Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) - Unemployment - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators

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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) - Unemployment - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Djibouti (1991)43.5
2Macedonia (2008)33.8
3Mauritania (2004)33
4Solomon Islands (1999)31.9
5Marshall Islands (1999)30.9
6Montenegro (2005)30.3
7Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)29
8Swaziland (2008)28.2
9Lesotho (1999)27.3
10West Bank and Gaza (2008)26
11Equatorial Guinea (1983)24.2
12Cape Verde (1990)23
13South Africa (2008)22.9
14Albania (2001)22.7
15Micronesia (2000)22.02
16Namibia (2004)21.9
17St. Lucia (2004)21
18Comoros (1991)20
19St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991)19.8
20Gabon (1993)17.8
21Botswana (2006)17.6
22Ethiopia (2006)17
23Sao Tome and Principe (2006)16.7
24New Caledonia (2004)16.31
25Dominican Republic (2007)15.6
26Grenada (1998)15.2
27Maldives (2006)14.4
28Tunisia (2005)14.2
29Suriname (1999)13.8
30Algeria (2007)13.8
31Serbia (2008)13.63
32Georgia (2007)13.3
33Zambia (2000)12.9
34Jordan (2008)12.7
35Netherlands Antilles (2007)12
36Guyana (2002)11.8
37French Polynesia (2007)11.74
38Colombia (2008)11.7
39Puerto Rico (2008)11.6
40Yemen (1999)11.5
41Guam (2002)11.39
42Spain (2008)11.3
43Senegal (2006)11.1
44Dominica (2001)11
45Jamaica (2008)10.6
46Middle East & North Africa (2007)10.58
47Iraq (2004)10.5
48Iran (2007)10.5
49Ghana (2000)10.4
50Syria (2003)10.3
51Barbados (2004)9.8
52Kenya (1999)9.8
53Morocco (2008)9.6
54Armenia (2004)9.59
55Slovakia (2008)9.5
56Turkey (2008)9.4
57Nepal (2001)8.8
58Mali (2004)8.8
59Egypt (2008)8.7
60Afghanistan (2005)8.5
61Antigua and Barbuda (2001)8.4
62Indonesia (2008)8.4
63Croatia (2008)8.4
64Greenland (2006)8.4
65Kazakhstan (2004)8.4
66Kyrgyzstan (2006)8.3
67Northern Mariana Islands (2005)8.25
68Belize (2008)8.2
69Lebanon (2004)8.1
70Fiji (2007)8.07
71Upper middle income (2008)8
72Bahamas (2007)7.9
73Brazil (2008)7.9
74Chile (2008)7.8
75Malawi (2004)7.8
76Hungary (2008)7.8
77Greece (2008)7.7
78Portugal (2008)7.6
79Uruguay (2008)7.6
80Germany (2008)7.5
81Latvia (2008)7.5
82Aruba (1997)7.5
83Cameroon (2001)7.5
84Euro area (2008)7.49
85France (2008)7.4
86Venezuela (2008)7.4
87Philippines (2008)7.4
88Mauritius (2008)7.3
89Argentina (2008)7.25
90Latin America & Caribbean (2008)7.25
91Haiti (1999)7.2
92Cambodia (2004)7.1
93Poland (2008)7.1
94Belgium (2008)7
95Peru (2007)7
96Europe & Central Asia (2008)6.94
97Ecuador (2008)6.9
98Panama (2007)6.8
99Italy (2008)6.7
100High income: nonOECD (2000)6.67
101El Salvador (2006)6.6
102Azerbaijan (2007)6.5
103Trinidad and Tobago (2007)6.5
104Middle income (2004)6.43
105Ukraine (2008)6.4
106Finland (2008)6.4
107Low & middle income (2004)6.37
108Russia (2008)6.2
109Sweden (2008)6.2
110Israel (2008)6.2
111Kiribati (2005)6.1
112Canada (2008)6.1
113Burma (1990)6
114Malta (2008)6
115Ireland (2008)6
116High income: OECD (2008)5.88
117High income (2008)5.87
118Romania (2008)5.8
119United States (2008)5.8
120Lithuania (2008)5.8
121Bulgaria (2008)5.7
122Paraguay (2008)5.7
123Liberia (2007)5.6
124Saudi Arabia (2007)5.6
125United Kingdom (2008)5.6
126Seychelles (2005)5.5
127Bahrain (2001)5.5
128Estonia (2008)5.5
129Lower middle income (2004)5.46
130Bolivia (2002)5.4
131South Asia (2004)5.3
132Sri Lanka (2008)5.2
133Nicaragua (2006)5.2
134Luxembourg (2008)5.1
135Pakistan (2007)5.1
136American Samoa (2000)5.1
137India (2004)5
138Brunei Darussalam (1991)4.7
139East Asia & Pacific (2008)4.7
140Costa Rica (2007)4.6
141Czech Republic (2008)4.4
142Slovenia (2008)4.4
143Tanzania (2006)4.3
144Bangladesh (2005)4.3
145China (2008)4.2
146Australia (2008)4.2
147Zimbabwe (2004)4.2
148Palau (2005)4.18
149Ivory Coast (1998)4.1
150New Zealand (2008)4.1
151Japan (2008)4
152Mexico (2008)4
153Moldova (2008)4
154Nigeria (1986)3.9
155Qatar (2001)3.9
156Austria (2008)3.8
157Cayman Islands (2007)3.8
158Cyprus (2008)3.7
159Monaco (2000)3.6
160Hong Kong (2008)3.5
161Switzerland (2008)3.4
162Sierra Leone (2004)3.4
163Denmark (2008)3.3
164South Korea (2008)3.2
165Bhutan (2005)3.2
166Malaysia (2007)3.2
167Faroe Islands (2005)3.2
168Uganda (2003)3.2
169North Korea (2008)3.2
170Singapore (2008)3.2
171Honduras (2006)3.1
172United Arab Emirates (2005)3.1
173Iceland (2008)3
174Macau (2008)2.9
175Netherlands (2008)2.8
176Mongolia (2008)2.8
177Papua New Guinea (2000)2.8
178Bermuda (2000)2.7
179San Marino (2007)2.6
180Madagascar (2005)2.6
181Norway (2008)2.6
182Burkina Faso (1998)2.4
183Isle of Man (2006)2.4
184Mozambique (1997)2.2
185Vietnam (2004)2.1
186Guatemala (2006)1.8
187Cuba (2007)1.8
188Kuwait (2004)1.67
189Vanuatu (1999)1.6
190Niger (2001)1.5
191Thailand (2008)1.4
192Laos (2005)1.4
193Samoa (2006)1.29
194Tonga (2006)1.09
195Chad (1993)0.7
196Benin (2002)0.7
197Rwanda (1996)0.6
198Burundi (1990)0.5
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