Labor > Unemployment rate > Note: Countries Compared
COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
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Albania | these are official rates, but actual rates may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming |
Argentina | based on official data, which may understate unemployment |
Bangladesh | about 40% of the population is underemployed; many participants in the labor force work only a few hours a week, at low wages |
Belarus | official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers |
Bolivia | data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | official rate |
Central African Republic | 23 |
China | official data for urban areas only; including migrants may boost total unemployment to 9%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas |
Cote d'Ivoire | unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of the civil war |
Djibouti | data are for urban areas, 83% in rural areas |
East Timor | data are for rural areas, unemployment rises to more than 40% among urban youth |
El Salvador | data are official rates; but the economy has much underemployment |
Germany | this is the International Labor Organization's estimated rate for international comparisons; Germany's Federal Employment Agency estimated a seasonally adjusted rate of 10.8% |
Haiti | widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs |
Honduras | about 36% are unemployed or underemployed |
Iran | data are according to the Iranian Government |
Jordan | official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% |
Mexico | underemployment may be as high as 25% |
Nicaragua | underemployment was 46.5% in 2008 |
Pakistan | substantial underemployment exists |
Peru | data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment |
Saudi Arabia | data are for Saudi males only (local bank estimates; some estimates range as high as 25%) |
Tajikistan | official rates; actual unemployment is much higher |
Turkey | underemployment amounted to 4% in 2008 |
Ukraine | officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers |
Uzbekistan | officially measured by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed |