Labor > Unemployment rate > Note: Countries Compared
COUNTRY |
DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| AlbaniaAlbania | these are official rates, but actual rates may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming |
| ArgentinaArgentina | based on official data, which may understate unemployment |
| BangladeshBangladesh | about 40% of the population is underemployed; many participants in the labor force work only a few hours a week, at low wages |
| BelarusBelarus | official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers |
| BoliviaBolivia | data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment |
| Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina | official rate |
| Central African RepublicCentral Africa | 23 |
| ChinaChina | official data for urban areas only; including migrants may boost total unemployment to 9%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas |
| Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire | unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of the civil war |
| DjiboutiDjibouti | data are for urban areas, 83% in rural areas |
| East TimorEast Timor | data are for rural areas, unemployment rises to more than 40% among urban youth |
| El SalvadorEl Salvador | data are official rates; but the economy has much underemployment |
| GermanyGermany | this is the International Labor Organization's estimated rate for international comparisons; Germany's Federal Employment Agency estimated a seasonally adjusted rate of 10.8% |
| HaitiHaiti | widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs |
| HondurasHonduras | about 36% are unemployed or underemployed |
| IranIran | data are according to the Iranian Government |
| JordanJordan | official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% |
| MexicoMexico | underemployment may be as high as 25% |
| NicaraguaNicaragua | underemployment was 46.5% in 2008 |
| PakistanPakistan | substantial underemployment exists |
| PeruPeru | data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment |
| Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia | data are for Saudi males only (local bank estimates; some estimates range as high as 25%) |
| TajikistanTajikistan | official rates; actual unemployment is much higher |
| TurkeyTurkey | underemployment amounted to 4% in 2008 |
| UkraineUkraine | officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers |
| UzbekistanUzbekistan | officially measured by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed |