List of countries by unemployment rate

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Map of world unemployment rates based on CIA Factbook data
Map of world unemployment rates based on CIA Factbook data

This is a list of countries by unemployment rate. Unless indicated otherwise, information is mostly based on The World Factbook, as at September 2005, [1]. Several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list. It should be noted that statistics are not directly comparable.


Rank by
entity		 Entity Unemployment rate
(%)		 Source / date of
information
1 Andorra 0.00 1996 est.
2 Monaco 0.00 2005
3 Norfolk Island 0.00
4 Guernsey 0.90 March 2006 est.
5 Azerbaijan 1.20 2006 est.
6 Iceland 1.30 2006 est.
7 Liechtenstein 1.30 September 2002
8 Isle of Man 1.50 December 2006 est.
9 Belarus 1.60 2005
10 Vanuatu 1.70 1999
11 Cuba 1.90 2006 est.
12 Gibraltar 2.00 2001 est.
13 Kiribati 2.00 1992 est.
14 Vietnam 2.00 2006 est.
15 Papua New Guinea 2.00 2004
16 Bermuda 2.10 2004 est.
17 Thailand 2.10 2006 est.
18 Faroe Islands 2.10 2006
19 Jersey 2.20 2006 est.
20 Kuwait 2.20 2004 est.
21 United Arab Emirates 2.40 2001
22 Laos 2.40 2005 est.
23 Bangladesh 2.50 2006 est.
24 Bhutan 2.50 2004
25 Cambodia 2.50 2000 est.
26 Ukraine 2.70 2006
27 United Kingdom 2.90 2006 est.
28 Uzbekistan 3.00 2006
29 Singapore 3.10 2006 est.
30 Guatemala 3.20 2005 est.
31 Qatar 3.20 2006 est.
32 Mexico 3.20 2006 est.
33 South Korea 3.30 December 2006 est.
34 Mongolia 3.30 2005
35 Switzerland 3.30 2006 est.
36 Malaysia 3.50 2006 est.
37 Norway 3.50 2006 est.
38 British Virgin Islands 3.60 1997
39 Lithuania 3.70 2006 est.
40 Denmark 3.80 2006 est.
41 Nicaragua 3.80 2006 est.
42 New Zealand 3.80 2006 est.
43 San Marino 3.80 2004
44 Northern Mariana Islands 3.90 2001
45 Taiwan 3.90 2006 est.
46 Brunei 4.00 2006
47 Japan 4.10 2006 est.
48 Macau 4.10 2005
49 Luxembourg 4.10 2006 est.
50 China 4.20 2005
51 Palau 4.20 2005 est.
52 Ireland 4.30 2006 est.
53 Cayman Islands 4.40 2004
54 Estonia 4.50 2006
55 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.50 1997
56 United States 4.80 2006 est.
57 Australia 4.90 2006 est.
58 Austria 4.90 2006 est.
59 Hong Kong 4.90 2006 est.
60 Namibia 5.30 2006 est.
61 Cyprus 5.50
62 Netherlands 5.50 2006 est.
63 Cyprus 5.60
64 Sweden 5.60 2006 est.
65 Nigeria 5.80 2006 est.
66 El Salvador 6.00 2006 est.
67 Montserrat 6.00 1998 est.
68 Romania 6.10 2006 est.
69 Virgin Islands 6.20 2004
70 Canada 6.40 2006 est.
71 Latvia 6.50 December 2006 est.
72 Pakistan 6.50 2006 est.
73 Costa Rica 6.60 2006 est.
74 Russia 6.60 2006 est.
75 Malta 6.80 2005 est.
76 Aruba 6.90 2005 est.
77 Finland 7.00 2006 est.
78 Trinidad and Tobago 7.00 2006 est.
79 Italy 7.00 2006 est.
80 Germany 7.10 2006 est.
81 Peru 7.20 2006 est.
82 Moldova 7.30 2005 est.
83 Armenia 7.40 November 2006 est.
84 Kazakhstan 7.40 2006 est.
85 Hungary 7.40 2006 est.
86 Sri Lanka 7.60 2006 est.
87 Portugal 7.60 2006 est.
88 Fiji 7.60 1999
89 Morocco 7.70 2006 est.
90 Bolivia 7.80 2006 est.
91 India 7.80 2006 est.
92 Chile 7.80 2006
93 Philippines 7.90 2006 est.
94 Anguilla 8.00 2002
95 Central African Republic 8.00 2001 est.
96 Belgium 8.10 2006 est.
97 Spain 8.10 October 2006 est.
98 Israel 8.30 30 September 2006
99 Czech Republic 8.40 2006 est.
— European Union 8.50 2006 est.
100 France 8.70 December 2006 est.
101 Panama 8.80 2006 est.
102 Venezuela 8.90 October 2006 est.
103 Greece 9.20 2006 est.
104 Greenland 9.30 2005 est.
105 Belize 9.40 2006
106 Paraguay 9.40 2005 est.
107 Mauritius 9.40 2006 est.
108 Suriname 9.50 2004
109 Brazil 9.60 2006 est.
110 Bulgaria 9.60 2006 est.
111 Slovenia 9.60 2006 est.
112 Turks and Caicos Islands 10.00 1997 est.
113 Argentina 10.20 3rd quarter, 2006 est.
114 Turkey 10.20 2006 est.
115 Slovakia 10.20 2006 est.
116 Myanmar 10.20 2006 est.
117 The Bahamas 10.20 2005 est.
118 Egypt 10.30 2006 est.
119 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10.30 1999
120 Ecuador 10.60 2006 est.
121 Barbados 10.70 2003 est.
122 Uruguay 10.80 2006 est.
123 Antigua and Barbuda 11.00 2001 est.
124 Colombia 11.10 2006 est.
125 Jamaica 11.30 2006 est.
126 Guam 11.40 2002 est.
127 French Polynesia 11.70 2005
128 Niue 12.00 2001
129 Tajikistan 12.00 2004 est.
130 Puerto Rico 12.00 2002
131 Grenada 12.50 2000
132 Syria 12.50 2005 est.
133 Indonesia 12.50 2006 est.
134 Georgia 12.60 2004 est.
135 Cote d'Ivoire 13.00 1998
136 Saudi Arabia 13.00 2004 est.
137 Tonga 13.00 FY03/04 est.
138 Cook Islands 13.10 2005
139 Albania 13.80 September 2006 est.
140 Tunisia 13.90 2006 est.
141 Saint Helena 14.00 1998 est.
142 Mali 14.60 2001 est.
143 Poland 14.90 November 2006 est.
144 Bahrain 15.00 2005 est.
145 Oman 15.00 2004 est.
146 Iran 15.00 2007 est.
147 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.00 2001 est.
148 Wallis and Futuna 15.20 2003
149 Jordan 15.40 2006 est.
150 Algeria 15.70 2006 est.
151 Dominican Republic 16.00 2006 est.
152 Netherlands Antilles 17.00 2002 est.
153 New Caledonia 17.10 2004
154 Croatia 17.20 2006 est.
155 Kyrgyzstan 18.00 2004 est.
156 Sudan 18.70 2002 est.
157 Comoros 20.00 1996 est.
158 Ghana 20.00 1997 est.
159 Lebanon 20.00 2006 est.
160 Saint Lucia 20.00 2003 est.
161 Mauritania 20.00 2004 est.
162 Gaza Strip 20.30 2005
163 West Bank 20.30 2005
164 Cape Verde 21.00 2000 est.
165 Gabon 21.00 1997 est.
166 Mozambique 21.00 1997 est.
167 Micronesia 22.00 2000 est.
168 Dominica 23.00 2000 est.
169 Botswana 23.80 2004
170 Iraq 25.00 2005 est.
171 Mayotte 25.40 2005
172 South Africa 25.50 2006 est.
173 Montenegro 27.70 2005
174 Honduras 27.90 2006 est.
175 American Samoa 29.80 2005
176 Cameroon 30.00 2001 est.
177 Equatorial Guinea 30.00 1998 est.
178 Libya 30.00 2004 est.
— World 30.00 2006 est.
179 Marshall Islands 30.90 2000 est.
180 Serbia 31.60 2005 est.
181 Yemen 35.00 2003 est.
182 Macedonia 36.00 September 2006 est.
183 Afghanistan 40.00 2005 est.
184 Swaziland 40.00 2006 est.
185 Kenya 40.00 2001 est.
186 Nepal 42.00 2004 est.
187 Lesotho 45.00 2002
188 Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.50 31 December 2004 est.
189 Senegal 48.00 2001 est.
190 Djibouti 50.00 2004 est.
191 Zambia 50.00 2000 est.
192 East Timor 50.00 2001 est.
193 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 60.00 2000 est.
194 Turkmenistan 60.00 2004 est.
195 Zimbabwe 80.00 2005 est.
196 Liberia 85.00 2003 est.
197 Nauru 90.00 2004 est.
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