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SOURCE
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
DEFINITION
The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.
Labor Statistics > Unemployment rate (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Nauru: |
90 %
|
|
| #2 |
Liberia: |
85 %
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|
| #3 |
Zimbabwe: |
80 %
|
|
| #4 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: |
60 %
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|
| #5 |
Turkmenistan: |
60 %
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|
| #6 |
Djibouti: |
50 %
|
|
| #7 |
East Timor: |
50 %
|
|
| #8 |
Zambia: |
50 %
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|
| #9 |
Senegal: |
48 %
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|
| #10 |
Lesotho: |
45 %
|
|
| #11 |
Nepal: |
42 %
|
|
| #12 |
Kenya: |
40 %
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|
| #13 |
Swaziland: |
40 %
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|
| #14 |
Afghanistan: |
40 %
|
|
| #15 |
Macedonia, Republic of: |
36 %
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|
| #16 |
Yemen: |
35 %
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|
| #17 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
31.6 %
|
|
| #18 |
Marshall Islands: |
30.9 %
|
|
| #19 |
Libya: |
30 %
|
|
| #20 |
Cameroon: |
30 %
|
|
| #21 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
30 %
|
|
| #22 |
American Samoa: |
29.8 %
|
|
| #23 |
Honduras: |
27.9 %
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|
| #24 |
South Africa: |
25.5 %
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|
| #25 |
Mayotte: |
25.4 %
|
|
| #26 |
Botswana: |
23.8 %
|
|
| #27 |
Dominica: |
23 %
|
|
| #28 |
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
22 %
|
|
| #29 |
Cape Verde: |
21 %
|
|
| #30 |
Mozambique: |
21 %
|
|
| #31 |
Gabon: |
21 %
|
|
| #32 |
Gaza Strip: |
20.3 %
|
|
| #33 |
West Bank: |
20.3 %
|
|
| #34 |
Lebanon: |
20 %
|
|
| #35 |
Mauritania: |
20 %
|
|
| #36 |
Saint Lucia: |
20 %
|
|
| #37 |
Ghana: |
20 %
|
|
| #38 |
Comoros: |
20 %
|
|
| #39 |
Sudan: |
18.7 %
|
|
| #40 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
18 %
|
|
| #41 |
New Caledonia: |
17.1 %
|
|
| #42 |
Netherlands Antilles: |
17 %
|
|
| #43 |
Dominican Republic: |
16 %
|
|
| #44 |
Algeria: |
15.7 %
|
|
| #45 |
Wallis and Futuna: |
15.2 %
|
|
| #46 |
Iran: |
15 %
|
|
| #47 |
Bahrain: |
15 %
|
|
| #48 |
Oman: |
15 %
|
|
| #49 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
15 %
|
|
| #50 |
Poland: |
14.9 %
|
|
| #51 |
Mali: |
14.6 %
|
|
| #52 |
Saint Helena: |
14 %
|
|
| #53 |
Tunisia: |
13.9 %
|
|
| #54 |
Cook Islands: |
13.1 %
|
|
| #55 |
Saudi Arabia: |
13 %
|
|
| #56 |
Tonga: |
13 %
|
|
| #57 |
Côte d'Ivoire: |
13 %
|
|
| #58 |
Georgia: |
12.6 %
|
|
| #59 |
Indonesia: |
12.5 %
|
|
| #60 |
Grenada: |
12.5 %
|
|
| #61 |
Syria: |
12.5 %
|
|
| #62 |
Niue: |
12 %
|
|
| #63 |
Tajikistan: |
12 %
|
|
| #64 |
Puerto Rico: |
12 %
|
|
| #65 |
French Polynesia: |
11.7 %
|
|
| #66 |
Guam: |
11.4 %
|
|
| #67 |
Jamaica: |
11.3 %
|
|
| #68 |
Colombia: |
11.1 %
|
|
| #69 |
Antigua and Barbuda: |
11 %
|
|
| #70 |
Uruguay: |
10.8 %
|
|
| #71 |
Barbados: |
10.7 %
|
|
| #72 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
10.3 %
|
|
| #73 |
Egypt: |
10.3 %
|
|
| #74 |
Slovakia: |
10.2 %
|
|
| #75 |
Burma: |
10.2 %
|
|
| #76 |
Bahamas, The: |
10.2 %
|
|
| #77 |
Turks and Caicos Islands: |
10 %
|
|
| #78 |
Slovenia: |
9.6 %
|
|
| #79 |
Bulgaria: |
9.6 %
|
|
| #80 |
Brazil: |
9.6 %
|
|
| #81 |
Suriname: |
9.5 %
|
|
| #82 |
Paraguay: |
9.4 %
|
|
| #83 |
Mauritius: |
9.4 %
|
|
| #84 |
Belize: |
9.4 %
|
|
| #85 |
Greenland: |
9.3 %
|
|
| #86 |
Greece: |
9.2 %
|
|
| #87 |
Guyana: |
9.1 %
|
|
| #88 |
Venezuela: |
8.9 %
|
|
| #89 |
Panama: |
8.8 %
|
|
| #90 |
France: |
8.7 %
|
|
| #91 |
Argentina: |
8.7 %
|
|
| #92 |
Czech Republic: |
8.4 %
|
|
| #93 |
Israel: |
8.3 %
|
|
| #94 |
Belgium: |
8.1 %
|
|
| #95 |
Spain: |
8.1 %
|
|
| #96 |
Anguilla: |
8 %
|
|
| #97 |
Central African Republic: |
8 %
|
|
| #98 |
Philippines: |
7.9 %
|
|
| #99 |
Chile: |
7.8 %
|
|
| #100 |
Bolivia: |
7.8 %
|
|
| #101 |
India: |
7.8 %
|
|
| #102 |
Morocco: |
7.7 %
|
|
| #103 |
Fiji: |
7.6 %
|
|
| #104 |
Sri Lanka: |
7.6 %
|
|
| #105 |
Portugal: |
7.6 %
|
|
| #106 |
Hungary: |
7.4 %
|
|
| #107 |
Armenia: |
7.4 %
|
|
| #108 |
Kazakhstan: |
7.4 %
|
|
| #109 |
Moldova: |
7.3 %
|
|
| #110 |
Peru: |
7.2 %
|
|
| #111 |
Germany: |
7.1 %
|
|
| #112 |
Finland: |
7 %
|
|
| #113 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
7 %
|
|
| #114 |
Italy: |
7 %
|
|
| #115 |
Aruba: |
6.9 %
|
|
| #116 |
Malta: |
6.8 %
|
|
| #117 |
Costa Rica: |
6.6 %
|
|
| #118 |
Russia: |
6.6 %
|
|
| #119 |
Latvia: |
6.5 %
|
|
| #120 |
Pakistan: |
6.5 %
|
|
| #121 |
Canada: |
6.4 %
|
|
| #122 |
Virgin Islands: |
6.2 %
|
|
| #123 |
Romania: |
6.1 %
|
|
| #124 |
Montserrat: |
6 %
|
|
| #125 |
El Salvador: |
6 %
|
|
| #126 |
Nigeria: |
5.8 %
|
|
| #127 |
Sweden: |
5.6 %
|
|
| #128 |
Netherlands: |
5.5 %
|
|
| #129 |
Namibia: |
5.3 %
|
|
| #130 |
Australia: |
4.9 %
|
|
| #131 |
Austria: |
4.9 %
|
|
| #132 |
Hong Kong: |
4.9 %
|
|
| #133 |
United States: |
4.8 %
|
|
| #134 |
Estonia: |
4.5 %
|
|
| #135 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
4.5 %
|
|
| #136 |
Cayman Islands: |
4.4 %
|
|
| #137 |
Ireland: |
4.3 %
|
|
| #138 |
China: |
4.2 %
|
|
| #139 |
Palau: |
4.2 %
|
|
| #140 |
Macau: |
4.1 %
|
|
| #141 |
Japan: |
4.1 %
|
|
| #142 |
Luxembourg: |
4.1 %
|
|
| #143 |
Brunei: |
4 %
|
|
| #144 |
Taiwan: |
3.9 %
|
|
| #145 |
Northern Mariana Islands: |
3.9 %
|
|
| #146 |
New Zealand: |
3.8 %
|
|
| #147 |
San Marino: |
3.8 %
|
|
| #148 |
Denmark: |
3.8 %
|
|
| #149 |
Lithuania: |
3.7 %
|
|
| #150 |
British Virgin Islands: |
3.6 %
|
|
| #151 |
Norway: |
3.5 %
|
|
| #152 |
Malaysia: |
3.5 %
|
|
| #153 |
Mongolia: |
3.3 %
|
|
| #154 |
Switzerland: |
3.3 %
|
|
| #155 |
Korea, South: |
3.3 %
|
|
| #156 |
Guatemala: |
3.2 %
|
|
| #157 |
Qatar: |
3.2 %
|
|
| #158 |
Singapore: |
3.1 %
|
|
| #159 |
United Kingdom: |
2.9 %
|
|
| #160 |
Bangladesh: |
2.5 %
|
|
| #161 |
Cambodia: |
2.5 %
|
|
| #162 |
Bhutan: |
2.5 %
|
|
| #163 |
Laos: |
2.4 %
|
|
| #164 |
United Arab Emirates: |
2.4 %
|
|
| #165 |
Jersey: |
2.2 %
|
|
| #166 |
Kuwait: |
2.2 %
|
|
| #167 |
Faroe Islands: |
2.1 %
|
|
| #168 |
Bermuda: |
2.1 %
|
|
| #169 |
Thailand: |
2.1 %
|
|
| #170 |
Gibraltar: |
2 %
|
|
| #171 |
Vietnam: |
2 %
|
|
| #172 |
Cuba: |
1.9 %
|
|
| #173 |
Vanuatu: |
1.7 %
|
|
| #174 |
Belarus: |
1.6 %
|
|
| #175 |
Man, Isle of: |
1.5 %
|
|
| #176 |
Iceland: |
1.3 %
|
|
| #177 |
Liechtenstein: |
1.3 %
|
|
| #178 |
Azerbaijan: |
1.2 %
|
|
| #179 |
Guernsey: |
0.9 %
|
|
| #180 |
Norfolk Island: |
0 %
|
|
| #181 |
Monaco: |
0 %
|
|
| #182 |
Andorra: |
0 %
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