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

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Rank	Countries	Amount	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
= 7	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 %

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