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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Armenia: 72.2 %   2001 Time series
# 2   Slovenia: 60.4 %   1994 Time series
# 3   Slovakia: 60.2 %   2003 Time series
# 4   Namibia: 57.6 %   1997 Time series
# 5   Italy: 57.5 %   2003 Time series
# 6   Poland: 56.1 %   2005 Time series
# 7   Bulgaria: 55.1 %   1999 Time series
# 8   Chile: 53.2 %   1995 Time series
# 9   Croatia: 52.9 %   2005 Time series
# 10   Netherlands Antilles: 51.4 %   1998 Time series
# 11   Latvia: 50.5 %   1999 Time series
# 12   Greece: 49.2 %   2003 Time series
# 13   Germany: 48.3 %   2003 Time series
# 14   Czech Republic: 47.4 %   2003 Time series
# 15   Estonia: 45.4 %   1998 Time series
# 16   Belgium: 44.8 %   2003 Time series
# 17   France: 43.1 %   2003 Time series
# 18   Botswana: 42.8 %   1995 Time series
# 19   Belize: 42.6 %   1999 Time series
# 20   Hungary: 42.2 %   2003 Time series
# 21   Romania: 41 %   1999 Time series
# 22   Ireland: 40.9 %   2003 Time series
# 23   Aruba: 40.2 %   1997 Time series
# 24   Dominica: 39.3 %   1997 Time series
# 25   Japan: 38.9 %   2003 Time series
# 26   Turkey: 36.5 %   2005 Time series
# 27   Barbados: 35.6 %   2001 Time series
# 28   Spain: 34.3 %   2003 Time series
# 29   Portugal: 31.2 %   2003 Time series
# 30   Netherlands: 30.1 %   2003 Time series
# 31   Russia: 29.5 %   1996 Time series
# 32   Luxembourg: 28.6 %   2002 Time series
# 33   Finland: 27.7 %   2003 Time series
# 34   Australia: 27.1 %   2003 Time series
# 35   United Kingdom: 26.5 %   2003 Time series
# 36   Austria: 25 %   2003 Time series
# 37   Jamaica: 24.4 %   2001 Time series
# 38   Panama: 24 %   2001 Time series
# 39   Lithuania: 23.4 %   1999 Time series
# 40   Denmark: 21.8 %   2003 Time series
# 41   Switzerland: 21.6 %   2003 Time series
# 42   Trinidad and Tobago: 20.3 %   2001 Time series
# 43   Sweden: 19.6 %   2003 Time series
# 44   Bahamas, The: 17.4 %   1999 Time series
# 45   New Zealand: 15.5 %   2003 Time series
# 46   United States: 12.5 %   2003 Time series
# 47   Canada: 11.4 %   2003 Time series
# 48   Iceland: 9.5 %   2002 Time series
# 49   Costa Rica: 8.9 %   2001 Time series
# 50   Norway: 7.1 %   2003 Time series
# 51   El Salvador: 6.5 %   1996 Time series
# 52   Dominican Republic: 2.2 %   2000 Time series
# 53   Mexico: 1.1 %   2003 Time series
# 54   Korea, South: 0.7 %   2003 Time series
Weighted average: 33.6 %   



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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