| Country / Region |
Unemployment rate (%) |
Source / date of information |
 Afghanistan |
999.0 |
2008 |
 Albania |
13.75(official) 28-33(estimate) |
2010 (Q2) |
 Algeria |
10.2 |
2009 (Q4) |
 American Samoa (United States) |
29.8 |
2005 |
 Andorra |
0.0 |
2009 (June) |
 Anguilla (United Kingdom) |
7.8 |
2002 (July) |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
11.0 |
2001 |
 Argentina |
7.0 |
2010 (Q1) |
 Armenia |
7.2 |
2010 (April) |
 Aruba (Netherlands) |
5.7 |
2007 |
 Australia |
5.1 |
2010 (August) |
 Austria |
4.3 |
2010 (August) |
 Azerbaijan |
6.0 |
2009 |
 Bahrain |
3.7 |
2010 (February) |
 Bangladesh |
5.0 |
2009 |
 Barbados |
9.4 |
2009 (Q4) |
 Belarus |
0.9 |
2009 (December) |
 Belgium |
8.7 |
2010 (August) |
 Belize |
8.2 |
2008 (May) |
 Bermuda |
4.5 |
2009 (May) |
 Bhutan |
4.0 |
2009 |
 Bolivia |
7.4 |
2009 (Q4) |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
43.4 20(CIA estimate) |
2010 (August) |
 Botswana |
7.5 |
2007 |
 Brazil |
5.7 |
2010 (November) |
 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) |
3.1 |
2007 |
 Brunei |
3.7 |
2008 |
 Bulgaria |
10.1 |
2010 (August) |
 Burma |
4.9 |
2009 |
 Cambodia |
1.68 |
2008 |
 Cameroon |
4.4 (underemployment - 75.8) 30.0(CIA estimate) |
2005 |
 Canada |
7.8 |
2011 (January) |
 Canary Islands (Spain) |
27.68 |
2010 (Q1) |
 Cape Verde |
13.1 |
2010 (May) |
 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) |
4.0 (5.5 - 2010 estimate) |
2008 |
 Central African Republic |
8.0 |
2001 |
 Chile |
7.1 |
2010 (December) |
 China, People’s Republic of |
4.1 |
2010 (September) |
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) |
60.0 |
2000 |
 Colombia |
12.2 |
2010 (April) |
 Comoros |
20.0 |
1996 |
 Cook Islands (New Zealand) |
13.1 |
2001 |
 Costa Rica |
7.8 |
2009 (October) |
 Croatia |
11.2 |
2010 (March) |
 Cuba |
1.6 |
2009 |
 Cyprus |
7.2 |
2010 (August) |
 Czech Republic |
7.0 |
2010 (August) |
 Denmark |
6.9 |
2010 (August) |
 Djibouti |
59.0 |
2007 |
 Dominica |
23.0 |
2000 |
 Dominican Republic |
14.4 |
2010 (April) |
 East Timor |
20.0 |
2006 |
 Ecuador |
7.7 |
2010 (Q2) |
 Egypt |
9.4 |
2009 (Q4) |
 El Salvador |
7.2 |
2009 |
 Equatorial Guinea |
30.0 |
1998 |
 Estonia |
19.8 |
2010 (May) |
 European Union |
9.7 |
2010 (April) |
 Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
5.9 |
2010 (May) |
 Fiji |
8.6 |
2007 |
 Finland |
8.5 |
2010 (August) |
 France |
10.1 |
2010 (August) |
 French Polynesia (France) |
11.7 |
2007 |
 Gabon |
21.0 |
2006 |
 Gaza Strip |
7.8 |
2010 (March) |
 Georgia |
16.9 |
2009 |
 Germany |
6.7 |
2010 (September) |
 Ghana |
3.6 |
2008 (September) |
 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) |
3.3 |
2005 |
 Greece |
11 |
2010 (March) |
 Greenland (Denmark) |
7.8 |
2009 |
 Grenada |
24.5 |
2009 (June) |
 Guam (United States) |
9.6 |
2010 (August) |
 Guatemala |
3.2 |
2005 |
 Guernsey (United Kingdom) |
1.5 |
2010 (Q2) |
 Guyana |
9.0 |
2009 (July) |
 Honduras |
27.8 |
2007 |
 Hong Kong (China) |
4.0 |
2010 (Dec) |
 Hungary |
10.9 |
2010 (August) |
 Iceland |
7.6 |
2010 (June) |
 India |
10.07 |
2009 |
 Indonesia |
7.14 |
2010 (February) |
 Iran |
14.6 |
2009 (Q3) |
 Iraq |
18.0 |
2009 (February) |
 Ireland |
13.9 |
2010 (August) |
 Isle of Man |
1.8 |
2010 (August) |
 Israel |
6.5 |
2010 (May) |
 Italy |
8.2 |
2010 (August) |
 Jamaica |
11.3 |
2009 (July) |
 Japan |
5.1 |
2010 (August) |
 Jersey (United Kingdom) |
2.7 |
2009 (July) |
 Jordan |
11.9 |
2010 (Q4) |
 Kazakhstan |
6.1 |
2010 (May) |
 Kenya |
40.0 |
2009 |
 Kiribati |
38.2 |
2006 |
 Kosovo |
73 |
2010 |
 Kuwait |
1.5 |
2008 (March) |
 Kyrgyzstan |
8.2 |
2008 |
 Laos |
2.5 |
2009 |
 Latvia |
14.4 |
2011 (January) |
 Lebanon |
10.0 |
2009 (July) |
 Lesotho |
22.7 |
2008 |
 Liberia |
85.0; 88% among young Liberians |
2009 (July) |
 Libya |
13.0 |
2005 (May) |
 Liechtenstein |
1.5 |
2007 (December) |
 Lithuania |
13.4 |
2010 (April) |
 Luxembourg |
5.0 |
2010 (August) |
 Macau (China) |
3.0 |
2010 (April) |
 Macedonia |
32.2 |
2009 |
 Malaysia |
3.2 |
2010 (April) |
 Mali |
30.0 |
2004 |
 Malta |
6.2 |
2010 (August) |
 Marshall Islands |
30.9 |
1999 |
 Mauritania |
30.0 |
2008 |
 Mauritius |
8.4 |
2010 (Q1) |
| Mayotte (France) |
25.4 |
2005 |
 Mexico |
5.5 |
2010 (April) |
 Federated States of Micronesia |
22.0 |
2000 |
 Moldova |
9.1 |
2010 (Q1) |
 Monaco |
0.0 |
2005 |
 Mongolia |
12.2 |
2010 (Q1) |
 Montenegro |
20.3 |
2009 (Q4) |
 Montserrat (United Kingdom) |
6.0 |
1998 |
 Morocco |
10.0 |
2010 (Q1) |
 Mozambique |
60.0 |
2009 |
 Namibia |
51.2 |
2008 |
 Nauru |
90.0 |
2004 |
 Nepal |
46.0 |
2008 |
 Netherlands |
4.8 |
2010 (December) |
 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) |
10.0 |
2008 |
 New Caledonia (France) |
17.1 |
2004 |
 New Zealand |
6.8 |
2010 (June) |
 Nicaragua |
5.9 |
2009 |
 Nigeria |
19.7 |
2009 (March) |
 Norway |
3.1 |
2010 (May) |
 Niue (New Zealand) |
10.7 |
2006 |
 Pakistan |
3.8 (official) 4 (estimate) |
2008 |
 Palau |
4.2 |
2005 |
 Panama |
7.1 |
2009 |
 Papua New Guinea |
1.8 |
2004 |
 Paraguay |
7.9 |
2009 |
 Peru |
7.7 |
2010 (May) |
 Philippines |
8.0 |
2010 (April) |
 Poland |
9.4 |
2010 (August)) |
 Portugal |
10.7 |
2010 (August) |
 Puerto Rico (United States) |
15.6 |
2010 (August) |
 Qatar |
0.5 |
2009 |
 Romania |
8.36 |
2010 (March) |
 Russia |
9.2 |
2010 (January) |
 Saint Helena (United Kingdom) |
14.0 |
1998 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
4.5 |
1997 |
 Saint Lucia |
15.7 |
2006 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
10.3 |
1999 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
18.0 |
2009 (June) |
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