Unemployment rate - The World Factbook - CIA

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This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.

Rank	Country	(%)
Unemployment rate - The World Factbook - CIA
1	Zimbabwe	95
2	Nauru	90
3	Liberia	85
4	Burkina Faso	77
5	Turkmenistan	60
6	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	60
7	Djibouti	59
8	Namibia	51.20
9	Zambia	50
10	Senegal	48
11	Nepal	46
12	Lesotho	45
13	Kenya	40
14	Gaza Strip	40
15	Swaziland	40
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40
17	Marshall Islands	36
18	Yemen	35
19	Afghanistan	35
20	Macedonia	32.20
21	Equatorial Guinea	30
22	Libya	30
23	Mali	30
24	Mauritania	30
25	Cameroon	30
26	American Samoa	29.80
27	Mayotte	25.40
28	South Africa	24
29	Dominica	23
30	Micronesia	22
31	Gabon	21
32	Mozambique	21
33	Cape Verde	21
34	St. Lucia	20
35	Timor-Leste	20
36	Comoros	20
37	West Bank	19
38	Sudan	18.70
39	Spain	18
40	Kyrgyzstan	18
41	New Caledonia	17.10
42	Latvia	17.10
43	Serbia	16.60
44	Kosovo	16.60
45	Georgia	16.40
46	Croatia	16.10
47	Netherlands Antilles	15.50
48	Wallis and Futuna	15.20
49	Iraq	15.20
50	Dominican Republic	15
51	Oman	15
52	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	15
53	Bahrain	15
54	Tunisia	14.70
55	Montenegro	14.70
56	Maldives	14.40
57	Turkey	14.10
58	Saint Helena	14
59	Pakistan	14
60	Estonia	13.80
61	Lithuania	13.70
62	Cook Islands	13.10
63	Tonga	13
64	Jordan	12.90
65	Jamaica	12.90
66	Albania	12.80
67	Grenada	12.50
68	Niue	12
69	Puerto Rico	12
70	Colombia	12
71	Ireland	11.80
72	Iran	11.80
73	Saudi Arabia	11.70
74	French Polynesia	11.70
75	Slovakia	11.40
76	Guyana	11
77	Ghana	11
78	Antigua and Barbuda	11
79	Hungary	10.80
80	India	10.70
81	Barbados	10.70
82	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10.30
83	Algeria	10.20
84	Turks and Caicos Islands	10
85	Chile	9.60
86	Portugal	9.50
87	Suriname	9.50
88	Greece	9.50
89	Egypt	9.40
90	United States	9.30
91	Slovenia	9.20
92	Lebanon	9.20
93	France	9.10
94	Morocco	9.10
95	Bulgaria	9.10
96	European Union	8.90
97	Poland	8.90
98	Ukraine	8.80
99	Argentina	8.70
100	Ecuador	8.50
101	Syria	8.50
102	Finland	8.50
103	Bolivia	8.50
104	Russia	8.40
105	Sweden	8.30
106	Canada	8.30
107	Nicaragua	8.20
108	Iceland	8.20
109	Czech Republic	8.10
110	Brazil	8.10
111	Peru	8.10
112	Belize	8.10
113	Central African Republic	8
114	Northern Mariana Islands	8
115	Anguilla	8
116	Venezuela	7.90
117	Paraguay	7.90
118	Belgium	7.90
119	Romania	7.80
120	Costa Rica	7.80
121	Italy	7.70
122	Indonesia	7.70
123	Fiji	7.60
124	Israel	7.60
125	United Kingdom	7.60
126	Uruguay	7.60
127	Bahamas	7.60
128	Germany	7.50
129	Philippines	7.50
130	Botswana	7.50
131	Mauritius	7.30
132	El Salvador	7.20
133	Armenia	7.10
134	Malta	7
135	Panama	7
136	Andorra	7
137	Aruba	6.90
138	Greenland	6.80
139	Vietnam	6.50
140	Kazakhstan	6.30
141	Virgin Islands	6.20
142	New Zealand	6.20
143	Montserrat	6
144	Azerbaijan	6
145	Sri Lanka	5.90
146	Taiwan	5.90
147	Luxembourg	5.90
148	Trinidad and Tobago	5.80
149	Australia	5.60
150	Mexico	5.50
151	Hong Kong	5.30
152	Cyprus	5.30
153	Japan	5.10
154	Netherlands	4.90
155	Nigeria	4.90
156	Burma	4.90
157	Austria	4.80
158	St. Kitts and Nevis	4.50
159	Switzerland	4.40
160	Denmark	4.30
161	China	4.30
162	Palau	4.20
163	Cayman Islands	4
164	Bhutan	4
165	Faroe Islands	3.90
166	Malaysia	3.70
167	South Korea	3.70
168	Brunei	3.70
169	Macau	3.60
170	British Virgin Islands	3.60
171	Cambodia	3.50
172	Norway	3.20
173	Guatemala	3.20
174	San Marino	3.10
175	Moldova	3.10
176	Honduras	3
177	Singapore	3
178	Gibraltar	3
179	Mongolia	2.80
180	Laos	2.50
181	Bangladesh	2.50
182	United Arab Emirates	2.40
183	Tajikistan	2.20
184	Kuwait	2.20
185	Jersey	2.20
186	Bermuda	2.10
187	Seychelles	2
188	Kiribati	2
189	Papua New Guinea	1.80
190	Vanuatu	1.70
191	Cuba	1.70
192	Liechtenstein	1.50
193	Thailand	1.50
194	Isle of Man	1.50
195	Uzbekistan	1.10
196	Belarus	1
197	Guernsey	0.90
198	Qatar	0.50
199	Monaco	0

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