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References
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Flags of the World
Gallery of Covers
Definitions and Notes
Guide to Country Profiles
Guide to Country Comparisons
Appendices
A: abbreviations
B: international organizations and groups
C: selected international environmental agreements
D: cross-reference list of country data codes
E: cross-reference list of hydrographic data codes
F: cross-reference list of geographic names
G: weights and measures
Country Comparison
:: Unemployment rate
This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.
Rank
country
(%)
Date of Information
1
Monaco
0.00
2005
2
Qatar
0.50
2010 est.
3
Guernsey
0.90
March 2006 est.
4
Azerbaijan
1.00
2010 est.
5
Belarus
1.00
2009 est.
6
Thailand
1.00
2010 est.
7
Uzbekistan
1.10
2010 est.
8
Liechtenstein
1.50
2007
9
Cuba
1.60
2010 est.
10
Vanuatu
1.70
1999
11
Isle of Man
1.80
October 2010 est.
12
Papua New Guinea
1.80
2004
13
Seychelles
2.00
2006 est.
14
Kiribati
2.00
1992 est.
15
Bermuda
2.10
2004 est.
16
Jersey
2.20
2006 est.
17
Singapore
2.20
2010 est.
18
Kuwait
2.20
2004 est.
19
Tajikistan
2.20
2009 est.
20
United Arab Emirates
2.40
2001
21
Laos
2.50
2009 est.
22
Andorra
2.90
2009
23
Macau
2.90
2010
24
Gibraltar
3.00
2005 est.
25
Guatemala
3.20
2005 est.
26
Malaysia
3.40
2010 est.
27
Cambodia
3.50
2007 est.
28
Norway
3.60
2010 est.
29
British Virgin Islands
3.60
1997
30
Brunei
3.70
2008
31
Korea, South
3.70
2010 est.
32
San Marino
3.80
November 2010
33
Switzerland
3.90
2010 est.
34
Faroe Islands
3.90
2009
35
Cayman Islands
4.00
2008
36
Bhutan
4.00
2009
37
Palau
4.20
2005 est.
38
Panama
4.20
2010 est.
39
Hong Kong
4.30
2010 est.
40
Vietnam
4.40
2010 est.
41
Saint Kitts and Nevis
4.50
1997
42
Cyprus
4.60
2010 est.
43
Nigeria
4.90
2007 est.
44
Japan
5.00
2010 est.
45
Honduras
5.10
2010 est.
46
Bangladesh
5.10
2010 est.
47
Taiwan
5.20
2010 est.
48
Australia
5.20
2010 est.
49
Mexico
5.40
2010 est.
50
Netherlands
5.50
2010 est.
51
Burma
5.70
2010 est.
52
Sri Lanka
5.80
2010 est.
53
Kazakhstan
5.80
2010 est.
54
Montserrat
6.00
1998 est.
55
Luxembourg
6.00
2010 est.
56
Denmark
6.00
2010 est.
57
China
6.10
September 2009 est.
58
Virgin Islands
6.20
2004
59
Trinidad and Tobago
6.40
2010 est.
60
New Zealand
6.50
2010 est.
61
Peru
6.60
2010 est.
62
Brazil
6.70
2010 est.
63
Uruguay
6.70
2010 est.
64
Israel
6.70
2010 est.
65
Greenland
6.80
2007 est.
66
Austria
6.90
2010 est.
67
Romania
6.90
2010 est.
68
Malta
6.90
2010 est.
69
Aruba
6.90
2005 est.
70
Paraguay
7.00
2010 est.
71
Germany
7.10
2010 est.
72
Armenia
7.10
2007 est.
73
Indonesia
7.10
2010 est.
74
Chile
7.10
2010 est.
75
El Salvador
7.20
2010 est.
76
Philippines
7.30
2010 est.
77
Costa Rica
7.30
2010 est.
78
Russia
7.50
2010 est.
79
Moldova
7.50
2010 est.
80
Botswana
7.50
2007 est.
81
Bahamas, The
7.60
2006 est.
82
Ecuador
7.60
2010 est.
83
Fiji
7.60
1999
84
Nicaragua
7.80
2010 est.
85
Bolivia
7.80
2010 est.
86
United Kingdom
7.80
2010 est.
87
Mauritius
7.80
2010 est.
88
Argentina
7.80
2010
89
Anguilla
8.00
2002
90
Northern Mariana Islands
8.00
2005 est.
91
Central African Republic
8.00
2001 est.
92
Canada
8.00
2010 est.
93
Ukraine
8.10
2010 est.
94
Iceland
8.10
2010 est.
95
Syria
8.30
2010 est.
96
Belgium
8.30
2010 est.
97
Italy
8.40
2010 est.
98
Finland
8.40
2010 est.
99
Sweden
8.40
2010 est.
100
Venezuela
8.50
2010 est.
101
Egypt
9.00
2010 est.
102
Czech Republic
9.00
2010 est.
103
Morocco
9.10
2010 est.
104
France
9.30
2010 est.
105
Bulgaria
9.50
2010 est.
106
Suriname
9.50
2004
107
European Union
9.60
2010 est.
108
United States
9.60
2010 est.
109
Algeria
10.00
2010 est.
110
Turks and Caicos Islands
10.00
1997 est.
111
India
10.00
2010 est.
112
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
10.30
1999
113
Curacao
10.30
2008 est.
114
Sint Maarten
10.60
2008 est.
115
Barbados
10.70
2003 est.
116
Slovenia
10.70
2010 est.
117
Saudi Arabia
10.80
2010 est.
118
Portugal
10.80
2010 est.
119
Antigua and Barbuda
11.00
2001 est.
120
Ghana
11.00
2000 est.
121
Guyana
11.00
2007
122
Hungary
11.20
2010 est.
123
Mongolia
11.50
2009
124
French Polynesia
11.70
2005
125
Colombia
11.80
2010 est.
126
Niue
12.00
2001
127
Puerto Rico
12.00
2002
128
Turkey
12.00
2010 est.
129
Poland
12.10
2010 est.
130
Jamaica
12.40
2010 est.
131
Slovakia
12.50
2010 est.
132
Jordan
12.50
2010 est.
133
Greece
12.50
2010 est.
134
Grenada
12.50
2000
135
Tonga
13.00
FY03/04 est.
136
Tunisia
13.00
2010 est.
137
Cook Islands
13.10
2005
138
Belize
13.10
2009
139
Iran
13.20
2010 est.
140
Dominican Republic
13.30
2010 est.
141
Ireland
13.60
2010 est.
142
Albania
13.70
2010 est.
143
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
14.00
1998 est.
144
Zambia
14.00
2006 est.
145
Maldives
14.50
2010 est.
146
Montenegro
14.70
2007 est.
147
Bahrain
15.00
2005 est.
148
Oman
15.00
2004 est.
149
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
15.00
2001 est.
150
Wallis and Futuna
15.20
2003
151
Iraq
15.30
2009 est.
152
Pakistan
15.40
2010 est.
153
Georgia
16.40
2009 est.
154
West Bank
16.50
2010 est.
155
Estonia
16.90
2010 est.
156
New Caledonia
17.10
2004
157
Serbia
17.20
2010 est.
158
Croatia
17.60
2010 est.
159
Lithuania
17.80
2010 est.
160
Kyrgyzstan
18.00
2004 est.
161
Latvia
18.40
2010 est.
162
Sudan
18.70
2002 est.
163
Comoros
20.00
1996 est.
164
Saint Lucia
20.00
2003 est.
165
Timor-Leste
20.00
2006 est.
166
Spain
20.10
2010 est.
167
Cape Verde
21.00
2000 est.
168
Gabon
21.00
2006 est.
169
Mozambique
21.00
1997 est.
170
Micronesia, Federated States of
22.00
2000 est.
171
Equatorial Guinea
22.30
2009 est.
172
Dominica
23.00
2000 est.
173
South Africa
24.90
2010 est.
174
American Samoa
29.80
2005
175
Cameroon
30.00
2001 est.
176
Libya
30.00
2004 est.
177
Mali
30.00
2004 est.
178
Mauritania
30.00
2008 est.
179
Macedonia
32.00
2010 est.
180
Afghanistan
35.00
2008 est.
181
Yemen
35.00
2003 est.
182
Marshall Islands
36.00
2006 est.
183
Gaza Strip
40.00
2010 est.
184
Kenya
40.00
2008 est.
185
Swaziland
40.00
2006 est.
186
Haiti
40.60
2010 est.
187
Bosnia and Herzegovina
43.10
2010 est.
188
Kosovo
45.00
2009 est.
189
Lesotho
45.00
2002
190
Nepal
46.00
2008 est.
191
Senegal
48.00
2007 est.
192
Namibia
51.20
2008 est.
193
Djibouti
59.00
2007 est.
194
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
60.00
2000 est.
195
Turkmenistan
60.00
2004 est.
196
Burkina Faso
77.00
2004
197
Liberia
85.00
2003 est.
198
Nauru
90.00
2004 est.
199
Zimbabwe
95.00
2009 est.
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