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Country | Unemployment rate (%)
Afghanistan | 40% (2005 est.)
Albania | 14.3% official rate, but may exceed 30% (2005 est.)
Algeria | 22.5% (2005 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 | 11.1% (September 2005)
Armenia | 31.6% (2004 est.)
Aruba | 7.3% (2004 est.)
Australia | 5.2% (2005 est.)
Austria | 5.1% (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan | 1.2% official rate (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The | 10.2% (2005 est.)
Bahrain | 15% (2005 est.)
Bangladesh | 2.5% (includes underemployment) (2005 est.)
Barbados | 10.7% (2003 est.)
Belarus | 1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2005)
Belgium | 8.4% (2005 est.)
Belize | 12.9% (2003)
Benin | NA%
Bermuda | 2.1% (2004 est.)
Bhutan | NA%
Bolivia | 8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.5% official rate; grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to 25-30% (31 December 2004 est.)
Botswana | 23.8% (2004)
Brazil | 9.9% (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 3% (1995)
Brunei | 4.8% (2004)
Bulgaria | 11.5% (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso | NA%
Burma | 5% (2005 est.)
Burundi | NA%
Cambodia | 2.5% (2000 est.)
Cameroon | 30% (2001 est.)
Canada | 6.8% (2005 est.)
Cape Verde | 21% (2000 est.)
Cayman Islands | 4.1% (1997)
Central African Republic | 8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)
Chad | NA%
Chile | 8% (2005 est.)
China | 4.2% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2004; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas; an official Chinese journal estimated overall unemployment (including rural areas) for 2003 at 20% (2004)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 60% (2000 est.)
Colombia | 10.2% (2005)
Comoros | 20% (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | NA%
Congo, Republic of the | NA%
Cook Islands | 13% (1996)
Costa Rica | 6.6% (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 13% in urban areas (1998)
Croatia | 18.7% official rate; labor force surveys indicate unemployment around 14% (December 2004 est.)
Cuba | 1.9% (2005 est.)
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 3.8% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 5.6% (2004 est.)
Czech Republic | 9.1% (2005 est.)
Denmark | 5.5% (2005 est.)
Djibouti | 50% (2004 est.)
Dominica | 23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic | 17% (2005 est.)
East Timor | 50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.)
Ecuador | 9.7% official rate; but underemployment of 47% (November 2005 est.)
Egypt | 10% (2005 est.)
El Salvador | 6.5% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 30% (1998 est.)
Eritrea | NA%
Estonia | 9.2% (2005 est.)
Ethiopia | NA%
European Union | 9.4% (2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | full employment; labor shortage (2001)
Faroe Islands | 1% (October 2000)
Fiji | 7.6% (1999)
Finland | 7.9% (2005 est.)
France | 10% (2005 est.)
French Guiana | 22% (2001)
French Polynesia | 11.8% (1994)
Gabon | 21% (1997 est.)
Gambia, The | NA%
Gaza Strip | 31% (includes West Bank) (January-September 2005 avg.)
Georgia | 12.6% (2004 est.)
Germany | 11.6% (2005 est.)
Ghana | 20% (1997 est.)
Gibraltar | 2% (2001 est.)
Greece | 10.8% (2005 est.)
Greenland | 10% (2000 est.)
Grenada | 12.5% (2000)
Guadeloupe | 27.8% (1998)
Guam | 11.4% (2002 est.)
Guatemala | 7.5% (2003 est.)
Guernsey | 0.5% (1999 est.)
Guinea | NA%
Guinea-Bissau | NA%
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% (2005 est.)
Hong Kong | 5.8% (December 2005)
Hungary | 7.1% (2005 est.)
Iceland | 2.1% (2005 est.)
India | 9.9% (2005 est.)
Indonesia | 10.9% (2005 est.)
Iran | 11.2% (2004 est.)
Iraq | 25% to 30% (2005 est.)
Ireland | 4.2% (2005 est.)
Isle of Man | 0.6% (2004 est.)
Israel | 8.9% (2005 est.)
Italy | 7.9% (2005 est.)
Jamaica | 11.5% (2005 est.)
Japan | 4.3% (2005 est.)
Jersey | 0.9% (2004 est.)
Jordan | 12.5% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2004 est.)
Kazakhstan | 7.6% (2005 est.)
Kenya | 40% (2001 est.)
Kiribati | 2% official rate; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
Korea, North | NA%
Korea, South | 3.7% (2005 est.)
Kuwait | 2.2% (2004 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 18% (2004 est.)
Laos | 5.7% (1997 est.)
Latvia | 8.8% (2005 est.)
Lebanon | 18% (1997 est.)
Lesotho | 45% (2002)
Liberia | 85% (2003 est.)
Libya | 30% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein | 1.3% (September 2002)
Lithuania | 5.3% (2005 est.)
Luxembourg | 4.9% (2005 est.)
Macau | 4.1% (3rd Quarter 2005)
Macedonia | 38% (2005 est.)
Malawi | NA%
Malaysia | 3.6% (2005 est.)
Maldives | NEGL% (2003 est.)
Mali | 14.6% (2001 est.)
Malta | 7.8% (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands | 30.9% (1999 est.)
Martinique | 27.2% (1998)
Mauritania | 20% (2004 est.)
Mauritius | 10.5% (2005 est.)
Mayotte | 38% (1999)
Mexico | 3.6% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 16% (1999 est.)
Moldova | 8%; note - roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2002 est.)
Monaco | 22% (1999)
Mongolia | 6.7% (2003)
Montserrat | 6% (1998 est.)
Morocco | 10.5% (2005 est.)
Mozambique | 21% (1997 est.)
Namibia | 35% (1998)
Nauru | 90% (2004 est.)
Nepal | 42% (2004 est.)
Netherlands | 6.5% (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | 17% (2002 est.)
New Caledonia | 19% (1996)
New Zealand | 4% (2005 est.)
Nicaragua | 6.9% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2005 est.)
Niger | NA%
Nigeria | 2.9% (2005 est.)
Niue | NA%
Norfolk Island | 0%
Northern Mariana Islands | NA%
Norway | 4.2% (2005 est.)
Oman | 15% (2004 est.)
Pakistan | 6.6% plus substantial underemployment (2005 est.)
Palau | 2.3% (2000 est.)
Panama | 8.7% (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea | up to 80% in urban areas (2005)
Paraguay | 16% (2005 est.)
Peru | 8.7% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2005 est.)
Philippines | 12.2% (2005 est.)
Poland | 18.3% (2005 est.)
Portugal | 7.3% (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico | 12% (2002)
Qatar | 2.7% (2001)
Reunion | 36% (1999 est.)
Romania | 5.5% (2005 est.)
Russia | 7.6% plus considerable underemployment (2005 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%
San Marino | 2.6% (2001)
Sao Tome and Principe | NA%
Saudi Arabia | 13% male only (local bank estimate; some estimates range as high as 25%) (2004 est.)
Senegal | 48%; note - urban youth 40% (2001 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | 31.6%; note - unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2005 est.)
Seychelles | NA%
Sierra Leone | NA%
Singapore | 3.3% (2005 est.)
Slovakia | 11.4% (2005 est.)
Slovenia | 9.8% (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands | NA%
Somalia | NA%
South Africa | 25.2% (2005 est.)
Spain | 10.1% (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka | 8.4% (2005 est.)
Sudan | 18.7% (2002 est.)
Suriname | 9.5% (2004)
Swaziland | 40% (2005 est.)
Sweden | 6% (2005 est.)
Switzerland | 3.8% (2005 est.)
Syria | 12.3% (2004 est.)
Taiwan | 4.2% (2005 est.)
Tajikistan | 12% (2004 est.)
Tanzania | NA%
Thailand | 1.4% (September 2005)
Togo | NA%
Tokelau | NA%
Tonga | 13% (FY03/04 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 8% (2005 est.)
Tunisia | 13.5% (2005 est.)
Turkey | 10% plus underemployment of 4% (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan | 60% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 10% (1997 est.)
Tuvalu | NA%
Uganda | NA%
Ukraine | 2.9% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is around 9-10% (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 2.4% (2001)
United Kingdom | 4.7% (2005 est.)
United States | 5.1% (2005 est.)
Uruguay | 12.5% (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan | 0.7% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2005 est.)
Vanuatu | NA%
Venezuela | 12.3% (2005 est.)
Vietnam | 5.5% (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands | 9.3% (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | NA%
West Bank | 19.9% (includes Gaza Strip) (January-September 2005)
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 | 80% (2005 est.)

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