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

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