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| Country | Year | Unemployment rate | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2000 | 1.9 | 7262372 |
| Mexico | 2000 | 2.2 | 100349766 |
| Palau | 2000 | 2.3 | 18766 |
| Cambodia | 2000 | 2.5 | 12212306 |
| Netherlands | 2000 | 2.6 | 15892237 |
| Luxembourg | 2000 | 2.7 | 437389 |
| Malaysia | 2000 | 2.8 | 21793293 |
| Norway | 2000 | 3 | 4481162 |
| Singapore | 2000 | 3 | 4151264 |
| Taiwan | 2000 | 3 | 22191087 |
| Thailand | 2000 | 3.7 | 61230874 |
| United States | 2000 | 4 | 275562673 |
| Korea, South | 2000 | 4.1 | 47470969 |
| Ireland | 2000 | 4.1 | 3797257 |
| Portugal | 2000 | 4.3 | 10048232 |
| Hong Kong | 2000 | 4.5 | 7116302 |
| Japan | 2000 | 4.7 | 126549976 |
| Costa Rica | 2000 | 5.2 | 3710558 |
| Denmark | 2000 | 5.3 | 5336394 |
| Austria | 2000 | 5.4 | 8131111 |
| Cuba | 2000 | 5.5 | 11141997 |
| United Kingdom | 2000 | 5.5 | 59511464 |
| Turkey | 2000 | 5.6 | 65666677 |
| American Samoa | 2000 | 6 | 65446 |
| Sweden | 2000 | 6 | 8873052 |
| New Zealand | 2000 | 6.3 | 3819762 |
| Australia | 2000 | 6.4 | 19169083 |
| Macau | 2000 | 6.6 | 445594 |
| Canada | 2000 | 6.8 | 31281092 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2000 | 7 | 66422 |
| Brazil | 2000 | 7.1 | 172860370 |
| Bolivia | 2000 | 7.6 | 8152620 |
| Latvia | 2000 | 7.8 | 2404926 |
| Belgium | 2000 | 8.4 | 10241506 |
| Czech Republic | 2000 | 8.7 | 10272179 |
| Israel | 2000 | 9 | 5938093 |
| Guyana | 2000 | 9.1 | 697286 |
| Hungary | 2000 | 9.4 | 10138844 |
| Puerto Rico | 2000 | 9.5 | 3915798 |
| France | 2000 | 9.7 | 59329691 |
| Finland | 2000 | 9.8 | 5167486 |
| Germany | 2000 | 9.9 | 82797408 |
| Greenland | 2000 | 10 | 56309 |
| El Salvador | 2000 | 10 | 6122515 |
| China | 2000 | 10 | 1261832482 |
| Philippines | 2000 | 10 | 81159644 |
| Italy | 2000 | 10.4 | 57634327 |
| Russia | 2000 | 10.5 | 146001176 |
| Lithuania | 2000 | 10.8 | 3620756 |
| Greece | 2000 | 11.3 | 10601527 |
| Egypt | 2000 | 11.5 | 68359979 |
| Belize | 2000 | 11.5 | 249183 |
| Grenada | 2000 | 12.5 | 89018 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2000 | 12.8 | 1175523 |
| Ecuador | 2000 | 13 | 12920092 |
| Panama | 2000 | 13 | 2808268 |
| Spain | 2000 | 14 | 39996671 |
| Uruguay | 2000 | 14 | 3334074 |
| Venezuela | 2000 | 14 | 23542649 |
| Guam | 2000 | 15 | 154623 |
| Tunisia | 2000 | 15.6 | 9593402 |
| Albania | 2000 | 16 | 3490435 |
| Paraguay | 2000 | 16 | 5585828 |
| Jamaica | 2000 | 16 | 2652689 |
| Slovakia | 2000 | 17 | 5407956 |
| Suriname | 2000 | 17 | 431303 |
| Bulgaria | 2000 | 17.7 | 7796694 |
| Colombia | 2000 | 20 | 39685655 |
| Syria | 2000 | 20 | 16305659 |
| Mongolia | 2000 | 20 | 2650952 |
| Cape Verde | 2000 | 21 | 401343 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 2000 | 22 | 133144 |
| Dominica | 2000 | 23 | 71540 |
| Honduras | 2000 | 28 | 6249598 |
| Libya | 2000 | 30 | 5115450 |
| South Africa | 2000 | 30 | 43421021 |
| Marshall Islands | 2000 | 30.9 | 68126 |
| Macedonia | 2000 | 32 | 2041467 |
| Swaziland | 2000 | 34 | 1083289 |
| Botswana | 2000 | 40 | 1576470 |
| Lesotho | 2000 | 45 | 2143141 |
| Djibouti | 2000 | 50 | 451442 |
| Zambia | 2000 | 50 | 9582418 |
| Zimbabwe | 2000 | 50 | 11342521 |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 2000 | 60 | 635 |