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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Djibouti: 41.9 %   1991 Time series
# 2     Macedonia, Republic of: 33.5 %   2008 Time series
# 3     Solomon Islands: 31 %   1999 Time series
# 4     Marshall Islands: 27.6 %   1999 Time series
# 5     Equatorial Guinea: 27.4 %   1983 Time series
# 6     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 26.7 %   2007 Time series
# 7     Mauritania: 25.2 %   2004 Time series
# 8     Cape Verde: 23.3 %   1990 Time series
# 9     Lesotho: 21.5 %   1999 Time series
# 10     Comoros: 21.3 %   1991 Time series
= 11     Swaziland: 20 %   1997 Time series
= 11     South Africa: 20 %   2008 Time series
# 13     Namibia: 19.4 %   2004 Time series
# 14     Gabon: 19.1 %   1993 Time series
# 15     Albania: 18.8 %   2001 Time series
# 16     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 18.4 %   1991 Time series
# 17     Saint Lucia: 17.5 %   2004 Time series
# 18     New Caledonia: 16.3 %   1996 Time series
# 19     Botswana: 15.3 %   2006 Time series
# 20     Zambia: 14.1 %   2000 Time series
# 21     Georgia: 13.9 %   2007 Time series
# 22     Tunisia: 13.1 %   2005 Time series
# 23     Algeria: 12.9 %   2007 Time series
# 24     Guam: 12.83 %   2002 Time series
= 25     Dominica: 12 %   2001 Time series
= 25     Puerto Rico: 12 %   2007 Time series
# 27     Serbia and Montenegro: 11.89 %   2008 Time series
# 28     Ethiopia: 11.7 %   2006 Time series
= 29     São Tomé and Príncipe: 11 %   2006 Time series
= 29     French Polynesia: 11 %   2007 Time series
# 31     Grenada: 10.6 %   1998 Time series
# 32     Guyana: 10.3 %   2002 Time series
= 33     Jordan: 10.1 %   2008 Time series
= 33     Spain: 10.1 %   2008 Time series
= 33     Ghana: 10.1 %   2000 Time series
= 33     Iraq: 10.1 %   2004 Time series
# 37     Greenland: 10 %   2006 Time series
= 38     Suriname: 9.9 %   1999 Time series
= 38     Netherlands Antilles: 9.9 %   2007 Time series
# 40     Morocco: 9.6 %   2008 Time series
# 41     Turkey: 9.4 %   2008 Time series
# 42     Dominican Republic: 9.3 %   2007 Time series
= 43     Colombia: 8.9 %   2008 Time series
= 43     Barbados: 8.9 %   2004 Time series
# 45     El Salvador: 8.5 %   2006 Time series
# 46     Slovakia: 8.4 %   2008 Time series
# 47     Cameroon: 8.2 %   2001 Time series
# 48     Indonesia: 8.1 %   2007 Time series
= 49     Latvia: 8 %   2008 Time series
= 49     Antigua and Barbuda: 8 %   2001 Time series
= 51     Senegal: 7.9 %   2006 Time series
= 51     Maldives: 7.9 %   2006 Time series
= 53     Syria: 7.8 %   2003 Time series
= 53     Azerbaijan: 7.8 %   2007 Time series
= 55     Kyrgyzstan: 7.7 %   2006 Time series
= 55     Gibraltar: 7.7 %   1991 Time series
= 57     Hungary: 7.6 %   2008 Time series
= 57     Cambodia: 7.6 %   2004 Time series
= 57     Philippines: 7.6 %   2008 Time series
= 60     Germany: 7.4 %   2008 Time series
= 60     Nepal: 7.4 %   2001 Time series
# 62     Northern Mariana Islands: 7.37 %   2005 Time series
# 63     Jamaica: 7.3 %   2008 Time series
# 64     Mali: 7.2 %   2004 Time series
# 65     Venezuela: 7.1 %   2008 Time series
= 66     Ireland: 7 %   2008 Time series
= 66     Kazakhstan: 7 %   2004 Time series
= 66     Croatia: 7 %   2008 Time series
# 69     France: 6.9 %   2008 Time series
= 70     Liberia: 6.8 %   2007 Time series
= 70     Chile: 6.8 %   2008 Time series
= 70     Aruba: 6.8 %   1997 Time series
= 73     Bahamas, The: 6.7 %   2007 Time series
= 73     Romania: 6.7 %   2008 Time series
= 73     Ukraine: 6.7 %   2007 Time series
# 76     Canada: 6.6 %   2008 Time series
= 77     Portugal: 6.5 %   2008 Time series
= 77     Belgium: 6.5 %   2008 Time series
= 79     Poland: 6.4 %   2008 Time series
= 79     Russia: 6.4 %   2007 Time series
# 81     Haiti: 6.2 %   1999 Time series
= 82     Finland: 6.1 %   2008 Time series
= 82     Seychelles: 6.1 %   2005 Time series
= 82     Brazil: 6.1 %   2008 Time series
= 82     Lithuania: 6.1 %   2008 Time series
= 82     United Kingdom: 6.1 %   2008 Time series
# 87     Fiji: 6.02 %   2007 Time series
= 88     Argentina: 6 %   2008 Time series
= 88     United States: 6 %   2008 Time series
= 90     Sweden: 5.9 %   2008 Time series
= 90     Peru: 5.9 %   2007 Time series
= 92     Estonia: 5.8 %   2008 Time series
= 92     Belize: 5.8 %   2007 Time series
# 94     Israel: 5.7 %   2008 Time series
= 95     Armenia: 5.65 %   2004 Time series
= 95     Kiribati: 5.65 %   2005 Time series
= 97     Malta: 5.6 %   2008 Time series
= 97     Ecuador: 5.6 %   2006 Time series
= 99     Italy: 5.5 %   2008 Time series
= 99     Bulgaria: 5.5 %   2008 Time series
= 101     Malawi: 5.4 %   2004 Time series
= 101     Nicaragua: 5.4 %   2006 Time series
= 101     Uruguay: 5.4 %   2008 Time series
# 104     Panama: 5.3 %   2007 Time series
# 105     Greece: 5.1 %   2008 Time series
= 106     India: 4.9 %   2004 Time series
= 106     Tuvalu: 4.9 %   2002 Time series
= 106     American Samoa: 4.9 %   2000 Time series
# 109     Burma: 4.7 %   1990 Time series
= 110     Paraguay: 4.6 %   2008 Time series
= 110     Moldova: 4.6 %   2008 Time series
# 112     Sierra Leone: 4.5 %   2004 Time series
# 113     Trinidad and Tobago: 4.4 %   2007 Time series
= 114     Papua New Guinea: 4.3 %   2000 Time series
= 114     Luxembourg: 4.3 %   2008 Time series
= 116     Pakistan: 4.2 %   2007 Time series
= 116     Bolivia: 4.2 %   2002 Time series
= 116     Zimbabwe: 4.2 %   2004 Time series
= 116     Saudi Arabia: 4.2 %   2007 Time series
= 120     Bahrain: 4.1 %   2001 Time series
= 120     Mauritius: 4.1 %   2008 Time series
= 120     Japan: 4.1 %   2008 Time series
= 123     New Zealand: 4 %   2008 Time series
= 123     Australia: 4 %   2008 Time series
= 123     Slovenia: 4 %   2008 Time series
# 126     Mexico: 3.9 %   2008 Time series
# 127     Palau: 3.73 %   2005 Time series
= 128     Brunei: 3.7 %   1991 Time series
= 128     Nigeria: 3.7 %   1986 Time series
= 130     Sri Lanka: 3.6 %   2008 Time series
= 130     Austria: 3.6 %   2008 Time series
= 132     Czech Republic: 3.5 %   2008 Time series
= 132     Cayman Islands: 3.5 %   2007 Time series
= 134     Iceland: 3.4 %   2008 Time series
= 134     Bangladesh: 3.4 %   2005 Time series
= 134     Mozambique: 3.4 %   1997 Time series
# 137     Costa Rica: 3.3 %   2007 Time series
# 138     Cyprus: 3.2 %   2008 Time series
= 139     Malaysia: 3.1 %   2007 Time series
= 139     Bermuda: 3.1 %   2000 Time series
= 141     Denmark: 3 %   2008 Time series
= 141     Bhutan: 3 %   2005 Time series
= 141     Singapore: 3 %   2008 Time series
= 144     Tanzania: 2.8 %   2006 Time series
= 144     Man, Isle of: 2.8 %   2006 Time series
= 144     Switzerland: 2.8 %   2008 Time series
# 147     Norway: 2.7 %   2008 Time series
# 148     Faroe Islands: 2.6 %   2005 Time series
= 149     Uganda: 2.5 %   2003 Time series
= 149     Honduras: 2.5 %   2006 Time series
= 149     Monaco: 2.5 %   2000 Time series
= 149     United Arab Emirates: 2.5 %   2005 Time series
= 149     Netherlands: 2.5 %   2008 Time series
= 154     Burkina Faso: 2.3 %   1998 Time series
= 154     Mongolia: 2.3 %   2008 Time series
= 154     Qatar: 2.3 %   2001 Time series
# 157     Vanuatu: 1.99 %   1999 Time series
# 158     Vietnam: 1.9 %   2004 Time series
= 159     Cuba: 1.7 %   2007 Time series
= 159     Madagascar: 1.7 %   2005 Time series
= 159     Niger: 1.7 %   2001 Time series
# 162     Kuwait: 1.68 %   1988 Time series
= 163     Thailand: 1.5 %   2008 Time series
= 163     Guatemala: 1.5 %   2006 Time series
# 165     Laos: 1.3 %   2005 Time series
# 166     San Marino: 1.2 %   2007 Time series
# 167     Samoa: 1.13 %   2006 Time series
# 168     Chad: 1.1 %   1993 Time series
# 169     Tonga: 1.06 %   2006 Time series
= 170     Rwanda: 0.9 %   1996 Time series
= 170     Benin: 0.9 %   2002 Time series
# 172     Burundi: 0.7 %   1990 Time series
Weighted average: 7.7 %  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 6.55 %   


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: International Labour Organisation, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.

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