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Labor Statistics > Long-term unemployment, female > % of female unemployment (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)    Date  
#1   Chile: 72.5 %   1995 ...
#2   Armenia: 70.8 %   2001 ...
#3   Belize: 65.6 %   1999 ...
#4   Slovakia: 62.1 %   2003 ...
#5   Greece: 61 %   2003 ...
#6   Poland: 59.3 %   2005 ...
#7   Italy: 58.9 %   2003 ...
#8   Croatia: 56.3 %   2005 ...
#9   Bulgaria: 55.5 %   1999 ...
#10   Namibia: 54.3 %   1997 ...
#11   Barbados: 53.7 %   2001 ...
#12   Latvia: 52.8 %   1999 ...
#13   Netherlands Antilles: 52.5 %   1998 ...
#14   Germany: 52.3 %   2003 ...
#15   Czech Republic: 51.9 %   2003 ...
#16   Slovenia: 51.4 %   1994 ...
#17   Estonia: 49.1 %   1998 ...
#18   Dominica: 48.5 %   1997 ...
#19   Romania: 48.4 %   1999 ...
#20   Belgium: 48.2 %   2003 ...
#21   Botswana: 47.7 %   1995 ...
#22   Turkey: 46.9 %   2005 ...
#23   Spain: 43.9 %   2003 ...
#24   France: 42.8 %   2003 ...
#25   Hungary: 42.2 %   2003 ...
#26   Bahamas, The: 39.2 %   1999 ...
#27   Russia: 36.8 %   1996 ...
#28   Jamaica: 36.2 %   2001 ...
#29   Panama: 35.7 %   2001 ...
#30   Trinidad and Tobago: 34.7 %   2001 ...
#31   Portugal: 32.7 %   2003 ...
#32   Switzerland: 32.6 %   2003 ...
#33   Netherlands: 28.1 %   2003 ...
#34   Luxembourg: 26.5 %   2002 ...
#35   Ireland: 26 %   2003 ...
#36   Aruba: 25.4 %   1997 ...
#37   Japan: 24.6 %   2003 ...
#38   Austria: 23.9 %   2003 ...
#39   Finland: 21.4 %   2003 ...
#40   Lithuania: 19.2 %   1999 ...
#41   Denmark: 17.9 %   2003 ...
#42   United Kingdom: 17.1 %   2003 ...
#43   Australia: 17 %   2003 ...
#44   Sweden: 15.3 %   2003 ...
#45   Costa Rica: 13.3 %   2001 ...
#46   Iceland: 13.3 %   2002 ...
#47   New Zealand: 11 %   2003 ...
#48   United States: 11 %   2003 ...
#49   El Salvador: 8.8 %   1996 ...
#50   Canada: 8.4 %   2003 ...
#51   Norway: 5.4 %   2003 ...
#52   Dominican Republic: 1.3 %   2000 ...
#53   Mexico: 0.8 %   2003 ...
#54   Korea, South: 0.3 %   2003 ...
Weighted average: 35.8 %   


DEFINITION: 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.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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