Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment) - Gender Statistics

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Long-term unemployment refers to the number of people with continuous periods of unemployment extending for a year or longer, expressed as a percentage of the total unemployed.

Rank	Country	Value
Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment) - Gender Statistics (2009)
1	Kosovo	81.70
2	Macedonia	81.60
3	Croatia	56.20
4	Slovakia	50.90
5	Germany	45.50
6	Italy	44.40
7	Belgium	44.20
8	Portugal	44.20
9	Malta	44
10	Bulgaria	43.30
11	Hungary	42.60
12	Greece	40.80
13	Euro area	38.24
14	France	35.40
15	European Union	34.19
16	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)	33.34
17	Romania	31.60
18	Czech Republic	31.20
19	Spain	30.20
20	Slovenia	30.10
21	Switzerland	30
22	Ireland	29
23	Japan	28.50
24	Estonia	27.40
25	Latvia	26.70
26	Turkey	25.30
27	Poland	25.20
28	Netherlands	24.80
29	High income	24.76
30	High income: OECD	24.64
31	United Kingdom	24.60
32	Lithuania	23.20
33	Luxembourg	23.10
34	OECD members	22.84
35	Austria	20.30
36	Finland	16.60
37	United States	16.30
38	North America	15.39
39	Australia	14.70
40	South Africa	14.40
41	Sweden	12.80
42	Cyprus	10.40
43	Denmark	9.10
44	Canada	7.80
45	Norway	7.70
46	Iceland	6.90
47	New Zealand	6.30
48	Mexico	1.90
49	North Korea	0.50
50	South Korea	0.50

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Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment) - Gender Statistics

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