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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     Ethiopia: 23.1 %   2004 Time series
= 12     Dominica: 23.1 %   1997 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     New Caledonia: 18.6 %   1996 Time series
= 17     Botswana: 18.6 %   2001 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     Grenada: 15.2 %   1998 Time series
= 28     Serbia and Montenegro: 15.2 %   2003 Time series
= 28     Albania: 15.2 %   2003 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     France: 9.9 %   2004 Time series
= 60     Indonesia: 9.9 %   2004 Time series
= 62     Germany: 9.8 %   2004 Time series
= 62     Barbados: 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     Mali: 8.8 %   2004 Time series
= 68     Nepal: 8.8 %   2001 Time series
# 70     Latvia: 8.7 %   2005 Time series
= 71     Lebanon: 8.6 %   1997 Time series
= 71     Ecuador: 8.6 %   2004 Time series
= 71     Ukraine: 8.6 %   2004 Time series
= 74     Mauritius: 8.5 %   2004 Time series
= 74     Sri Lanka: 8.5 %   2004 Time series
# 76     Kazakhstan: 8.4 %   2004 Time series
= 77     Lithuania: 8.3 %   2005 Time series
= 77     Czech Republic: 8.3 %   2004 Time series
= 79     Ghana: 8.2 %   2000 Time series
= 79     Zimbabwe: 8.2 %   2002 Time series
= 81     Paraguay: 8.1 %   2003 Time series
= 81     Moldova: 8.1 %   2004 Time series
= 83     Italy: 8 %   2004 Time series
= 83     Romania: 8 %   2004 Time series
# 85     Russia: 7.9 %   2004 Time series
= 86     Nicaragua: 7.8 %   2003 Time series
= 86     Chile: 7.8 %   2004 Time series
# 88     Pakistan: 7.7 %   2004 Time series
# 89     Cameroon: 7.5 %   2001 Time series
= 90     Belgium: 7.4 %   2004 Time series
= 90     Aruba: 7.4 %   1997 Time series
= 92     Malta: 7.2 %   2004 Time series
= 92     Canada: 7.2 %   2004 Time series
= 92     Haiti: 7.2 %   1999 Time series
= 95     Hong Kong: 6.8 %   2004 Time series
= 95     El Salvador: 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     Burma: 6 %   1990 Time series
= 102     Antigua and Barbuda: 6 %   1991 Time series
# 104     Honduras: 5.9 %   2004 Time series
= 105     Guam: 5.5 %   1993 Time series
= 105     Bolivia: 5.5 %   2002 Time series
= 105     United States: 5.5 %   2004 Time series
= 108     Singapore: 5.4 %   2003 Time series
= 108     Australia: 5.4 %   2004 Time series
= 108     Fiji: 5.4 %   1995 Time series
= 111     Saudi Arabia: 5.2 %   2002 Time series
= 111     Denmark: 5.2 %   2004 Time series
= 111     Bahrain: 5.2 %   2001 Time series
# 114     Tanzania: 5.1 %   2001 Time series
# 115     India: 5 %   2004 Time series
# 116     Austria: 4.9 %   2004 Time series
= 117     Luxembourg: 4.8 %   2004 Time series
= 117     Macau: 4.8 %   2004 Time series
= 119     Brunei: 4.7 %   1991 Time series
= 119     Japan: 4.7 %   2004 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     Norway: 4.4 %   2004 Time series
= 124     Ireland: 4.4 %   2004 Time series
= 126     Netherlands: 4.3 %   2003 Time series
= 126     Bangladesh: 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     Qatar: 3.9 %   2001 Time series
= 131     New Zealand: 3.9 %   2004 Time series
= 133     Korea, South: 3.5 %   2004 Time series
= 133     Malaysia: 3.5 %   2004 Time series
# 135     Cuba: 3.3 %   2002 Time series
# 136     Uganda: 3.2 %   2003 Time series
= 137     Bhutan: 3.1 %   2005 Time series
= 137     Guinea: 3.1 %   1994 Time series
= 137     Iceland: 3.1 %   2004 Time series
# 140     Mexico: 3 %   2004 Time series
= 141     Papua New Guinea: 2.8 %   2000 Time series
= 141     Guatemala: 2.8 %   2003 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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