eational use of Intracoastal Waterway on central and south
Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of US

Baker Island:
there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast

Georgia:
transportation network is in poor condition resulting from
ethnic conflict, criminal activities, and fuel shortages; network
lacks maintenance and repair

Howland Island:
Earhart Light is a day beacon near the middle of the
west coast that was partially destroyed during World War II, but has
since been rebuilt; named in memory of famed aviatrix Amelia EARHART

Jarvis Island:
there is a day beacon near the middle of the west
coast

Pacific Ocean:
Inside Passage offers protected waters from southeast
Alaska to Puget Sound (Washington state)

Southern Ocean:
Drake Passage offers alternative to transit through
the Panama Canal

Wake Island:
formerly an important commercial aviation base, now
used by US military, some commercial cargo planes, and for emergency
landings

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@Unemployment rate

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: