Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment) - Unemployment - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators

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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.
Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment) - Unemployment - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Armenia (2001)71.6
2Serbia (2008)71.13
3Slovakia (2008)66.1
4Croatia (2007)61.5
5Chile (1995)59.7
6Namibia (1997)56
7Belize (1999)54.9
8Germany (2008)53.4
9Belgium (2008)52.6
10Lithuania (2005)52.4
11Netherlands Antilles (1998)52
12Bulgaria (2008)51.7
13Czech Republic (2008)50.2
14Greece (2008)49.6
15Portugal (2008)48.3
16Hungary (2008)47.6
17Italy (2008)47.5
18Barbados (2001)46.8
19Botswana (1995)45.4
20Estonia (2004)44.6
21Dominica (1997)44.3
22Suriname (1998)43.4
23Euro area (2008)42.39
24Slovenia (2008)42.2
25Romania (2008)41.3
26Luxembourg (2008)38.6
27France (2008)37.9
28Netherlands (2008)36.3
29Switzerland (2008)34.3
30Japan (2008)33.3
31Aruba (1997)32.8
32Jamaica (2001)31.7
33Bahamas (1999)30.4
34Ireland (2008)29.4
35Panama (2001)29.3
36Poland (2008)29
37Trinidad and Tobago (2001)27.6
38Turkey (2008)26.9
39Latvia (2008)25.7
40United Kingdom (2008)25.5
41High income (2008)25.21
42High income: OECD (2008)25.17
43Austria (2008)24.2
44Spain (2008)23.8
45Finland (2008)18.2
46Cyprus (2007)16.9
47Denmark (2008)16.1
48Australia (2008)14.9
49Sweden (2008)12.4
50Russia (1998)11.9
51Costa Rica (2001)10.9
52United States (2008)10.6
53El Salvador (1996)7.3
54Canada (2008)7.1
55Norway (2008)6
56New Zealand (2008)4.4
57Iceland (2008)4.1
58North Korea (2008)2.7
59South Korea (2008)2.7
60Mexico (2008)1.7
61Dominican Republic (2000)1.6
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