Unemployment, total (% of total 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, total (% of total labor force) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Djibouti (2002)59.5
2Kosovo (2009)45.4
3Namibia (2008)37.58
4Mauritania (2004)33
5Macedonia (2009)32.19
6Solomon Islands (1999)31.86
7Marshall Islands (1999)30.91
8Montenegro (2005)30.3
9Armenia (2008)28.6
10Lesotho (1999)27.27
11West Bank and Gaza (2009)24.5
12Equatorial Guinea (1983)24.2
13Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)23.9
14South Africa (2009)23.8
15Cape Verde (1990)23
16Swaziland (1997)22.54
17St. Lucia (2004)20.97
18Ethiopia (2009)20.5
19St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991)20.16
20Comoros (1991)19.95
21New Caledonia (1996)18.64
22Spain (2009)18.01
23Gabon (1993)17.78
24Botswana (2006)17.56
25Iraq (2006)17.5
26Latvia (2009)17.12
27Sao Tome and Principe (2006)16.65
28Serbia (2009)16.65
29Georgia (2008)16.47
30Tuvalu (2004)16.34
31Yemen (2008)15
32Eritrea (1984)14.5
33Maldives (2006)14.44
34Bahamas (2009)14.25
35Dominican Republic (2008)14.2
36Tunisia (2008)14.2
37Turkey (2009)14.03
38Estonia (2009)13.75
39Lithuania (2009)13.71
40Puerto Rico (2009)13.42
41Zambia (2000)12.93
42Jordan (2009)12.87
43Albania (2008)12.75
44Slovakia (2009)12.05
45Colombia (2009)12
46Guyana (2002)11.81
47French Polynesia (2007)11.74
48Ireland (2009)11.74
49Guam (2002)11.39
50Jamaica (2009)11.36
51Algeria (2008)11.3
52Dominica (2001)11.02
53Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)10.63
54Iran (2008)10.48
55Arab World (2007)10.36
56Ghana (2000)10.36
57Netherlands Antilles (2008)10.31
58Grenada (2001)10.2
59Senegal (2006)10.03
60Morocco (2009)10.01
61Hungary (2009)10.01
62Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2008)9.88
63Kenya (1999)9.76
64Chile (2009)9.69
65Suriname (2004)9.49
66Portugal (2009)9.46
67Greece (2009)9.46
68Euro area (2009)9.42
69Egypt (2009)9.39
70United States (2009)9.26
71Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2009)9.24
72North America (2009)9.15
73Upper middle income (2009)9.11
74France (2009)9.1
75Croatia (2009)9.07
76Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2009)9
77Lebanon (2007)8.98
78European Union (2009)8.91
79Nepal (2001)8.81
80Ukraine (2009)8.8
81Mali (2004)8.76
82Argentina (2009)8.65
83Fiji (2007)8.56
84Afghanistan (2005)8.47
85Syria (2007)8.42
86Antigua and Barbuda (2001)8.42
87Greenland (2006)8.4
88Sweden (2009)8.32
89Northern Mariana Islands (2005)8.3
90Brazil (2009)8.28
91Canada (2009)8.26
92Finland (2009)8.23
93Kyrgyzstan (2008)8.22
94Belize (2008)8.19
95Poland (2009)8.17
96Russia (2009)8.16
97OECD members (2009)8.15
98High income: OECD (2009)8.11
99Barbados (2008)8.1
100High income (2009)8.06
101Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2009)7.96
102Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)7.93
103Belgium (2009)7.91
104Indonesia (2009)7.87
105Malawi (2004)7.8
106Italy (2009)7.79
107Germany (2009)7.73
108United Kingdom (2009)7.71
109Papua New Guinea (1990)7.7
110Israel (2009)7.61
111Venezuela (2009)7.57
112Sri Lanka (2009)7.57
113Philippines (2009)7.47
114Mauritius (2009)7.33
115Uruguay (2009)7.3
116Iceland (2009)7.24
117Haiti (1999)7.24
118Malta (2009)6.9
119Romania (2009)6.86
120Bulgaria (2009)6.82
121Peru (2008)6.76
122Czech Republic (2009)6.66
123Kazakhstan (2009)6.56
124Low & middle income (2004)6.52
125Ecuador (2009)6.47
126Gibraltar (1991)6.44
127Moldova (2009)6.4
128Middle income (2004)6.21
129New Zealand (2009)6.13
130Azerbaijan (2008)6.05
131Burma (1990)6
132Denmark (2009)5.98
133El Salvador (2008)5.88
134Singapore (2009)5.86
135Slovenia (2009)5.86
136Panama (2008)5.85
137Aruba (2007)5.71
138Paraguay (2008)5.59
139Australia (2009)5.58
140Liberia (2007)5.55
141Bahrain (2001)5.5
142Seychelles (2005)5.45
143Saudi Arabia (2009)5.4
144Turks and Caicos Islands (2007)5.4
145Lower middle income (2004)5.25
146Trinidad and Tobago (2009)5.25
147Hong Kong (2009)5.22
148Cyprus (2009)5.21
149Bolivia (2007)5.18
150Mexico (2009)5.18
151Luxembourg (2009)5.12
152St. Kitts and Nevis (2001)5.12
153American Samoa (2000)5.05
154Japan (2009)5.03
155Nicaragua (2007)4.99
156Pakistan (2008)4.98
157Western Samoa (2001)4.97
158Costa Rica (2008)4.91
159South Asia (2004)4.78
160Austria (2009)4.77
161Brunei Darussalam (1991)4.65
162East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2007)4.59
163East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) (2007)4.51
164India (2004)4.4
165Tanzania (2006)4.34
166China (2009)4.3
167Bangladesh (2005)4.25
168Zimbabwe (2004)4.17
169Ivory Coast (1998)4.1
170Switzerland (2009)4.08
171United Arab Emirates (2008)4.01
172Cayman Islands (2008)3.97
173Nigeria (1986)3.94
174Bhutan (2007)3.7
175Malaysia (2009)3.69
176North Korea (2009)3.65
177South Korea (2009)3.65
178Monaco (2000)3.6
179Macau (2009)3.55
180Sierra Leone (2004)3.42
181Netherlands (2009)3.42
182Mongolia (2005)3.29
183Faroe Islands (2005)3.2
184Uganda (2003)3.2
185Norway (2009)3.15
186Guinea (1994)3.1
187Cameroon (2007)2.9
188Honduras (2007)2.89
189Bermuda (2000)2.71
190Madagascar (2005)2.62
191San Marino (2007)2.6
192Burkina Faso (1998)2.44
193Isle of Man (2006)2.42
194Vietnam (2008)2.4
195Mozambique (1997)2.25
196Kuwait (2005)1.95
197Guatemala (2006)1.82
198Cambodia (2001)1.74
199Cuba (2008)1.63
200Niger (2001)1.47
201Laos (2005)1.35
202Thailand (2009)1.17
203Tonga (2006)1.1
204Chad (1993)0.71
205Benin (2002)0.69
206Rwanda (1996)0.58
207Qatar (2007)0.52
208Burundi (1990)0.48
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