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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Nauru: 90%  2004 Time series
# 2   Liberia: 85%  2003 Time series
# 3   Zimbabwe: 80%  2005 Time series
# 4   Burkina Faso: 77%  2004 Time series
= 5   Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 60%  2000 Time series
= 5   Turkmenistan: 60%  2004 Time series
= 7   Djibouti: 50%  2004 Time series
= 7   East Timor: 50%  2001 Time series
= 7   Zambia: 50%  2000 Time series
# 10   Senegal: 48%  2007 Time series
# 11   Lesotho: 45%  2002 Time series
# 12   Nepal: 42%  2004 Time series
= 13   Swaziland: 40%  2006 Time series
= 13   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 40%  2002 Time series
= 13   Afghanistan: 40%  2005 Time series
= 13   Kenya: 40%  2001 Time series
# 17   Yemen: 35%  2003 Time series
# 18   Macedonia, Republic of: 34.9%  2007 Time series
# 19   Gaza Strip: 34.8%  2006 Time series
# 20   Réunion: 31%  2002 Time series
# 21   Marshall Islands: 30.9%  2000 Time series
= 22   Cameroon: 30%  2001 Time series
= 22   Equatorial Guinea: 30%  1998 Time series
= 22   Libya: 30%  2004 Time series
= 22   Mali: 30%  2004 Time series
# 26   American Samoa: 29.8%  2005 Time series
# 27   Honduras: 27.8%  2007 Time series
# 28   Martinique: 27.2%  1998 Time series
# 29   Guadeloupe: 26.9%  2003 Time series
# 30   Mayotte: 25.4%  2005 Time series
# 31   South Africa: 24.3%  2007 Time series
# 32   Dominica: 23%  2000 Time series
= 33   Micronesia, Federated States of: 22%  2000 Time series
= 33   Nicaragua: 22%  2003 Time series
= 35   Cape Verde: 21%  2000 Time series
= 35   Gabon: 21%  2006 Time series
= 35   Mozambique: 21%  1997 Time series
= 38   Saint Lucia: 20%  2003 Time series
= 38   Lebanon: 20%  2006 Time series
= 38   Comoros: 20%  1996 Time series
= 38   Mauritania: 20%  2004 Time series
# 42   French Guiana: 19.2%  2003 Time series
# 43   Serbia and Montenegro: 18.8%  2007 Time series
# 44   Sudan: 18.7%  2002 Time series
# 45   West Bank: 18.6%  2006 Time series
# 46   Kyrgyzstan: 18%  2004 Time series
# 47   New Caledonia: 17.1%  2004 Time series
# 48   Netherlands Antilles: 17%  2002 Time series
# 49   Dominican Republic: 15.6%  2007 Time series
# 50   Wallis and Futuna: 15.2%  2003 Time series
= 51   Bahrain: 15%  2005 Time series
= 51   Oman: 15%  2004 Time series
= 51   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 15%  2001 Time series
# 54   Montenegro: 14.7%  2007 Time series
# 55   Tunisia: 14.1%  2007 Time series
# 56   Saint Helena: 14%  1998 Time series
# 57   Georgia: 13.6%  2006 Time series
# 58   Tonga: 13.3%  1996 Time series
# 59   Cook Islands: 13.1%  2005 Time series
= 60   Côte d'Ivoire: 13%  1998 Time series
= 60   Saudi Arabia: 13%  2004 Time series
# 62   Poland: 12.8%  2007 Time series
# 63   Grenada: 12.5%  2000 Time series
= 64   Puerto Rico: 12%  2002 Time series
= 64   Iran: 12%  2007 Time series
= 64   Niue: 12%  2001 Time series
= 67   Algeria: 11.8%  2007 Time series
= 67   Croatia: 11.8%  2007 Time series
# 69   French Polynesia: 11.7%  2005 Time series
# 70   Guam: 11.4%  2002 Time series
# 71   Colombia: 11.2%  2007 Time series
= 72   Antigua and Barbuda: 11%  2001 Time series
= 72   Ghana: 11%  2000 Time series
# 74   Barbados: 10.7%  2003 Time series
# 75   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 10.3%  1999 Time series
= 76   Turks and Caicos Islands: 10%  1997 Time series
= 76   Turkey: 10%  2005 Time series
# 78   Jamaica: 9.9%  2007 Time series
# 79   Morocco: 9.8%  2007 Time series
# 80   Suriname: 9.5%  2004 Time series
# 81   Belize: 9.4%  2006 Time series
= 82   Brazil: 9.3%  2007 Time series
= 82   Greenland: 9.3%  2005 Time series
# 84   Uruguay: 9.2%  2007 Time series
= 85   Egypt: 9.1%  2007 Time series
= 85   Guyana: 9.1%  2000 Time series
= 85   Indonesia: 9.1%  2007 Time series
= 88   Syria: 9%  2007 Time series
= 88   Germany: 9%  2007 Time series
= 90   Mauritius: 8.8%  2007 Time series
= 90   Ecuador: 8.8%  2007 Time series
= 92   Argentina: 8.5%  2007 Time series
= 92   Venezuela: 8.5%  2007 Time series
# 95   Slovakia: 8.4%  2007 Time series
= 96   Greece: 8.3%  2007 Time series
= 96   Spain: 8.3%  2007 Time series
= 98   Anguilla: 8%  2002 Time series
= 98   Portugal: 8%  2007 Time series
= 98   Central African Republic: 8%  2001 Time series
# 101   France: 7.9%  2007 Time series
= 102   Bulgaria: 7.7%  2007 Time series
= 102   Slovenia: 7.7%  2007 Time series
= 104   Bahamas, The: 7.6%  2006 Time series
= 104   Fiji: 7.6%  1999 Time series
= 106   Bolivia: 7.5%  2007 Time series
= 106   Belgium: 7.5%  2007 Time series
= 106   Botswana: 7.5%  2007 Time series
= 109   Hungary: 7.3%  2007 Time series
= 109   Israel: 7.3%  2007 Time series
= 109   Kazakhstan: 7.3%  2007 Time series
= 109   Philippines: 7.3%  2007 Time series
# 113   India: 7.2%  2007 Time series
# 114   Armenia: 7.1%  2007 Time series
# 115   Chile: 7%  2007 Time series
= 116   Aruba: 6.9%  2005 Time series
= 116   Finland: 6.9%  2007 Time series
= 116   Peru: 6.9%  2007 Time series
# 119   Czech Republic: 6.6%  2007 Time series
= 120   Malta: 6.4%  2007 Time series
= 120   Panama: 6.4%  2007 Time series
= 122   El Salvador: 6.2%  2007 Time series
= 122   Italy: 6.2%  2007 Time series
= 122   Virgin Islands: 6.2%  2004 Time series
# 125   Sweden: 6.1%  2007 Time series
= 126   Montserrat: 6%  1998 Time series
= 126   Canada: 6%  2007 Time series
= 126   Sri Lanka: 6%  2007 Time series
= 129   Madagascar: 5.9%  1998 Time series
= 129   Russia: 5.9%  2007 Time series
# 131   Latvia: 5.7%  2007 Time series
= 132   Paraguay: 5.6%  2007 Time series
= 132   Pakistan: 5.6%  2007 Time series
# 134   United Kingdom: 5.3%  2007 Time series
= 135   Burma: 5.2%  2007 Time series
= 135   Namibia: 5.2%  2007 Time series
# 137   Nigeria: 4.9%  2007 Time series
# 138   Estonia: 4.7%  2007 Time series
= 139   Ireland: 4.6%  2007 Time series
= 139   Costa Rica: 4.6%  2007 Time series
= 139   Netherlands: 4.6%  2007 Time series
= 139   United States: 4.6%  2007 Time series
= 143   Trinidad and Tobago: 4.5%  2007 Time series
= 143   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 4.5%  1997 Time series
= 145   Cayman Islands: 4.4%  2004 Time series
= 145   Austria: 4.4%  2007 Time series
= 145   Australia: 4.4%  2007 Time series
= 145   Luxembourg: 4.4%  2007 Time series
# 149   Vietnam: 4.3%  2007 Time series
# 150   Palau: 4.2%  2005 Time series
# 151   Romania: 4.1%  2007 Time series
= 152   Brunei: 4%  2006 Time series
= 152   China: 4%  2007 Time series
= 152   Hong Kong: 4%  2007 Time series
= 155   Taiwan: 3.9%  2007 Time series
= 155   Cyprus: 3.9%  2007 Time series
= 155   Northern Mariana Islands: 3.9%  2001 Time series
= 158   Ukraine: 3.8%  2005 Time series
= 158   Japan: 3.8%  2007 Time series
= 158   San Marino: 3.8%  2004 Time series
= 161   New Zealand: 3.6%  2007 Time series
= 161   British Virgin Islands: 3.6%  1997 Time series
# 163   Lithuania: 3.5%  2007 Time series
# 164   Korea, South: 3.3%  2007 Time series
= 165   Malaysia: 3.2%  2007 Time series
= 165   Guatemala: 3.2%  2005 Time series
# 167   Macau: 3.1%  2006 Time series
= 168   Mongolia: 3%  2007 Time series
= 168   Gibraltar: 3%  2005 Time series
= 170   Switzerland: 2.8%  2007 Time series
= 170   Denmark: 2.8%  2007 Time series
= 172   Bhutan: 2.5%  2004 Time series
= 172   Bangladesh: 2.5%  2007 Time series
= 172   Norway: 2.5%  2007 Time series
= 172   Cambodia: 2.5%  2000 Time series
= 176   Laos: 2.4%  2005 Time series
= 176   United Arab Emirates: 2.4%  2001 Time series
= 176   Tajikistan: 2.4%  2007 Time series
= 179   Jersey: 2.2%  2006 Time series
= 179   Kuwait: 2.2%  2004 Time series
= 181   Faroe Islands: 2.1%  2006 Time series
= 181   Singapore: 2.1%  2007 Time series
= 181   Moldova: 2.1%  2007 Time series
= 181   Bermuda: 2.1%  2004 Time series
# 185   Seychelles: 2%  2006 Time series
# 186   Cuba: 1.8%  2007 Time series
# 187   Vanuatu: 1.7%  1999 Time series
# 188   Belarus: 1.6%  2005 Time series
# 189   Man, Isle of: 1.5%  2006 Time series
# 190   Thailand: 1.4%  2007 Time series
# 191   Liechtenstein: 1.3%  2002 Time series
= 192   Azerbaijan: 1%  2007 Time series
= 192   Iceland: 1%  2007 Time series
# 194   Guernsey: 0.9%  2006 Time series
# 195   Qatar: 0.7%  2007 Time series
= 196   Monaco: 0%  2005 Time series
= 196   Andorra: 0%  1996 Time series
= 196   Norfolk Island: 0%  2007 Time series
Weighted average: 13.5%  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 8.5%  



DEFINITION: The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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COMMENTARY     

abc
6th July 2009 		Are you kidding me? Take this page down.
Abdul Kader MP (quaish)
2nd July 2009 		The data is not look correct.
Bangladesh: 2.5% 2007
In our country Bangladesh, the rate is very high.

19th May 2005 		It would be nice to have some updates here; alot of stats have changed significantly since 2002.
Ian Graham
Staff Editor
6th April 2005 		Germany’s unemployment rate rose slightly in March to 12 percent, the highest rate since the end of World War II.

The number of jobless people in the country fell by 40,000 in the month, to a total of 5.17 million, but the rate rose because of adjustments for seasonal variations in employment levels. The drop in the number of unemployed was less than usual for the month of March, which usually sees a rise in employment. Another factor contributing to the record unemployment level was the reclassification of people receiving social welfare as long-term unemployed.

The jobless rate is expected to play a crucial role in upcoming elections in the North Rhine-Westphalia province, where more than a million people are out of work and the unemployment rate is 12.4 percent. Polls show the Social Democrats are trailing the opposition Christian Democrats by 10 percentage points in the province.

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