FIELD LISTING :: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.
| Country | UNEMPLOYMENT RATE(%) |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
35% (2008 est.) 40% (2005 est.) |
| Albania |
18% (2014 est.) 17.1% (2013 est.) note: these are official rates that may not include those working at near-subsistence farming |
| Algeria |
10.6% (2014 est.) 9.8% (2013 est.) |
| American Samoa |
29.8% (2005) |
| Andorra |
4% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.) |
| Angola |
NA% |
| Anguilla |
8% (2002) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
11% (2014 est.) |
| Argentina |
7.3% (2014 est.) 7.1% (2013 est.) |
| Armenia |
17.6% (2014 est.) 16.2% (2013 est.) |
| Aruba |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
| Australia |
6.1% (2014 est.) 5.7% (2013 est.) |
| Austria |
5.6% (2014 est.) 5.4% (2013 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
6% (2014 est.) 4.7% (2013 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
15% (2014 est.) 14% (2012 est.) |
| Bahrain |
4.1% (2014 est.) note: (2004 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
5% (2014 est.) 5% (2013 est.) note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many persons counted as employed work only a few hours a week and at low wages |
| Barbados |
12.7% (2014 est.) 11.7% (2013 est.) |
| Belarus |
0.7% (2014 est.) 1% (2009 est.) note: official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers |
| Belgium |
8.5% (2014 est.) 8.4% (2013 est.) |
| Belize |
12.9% (2014 est.) 11.3% (2012) |
| Benin |
NA% |
| Bermuda |
9% (2014 est.) 7% (2013) |
| Bhutan |
3.2% (2014 est.) 2.1% (2012 est.) |
| Bolivia |
4% (2014 est.) 7.4% (2013 est.) note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
43.6% (2014 est.) 44.3% (2013 est.) note: official rate; actual rate is lower as many technically unemployed persons work in the gray economy |
| Botswana |
17.8% (2009 est.) 7.5% (2007 est.) |
| Brazil |
4.8% (2014 est.) 5.4% (2013 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
8.7% (2010 est.) |
| Brunei |
2.7% (2014 est.) 2.7% (2010) |
| Bulgaria |
11.5% (2014 est.) 11.8% (2013 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
77% (2004) |
| Burma |
4% (2014 est.) 5.2% (2013 est.) |
| Burundi |
NA% |
| Cabo Verde |
12% (2014 est.) |
| Cambodia |
0.3% (2013 est.) 0.2% (2012 est.) |
| Cameroon |
30% (2001 est.) |
| Canada |
6.9% (2014 est.) 7.1% (2013 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
4% (2008) 4.4% (2004) |
| Central African Republic |
8% (2001 est.) note: 23% unemployment in the capital, Bangui |
| Chad |
NA% |
| Chile |
6.4% (2014 est.) 6% (2013 est.) |
| China |
4.1% (2014 est.) 4.1% (2013 est.) note: data are for registered urban unemployment, which excludes private enterprises and migrants |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
60% (2000 est.) |
| Colombia |
9.1% (2014 est.) 9.7% (2013 est.) |
| Comoros |
20% (1996 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
NA% |
| Congo, Republic of the |
53% (2012 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
13.1% (2005) |
| Costa Rica |
8.2% (2014 est.) 8.5% (2013 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
NA% |
| Croatia |
19.7% (2014 est.) 20.2% (2013 est.) |
| Cuba |
3.6% (2014 est.) 3.3% (2013 est.) note: these are official rates; unofficial estimates are about double the official figures |
| Curacao |
13% (2013 est.) 9.8% (2011 est.) |
| Cyprus |
16% (2014 est.) 15.9% (2013 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
7.9% (2014 est.) 7.7% (2013 est.) |
| Denmark |
6.5% (2014 est.) 5.7% (2013 est.) |
| Djibouti |
60% (2014 est.) |
| Dominica |
23% (2000 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
6.4% (2014 est.) 15% (2013 est.) |
| Ecuador |
5% (2014 est.) 4.7% (2013 est.) |
| Egypt |
13.4% (2014 est.) 13.2% (2013 est.) |
| El Salvador |
5.5% (2014 est.) 6.3% (2013 est.) note: data are official rates; but underemployment is high |
| Equatorial Guinea |
22.3% (2009 est.) |
| Eritrea |
8.6% (2013 est.) 10% (2012 est.) |
| Estonia |
7% (2014 est.) 8.6% (2013 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
17.5% (2012 est.) 18% (2011 est.) |
| European Union |
9.9% (2014 est.) 10.5% (2013) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
4.1% (2010) |
| Faroe Islands |
5.5% (2012) 6.8% (2011) |
| Fiji |
8.8% (2014 est.) |
| Finland |
8.6% (2014 est.) 8.1% (2013 est.) |
| France |
10.2% (2014 est.) 10.3% (2013 est.) note: includes overseas territories |
| French Polynesia |
21.8% (2012) 11.7% (2010) |
| Gabon |
21% (2006 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
NA% |
| Gaza Strip |
45.1% (2014 est.) 29.5% (2013 est.) note: data exclude West Bank |
| Georgia |
14.9% (2014 est.) 14.6% (2013 est.) |
| Germany |
5% (2014 est.) 5.3% (2013 est.) |
| Ghana |
5.2% (2013 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
3% (2005 est.) |
| Greece |
26.5% (2014 est.) 27.5% (2013 est.) |
| Greenland |
9.4% (2013 est.) 4.2% (2010 est.) |
| Grenada |
33.5% (2013) 25% (2008) |
| Guam |
8.4% (2013 est.) 8.2% (2010 est.) |
| Guatemala |
4.1% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.) |
| Guernsey |
0.9% (March 2006 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
NA% |
| Guinea |
NA% |
| Guyana |
11.1% (2013) 11.3% (2012) |
| Haiti |
40.6% (2010 est.) note: widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs |
| Honduras |
4.5% (2014 est.) 4.5% (2013 est.) note: about one-third of the people are underemployed |
| Hong Kong |
3.1% (2014 est.) 3.1% (2013 est.) |
| Hungary |
7.8% (2014 est.) 9.1% (2013 est.) |
| Iceland |
5% (2014 est.) 5.4% (2013 est.) |
| India |
8.6% (2014 est.) 9.1% (2013 est.) |
| Indonesia |
6.1% (2014 est.) 6.3% (2013 est.) |
| Iran |
11.2% (2014 est.) 10.4% (2013 est.) note: data are according to the Iranian Government |
| Iraq |
16% (2012 est.) 15% (2010 est.) |
| Ireland |
11.3% (2014 est.) 13.1% (2013 est.) |
| Isle of Man |
2% (April 2011 est.) 1.8% (October 2010 est.) |
| Israel |
6% (2014 est.) 6.2% (2013 est.) |
| Italy |
12.8% (2014 est.) 12.2% (2013 est.) |
| Jamaica |
15.3% (2014 est.) 15.2% (2013 est.) |
| Japan |
3.6% (2014 est.) 4% (2013 est.) |
| Jersey |
1.7% (2012 est.) 2.2% (2006 est.) |
| Jordan |
11.9% (2014 est.) 12.6% (2013 est.) note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% |
| Kazakhstan |
5.2% (2014 est.) 5.2% (2013 est.) |
| Kenya |
40% (2013 est.) 40% (2001 est.) |
| Kiribati |
30.6% (2010 est.) 6.1% (2005) |
| Korea, North |
25.6% (2013 est.) 25.5% (2012 est.) |
| Korea, South |
3.5% (2014 est.) 3.1% (2013 est.) |
| Kosovo |
30.9% (2013 est.) 45% (2012 est.) note: Kosovo has a large informal sector that may not be reflected in these data |
| Kuwait |
2.1% (2014 est.) 3% (2013 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
7.6% (2014 est.) 18% (2004 est.) |
| Laos |
1.3% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2010 est.) |
| Latvia |
10.8% (2014 est.) 9.9% (2013 est.) |
| Lebanon |
NA% |
| Lesotho |
28.1% (2014 est.) 25% (2008 est.) |
| Liberia |
85% (2003 est.) |
| Libya |
30% (2004 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
2.3% (2012) 2.5% (2011) |
| Lithuania |
10.7% (2014 est.) 11.8% (2013 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
7.1% (2014 est.) 6.9% (2013 est.) |
| Macau |
1.9% (2013 est.) 1.9% (2013 est.) |
| Macedonia |
28.5% (2014 est.) 29% (2013 est.) |
| Madagascar |
NA% 3.6% (2012 est.) |
| Malawi |
NA% |
| Malaysia |
2.9% (2014 est.) 3.1% (2013 est.) |
| Maldives |
11% (2012 est.) 12% (2011 est.) |
| Mali |
30% (2004 est.) 8.1% (2012 est.) |
| Malta |
5.9% (2014 est.) 6.4% (2013 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
36% (2006 est.) 30.9% (2000 est.) |
| Mauritania |
31% (2012 est.) 30% (2008 est.) |
| Mauritius |
7.8% (2014 est.) 8% (2013 est.) |
| Mexico |
4.8% (2014 est.) 4.9% (2013 est.) note: underemployment may be as high as 25% |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
16.2% (2010 est.) |
| Moldova |
4% (2014 est.) 5.2% (2013 est.) |
| Monaco |
2% (2012) |
| Mongolia |
7.7% (2014 est.) 7.8% (2013 est.) |
| Montenegro |
18.5% (2014 est.) 19.1% (2014 est.) |
| Montserrat |
6% (1998 est.) |
| Morocco |
9.1% (2014 est.) 9.2% (2013 est.) |
| Mozambique |
17% (2007 est.) 21% (1997 est.) |
| Namibia |
28.1% (2014 est.) 29.6% (2013 est.) |
| Nauru |
23% (2011 est.) 90% (2004 est.) |
| Nepal |
46% (2008 est.) 42% (2004 est.) |
| Netherlands |
7.4% (2014 est.) 7.3% (2013 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
17.1% (2004) |
| New Zealand |
5.4% (2014 est.) 6.2% (2013 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
4.8% (2014 est.) 6.1% (2013 est.) note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008 |
| Nigeria |
23.9% (2011 est.) 4.9% (2011 est.) |
| Niger |
5.1% (2012 est.) |
| Niue |
12% (2001) |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
11.2% (2010 est.) 8% (2005 est.) |
| Norway |
3.5% (2014 est.) 3.5% (2013 est.) |
| Oman |
15% (2004 est.) |
| Pakistan |
6.8% (2014 est.) 6.2% (2013 est.) note: substantial underemployment exists |
| Palau |
4.2% (2005 est.) |
| Panama |
4.1% (2014 est.) 4.1% (2013 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
1.9% (2008 est.) 1.7% (2004) |
| Paraguay |
5.5% (2014 est.) 7.5% (2013 est.) |
| Peru |
6% (2014 est.) 6.5% (2013 est.) note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment |
| Philippines |
6.8% (2014 est.) 7.2% (2013 est.) |
| Poland |
8.2% (2014 est.) 10% (2013 est.) |
| Portugal |
13.9% (2014 est.) 16.2% (2013 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
13.7% (December 2014 est.) 15% (December 2013 est.) |
| Qatar |
0.4% (2014 est.) 0.3% (2013 est.) |
| Romania |
6.4% (2014 est.) 7.2% (2013 est.) |
| Russia |
5.1% (2014 est.) 5.5% (2013 est.) |
| Rwanda |
NA% |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
14% (1998 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
4.5% (1997) |
| Saint Lucia |
20% (2003 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
9.9% (2008 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
18.8% (2008 est.) |
| Samoa |
NA% |
| San Marino |
8.7% (2014 est.) 5.5% (2011) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
NA% |
| Saudi Arabia |
5.5% (2014 est.) 11.6% (2013 est.) note: data are for Saudi males only (local bank estimates; some estimates are as high as 25%) |
| Senegal |
48% (2007 est.) |
| Serbia |
19.7% (2014 est.) 20.1% (2013 est.) |
| Seychelles |
3% (2014 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
NA% |
| Singapore |
2% (2014 est.) 1.9% (2013 est.) |
| Sint Maarten |
12% (2012 est.) 10.6% (2008 est.) |
| Slovakia |
13.2% (2014 est.) 14.2% (2013 est.) |
| Slovenia |
9.8% (2014 est.) 13.1% (2013 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
NA% |
| Somalia |
NA% |
| South Africa |
25.1% (2014 est.) 24.7% (2013 est.) |
| Spain |
24.5% (2014 est.) 26.1% (2013 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
4% (2014 est.) 4.4% (2013 est.) |
| Sudan |
13.6% (2014 est.) 18.7% (2002 est.) |
| Suriname |
8.9% (2014 est.) 8.5% (2013 est.) |
| Swaziland |
40% (2006 est.) |
| Sweden |
7.9% (2014 est.) 8% (2013 est.) |
| Switzerland |
3.2% (2014 est.) 3.2% (2013 est.) |
| Syria |
33% (2014 est.) 35% (2013 est.) |
| Taiwan |
4% (2014 est.) 4.2% (2013 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
2.5% (2013 est.) 2.5% (2012 est.) note: official rates; actual unemployment is much higher |
| Tanzania |
NA% |
| Thailand |
0.8% (2014 est.) 0.7% (2013 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
11% (2013 est.) 18.4% (2010 est.) |
| Togo |
NA% |
| Tokelau |
NA% |
| Tonga |
1.1% (2011 est.) 1.1% (2006) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
4% (2014 est.) 5.2% (2013 est.) |
| Tunisia |
15.3% (2014 est.) 15.8% (2013 est.) |
| Turkey |
9.9% (2014 est.) 9.1% (2013 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
11% (2014 est.) 10.6% (2013) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
10% (1997 est.) |
| Tuvalu |
NA% |
| Uganda |
NA% |
| Ukraine |
10.5% (2014 est.) 7.2% (2013 est.) note: officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers |
| United Arab Emirates |
2.4% (2001 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
6.2% (2014 est.) 7.6% (2013 est.) |
| United States |
6.2% (2014 est.) 7.4% (2013 est.) |
| Uruguay |
6.5% (2014 est.) 6.6% (2013 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
4.9% (2014 est.) 4.9% (2013 est.) note: official data, another 20% are underemployed |
| Vanuatu |
1.7% (1999 est.) |
| Venezuela |
8% (2014 est.) 7.5% (2013 est.) |
| Vietnam |
2.5% (2014 est.) 3.6% (2013 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
13% (2014) |
| Wallis and Futuna |
12.2% (2008 est.) |
| West Bank |
16% (2014 est.) 18.6% (2013 est.) |
| Western Sahara |
NA% |
| World |
8.3% (2014 est.) 7.7% (2013 est.) note: 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2007 est.) |
| Yemen |
27% (2014 est.) 35% (2003 est.) |
| Zambia |
15% (2008 est.) 50% (2000 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
95% (2009 est.) 80% (2005 est.) note: figures include unemployment and underemployment; true unemployment is unknown and, under current economic conditions, unknowable |