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Labor Statistics > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Djibouti: 43.5 %   1991 Time series
# 2   Lesotho: 39.3 %   1997 Time series
# 3   Macedonia, Republic of: 37.2 %   2004 Time series
# 4   Armenia: 36.4 %   1997 Time series
# 5   Seychelles: 34.6 %   1992 Time series
# 6   Namibia: 31.1 %   2001 Time series
# 7   Marshall Islands: 30.9 %   1999 Time series
# 8   South Africa: 27.1 %   2004 Time series
# 9   Iraq: 26.8 %   2004 Time series
# 10   Swaziland: 25.2 %   1997 Time series
# 11   Saint Lucia: 24.8 %   2003 Time series
= 12   Dominica: 23.1 %   1997 Time series
= 12   Ethiopia: 23.1 %   2004 Time series
# 14   Kenya: 21.3 %   1994 Time series
# 15   Algeria: 20.1 %   2004 Time series
# 16   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 19.8 %   1991 Time series
= 17   Botswana: 18.6 %   2001 Time series
= 17   New Caledonia: 18.6 %   1996 Time series
# 19   Dominican Republic: 18.4 %   2004 Time series
# 20   Slovakia: 18.1 %   2004 Time series
# 21   Gabon: 18 %   1993 Time series
# 22   Poland: 17.7 %   2005 Time series
# 23   Nigeria: 16.9 %   1995 Time series
= 24   Venezuela: 16.8 %   2003 Time series
= 24   Uruguay: 16.8 %   2003 Time series
= 24   Eritrea: 16.8 %   1984 Time series
# 27   Argentina: 15.6 %   2003 Time series
= 28   Albania: 15.2 %   2003 Time series
= 28   Serbia and Montenegro: 15.2 %   2003 Time series
= 28   Grenada: 15.2 %   1998 Time series
# 31   Netherlands Antilles: 15.1 %   2003 Time series
# 32   Tunisia: 14.7 %   2003 Time series
# 33   São Tomé and Príncipe: 14.4 %   2000 Time series
# 34   Mongolia: 14.2 %   2003 Time series
# 35   Suriname: 13.8 %   1999 Time series
# 36   Colombia: 13.7 %   2004 Time series
# 37   Croatia: 12.7 %   2005 Time series
# 38   Georgia: 12.6 %   2004 Time series
# 39   Kyrgyzstan: 12.5 %   2002 Time series
# 40   Jordan: 12.4 %   2004 Time series
= 41   Panama: 12.3 %   2004 Time series
= 41   Syria: 12.3 %   2003 Time series
# 43   Bulgaria: 12.1 %   2004 Time series
# 44   Zambia: 12 %   1998 Time series
# 45   Iran: 11.6 %   2003 Time series
# 46   Yemen: 11.5 %   1999 Time series
# 47   Jamaica: 11.4 %   2004 Time series
# 48   Morocco: 11.2 %   2005 Time series
= 49   Egypt: 11 %   2003 Time series
= 49   Spain: 11 %   2004 Time series
# 51   Philippines: 10.9 %   2004 Time series
# 52   Israel: 10.7 %   2003 Time series
# 53   Puerto Rico: 10.6 %   2004 Time series
# 54   Peru: 10.5 %   2004 Time series
# 55   Trinidad and Tobago: 10.4 %   2002 Time series
= 56   Bahamas, The: 10.3 %   2004 Time series
= 56   Turkey: 10.3 %   2005 Time series
# 58   Greece: 10.2 %   2004 Time series
# 59   Belize: 10 %   2002 Time series
= 60   Indonesia: 9.9 %   2004 Time series
= 60   France: 9.9 %   2004 Time series
= 62   Barbados: 9.8 %   2004 Time series
= 62   Germany: 9.8 %   2004 Time series
# 64   Brazil: 9.7 %   2003 Time series
# 65   Estonia: 9.6 %   2004 Time series
# 66   Guyana: 9.1 %   2001 Time series
# 67   Finland: 8.9 %   2004 Time series
= 68   Nepal: 8.8 %   2001 Time series
= 68   Mali: 8.8 %   2004 Time series
# 70   Latvia: 8.7 %   2005 Time series
= 71   Ecuador: 8.6 %   2004 Time series
= 71   Lebanon: 8.6 %   1997 Time series
= 71   Ukraine: 8.6 %   2004 Time series
= 74   Sri Lanka: 8.5 %   2004 Time series
= 74   Mauritius: 8.5 %   2004 Time series
# 76   Kazakhstan: 8.4 %   2004 Time series
= 77   Czech Republic: 8.3 %   2004 Time series
= 77   Lithuania: 8.3 %   2005 Time series
= 79   Ghana: 8.2 %   2000 Time series
= 79   Zimbabwe: 8.2 %   2002 Time series
= 81   Moldova: 8.1 %   2004 Time series
= 81   Paraguay: 8.1 %   2003 Time series
= 83   Romania: 8 %   2004 Time series
= 83   Italy: 8 %   2004 Time series
# 85   Russia: 7.9 %   2004 Time series
= 86   Chile: 7.8 %   2004 Time series
= 86   Nicaragua: 7.8 %   2003 Time series
# 88   Pakistan: 7.7 %   2004 Time series
# 89   Cameroon: 7.5 %   2001 Time series
= 90   Aruba: 7.4 %   1997 Time series
= 90   Belgium: 7.4 %   2004 Time series
= 92   Canada: 7.2 %   2004 Time series
= 92   Malta: 7.2 %   2004 Time series
= 92   Haiti: 7.2 %   1999 Time series
= 95   El Salvador: 6.8 %   2004 Time series
= 95   Hong Kong: 6.8 %   2004 Time series
# 97   Portugal: 6.7 %   2004 Time series
# 98   Sweden: 6.5 %   2004 Time series
# 99   Costa Rica: 6.4 %   2004 Time series
= 100   Hungary: 6.1 %   2004 Time series
= 100   Slovenia: 6.1 %   2004 Time series
= 102   Antigua and Barbuda: 6 %   1991 Time series
= 102   Burma: 6 %   1990 Time series
# 104   Honduras: 5.9 %   2004 Time series
= 105   Bolivia: 5.5 %   2002 Time series
= 105   Guam: 5.5 %   1993 Time series
= 105   United States: 5.5 %   2004 Time series
= 108   Singapore: 5.4 %   2003 Time series
= 108   Fiji: 5.4 %   1995 Time series
= 108   Australia: 5.4 %   2004 Time series
= 111   Bahrain: 5.2 %   2001 Time series
= 111   Denmark: 5.2 %   2004 Time series
= 111   Saudi Arabia: 5.2 %   2002 Time series
# 114   Tanzania: 5.1 %   2001 Time series
# 115   India: 5 %   2004 Time series
# 116   Austria: 4.9 %   2004 Time series
= 117   Macau: 4.8 %   2004 Time series
= 117   Luxembourg: 4.8 %   2004 Time series
= 119   Japan: 4.7 %   2004 Time series
= 119   Brunei: 4.7 %   1991 Time series
= 119   Cyprus: 4.7 %   2004 Time series
# 122   United Kingdom: 4.6 %   2004 Time series
# 123   Madagascar: 4.5 %   2002 Time series
= 124   Ireland: 4.4 %   2004 Time series
= 124   Norway: 4.4 %   2004 Time series
= 126   Bangladesh: 4.3 %   2003 Time series
= 126   Netherlands: 4.3 %   2003 Time series
= 126   Switzerland: 4.3 %   2004 Time series
# 129   China: 4.2 %   2005 Time series
# 130   Cayman Islands: 4.1 %   1997 Time series
= 131   New Zealand: 3.9 %   2004 Time series
= 131   Qatar: 3.9 %   2001 Time series
= 133   Malaysia: 3.5 %   2004 Time series
= 133   Korea, South: 3.5 %   2004 Time series
# 135   Cuba: 3.3 %   2002 Time series
# 136   Uganda: 3.2 %   2003 Time series
= 137   Iceland: 3.1 %   2004 Time series
= 137   Guinea: 3.1 %   1994 Time series
= 137   Bhutan: 3.1 %   2005 Time series
# 140   Mexico: 3 %   2004 Time series
= 141   Guatemala: 2.8 %   2003 Time series
= 141   Papua New Guinea: 2.8 %   2000 Time series
= 143   Burkina Faso: 2.6 %   1994 Time series
= 143   Laos: 2.6 %   1995 Time series
# 145   United Arab Emirates: 2.3 %   2000 Time series
# 146   Vietnam: 2.1 %   2004 Time series
# 147   Maldives: 2 %   2000 Time series
# 148   Kuwait: 1.7 %   2004 Time series
# 149   Man, Isle of: 1.6 %   2001 Time series
# 150   Thailand: 1.5 %   2004 Time series
# 151   Malawi: 0.9 %   1998 Time series
# 152   Cambodia: 0.8 %   2004 Time series
# 153   Chad: 0.7 %   1993 Time series
# 154   Rwanda: 0.6 %   1996 Time series
# 155   Burundi: 0.5 %   1990 Time series
Weighted average: 10.3 %   



DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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