
|
Dominica
|
23% (2000 est.)
|
Dominican Republic
|
16.5% (2003 est.)
|
East Timor
|
50% (including underemployment) (1992 est.)
|
Ecuador
|
9.8%; note - underemployment of 47% (2003 est.)
|
Egypt
|
9.9% (2003 est.)
|
El Salvador
|
6.5% - but the economy has much underemployment (2003 est.)
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
30% (1998 est.)
|
Eritrea
|
NA (2003 est.)
|
Estonia
|
10.1% (2003)
|
Ethiopia
|
NA (2002)
|
European Union
|
9.1% (2004 est.)
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
full employment; labor shortage (2001)
|
Faroe Islands
|
1% (October 2000)
|
Fiji
|
7.6% (1999)
|
Finland
|
9% (2003 est.)
|
France
|
9.7% (2003 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
|
10.5% (2003 est.)
|
Ghana
|
20% (1997 est.)
|
Gibraltar
|
2% (2001 est.)
|
Greece
|
9.4% (2003 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
|
27.5% (2003 est.)
|
Hong Kong
|
7.9% (2003)
|
Hungary
|
5.9% (2003 est.)
|
Iceland
|
3.4% (2003 est.)
|
India
|
9.5% (2003)
|
Indonesia
|
8.7% (2003 est.)
|
Iran
|
15.7% (2002 est.)
|
Iraq
|
NA (2003 est.)
|
Ireland
|
4.7% (2003 est.)
|
Israel
|
10.7% (2003 est.)
|
Italy
|
8.6% (2003 est.)
|
Jamaica
|
15.9% (2003 est.)
|
Japan
|
5.3% (2003)
|
Jersey
|
0.7% (1998 est.)
|
Jordan
|
16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.)
|
Kazakhstan
|
8.8% (2003 est.)
|
Kenya
|
40% (2001 est.)
|
Kiribati
|
2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
|
Korea, North
|
NA (2003)
|
Korea, South
|
3.4% (2003 est.)
|
Kuwait
|
2.1% (2003 est.)
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
7.2% (1999 est.)
|
Laos
|
5.7% (1997 est.)
|
Latvia
|
8.6% (2003 est.)
|
Lebanon
|
18% (1997 est.)
|
Lesotho
|
45% (2002)
|
Liberia
|
85% (2003 est.)
|
Libya
|
30% (2001)
|
Liechtenstein
|
1.3% (September 2002)
|
Lithuania
|
10.3% (2003 est.)
|
Luxembourg
|
3.6% (2003 est.)
|
Macau
|
6.3% (2003)
|
Macedonia
|
36.7% (2003 est.)
|
Madagascar
|
5.9% (1998)
|
Malawi
|
NA (2003 est.)
|
Malaysia
|
3.6% (2003 est.)
|
Maldives
|
NEGL% (2003 est.)
|
Mali
|
14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.)
|
Malta
|
7% (2003 est.)
|
Man, Isle of
|
0.7% (March 2003)
|
Marshall Islands
|
30.9% (1999 est.)
|
Martinique
|
27.2% (1998)
|
Mauritania
|
21% (1999 est.)
|
Mauritius
|
9.8% (2003 est.)
|
Mayotte
|
38% (1999)
|
Mexico
|
3.3% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2003)
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
16% (1999 est.)
|
Moldova
|
8% (roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad) (2002 est.)
|
Monaco
|
3.1% (1998)
|
Mongolia
|
4.6% (2001)
|
Montserrat
|
6% (1998 est.)
|
Morocco
|
19% (2003 est.)
|
Mozambique
|
21% (1997 est.)
|
Namibia
|
35% (1998)
|
Nauru
|
0% (2002 est.)
|
Nepal
|
47% (2001 est.)
|
Netherlands
|
5.3% (2003 est.)
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
15.6% (2002 est.)
|
New Caledonia
|
19% (1996)
|
New Zealand
|
4.7% (2003 est.)
|
Nicaragua
|
22% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.)
|
Niger
|
NA (2002 est.)
|
Nigeria
|
NA (2003 est.)
|
Niue
|
NA (March 1999)
|
Norfolk Island
|
NA
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
NA
|
Norway
|
4.7% (2003 est.)
|
Oman
|
NA
|
Pakistan
|
7.7% plus substantial underemployment (2003 est.)
|
Palau
|
2.3% (2000 est.)
|
Panama
|
13.8% (2003 est.)
|
Papua New Guinea
|
NA
|
Paraguay
|
18.5% (2003 est.)
|
Peru
|
9.7%; widespread underemployment (2003 est.)
|
Philippines
|
11.4% (2003)
|
Pitcairn Islands
|
NA
|
Poland
|
20% (2003)
|
Portugal
|
6.4% (2003 est.)
|
Puerto Rico
|
12% (2002)
|
Qatar
|
2.7% (2001)
|
Reunion
|
36% (1999 est.)
|
Romania
|
7.2% (2003)
|
Russia
|
8.5% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.)
|
Rwanda
|
NA
|
Saint Helena
|
14% (1998 est.)
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
4.5% (1997)
|
Saint Lucia
|
16.5% (1997 est.)
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
9.8% (1997)
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
22% (1997 est.)
|
Samoa
|
NA%; note - substantial underemployment
|
San Marino
|
2.6% (2001)
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
NA
|
Saudi Arabia
|
25% (2003)
|
Senegal
|
48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
34.5% (2003 est.)
|
Seychelles
|
NA
|
Sierra Leone
|
NA
|
Singapore
|
4.8% (2003 est.)
|
Slovakia
|
15.2% (2003 est.)
|
Slovenia
|
11.2% (2003 est.)
|
Solomon Islands
|
NA
|
Somalia
|
NA
|
South Africa
|
31% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2003 est.)
|
Spain
|
11.3% (2003 est.)
|
Sri Lanka
|
8.4% (2003)
|
Sudan
|
18.7% (2002 est.)
|
Suriname
|
17% (2000)
|
Swaziland
|
34% (2000 est.)
|
Sweden
|
4.9% (2003 est.)
|
Switzerland
|
3.7% (2003 est.)
|
Syria
|
20% (2002 est.)
|
Taiwan
|
5% (2003 est.)
|
Tajikistan
|
40% (2002 est.)
|
Tanzania
|
NA
|
Thailand
|
2.2% (2003 est.)
|
Togo
|
NA (2003 est.)
|
Tokelau
|
NA
|
Tonga
|
13.3% (1996 est.)
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
10.4% (2003)
|
Tunisia
|
14.3% (2003 est.)
|
Turkey
|
10.5% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2003 est.)
|
Turkmenistan
|
NA
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
10% (1997 est.)
|
Tuvalu
|
NA
|
Uganda
|
NA (2002 est.)
|
Ukraine
|
3.7% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (2003)
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2.4% (2001)
|
United Kingdom
|
5% (2003 est.)
|
United States
|
6% (2003)
|
Uruguay
|
16% (2003)
|
Uzbekistan
|
0.5% plus another 20% underemployed (2003)
|
Vanuatu
|
NA
|
Venezuela
|
18% (2003 est.)
|
Vietnam
|
6.1% (2003 est.)
|
Virgin Islands
|
9.3% (2003 est.)
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
NA
|
West Bank
|
50% (includes Gaza Strip) (2002 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.)
|