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

Rank

Country

Value
1Chile (1995)72.5
2Serbia (2008)72.09
3Armenia (2001)70.8
4Slovakia (2008)66.6
5Belize (1999)65.6
6Croatia (2007)65.3
7Belgium (2008)55.7
8Namibia (1997)54.3
9Greece (2008)53.8
10Barbados (2001)53.7
11Bulgaria (2008)53.5
12Germany (2008)52.7
13Netherlands Antilles (1998)52.5
14Lithuania (2005)50.8
15Czech Republic (2008)50
16Italy (2008)49.9
17Dominica (1997)48.5
18Botswana (1995)47.7
19Portugal (2008)46.9
20Hungary (2008)46.3
21Euro area (2008)42.83
22Estonia (1999)41
23Slovenia (2008)40
24Switzerland (2008)39.9
25Latvia (2005)39.7
26Bahamas (1999)39.2
27Romania (2008)38.4
28Russia (1996)36.8
29France (2008)36.5
30Jamaica (2001)36.2
31Panama (2001)35.7
32Luxembourg (2008)34.8
33Trinidad and Tobago (2001)34.7
34Netherlands (2008)34.4
35Turkey (2008)34.4
36Poland (2008)30.8
37Spain (2008)28.9
38Aruba (1997)25.4
39Japan (2008)23.8
40High income (2008)23.19
41High income: OECD (2008)23.15
42Austria (2008)22.6
43Ireland (2008)21.7
44United Kingdom (2008)18.4
45Finland (2008)16.2
46Denmark (2008)13.9
47Australia (2008)13.9
48Costa Rica (2001)13.3
49Sweden (2008)11.3
50United States (2008)10.3
51El Salvador (1996)8.8
52Canada (2008)6.1
53Norway (2008)6
54Iceland (2008)4.1
55New Zealand (2008)3.2
56Mexico (2008)1.8
57Dominican Republic (2000)1.3
58North Korea (2008)0.4
59South Korea (2008)0.4
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