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Afghanistan35% (2008 est.)
40% (2005 est.)
Albania14.5% (2016 est.)
16.9% (2015 est.)
note: these official rates may not include those working at near-subsistence farming
Algeria9.9% (2016 est.)
11.2% (2015 est.)
American Samoa29.8% (2005)
Andorra3.7% (2016 est.)
4.1% (2015 est.)
AngolaNA%
Anguilla8% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda11% (2014 est.)
Argentina8% (2016 est.)
7.6% (2015 est.)
Armenia17.9% (2016 est.)
17.7% (2015 est.)
Aruba6.9% (2005 est.)
Australia5.8% (2016 est.)
6.1% (2015 est.)
Austria6.1% (2016 est.)
5.7% (2015 est.)
Azerbaijan5% (2016 est.)
5.3% (2015 est.)
Bahamas, The15% (2014 est.)
15.8% (2013 est.)
Bahrain4.1% (2014 est.)
4.3% (2013 est.)
note: official estimate; actual rate is higher
Bangladesh4.9% (2016 est.)
4.9% (2015 est.)
note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many persons counted as employed work only a few hours a week and at low wages
Barbados11% (2016 est.)
11.3% (2015 est.)
Belarus0.8% (2016 est.)
1% (2015 est.)
note: official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers
Belgium8.4% (2016 est.)
8.5% (2015 est.)
Belize12.9% (2014 est.)
14.1% (2013 est.)
BeninNA%
Bermuda9% (2014 est.)
7% (2013)
Bhutan2.5% (2015 est.)
2.6% (2014 est.)
Bolivia4.1% (2016 est.)
4.4% (2015 est.)
note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment
Bosnia and Herzegovina28% (2016 est.)
27.7% (2015 est.)
note: official rate; actual rate is lower as many technically unemployed persons work in the gray economy
Botswana20% (2013 est.)
17.8% (2009 est.)
Brazil11.8% (2016 est.)
8.9% (2015 est.)
British Virgin Islands8.7% (2010 est.)
Brunei6.9% (2014 est.)
9.3% (2011 est.)
Bulgaria8% (2016 est.)
10% (2015 est.)
Burkina Faso77% (2004)
Burma4.8% (2016 est.)
5% (2015 est.)
BurundiNA%
Cambodia0.3% (2013 est.)
0.2% (2012 est.)
note: according to official statistics; underemployment is high
Cameroon4.3% (2014 est.)
30% (2001 est.)
Canada7.1% (2016 est.)
6.9% (2015 est.)
Cape Verde15% (2016 est.)
12.4% (2015 est.)
Cayman Islands4% (2008)
4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic8% (2001 est.)
note: 23% unemployment in the capital, Bangui
ChadNA%
Chile7% (2016 est.)
6.3% (2015 est.)
China4% (2016 est.)
4.1% (2015 est.)
note: data are for registered urban unemployment, which excludes private enterprises and migrants
Cocos (Keeling) Islands0.1% (2011)
60% (2000 est.)
Colombia9.2% (2016 est.)
8.9% (2015 est.)
Comoros6.5% (2014 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of theNA%
Congo, Republic of the36% (2014 est.)
Cook Islands13.1% (2005)
Costa Rica9.3% (2016 est.)
9.4% (2015 est.)
Cote d'IvoireNA%
Croatia15.8% (2016 est.)
17.1% (2015 est.)
Cuba2.5% (2016 est.)
2.4% (2015 est.)
note: these are official rates; unofficial estimates are about double the official figures
Curacao13% (2013 est.)
9.8% (2011 est.)
Cyprus11.8% (2016 est.)
14.9% (2015 est.)
Denmark4.2% (2016 est.)
4.6% (2015 est.)
Djibouti60% (2014 est.)
48.4% (2012 est.)
Dominica23% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic13.8% (2016 est.)
14% (2015 est.)
East Timor4.4% (2014 est.)
3.9% (2010 est.)
Ecuador6.1% (2016 est.)
4.8% (2015 est.)
Egypt13.1% (2016 est.)
12.8% (2015 est.)
El Salvador5.5% (2016 est.)
5.5% (2015 est.)
note: data are official rates; but underemployment is high
Equatorial Guinea8.6% (2014 est.)
22.3% (2009 est.)
Eritrea8.6% (2013 est.)
10% (2012 est.)
Estonia6.8% (2016 est.)
6.2% (2015 est.)
Ethiopia17.5% (2012 est.)
18% (2011 est.)
European Union9.4% (2015 est.)
10.2% (2014 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)4.1% (2010)
Faroe Islands2.8% (2016 est.)
2.9% (2015)
Fiji8.8% (2014 est.)
8.7% (2013 est.)
Finland8.8% (2016 est.)
9.4% (2015 est.)
France9.7% (2016 est.)
10.1% (2015 est.)
note: includes overseas territories
French Polynesia21.8% (2012)
11.7% (2010)
Gabon28% (2015 est.)
20.4% (2014 est.)
Gambia, TheNA%
Gaza Strip26.1% (2016 est.)
25.9% (2015 est.)
note: data exclude the West Bank
Georgia12.1% (2016 est.)
12% (2015 est.)
Germany4.3% (2016 est.)
4.6% (2015 est.)
Ghana11.9% (2015 est.)
5.2% (2013 est.)
Gibraltar1% (2016 est.)
Greece24.6% (2016 est.)
25% (2015 est.)
Greenland9.1% (2015 est.)
10.3% (2014 est.)
Grenada33.5% (2013)
25% (2008)
Guam8.4% (2013 est.)
8.2% (2010 est.)
Guatemala2.4% (2016 est.)
2.7% (2015 est.)
Guernsey1.2% (2016 est.)
GuineaNA%
Guinea-BissauNA%
Guyana11.1% (2013)
11.3% (2012)
Haiti40.6% (2010 est.)
note: widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs
Honduras3.9% (2016 est.)
4.1% (2015 est.)
note: about one-third of the people are underemployed
Hong Kong3.6% (2016 est.)
3.3% (2015 est.)
Hungary6.6% (2016 est.)
6.8% (2015 est.)
Iceland2.7% (2016 est.)
4% (2015 est.)
India5% (FY 2016 est.)
4.9% (FY 2014 est.)
Indonesia5.6% (2016 est.)
6.2% (2015 est.)
Iran10.7% (2016 est.)
10.5% (2015 est.)
note: data are according to the Iranian Government
Iraq16% (2012 est.)
15% (2010 est.)
Ireland8% (2016 est.)
9.5% (2015 est.)
Isle of Man2.7% (2013 est.)
2% (April 2011 est.)
Israel5% (2016 est.)
5.3% (2015 est.)
Italy11.4% (2016 est.)
11.9% (2015 est.)
Jamaica13.8% (2016 est.)
14% (2015 est.)
Japan3.2% (2016 est.)
3.4% (2015 est.)
Jersey4% (2015 est.)
1.7% (2012 est.)
Jordan15.8% (2016 est.)
13.1% (2015 est.)
note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30%
Kazakhstan4.9% (2016 est.)
5% (2015 est.)
Kenya40% (2013 est.)
40% (2001 est.)
Kiribati30.6% (2010 est.)
6.1% (2005)
Korea, North25.6% (2013 est.)
25.5% (2012 est.)
Korea, South3.7% (2016 est.)
3.6% (2015 est.)
Kosovo34.8% (2016 est.)
34.6% (2015 est.)
note: Kosovo has a large informal sector that may not be reflected in these data
Kuwait3% (2016 est.)
3% (2015 est.)
Kyrgyzstan8% (2013 est.)
8.1% (2014 est.)
Laos1.3% (2012 est.)
1.4% (2014 est.)
Latvia9.6% (2016 est.)
9.9% (2015 est.)
LebanonNA%
Lesotho28.1% (2014 est.)
25% (2008 est.)
Liberia2.8% (2014 est.)
Libya30% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein2.4% (2015)
2.4% (2014)
Lithuania7.9% (2016 est.)
9.1% (2015 est.)
Luxembourg6.7% (2016 est.)
6.9% (2015 est.)
Macau1.9% (2016 est.)
1.8% (2015 est.)
Macedonia23.1% (2016 est.)
24.6% (2015 est.)
MadagascarNA% (2015 est.)
3.6% (2014 est.)
MalawiNA%
Malaysia3.3% (2016 est.)
3.2% (2015 est.)
Maldives11.6% (2013 est.)
11% (2012 est.)
Mali30% (2015 est.)
8.1% (2014 est.)
Malta4.8% (2016 est.)
5.2% (2015 est.)
Marshall Islands36% (2006 est.)
30.9% (2000 est.)
Mauritania12.8% (2016 est.)
31% (2014 est.)
Mauritius7.8% (2016 est.)
8% (2015 est.)
Mexico3.6% (2017 est.)
4.4% (2015 est.)
note: underemployment may be as high as 25%
Micronesia, Federated States of16.2% (2010 est.)
Moldova4.2% (2016 est.)
4.9% (2015 est.)
Monaco2% (2012)
Mongolia8.6% (2016 est.)
8.3% (2015 est.)
Montenegro17.1% (2016 est.)
17.6% (2015 est.)
Montserrat6% (1998 est.)
Morocco9.9% (2016 est.)
9.7% (2015 est.)
Mozambique22.4% (2014 est.)
17% (2007 est.)
Namibia28.1% (2014 est.)
29.6% (2013 est.)
Nauru23% (2011 est.)
90% (2004 est.)
Nepal3.3% (2013 est.)
2.7% (2008 est.)
Netherlands6% (2016 est.)
6.9% (2015 est.)
New Caledonia14.7% (2014)
14% (2009)
New Zealand5.1% (2016 est.)
5.4% (2015 est.)
Nicaragua6% (2016 est.)
6.1% (2015 est.)
note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008
Niger5.1% (2015 est.)
5.1% (2014 est.)
Nigeria13.9% (2016 est.)
23.9% (2016 est.)
Niue12% (2001)
Northern Mariana Islands11.2% (2010 est.)
8% (2005 est.)
Norway4.4% (2016 est.)
4.6% (2015 est.)
Oman15% (2004 est.)
Pakistan6.1% (2016 est.)
6.5% (2015 est.)
note: substantial underemployment exists
Palau1.7% (2015 est.)
4.1% (2012)
Panama4.5% (2016 est.)
4.5% (2015 est.)
Papua New Guinea2.5% (2014 est.)
2.5% (2013 est.)
Paraguay5.9% (2016 est.)
6.1% (2015 est.)
Peru6% (2016 est.)
6% (2015 est.)
note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment
Philippines5.5% (2016 est.)
6.3% (2015 est.)
Poland9.6% (2016 est.)
10.5% (2015 est.)
Portugal10.2% (2016 est.)
12.4% (2015 est.)
Puerto Rico13.7% (December 2014 est.)
15% (December 2013 est.)
Qatar0.7% (2016 est.)
0.4% (2015 est.)
Romania6.7% (2016 est.)
6.8% (2015 est.)
Russia5.3% (2016 est.)
5.8% (2015 est.)
RwandaNA%
Saint Helena14% (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis4.5% (1997)
Saint Lucia20% (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon9.9% (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18.8% (2008 est.)
SamoaNA%
San Marino8.7% (2014 est.)
8.1% (2013 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe13.5% (2014 est.)
13.7% (2013 est.)
Saudi Arabia11.2% (2016 est.)
11.4% (2015 est.)
note: data are for Saudi males only (local bank estimates; some estimates are as high as 25%)
Senegal48% (2007 est.)
Serbia13.8% (2016 est.)
17.9% (2015 est.)
Seychelles3% (2014 est.)
3.3% (2013 est.)
Sierra Leone9.1% (2014 est.)
Singapore2.1% (2016 est.)
1.9% (2015 est.)
Sint Maarten12% (2012 est.)
10.6% (2008 est.)
Slovakia8.8% (2016 est.)
10.6% (2015 est.)
Slovenia11.2% (2016 est.)
12.3% (2015 est.)
Solomon IslandsNA%
SomaliaNA%
South Africa26.8% (2016 est.)
25.4% (2015 est.)
Spain19.7% (2016 est.)
22.1% (2015 est.)
Sri Lanka4.5% (2016 est.)
4.7% (2015 est.)
Sudan13.6% (2014 est.)
14.8% (2013 est.)
Suriname8.9% (2014 est.)
8.5% (2013 est.)
Swaziland28% (2014 est.)
28% (2013 est.)
Sweden6.9% (2016 est.)
7.4% (2015 est.)
Switzerland3.3% (2016 est.)
3.2% (2015 est.)
Syria50% (2016 est.)
50% (2015 est.)
Taiwan4% (2017 est.)
3.9% (2016 est.)
Tajikistan2.4% (2016 est.)
2.5% (2015 est.)
note: official rates; actual unemployment is much higher
TanzaniaNA%
Thailand0.9% (2016 est.)
0.9% (2015 est.)
TogoNA%
TokelauNA%
Tonga1.1% (2011 est.)
1.1% (2006)
Trinidad and Tobago4% (2016 est.)
3.5% (2015 est.)
Tunisia14% (2016 est.)
15% (2015 est.)
Turkey10.9% (2016 est.)
9.2% (2014 est.)
Turkmenistan11% (2014 est.)
10.6% (2013)
Turks and Caicos Islands10% (1997 est.)
TuvaluNA%
Uganda9.4% (2013 est.)
Ukraine10% (2016 est.)
9.1% (2015 est.)
note: officially registered workers; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers
United Arab Emirates3.6% (2014 est.)
2.4% (2001 est.)
United Kingdom4.8% (2016 est.)
5.4% (2015 est.)
United States4.7% (2016 est.)
5.3% (2015 est.)
Uruguay7.1% (2016 est.)
7.5% (2015 est.)
Uzbekistan5.2% (2016 est.)
5.2% (2015 est.)
note: official data; another 20% are underemployed
Vanuatu1.7% (1999 est.)
Venezuela10.5% (2016 est.)
6.8% (2015 est.)
Vietnam3.7% (2016 est.)
3.5% (2015 est.)
Virgin Islands13% (2014)
Wallis and Futuna12.2% (2008 est.)
West Bank17.7% (2014 est.)
18.6% (2013 est.)
note: excludes Gaza Strip
Western SaharaNA%
World7.3% (2016 est.)
7.2% (2015 est.)
note: 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2007 est.)
Yemen27% (2014 est.)
35% (2003 est.)
Zambia15% (2008 est.)
50% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe95% (2009 est.)
80% (2005 est.)
note: figures include unemployment and underemployment; true unemployment is unknown and, under current economic conditions, unknowable

Source: CIA Factbook