UNEMPLOYMENT RATIO

Comparable unemployment rates

Because international comparisons of unemployment rates can be misleading several organizations adjust unemployment rates to a common concept to allow accurate international comparisons. These comparisons generally pertain to developed countries and are prepared by the Division of International Labor Comparisons, Eurostat, and the statistical division of the OECD.

  Unemployment rate by country

Country / Region	Unemployment rate (%)	Source / date of information
Afghanistan	35.0	2008
Albania	13.49	2010 (Q4)
Algeria	10.0	2010 (September)
American Samoa (United States)	23.8	2010
Andorra	2.9	2009
Anguilla (United Kingdom)	7.8	2002 (July)
Antigua and Barbuda	11.0	2001
Argentina	7.3	2010 (Q4)
Armenia	7.0	2010 (December)
Aruba (Netherlands)	5.7	2007
Australia	5.2	2011 (September)
Austria	4.3	2011 (May)
Azerbaijan	6.0	2009
Bahrain	15	2005
Bangladesh	5.0	2009
Barbados	9.4	2010 (Q3)
Belarus	0.7	2010
Belgium	7.3	2011 (May)
Belize	12.6	2009 (September)
Bermuda	4.5	2009 (May)
Bhutan	4.0	2009
Bolivia	6.0	2010 (Q2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.2	2010 (August)
Botswana	7.5	2007
Brazil	5.8	2011 (November)
British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	3.1	2007
Brunei	3.7	2008
Bulgaria	11.2	2011 (May)
Burma	4.9	2009[3]
Cambodia	1.68	2008[24]
Cameroon	4.4 (underemployment - 75.8) 30.0[3](CIA estimate)	2005[25]
Canada	7.2	2011 (July)[26]
Cape Verde	13.1	2010 (May)[27]
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	4.0 (5.5 - 2010 estimate)[28]	2008[29]
Central African Republic	8.0	2001[3]
Chile	7.1	2010 (December)[30]
China, People's Republic of	4.1	2010 (September)[31]
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	60.0	2000[3]
Colombia	9.7	2011 (September)[32]
Comoros	20.0	1996[3]
Cook Islands (New Zealand)	13.1	2001[33]
Costa Rica	7.8	2009 (October)[34]
Croatia	16.8	2011 (July)[89]
Cuba	1.6	2009[3]
Cyprus	7.4	2011 (May)[11]
Czech Republic	6.5	2011 (May)[11]
Denmark	7.4	2011 (May)[11]
Djibouti	59.0	2007[3]
Dominica	23.0	2000[3]
Dominican Republic	14.4	2010 (April)[35]
East Timor	20.0	2006
Ecuador	7.7	2010 (Q2)[20]
Egypt	9.4	2009 (Q4)[20][36]
El Salvador	7.2	2009[3]
Equatorial Guinea	30.0	1998[3]
Estonia	13.8	2011 (March)[37]
European Union	9.3	2011 (May)[38]
Faroe Islands (Denmark)	5.9	2010 (May)[39]
Fiji	8.6	2007[40][41]
Finland	7.8	2011 (May)[11]
France	9.5	2011 (May)[11]
French Polynesia (France)	11.7	2007[42]
Gabon	21.0	2006[3]
Gaza Strip	37.8	2010 [43]
Georgia	16.9	2009[44]
Germany	5.8	2011 (September)[11]
Ghana	3.6	2008 (September)[45]
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	3.3	2005[46]
Greece	18.4	2011 (August)[47]
Greenland (Denmark)	7.8	2009[48]
Grenada	24.5	2009 (June)[49]
Guam (United States)	56	2010 (August)[50]
Guatemala	3.2	2005[3]
Guernsey (United Kingdom)	1.5	2010 (Q2)[51]
Guyana	9.0	2009 (July)[52]
Honduras	27.8	2007
Hong Kong (China)	3.5	2011 (July)[53]
Hungary	10.0	2011 (May)[11]
Iceland	7.6	2010 (June)[54][55]
India	9.4	2010 (October)[56]
Indonesia	6.56	2011 (August)[57]
Iran	11.5	2011 (Q3)[58]
Iraq	18.0	2009 (February)[59]
Ireland	14.0	2011 (May)[11]
Isle of Man	1.8	2010 (August)[60]
Israel	5.4	2011 (June)[61]
Italy	8.1	2011 (May)[11]
Jamaica	11.3	2009 (July)[62]
Japan	4.1	2011 (September)[63]
Jersey (United Kingdom)	2.7	2009 (July)[64]
Jordan	11.9	2010 (Q4)[65]
Kazakhstan	6.1	2010 (May)[66]
Kenya	40.0	2009[67]
Kiribati	38.2	2006[68]
Kosovo[a]	40.0	2010[69]
Kuwait	1.5	2008 (March)[70]
Kyrgyzstan	8.2	2008[71][72]
Laos	2.5	2009[3]
Latvia	16.2	2011 (March)[11]
Lebanon	10.0	2009 (July)[73]
Lesotho	22.7	2008[74]
Liberia	3.6	2010[75]
Libya	13.0	2005 (May)[76]
Liechtenstein	1.5	2007 (December)[3]
Lithuania	14.8	2011 (Q3)[77]
Luxembourg	4.5	2011 (May)[11]
Macau (China)	3.0	2010 (April)[78]
Macedonia	32.0	2010[79]
Malaysia	3.2	2010 (April)[80]
Mali	30.0	2004[3]
Malta	6.2	2011 (May)[11]
Marshall Islands	30.9	1999[81]
Mauritania	30.0	2008[3]
Mauritius	8.4	2010 (Q1)[82]
Mayotte (France)	25.4	2005[3]
Mexico	5.5	2010 (April)[83][84]
Federated States of Micronesia	22.0	2000[85]
Moldova	9.1	2010 (Q1)[86]
Monaco	0.0	2005[3]
Mongolia	12.2	2010 (Q1)[87]
Montenegro	20.3	2009 (Q4)[88]
Montserrat (United Kingdom)	6.0	1998[3]
Morocco	10.0	2010 (Q1)[89][90]
Mozambique	60.0	2009
Namibia	51.2	2008[3]
Nauru	90.0	2004[3]
Nepal	46.0	2008[3]
Netherlands	4.2	2011 (May)[37]
Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	10.0	2008[91]
New Caledonia (France)	17.1	2004[3]
New Zealand	6.6	2011 (March)[92]
Nicaragua	5.9	2009[3]
Nigeria	4.9%	2009 (March)[93]
Norway	3.4	2011 (April)[11]
Niue (New Zealand)	10.7	2006[94]
Pakistan	15.4	2010[95]
Palau	4.2	2005[3]
Panama	7.1	2009[3]
Papua New Guinea	1.8	2004[3]
Paraguay	7.9	2009[3]
Peru	7.7	2010 (May)[96]
Philippines	7.2	2011 (April)[97]
Poland	9.2	2011 (May))[11]
Portugal	12.4	2011 (May)[11]
Puerto Rico (United States)	16	2011 (June)[98]
Qatar	0.5	2009[3]
Romania	7.0	2011 (March)[11]
Russia	7.6	2011 (January)[99]
Saint Helena (United Kingdom)	14.0	1998[3]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.5	1997[3]
Saint Lucia	15.7	2006[100]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	10.3	1999[3]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.0	2009 (June)[49]
San Marino	3.1	2008[3]
Saudi Arabia	10.8 (males only)	2010 [101]
Senegal	48.0;[citation needed] 30% among adults aged 24 and under[102]	2007
Serbia	27+	2011 (October)[103]
Singapore	1.9	2011 (March)[104]
Slovakia	13.3	2011 (May)[11]
Slovenia	8.3	2011 (May)[11]
South Africa	25.0	2011 (Q3)[105]
South Korea	3.7	2010 (April)[83]
Spain	21.5	2011 (October)[11]
Sri Lanka	5.9	2009 (Q3)[106]
Sudan	18.7	2002[3]
Suriname	9.5	2004[3]
Swaziland	40.6	2007[107]
Sweden	7.7	2011 (May)[11]
Switzerland	2.9	2010 (June)[108]
Syria	9.2	2009[3]
Republic of China (Taiwan)	5.14	2010 (May)[109]
Tajikistan	60.0	2008 (August)[110]
Thailand	1.2	2009 (September)[111]
The Bahamas	12.6	2009 (September)[112]
Tonga	1.1	2006[113]
Trinidad and Tobago	5.8	2009 (Q3)[20]
Tunisia	13.3	2009[114]
Turkey	9.1	2011 (September)[115]
Turkmenistan	70.0	2008 (November)[116]
Turks and Caicos Islands	5.4	2007[117]
Ukraine	9.2	2009 (December)[20]
United Arab Emirates	12.7	2008[118]
United Kingdom	8.3	2011 (August)[11]
United States	9.0	2011 (October)[119]
Uruguay	6.1	2011 (January)[120]
Uzbekistan	8.0	2008 (December)[121]
Vanuatu	78.21	1999[122]
Venezuela	8.3	2011 (September)[123]
Vietnam	2.9	2009 (April)[3]
U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)	7.9	2010 (April)[124]
Wallis and Futuna (France)	12.2	2008[125]
West Bank	17.2	2010 [43]
Yemen	35.0	2009 (June)[126]
Zambia	16.0	2005[127]
Zimbabwe	97.0	2009