This page was last updated on 18 December 2008

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@2129 Unemployment rate (%)

Afghanistan
40% (2005 est.)

Albania
13.2% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance
of near-subsistence farming (2007 est.)

Algeria
11.8% (2007 est.)

American Samoa
29.8% (2005)

Andorra
0% (1996 est.)

Angola
extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more
than half the population (2001 est.)

Anguilla
8% (2002)

Antigua and Barbuda
11% (2001 est.)

Argentina
8.5% (2007 est.)

Armenia
7.1% (2007 est.)

Aruba
6.9% (2005 est.)

Australia
4.4% (2007 est.)

Austria
4.4% (2007 est.)

Azerbaijan
1% official rate (2007 est.)

Bahamas, The
7.6% (2006 est.)

Bahrain
15% (2005 est.)

Bangladesh
2.5% (includes underemployment) (2007 est.)

Barbados
10.7% (2003 est.)

Belarus
1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of
underemployed workers (2005)

Belgium
7.5% (2007 est.)

Belize
9.4% (2006)

Benin
NA%

Bermuda
2.1% (2004 est.)

Bhutan
2.5% (2004)

Bolivia
7.5% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
45.5% official rate; grey economy may reduce
actual unemployment to 25-30% (31 December 2004 est.)

Botswana
7.5% (2007 est.)

Brazil
9.3% (2007 est.)

British Virgin Islands
3.6% (1997)

Brunei
4% (2006)

Bulgaria
7.7% (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso
77% (2004)

Burma
5.2% (2007 est.)

Burundi
NA%

Cambodia
2.5% (2000 est.)

Cameroon
30% (2001 est.)

Canada
6% (2007 est.)

Cape Verde
21% (2000 est.)

Cayman Islands
4.4% (2004)

Central African Republic
8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)

Chad
NA%

Chile
7% (2007 est.)

China
4% unemployment in urban areas; substantial unemployment and
underemployment in rural areas (2007 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
60% (2000 est.)

Colombia
11.2% (2007 est.)

Comoros
20% (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
NA%

Congo, Republic of the
NA%

Cook Islands
13.1% (2005)

Costa Rica
4.6% (2007 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of
the civil war

Croatia
11.8% (2007 est.)

Cuba
1.8% (2007 est.)

Cyprus
3.9% (2007 est.)

Czech Republic
6.6% (2007 est.)

Denmark
2.8% (2007