CIA - The World Factbook
CIA - The World Factbook
Field Listing :: Unemployment rate
Country
Unemployment rate(%)
Albania
12.5% (2008 est.)
13.2% (2007 est.)
note: these are official rates, but actual rates may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming
Algeria
12.8% (2008 est.)
11.8% (2007 est.)
Austria
3.9% (2008 est.)
4.4% (2007 est.)
Belarus
1.6% (2005)
note: officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers
Belgium
7% (2008 est.)
7.5% (2007 est.)
Belize
8.1% (2008)
9.4% (2006)
Bolivia
7.5% (2008 est.)
7.5% (2007 est.)
note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment
Bosnia and Herzegovina
29% (2007 est.)
45.5% (31 December 2004 est.)
note: official rate; gray economy may reduce actual unemployment to 25-30%
Brazil
7.9% (2008 est.)
9.3% (2007 est.)
Bulgaria
6.3% (2008 est.)
7.7% (2007 est.)
Burma
5% (2008 est.)
5.2% (2007 est.)
Cambodia
3.5% (2007 est.)
2.5% (2000 est.)
Canada
6.2% (2008 est.)
6% (2007 est.)
Chile
7.8% (2008 est.)
7% (2007 est.)
China
4% (2008 est.)
4% (2007 est.)
note: official data for urban areas only; including migrants may boost total unemployment to 9%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas
Colombia
11.3% (2008 est.)
11.2% (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
note: unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of the civil war
Croatia
13.7% (2008 est.)
11.8% (2007 est.)
Cuba
1.6% (2008 est.)
1.8% (2007 est.)
Cyprus
3.6% (2008 est.)
3.9% (2007 est.)
Denmark
1.8% (2008 est.)
2.8% (2007 est.)
Djibouti
59% (2007 est.)
note: data are for urban areas, 83% in rural areas
Ecuador
7.3% (2008 est.)
8.8% (2007 est.)
Egypt
8.7% (2008 est.)
9.1% (2007 est.)
El Salvador
6.9% (2008 est.)
6.2% (2007 est.)
note: data are official rates; but the economy has much underemployment
Estonia
5.7% (2008 est.)
4.7% (2007 est.)
Finland
6.4% (2008 est.)
6.9% (2007 est.)
France
7.4% (2008 est.)
7.9% (2007 est.)
Germany
7.8% (2008 est.)
9% (2007 est.)
note: this is the International Labor Organization's estimated rate for international comparisons; Germany's Federal Employment Office estimated a seasonally adjusted rate of 10.8%
Greece
7.7% (2008 est.)
8.3% (2007 est.)
Haiti
NA%
note: widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs
Honduras
3.5% (2008 est.)
note: high level of underemployment with up to a third of the labor force seeking more work.
Hungary
7.8% (2008 est.)
7.3% (2007 est.)
Iceland
1.6% (2008 est.)
1% (2007 est.)
note: this figure climbed to 9.4% as of February 2009
India
9.1% (2008 est.)
7.2% (2007 est.)
Iran
12.5% (2008 est.)
12% (2007 est.)
note: data are according to the Iranian Government
Iraq
18.2% (2008 est.)
18% (2006 est.)
note: official data; unofficial estimates as high as 30%
Ireland
6.3% (2008 est.)
4.6% (2007 est.)
Israel
6.1% (2008 est.)
7.3% (2007 est.)
Italy
6.8% (2008 est.)
6.2% (2007 est.)
Jamaica
11% (2008 est.)
9.9% (2007 est.)
Japan
4% (2008 est.)
3.8% (2007 est.)
Jordan
12.6% (2008 est.)
13.5% (2007 est.)
note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30%
Kenya
40% (2008 est.)
40% (2001 est.)
Latvia
7.5% (2008 est.)
5.7% (2007 est.)
Lithuania
5.8% (2008 est.)
3.5% (2007 est.)
note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7%
Macau
3% (2008)
3.1% (2006)
Macedonia
33.8% (2008 est.)
34.9% (2007 est.)
Malaysia
3.3% (2008 est.)
3.2% (2007 est.)
Mexico
4% (2008 est.)
3.7% (2007 est.)
note: underemployment is perhaps 25%
Morocco
9.5% (2008 est.)
9.8% (2007 est.)
Nepal
46% (2008 est.)
42% (2004 est.)
Nicaragua
5.6% (2008 est.)
4.9% (2007 est.)
note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008
Norway
2.6% (2008 est.)
2.5% (2007 est.)
Pakistan
13.6% (2008 est.)
5.6% (2007 est.)
note: substantial underemployment exists
Panama
5.6% (2008 est.)
6.4% (2007 est.)
Paraguay
5.4% (2008 est.)
5.6% (2007 est.)
Peru
8.1% (2008 est.)
6.9% (2007 est.)
note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment
Poland
9.8% (2008 est.)
12.8% (2007 est.)
Portugal
7.6% (2008 est.)
8% (2007 est.)
Qatar
0.4% (2008 est.)
0.7% (2007 est.)
Romania
4.4% (2008 est.)
4.1% (2007 est.)
Russia
6.4% (2008 est.)
6.2% (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia
11.8% (2008 est.)
13% (2004 est.)
note: data are for Saudi males only (local bank estimates; some estimates range as high as 25%)
Slovakia
7.7% (2008 est.)
8.4% (2007 est.)
Slovenia
6.7% (2008 est.)
7.7% (2007 est.)
Spain
11.3% (2008 est.)
8.3% (2007 est.)
Sweden
6.2% (2008 est.)
6.1% (2007 est.)
Syria
8.6% (2008 est.)
9% (2007 est.)
Taiwan
4.1% (2008 est.)
3.9% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan
2.3% (2008 est.)
2.4% (2007 est.)
note: official rates; actual unemployment is higher
Thailand
1.4% (2008 est.)
1.4% (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste
20% (2006 est.)
note: data are for rural areas, unemployment rises to more than 40% among urban youth
Tunisia
14.1% (2008 est.)
14.1% (2007 est.)
Turkey
11% (2008 est.)
9.9% (2007 est.)
note: underemployment amounted to 4% in 2008
Ukraine
3% (2008 est.)
2.3% (2007 est.)
note: officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers
Uruguay
7.6% (2008 est.)
9.2% (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan
1% (2008 est.)
0.8% (2007 est.)
note: officially measured by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed
Vietnam
4.7% (2008 est.)
4.3% (2007 est.)
World
30% (2007 est.)
note: combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment