Country / Region |
Unemployment rate (%) |
Source / date of information |
Afghanistan |
999.0 |
2008 |
Albania |
13.75(official) 28-33(estimate) |
2010 (Q2) |
Algeria |
10.2 |
2009 (Q4) |
American Samoa (United States) |
29.8 |
2005 |
Andorra |
0.0 |
2009 (June) |
Anguilla (United Kingdom) |
7.8 |
2002 (July) |
Antigua and Barbuda |
11.0 |
2001 |
Argentina |
7.0 |
2010 (Q1) |
Armenia |
7.2 |
2010 (April) |
Aruba (Netherlands) |
5.7 |
2007 |
Australia |
5.1 |
2010 (August) |
Austria |
4.3 |
2010 (August) |
Azerbaijan |
6.0 |
2009 |
Bahrain |
3.7 |
2010 (February) |
Bangladesh |
5.0 |
2009 |
Barbados |
9.4 |
2009 (Q4) |
Belarus |
0.9 |
2009 (December) |
Belgium |
8.7 |
2010 (August) |
Belize |
8.2 |
2008 (May) |
Bermuda |
4.5 |
2009 (May) |
Bhutan |
4.0 |
2009 |
Bolivia |
7.4 |
2009 (Q4) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
43.4 20(CIA estimate) |
2010 (August) |
Botswana |
7.5 |
2007 |
Brazil |
5.7 |
2010 (November) |
British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) |
3.1 |
2007 |
Brunei |
3.7 |
2008 |
Bulgaria |
10.1 |
2010 (August) |
Burma |
4.9 |
2009 |
Cambodia |
1.68 |
2008 |
Cameroon |
4.4 (underemployment - 75.8) 30.0(CIA estimate) |
2005 |
Canada |
7.8 |
2011 (January) |
Canary Islands (Spain) |
27.68 |
2010 (Q1) |
Cape Verde |
13.1 |
2010 (May) |
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) |
4.0 (5.5 - 2010 estimate) |
2008 |
Central African Republic |
8.0 |
2001 |
Chile |
7.1 |
2010 (December) |
China, People’s Republic of |
4.1 |
2010 (September) |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) |
60.0 |
2000 |
Colombia |
12.2 |
2010 (April) |
Comoros |
20.0 |
1996 |
Cook Islands (New Zealand) |
13.1 |
2001 |
Costa Rica |
7.8 |
2009 (October) |
Croatia |
11.2 |
2010 (March) |
Cuba |
1.6 |
2009 |
Cyprus |
7.2 |
2010 (August) |
Czech Republic |
7.0 |
2010 (August) |
Denmark |
6.9 |
2010 (August) |
Djibouti |
59.0 |
2007 |
Dominica |
23.0 |
2000 |
Dominican Republic |
14.4 |
2010 (April) |
East Timor |
20.0 |
2006 |
Ecuador |
7.7 |
2010 (Q2) |
Egypt |
9.4 |
2009 (Q4) |
El Salvador |
7.2 |
2009 |
Equatorial Guinea |
30.0 |
1998 |
Estonia |
19.8 |
2010 (May) |
European Union |
9.7 |
2010 (April) |
Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
5.9 |
2010 (May) |
Fiji |
8.6 |
2007 |
Finland |
8.5 |
2010 (August) |
France |
10.1 |
2010 (August) |
French Polynesia (France) |
11.7 |
2007 |
Gabon |
21.0 |
2006 |
Gaza Strip |
7.8 |
2010 (March) |
Georgia |
16.9 |
2009 |
Germany |
6.7 |
2010 (September) |
Ghana |
3.6 |
2008 (September) |
Gibraltar (United Kingdom) |
3.3 |
2005 |
Greece |
11 |
2010 (March) |
Greenland (Denmark) |
7.8 |
2009 |
Grenada |
24.5 |
2009 (June) |
Guam (United States) |
9.6 |
2010 (August) |
Guatemala |
3.2 |
2005 |
Guernsey (United Kingdom) |
1.5 |
2010 (Q2) |
Guyana |
9.0 |
2009 (July) |
Honduras |
27.8 |
2007 |
Hong Kong (China) |
4.0 |
2010 (Dec) |
Hungary |
10.9 |
2010 (August) |
Iceland |
7.6 |
2010 (June) |
India |
10.07 |
2009 |
Indonesia |
7.14 |
2010 (February) |
Iran |
14.6 |
2009 (Q3) |
Iraq |
18.0 |
2009 (February) |
Ireland |
13.9 |
2010 (August) |
Isle of Man |
1.8 |
2010 (August) |
Israel |
6.5 |
2010 (May) |
Italy |
8.2 |
2010 (August) |
Jamaica |
11.3 |
2009 (July) |
Japan |
5.1 |
2010 (August) |
Jersey (United Kingdom) |
2.7 |
2009 (July) |
Jordan |
11.9 |
2010 (Q4) |
Kazakhstan |
6.1 |
2010 (May) |
Kenya |
40.0 |
2009 |
Kiribati |
38.2 |
2006 |
Kosovo |
73 |
2010 |
Kuwait |
1.5 |
2008 (March) |
Kyrgyzstan |
8.2 |
2008 |
Laos |
2.5 |
2009 |
Latvia |
14.4 |
2011 (January) |
Lebanon |
10.0 |
2009 (July) |
Lesotho |
22.7 |
2008 |
Liberia |
85.0; 88% among young Liberians |
2009 (July) |
Libya |
13.0 |
2005 (May) |
Liechtenstein |
1.5 |
2007 (December) |
Lithuania |
13.4 |
2010 (April) |
Luxembourg |
5.0 |
2010 (August) |
Macau (China) |
3.0 |
2010 (April) |
Macedonia |
32.2 |
2009 |
Malaysia |
3.2 |
2010 (April) |
Mali |
30.0 |
2004 |
Malta |
6.2 |
2010 (August) |
Marshall Islands |
30.9 |
1999 |
Mauritania |
30.0 |
2008 |
Mauritius |
8.4 |
2010 (Q1) |
Mayotte (France) |
25.4 |
2005 |
Mexico |
5.5 |
2010 (April) |
Federated States of Micronesia |
22.0 |
2000 |
Moldova |
9.1 |
2010 (Q1) |
Monaco |
0.0 |
2005 |
Mongolia |
12.2 |
2010 (Q1) |
Montenegro |
20.3 |
2009 (Q4) |
Montserrat (United Kingdom) |
6.0 |
1998 |
Morocco |
10.0 |
2010 (Q1) |
Mozambique |
60.0 |
2009 |
Namibia |
51.2 |
2008 |
Nauru |
90.0 |
2004 |
Nepal |
46.0 |
2008 |
Netherlands |
4.8 |
2010 (December) |
Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) |
10.0 |
2008 |
New Caledonia (France) |
17.1 |
2004 |
New Zealand |
6.8 |
2010 (June) |
Nicaragua |
5.9 |
2009 |
Nigeria |
19.7 |
2009 (March) |
Norway |
3.1 |
2010 (May) |
Niue (New Zealand) |
10.7 |
2006 |
Pakistan |
3.8 (official) 4 (estimate) |
2008 |
Palau |
4.2 |
2005 |
Panama |
7.1 |
2009 |
Papua New Guinea |
1.8 |
2004 |
Paraguay |
7.9 |
2009 |
Peru |
7.7 |
2010 (May) |
Philippines |
8.0 |
2010 (April) |
Poland |
9.4 |
2010 (August)) |
Portugal |
10.7 |
2010 (August) |
Puerto Rico (United States) |
15.6 |
2010 (August) |
Qatar |
0.5 |
2009 |
Romania |
8.36 |
2010 (March) |
Russia |
9.2 |
2010 (January) |
Saint Helena (United Kingdom) |
14.0 |
1998 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
4.5 |
1997 |
Saint Lucia |
15.7 |
2006 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
10.3 |
1999 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
18.0 |
2009 (June) |
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