2007 est.)

Slovenia
7.7% (2007 est.)

Solomon Islands
NA%

Somalia
NA%

South Africa
24.3% (2007 est.)

Spain
8.3% (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka
6% (2007 est.)

Sudan
18.7% (2002 est.)

Suriname
9.5% (2004)

Swaziland
40% (2006 est.)

Sweden
6.1% (2007 est.)

Switzerland
2.8% (2007 est.)

Syria
9% (2007 est.)

Taiwan
3.9% (2007 est.)

Tajikistan
2.4% official rate; actual unemployment is higher (2007
est.)

Tanzania
NA%

Thailand
1.4% (2007 est.)

Timor-Leste
50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas
reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.)

Togo
NA%

Tokelau
NA%

Tonga
13% (FY03/04 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
4.5% (2007 est.)

Tunisia
14.1% (2007 est.)

Turkey
9.9% plus underemployment of 4% (2007 est.)

Turkmenistan
60% (2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
10% (1997 est.)

Tuvalu
NA%

Uganda
NA%

Ukraine
2.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered or
underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization
calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is nearly 7% (2007
est.)

United Arab Emirates
2.4% (2001)

United Kingdom
5.3% (2007 est.)

United States
4.6% (2007 est.)

Uruguay
9.2% (2007 est.)

Uzbekistan
0.8% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another
20% underemployed (2007 est.)

Vanuatu
1.7% (1999)

Venezuela
8.5% (2007 est.)

Vietnam
4.3% (2007 est.)

Virgin Islands
6.2% (2004)

Wallis and Futuna
15.2% (2003)

West Bank
18.6% (2006)

Western Sahara
NA%

World
30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many
non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12%
unemployment (2007 est.)

Yemen
35% (2003 est.)

Zambia
50% (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe
80% (2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 18 December 2008

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@2137 Military - note

Akrotiri
Akrotiri has a full RAF base, Headquarters for British
Forces on Cyprus, and Episkopi Support Unit

American Samoa
defense is the responsibility of the US

Andorra
defense is the responsibility of France and Spain

Anguilla
defense is the responsibility of the UK

Antarctica
the Antarctic Treaty prohibits any measures of a military
nature, such as the establishment of military bases and