CIA - The World Factbook
CIA - The World Factbook
Field Listing :: Unemployment rate
Country
Unemployment rate(%)
Albania
12.7% (2010 est.)
12.8% (2009 est.)
note: these are official rates, but actual rates may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming
Algeria
9.9% (2010 est.)
10.2% (2009 est.)
Argentina
7.9% (2010 est.)
8.7% (2009 est.)
note: based on official data, which may understate unemployment
Austria
4.6% (2010 est.)
4.8% (2009 est.)
Bangladesh
5.1% (2010 est.)
5.1% (2009 est.)
note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many participants in the labor force work only a few hours a week, at low wages
Belarus
1% (2009 est.)
1.6% (2005)
note: official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers
Belgium
8.1% (2010 est.)
7.9% (2009 est.)
Belize
13.1% (2009)
8.2% (2008)
Bolivia
8.3% (2010 est.)
7.7% (2009 est.)
note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment
Brazil
7% (2010 est.)
8.1% (2009 est.)
Bulgaria
9.5% (2010 est.)
6.3% (2008 est.)
Burma
5.7% (2010 est.)
4.9% (2009 est.)
Cambodia
3.5% (2007 est.)
2.5% (2000 est.)
Canada
8% (2010 est.)
8.3% (2009 est.)
Chile
8.7% (2010 est.)
9.6% (2009 est.)
China
4.3% (September 2009 est.)
4.2% (December 2008 est.)
note: official data for urban areas only; including migrants may boost total unemployment to 9%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas
Colombia
11.2% (2010 est.)
12% (2009 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
NA
note: unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of the civil war
Croatia
17.6% (2010 est.)
16.1% (2009 est.)
Cuba
2% (2010 est.)
1.7% (2009 est.)
Cyprus
6% (2010 est.)
5.3% (2009 est.)
Denmark
4.2% (2010 est.)
4.3% (2009 est.)
Djibouti
59% (2007 est.)
note: data are for urban areas, 83% in rural areas
Ecuador
7.6% (2010 est.)
8.5% (2009 est.)
Egypt
9.7% (2010 est.)
9.4% (2009 est.)
El Salvador
7% (2010 est.)
7.2% (2009 est.)
note: data are official rates; but the economy has much underemployment
Estonia
13.5% (2010 est.)
13.8% (2009 est.)
Finland
7.9% (2010 est.)
8.2% (2009 est.)
France
9.5% (2010 est.)
9.1% (2009 est.)
Gabon
21% (2006 est.); NA%
Georgia
16.4% (2009 est.)
13.6% (2006 est.)
Germany
7.1% (2010 est.)
7.5% (2009 est.)
note: this is the International Labor Organization's estimated rate for international comparisons; Germany's Federal Employment Office estimated a seasonally adjusted rate of 10.8%
Greece
12% (2010 est.)
9.4% (2009 est.)
Haiti
NA% est.)
note: widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs
Honduras
5.1% (2010 est.)
3.2% (2009 est.)
note: about 36% are unemployed or underemployed
Hungary
11.5% (2010 est.)
10% (2009 est.)
Iceland
8.6% (2010 est.)
8% (2009 est.)
India
10.8% (2010 est.)
10.7% (2009 est.)
Iran
14.6% (2010 est.)
10.3% (2008 est.)
note: data are according to the Iranian Government
Iraq
15.3% (2009 est.)
15.2% (2008 est.)
Ireland
13.7% (2010 est.)
11.8% (2009 est.)
Isle of Man
1.8% (October 2010 est.)
1.5% (December 2006 est.)
Israel
6.4% (2010 est.)
7.6% (2009 est.)
Italy
8.4% (2010 est.)
7.8% (2009 est.)
Jamaica
12.9% (2010 est.)
11.4% (2009 est.)
Japan
5.2% (2010 est.)
5.1% (2009 est.)
Jordan
13.4% (2010 est.)
12.9% (2009 est.)
note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30%
Kenya
40% (2008 est.)
40% (2001 est.)
Laos
2.5% (2009 est.)
2.4% (2005 est.)
Latvia
19.1% (2010 est.)
17.1% (2009 est.)
Macau
3.6% (2009)
3% (2008)
Macedonia
33.1% (2010 est.)
32.2% (2009 est.)
Malaysia
3.5% (2010 est.)
3.7% (2009 est.)
Malta
7% (2009 est.)
6% (2008 est.)
Mexico
5.6% (2010 est.)
5.5% (2009 est.)
note: underemployment may be as high as 25%
Moldova
3.4% (2010 est.)
3.1% (2009 est.)
Morocco
9.8% (2010 est.)
9.1% (2009 est.)
Namibia
51.2% (2008 est.)
36.7% (2004 est.)
Nepal
46% (2008 est.)
42% (2004 est.)
Nicaragua
8% (2010 est.)
8.2% (2009 est.)
note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008
Norway
3.7% (2010 est.)
3.2% (2009 est.)
Pakistan
15% (2010 est.)
14% (2009 est.)
note: substantial underemployment exists
Panama
4.4% (2010 est.)
6.7% (2009 est.)
Paraguay
6.9% (2010 est.)
7.9% (2009 est.)
Peru
6.7% (2010 est.)
8.1% (2009 est.)
note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment
Poland
11.8% (2010 est.)
11% (2009 est.)
Portugal
10.7% (2010 est.)
9.5% (2009 est.)
Qatar
0.5% (2010 est.)
0.5% (2009 est.)
Romania
8.2% (2010 est.)
7.8% (2009 est.)
Russia
7.6% (2010 est.)
8.4% (2009)
Saudi Arabia
10.8% (2010 est.)
10.5% (2009 est.)
note: data are for Saudi males only (local bank estimates; some estimates range as high as 25%)
Serbia
17.2% (2010 est.); 16.6% (2009 est.)
Slovakia
12.5% (2010 est.)
11.4% (2009 est.)
Slovenia
10.6% (2010 est.)
9.2% (2009 est.)
Spain
20% (2010 est.)
18.1% (2009 est.)
Sweden
8.3% (2010 est.)
8.3% (2009 est.)
Syria
8.3% (2010 est.)
8.5% (2009 est.)
Taiwan
5.2% (2010 est.)
5.9% (2009 est.)
Tajikistan
2.2% (2009 est.)
2.3% (2008 est.)
note: official rates; actual unemployment is higher
Timor-Leste
20% (2006 est.)
note: data are for rural areas, unemployment rises to more than 40% among urban youth
Tunisia
14% (2010 est.)
13.3% (2009 est.)
Turkey
12.4% (2010 est.)
14.1% (2009 est.)
note: underemployment amounted to 4% in 2008
Ukraine
8.4% (2010 est.)
8.8% (2009 est.)
note: officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers
Uruguay
7.4% (2010 est.)
7.6% (2009 est.)
Uzbekistan
1.1% (2010 est.)
1.1% (2009 est.)
note: officially measured by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed
Vietnam
6.4% (2010 est.)
6.5% (2009 est.)
World
8.8% (2010 est.)
8.2% (2009 est.)
note: 30% (2007 est.) combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment
Zimbabwe
95% (2009 est.)
80% (2005 est.)