FACTOID # 9: Nauru, whose economy is derived almost entirely from phosphate in bird droppings, has the highest rate of unemployment in the world.
 
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Labor Statistics > Unemployment benefit as % of GDP (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Denmark: 3.4 % of GDP 
#2   Netherlands: 2.6 % of GDP 
#3   Finland: 2.6 % of GDP 
#4   Belgium: 2.5 % of GDP 
#5   Sweden: 1.9 % of GDP 
#6   France: 1.8 % of GDP 
#7   Ireland: 1.7 % of GDP 
#8   New Zealand: 1.6 % of GDP 
#9   Germany: 1.3 % of GDP 
#10   Australia: 1.1 % of GDP 
#11   Canada: 1 % of GDP 
#12   Switzerland: 1 % of GDP 
#13   Austria: 0.9 % of GDP 
#14   Italy: 0.7 % of GDP 
#15   Norway: 0.5 % of GDP 
#16   Japan: 0.5 % of GDP 
#17   United Kingdom: 0.3 % of GDP 
#18   United States: 0.2 % of GDP 
Weighted average: 1.4 % of GDP  


DEFINITION: Expenditure on unemployment benefits as % of GDP (Year 1998).

SOURCE: Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002

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