![]() | Afghanistan | NA% |
![]() | Albania | 16% (2000 est.) officially; may be as high as 25% |
![]() | Algeria | 30% (1999 est.) |
![]() | American Samoa | 16% (1993) |
![]() | Andorra | 0% |
![]() | Angola | extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2000 est.) |
![]() | Anguilla | 7% (1992 est.) |
![]() | Antigua and Barbuda | 7% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Argentina | 15% (December 2000) |
![]() | Armenia | 20% (1998 est.)
note: official rate is 9.3% for 1998 |
![]() | Aruba | 0.6% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Australia | 6.4% (2000) |
![]() | Austria | 5.4% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Azerbaijan | 20% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Bahamas, The | 9% (1998 est.) |
![]() | Bahrain | 15% (1998 est.) |
![]() | Bangladesh | 35.2% (1996) |
![]() | Barbados | 11% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Belarus | 2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers |
![]() | Belgium | 8.4% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Belize | 12.8% (1999) |
![]() | Benin | NA% |
![]() | Bermuda | NEGL% (1995) |
![]() | Bhutan | NA% |
![]() | Bolivia | 11.4% (1997)
note: widespread underemployment |
![]() | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35%-40% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Botswana | 40% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Brazil | 7.1% (2000 est.) |
![]() | British Virgin Islands | 3% (1995) |
![]() | Brunei | 4.9% (1995 est.) |
![]() | Bulgaria | 17.7% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Burkina Faso | NA% |
![]() | Burma | 7.1% (official FY97/98 est.) |
![]() | Burundi | NA% |
![]() | Cambodia | 2.8% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Cameroon | 30% (1998 est.) |
![]() | Canada | 6.8% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Cape Verde | 24% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Cayman Islands | 4.1% (1997) |
![]() | Central African Republic | 6% (1993) |
![]() | Chad | NA% |
![]() | Chile | 9% (December 2000) |
![]() | China | urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2000 est.) |
![]() | Christmas Island | NA% |
![]() | Colombia | 20% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Comoros | 20% (1996 est.) |
![]() | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | NA% |
![]() | Congo, Republic of the | NA% |
![]() | Cook Islands | NA% |
![]() | Costa Rica | 5.2% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Cote d'Ivoire | 13% in urban areas (1998 est.) |
![]() | Croatia | 22% (October 2000) |
![]() | Cuba | 5.5% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 3.6% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 6% (1998 est.) |
![]() | Czech Republic | 8.7% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Denmark | 5.3% (2000) |
![]() | Djibouti | 50% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Dominica | 20% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Dominican Republic | 13.8% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Ecuador | 13%; note - widespread underemployment (2000 est.) |
![]() | Egypt | 11.5% (2000 est.) |
![]() | El Salvador | 10% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Equatorial Guinea | 30% (1998 est.) |
![]() | Eritrea | NA% |
![]() | Estonia | 11.7% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Ethiopia | NA% |
![]() | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | full employment; labor shortage |
![]() | Faroe Islands | 1% (October 2000) |
![]() | Fiji | 6% (1997 est.) |
![]() | Finland | 9.8% (2000 est.) |
![]() | France | 9.7% (2000 est.) |
![]() | French Guiana | 21.4% (1998) |
![]() | French Polynesia | 15% (1992 est.) |
![]() | Gabon | 21% (1997 est.) |
![]() | Gambia, The | NA% |
![]() | Gaza Strip | 40% (includes West Bank) (yearend 2000) |
![]() | Georgia | 14.9% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Germany | 9.9% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Ghana | 20% (1997 est.) |
![]() | Gibraltar | 13.5% (1996) |
![]() | Greece | 11.3% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Greenland | 7% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Grenada | 15% (1997) |
![]() | Guadeloupe | 27.8% (1998) |
![]() | Guam | 15% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Guatemala | 7.5% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Guernsey | 0.5% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Guinea | NA% |
![]() | Guinea-Bissau | NA% |
![]() | Guyana | 12% (1992 est.) |
![]() | Haiti | widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (1999) |
![]() | Honduras | 28% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Hong Kong | 4.5% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Hungary | 9.4% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Iceland | 2.7% (January 2001) |
![]() | India | NA% |
![]() | Indonesia | 15%-20% (1998 est.) |
![]() | Iran | 14% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Iraq | NA% |
![]() | Ireland | 4.1% (2000) |
![]() | Isle of Man | 0.6% (August 2000) |
![]() | Israel | 9% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Italy | 10.4% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Jamaica | 16% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Japan | 4.7% (2000) |
![]() | Jersey | 0.7% (1998 est.) |
![]() | Jordan | 15% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Kazakhstan | 13.7% (1998 est.) |
![]() | Kenya | 50% (1998 est.) |
![]() | Kiribati | 2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.) |
![]() | Korea, North | NA% |
![]() | Korea, South | 4.1% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Kuwait | 1.8% (official 1996 est.) |
![]() | Kyrgyzstan | 6% (1998 est.) |
![]() | Laos | 5.7% (1997 est.) |
![]() | Latvia | 7.8% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Lebanon | 18% (1997 est.) |
![]() | Lesotho | 45% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Liberia | 70% |
![]() | Libya | 30% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Liechtenstein | 1.8% (February 1999) |
![]() | Lithuania | 10.8% (2000) |
![]() | Luxembourg | 2.7% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Macau | 6.6% (2000) |
![]() | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 32% (2000) |
![]() | Madagascar | NA% |
![]() | Malawi | NA% |
![]() | Malaysia | 2.8% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Maldives | NEGL% |
![]() | Mali | NA% |
![]() | Malta | 4.5% (3rd Quarter 2000) |
![]() | Marshall Islands | 16% (1991 est.) |
![]() | Martinique | 27.2% (1998) |
![]() | Mauritania | 23% (1995 est.) |
![]() | Mauritius | 6.4% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Mayotte | 45% (1997) |
![]() | Mexico | urban - 2.2% (2000); plus considerable underemployment |
![]() | Micronesia, Federated States of | 16% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Moldova | 1.9% (includes only officially registered unemployed; large numbers of underemployed workers) (November 2000) |
![]() | Monaco | 3.1% (1998) |
![]() | Mongolia | NA% |
![]() | Montserrat | 20% (1996 est.) |
![]() | Morocco | 23% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Mozambique | 21% (1997 est.) |
![]() | Namibia | 30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.) |
![]() | Nauru | 0% |
![]() | Nepal | NA%; substantial underemployment (1999) |
![]() | Netherlands | 2.6% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Netherlands Antilles | 14.9% (1998 est.) |
![]() | New Caledonia | 19% (1996) |
![]() | New Zealand | 6.3% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Nicaragua | 20% plus considerable underemployment (1999 est.) |
![]() | Niger | NA% |
![]() | Nigeria | 28% (1992 est.) |
![]() | Niue | NA% |
![]() | Norfolk Island | NA% |
![]() | Northern Mariana Islands | NA% |
![]() | Norway | 3% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Oman | NA% |
![]() | Pakistan | 6% (FY99/00 est.) |
![]() | Palau | 2.3% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Panama | 13% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Papua New Guinea | NA% |
![]() | Paraguay | 16% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Peru | 7.7%; extensive underemployment (1997) |
![]() | Philippines | 10% (2000) |
![]() | Pitcairn Islands | NA% |
![]() | Poland | 12% (1999) |
![]() | Portugal | 4.3% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Puerto Rico | 9.5% (2000) |
![]() | Qatar | NA% |
![]() | Reunion | 42.8% (1998) |
![]() | Romania | 11.5% (1999) |
![]() | Russia | 10.5% (2000 est.), plus considerable underemployment |
![]() | Rwanda | NA% |
![]() | Saint Helena | 14% (1998 est.) |
![]() | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.5% (1997) |
![]() | Saint Lucia | 15% (1996 est.) |
![]() | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 9.8% (1997) |
![]() | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22% (1997 est.) |
![]() | Samoa | NA%; note - substantial underemployment |
![]() | San Marino | 3% (1999) |
![]() | Sao Tome and Principe | NA% |
![]() | Saudi Arabia | NA% |
![]() | Senegal | NA%; urban youth 40% |
![]() | Seychelles | NA% |
![]() | Sierra Leone | NA% |
![]() | Singapore | 3% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Slovakia | 17% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Slovenia | 7.1% (1997 est.) |
![]() | Solomon Islands | NA% |
![]() | Somalia | NA% |
![]() | South Africa | 30% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Spain | 14% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Sri Lanka | 8.8% (1999 est.) |
![]() | Sudan | 4% (1996 est.) |
![]() | Suriname | 20% (1997) |
![]() | Swaziland | 22% (1995 est.) |
![]() | Sweden | 6% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Switzerland | 1.9% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Syria | 20% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Taiwan | 3% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Tajikistan | 5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1998) |
![]() | Tanzania | NA% |
![]() | Thailand | 3.7% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Togo | NA% |
![]() | Tokelau | NA% |
![]() | Tonga | 13.3% (FY96/97) |
![]() | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.8% (2000) |
![]() | Tunisia | 15.6% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Turkey | 5.6% (plus underemployment of 5.6%) (2000 est.) |
![]() | Turkmenistan | NA% |
![]() | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10% (1997 est.) |
![]() | Tuvalu | NA% |
![]() | Uganda | NA% |
![]() | Ukraine | 4.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (December 1999) |
![]() | United Arab Emirates | NA% |
![]() | United Kingdom | 5.5% (2000 est.) |
![]() | United States | 4% (2000) |
![]() | Uruguay | 14% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Uzbekistan | 10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.) |
![]() | Vanuatu | NA% |
![]() | Venezuela | 14% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Vietnam | 25% (1995 est.) |
![]() | Virgin Islands | 4.9% (March 1999) |
![]() | Wallis and Futuna | NA% |
![]() | West Bank | 40% (includes Gaza Strip) (yearend 2000) |
![]() | Western Sahara | NA% |
![]() | World | 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2000 est.) |
![]() | Yemen | 30% (1995 est.) |
![]() | Yugoslavia | 30% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Zambia | 50% (2000 est.) |
![]() | Zimbabwe | 50% (2000 est.) |