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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)    Date  
#1   Armenia: 71.6 %   2001 ...
#2   Slovakia: 61.1 %   2003 ...
#3   Chile: 59.7 %   1995 ...
#4   Italy: 58.2 %   2003 ...
#5   Lithuania: 57.8 %   2001 ...
#6   Poland: 57.7 %   2005 ...
#7   Slovenia: 56.5 %   1994 ...
#8   Greece: 56.5 %   2003 ...
#9   Namibia: 56 %   1997 ...
#10   Bulgaria: 55.3 %   1999 ...
#11   Belize: 54.9 %   1999 ...
#12   Croatia: 54.6 %   2005 ...
#13   Netherlands Antilles: 52 %   1998 ...
#14   Latvia: 51.5 %   1999 ...
#15   Germany: 50 %   2003 ...
#16   Czech Republic: 49.9 %   2003 ...
#17   Estonia: 47 %   1998 ...
#18   Barbados: 46.8 %   2001 ...
#19   Belgium: 46.3 %   2003 ...
#20   Botswana: 45.4 %   1995 ...
#21   Dominica: 44.3 %   1997 ...
#22   Romania: 44 %   1999 ...
#23   Suriname: 43.4 %   1998 ...
#24   France: 42.9 %   2003 ...
#25   Hungary: 42.2 %   2003 ...
#26   Spain: 39.8 %   2003 ...
#27   Turkey: 39.2 %   2005 ...
#28   Ireland: 35.4 %   2003 ...
#29   Japan: 33.5 %   2003 ...
#30   Aruba: 32.8 %   1997 ...
#31   Portugal: 32 %   2003 ...
#32   Jamaica: 31.7 %   2001 ...
#33   Bahamas, The: 30.4 %   1999 ...
#34   Panama: 29.3 %   2001 ...
#35   Netherlands: 29.2 %   2003 ...
#36   Trinidad and Tobago: 27.6 %   2001 ...
#37   Luxembourg: 27.4 %   2002 ...
#38   Switzerland: 27 %   2003 ...
#39   Finland: 24.7 %   2003 ...
#40   Austria: 24.5 %   2003 ...
#41   United Kingdom: 23 %   2003 ...
#42   Australia: 22.5 %   2003 ...
#43   Denmark: 19.9 %   2003 ...
#44   Sweden: 17.8 %   2003 ...
#45   New Zealand: 13.3 %   2003 ...
#46   Russia: 11.9 %   1998 ...
#47   United States: 11.8 %   2003 ...
#48   Iceland: 11.1 %   2002 ...
#49   Costa Rica: 10.9 %   2001 ...
#50   Canada: 10.1 %   2003 ...
#51   El Salvador: 7.3 %   1996 ...
#52   Norway: 6.4 %   2003 ...
#53   Dominican Republic: 1.6 %   2000 ...
#54   Mexico: 1 %   2003 ...
#55   Korea, South: 0.6 %   2003 ...
Weighted average: 35.3 %   


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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