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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Italy: 10.3% 
#2   Finland: 9.5% 
#3   France: 9.3% 
#4   Germany: 7.7% 
#5   Canada: 7.3% 
#6   Belgium: 7% 
#7   Australia: 6.6% 
#8   New Zealand: 5.7% 
#9   United Kingdom: 5.3% 
#10   Japan: 5.1% 
#11   United States: 5% 
#12   Austria: 4.9% 
#13   Denmark: 4.8% 
#14   Ireland: 4.6% 
#15   Sweden: 4.4% 
#16   Norway: 3.5% 
#17   Netherlands: 2.6% 
#18   Switzerland: 2% 
Weighted average: 5.9%  


DEFINITION: Unemployed as proportion of the total labour force. Data for 2000-2002.

SOURCE: OECD Historical Statistics

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11th June 2005 		I am quite sure that Germany's unemployment rate is around 10 to 11%. Where do those 7.7% come from? From another aera? Ok, no kidding any more: is this an old value or do you establish it differently?
sooo (moscow)
11th April 2007 		Actually, this data was actually for 2000-2002.
Look at the bottom of table:
"DEFINITION: Unemployed as proportion of the total labour force. Data for 2000-2002. "

ps: answer with late ^).
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