Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) - Labor - Education 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) - Labor - Education Statistics (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
25Tuvalu (2004)16.3
26Dominican Republic (2007)15.6
27Grenada (1998)15.2
28Maldives (2006)14.4
29Tunisia (2005)14.2
30Algeria (2007)13.8
31Suriname (1999)13.8
32Serbia (2008)13.63
33Georgia (2007)13.3
34Zambia (2000)12.9
35Jordan (2008)12.7
36Netherlands Antilles (2007)12
37Guyana (2002)11.8
38French Polynesia (2007)11.74
39Colombia (2008)11.7
40Puerto Rico (2008)11.6
41Yemen (1999)11.5
42Guam (2002)11.39
43Spain (2008)11.3
44Senegal (2006)11.1
45Dominica (2001)11
46Jamaica (2008)10.6
47Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2007)10.58
48Iraq (2004)10.5
49Iran (2007)10.5
50Ghana (2000)10.4
51Syria (2003)10.3
52Barbados (2004)9.8
53Kenya (1999)9.8
54Morocco (2008)9.6
55Armenia (2004)9.59
56Slovakia (2008)9.5
57Turkey (2008)9.4
58Nepal (2001)8.8
59Mali (2004)8.8
60Egypt (2008)8.7
61Afghanistan (2005)8.5
62Antigua and Barbuda (2001)8.4
63Indonesia (2008)8.4
64Greenland (2006)8.4
65Kazakhstan (2004)8.4
66Croatia (2008)8.4
67Kyrgyzstan (2006)8.3
68Northern Mariana Islands (2005)8.25
69Belize (2008)8.2
70Lebanon (2004)8.1
71Fiji (2007)8.07
72Upper middle income (2008)8.05
73Brazil (2008)7.9
74Bahamas (2007)7.9
75Turks and Caicos Islands (2005)7.9
76Malawi (2004)7.8
77Chile (2008)7.8
78Hungary (2008)7.8
79Greece (2008)7.7
80Uruguay (2008)7.6
81Portugal (2008)7.6
82Aruba (1997)7.5
83Germany (2008)7.5
84Latvia (2008)7.5
85Cameroon (2001)7.5
86Euro area (2008)7.49
87Philippines (2008)7.4
88France (2008)7.4
89Venezuela (2008)7.4
90Mauritius (2008)7.3
91Argentina (2008)7.25
92Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)7.25
93Haiti (1999)7.2
94Poland (2008)7.1
95Cambodia (2004)7.1
96Peru (2007)7
97Belgium (2008)7
98Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)6.92
99Ecuador (2008)6.9
100Panama (2007)6.8
101Italy (2008)6.7
102El Salvador (2006)6.6
103Azerbaijan (2007)6.5
104Trinidad and Tobago (2007)6.5
105Ukraine (2008)6.4
106Finland (2008)6.4
107Low & middle income (2004)6.26
108Middle income (2004)6.23
109Israel (2008)6.2
110Russia (2008)6.2
111Sweden (2008)6.2
112Kiribati (2005)6.1
113Canada (2008)6.1
114Ireland (2008)6
115Burma (1990)6
116Malta (2008)6
117High income: OECD (2008)5.92
118High income (2008)5.91
119Romania (2008)5.8
120United States (2008)5.8
121Lithuania (2008)5.8
122Bulgaria (2008)5.7
123Paraguay (2008)5.7
124United Kingdom (2008)5.6
125Saudi Arabia (2007)5.6
126Liberia (2007)5.6
127Seychelles (2005)5.5
128Bahrain (2001)5.5
129Estonia (2008)5.5
130Bolivia (2002)5.4
131South Asia (2004)5.3
132Lower middle income (2004)5.29
133Sri Lanka (2008)5.2
134Nicaragua (2006)5.2
135American Samoa (2000)5.1
136Pakistan (2007)5.1
137Luxembourg (2008)5.1
138India (2004)5
139Brunei Darussalam (1991)4.7
140East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2008)4.7
141Costa Rica (2007)4.6
142Czech Republic (2008)4.4
143Slovenia (2008)4.4
144Tanzania (2006)4.3
145Bangladesh (2005)4.3
146Australia (2008)4.2
147China (2008)4.2
148Zimbabwe (2004)4.2
149Palau (2005)4.18
150Ivory Coast (1998)4.1
151New Zealand (2008)4.1
152Mexico (2008)4
153Moldova (2008)4
154Japan (2008)4
155Qatar (2001)3.9
156Nigeria (1986)3.9
157Cayman Islands (2007)3.8
158Austria (2008)3.8
159Cyprus (2008)3.7
160Monaco (2000)3.6
161Hong Kong (2008)3.5
162Sierra Leone (2004)3.4
163Switzerland (2008)3.4
164Denmark (2008)3.3
165Faroe Islands (2005)3.2
166Singapore (2008)3.2
167Malaysia (2007)3.2
168Bhutan (2005)3.2
169Uganda (2003)3.2
170South Korea (2008)3.2
171North Korea (2008)3.2
172United Arab Emirates (2005)3.1
173Honduras (2006)3.1
174Iceland (2008)3
175Macau (2008)2.9
176Netherlands (2008)2.8
177Mongolia (2008)2.8
178Papua New Guinea (2000)2.8
179Bermuda (2000)2.7
180Norway (2008)2.6
181San Marino (2007)2.6
182Madagascar (2005)2.6
183Isle of Man (2006)2.4
184Burkina Faso (1998)2.4
185Mozambique (1997)2.2
186Vietnam (2004)2.1
187Cuba (2007)1.8
188Guatemala (2006)1.8
189Kuwait (2004)1.67
190Vanuatu (1999)1.6
191Niger (2001)1.5
192Thailand (2008)1.4
193Laos (2005)1.4
194Western Samoa (2006)1.29
195Tonga (2006)1.09
196Benin (2002)0.7
197Chad (1993)0.7
198Rwanda (1996)0.6
199Burundi (1990)0.5
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