Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Djibouti (2002)54.6
2Kosovo (2009)40.7
3Namibia (2008)32.54
4Macedonia (2009)31.7
5Solomon Islands (1999)30.96
6Marshall Islands (1999)27.6
7Equatorial Guinea (1983)27.36
8Montenegro (2005)26.2
9Cape Verde (1990)23.26
10South Africa (2009)22
11Armenia (2007)21.92
12Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)21.83
13Lesotho (1999)21.46
14Comoros (1991)21.27
15Latvia (2009)20.37
16Swaziland (1997)19.98
17Gabon (1993)19.09
18Albania (2001)18.77
19St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991)18.33
20West Bank and Gaza (2009)17.73
21Spain (2009)17.72
22St. Lucia (2004)17.48
23Lithuania (2009)17.07
24Estonia (2009)17
25Georgia (2008)16.79
26New Caledonia (1996)16.3
27Iraq (2006)16.2
28Botswana (2006)15.34
29Serbia (2009)15.31
30Puerto Rico (2009)14.86
31Ireland (2009)14.71
32Bahamas (2009)14.45
33Zambia (2000)14.12
34Turkey (2009)13.91
35Tunisia (2005)13.12
36Guam (2002)12.8
37Ethiopia (2009)12.1
38Dominica (2001)11.98
39Yemen (2008)11.54
40Slovakia (2009)11.4
41Sao Tome and Principe (2006)11.05
42Algeria (2008)11
43French Polynesia (2002)10.61
44Jordan (2009)10.33
45United States (2009)10.3
46Guyana (2002)10.29
47Hungary (2009)10.25
48North America (2009)10.2
49Ghana (2000)10.05
50Greenland (2006)10.01
51Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2009)9.89
52Morocco (2009)9.85
53Grenada (2001)9.64
54Canada (2009)9.41
55Colombia (2009)9.33
56Euro area (2009)9.23
57Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2009)9.21
58Iran (2008)9.11
59Chile (2009)9.09
60European Union (2009)8.97
61Finland (2009)8.88
62France (2009)8.87
63Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)8.86
64Portugal (2009)8.86
65Mauritania (2000)8.85
66United Kingdom (2009)8.78
67Sweden (2009)8.62
68Lebanon (2007)8.6
69Iceland (2009)8.6
70Jamaica (2009)8.52
71OECD members (2009)8.52
72Upper middle income (2009)8.51
73Dominican Republic (2008)8.5
74High income: OECD (2009)8.48
75Russia (2009)8.38
76High income (2009)8.36
77Arab World (2007)8.2
78Eritrea (1984)8.2
79Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2008)8.08
80Germany (2009)8.08
81Croatia (2009)8.04
82Antigua and Barbuda (2001)8.04
83Netherlands Antilles (2008)8.01
84Senegal (2006)7.95
85Maldives (2006)7.9
86Moldova (2009)7.83
87Argentina (2009)7.76
88Poland (2009)7.76
89Belgium (2009)7.74
90Gibraltar (1991)7.74
91Romania (2009)7.68
92Afghanistan (2005)7.59
93Israel (2009)7.57
94Indonesia (2009)7.51
95Philippines (2009)7.5
96El Salvador (2008)7.46
97Nepal (2001)7.45
98Kyrgyzstan (2008)7.34
99Northern Mariana Islands (2005)7.33
100Venezuela (2009)7.25
101Sri Lanka (2009)7.25
102Mali (2004)7.16
103Azerbaijan (2008)7.12
104Suriname (2004)7.03
105Bulgaria (2009)6.98
106Malta (2009)6.96
107Greece (2009)6.85
108Liberia (2007)6.84
109Barbados (2008)6.8
110Italy (2009)6.76
111Ukraine (2008)6.62
112Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2009)6.62
113Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)6.56
114Denmark (2009)6.53
115Fiji (2007)6.36
116Haiti (1999)6.23
117Seychelles (2005)6.13
118New Zealand (2009)6.13
119Brazil (2009)6.12
120Hong Kong (2009)6.04
121Slovenia (2009)5.9
122Czech Republic (2009)5.85
123Belize (2007)5.85
124Australia (2009)5.71
125Kazakhstan (2009)5.62
126Mexico (2009)5.41
127Peru (2008)5.41
128Malawi (2004)5.4
129Singapore (2009)5.38
130Japan (2009)5.28
131Uruguay (2009)5.25
132Egypt (2009)5.23
133Syria (2007)5.21
134Ecuador (2009)5.17
135Aruba (2007)4.97
136Austria (2009)4.96
137Cyprus (2009)4.95
138Tuvalu (2002)4.95
139Nicaragua (2007)4.9
140American Samoa (2000)4.88
141Burma (1990)4.71
142Guinea (1994)4.6
143Panama (2008)4.56
144Bolivia (2007)4.53
145Sierra Leone (2004)4.5
146Western Samoa (2001)4.43
147Mauritius (2009)4.41
148South Asia (2004)4.38
149Luxembourg (2009)4.36
150Paraguay (2008)4.35
151Papua New Guinea (2000)4.3
152St. Kitts and Nevis (2001)4.27
153Macau (2009)4.26
154Zimbabwe (2004)4.19
155Costa Rica (2008)4.12
156Bahrain (2001)4.12
157India (2004)4.1
158South Korea (2009)4.09
159North Korea (2009)4.09
160Pakistan (2008)4.02
161Cayman Islands (2008)3.84
162Switzerland (2009)3.72
163Nigeria (1986)3.72
164Brunei Darussalam (1991)3.66
165Norway (2009)3.61
166Tonga (2003)3.57
167Trinidad and Tobago (2008)3.52
168Saudi Arabia (2009)3.5
169Mozambique (1997)3.39
170Netherlands (2009)3.37
171Bangladesh (2005)3.35
172Malaysia (2008)3.16
173Bermuda (2000)3.13
174Bhutan (2005)3.01
175Mongolia (2005)2.96
176Honduras (2007)2.86
177Tanzania (2006)2.81
178Isle of Man (2006)2.8
179Faroe Islands (2005)2.6
180Monaco (2000)2.51
181Cameroon (2007)2.5
182Uganda (2003)2.5
183Burkina Faso (1998)2.31
184Kuwait (2005)2
185United Arab Emirates (2008)1.98
186Vietnam (2004)1.86
187Madagascar (2005)1.75
188Niger (2001)1.72
189Guatemala (2006)1.49
190Cuba (2008)1.42
191Cambodia (2001)1.41
192Laos (2005)1.35
193Thailand (2009)1.2
194San Marino (2007)1.19
195Chad (1993)1.14
196Benin (2002)0.93
197Rwanda (1996)0.86
198Burundi (1990)0.72
199Qatar (2007)0.22
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