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Rank	Country	Unemployment rate (%)
1	Zimbabwe	95
2	Nauru	90
3	Liberia	85
4	Burkina Faso	77
5	Turkmenistan	60
6	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	60
7	Djibouti	59
8	Namibia	51.2
9	Senegal	48
10	Nepal	46
11	Kosovo	45.3
12	Lesotho	45
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.3
14	Haiti	40.6
15	Gaza Strip	40
16	Kenya	40
17	Swaziland	40
18	Marshall Islands	36
19	Yemen	35
20	Afghanistan	35
21	Macedonia	31.4
22	Mali	30
23	Libya	30
24	Mauritania	30
25	Cameroon	30
26	American Samoa	29.8
27	Grenada	25
28	South Africa	24.9
29	West Bank	23.5
30	Serbia	23.4
31	Dominica	23
32	Equatorial Guinea	22.3
33	Micronesia, Federated States of	22
34	Spain	21.7
35	Gabon	21
36	Cape Verde	21
37	Nigeria	21
38	Mozambique	21
39	Comoros	20
40	Saint Lucia	20
41	Sudan	18.7
42	East Timor	18.4
43	Tunisia	18
44	Croatia	17.7
45	Greece	17.3
46	New Caledonia	17.1
47	Georgia	16.3
48	Latvia	15.4
49	Lithuania	15.4
50	Iran	15.3
51	Wallis and Futuna	15.2
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15
53	Iraq	15
54	Oman	15
55	Bahrain	15
56	Maldives	14.5
57	Ireland	14.4
58	Bahamas, The	14.2
59	Puerto Rico	14.2
60	Saint Helena	14
61	Zambia	14
62	Slovakia	13.5
63	Albania	13.3
64	Belize	13.1
65	Cook Islands	13.1
66	Dominican Republic	13.1
67	Tonga	13
68	Portugal	12.7
69	Jamaica	12.7
70	Poland	12.4
71	Syria	12.3
72	Jordan	12.3
73	Egypt	12.2
74	Estonia	12.1
75	Barbados	12
76	Niue	12
77	Slovenia	11.8
78	French Polynesia	11.7
79	Montenegro	11.5
80	Guam	11.4
81	Guyana	11
82	Ghana	11
83	Antigua and Barbuda	11
84	Hungary	10.9
85	Saudi Arabia	10.9
86	Colombia	10.8
87	Sint Maarten	10.6
88	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10.3
89	Curacao	10.3
90	Algeria	10
91	Turks and Caicos Islands	10
92	Mongolia	9.9
93	India	9.8
94	Turkey	9.8
95	Bulgaria	9.6
96	France	9.3
97	Suriname	9
98	United States	9
99	Morocco	8.9
100	Kyrgyzstan	8.6
101	Czech Republic	8.5
102	Italy	8.4
103	Venezuela	8.2
104	United Kingdom	8.1
105	Northern Mariana Islands	8
106	Central African Republic	8
107	Anguilla	8
108	Peru	7.9
109	Mauritius	7.8
110	Finland	7.8
111	Belgium	7.7
112	Fiji	7.6
113	Botswana	7.5
114	Canada	7.5
115	Sweden	7.5
116	Iceland	7.4
117	Nicaragua	7.3
118	Argentina	7.2
119	El Salvador	7
120	Philippines	7
121	Ukraine	7
122	Aruba	6.9
123	Faroe Islands	6.8
124	Moldova	6.7
125	Paraguay	6.6
126	Indonesia	6.6
127	Chile	6.6
128	Russia	6.6
129	Costa Rica	6.5
130	China	6.5
131	New Zealand	6.5
132	Malta	6.4
133	Trinidad and Tobago	6.4
134	Virgin Islands	6.2
135	Uruguay	6
136	Montserrat	6
137	Germany	6
138	Brazil	6
139	Denmark	6
140	Armenia	5.9
141	Luxembourg	5.9
142	Pakistan	5.6
143	Israel	5.6
144	Bolivia	5.5
145	Burma	5.5
146	San Marino	5.5
147	Kazakhstan	5.4
148	Mexico	5.2
149	Australia	5.1
150	Romania	5.1
151	Bangladesh	5
152	Honduras	4.8
153	Japan	4.6
154	Panama	4.5
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.5
156	Taiwan	4.4
157	Netherlands	4.4
158	Greenland	4.2
159	Sri Lanka	4.2
160	Austria	4.2
161	Ecuador	4.2
162	Palau	4.2
163	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	4.1
164	Guatemala	4.1
165	Cayman Islands	4
166	Bhutan	4
167	British Virgin Islands	3.6
168	Cambodia	3.5
169	Hong Kong	3.4
170	Korea, South	3.4
171	Norway	3.3
172	Malaysia	3.1
173	Switzerland	3.1
174	Gibraltar	3
175	Andorra	2.9
176	Macau	2.9
177	Liechtenstein	2.8
178	Brunei	2.7
179	Laos	2.5
180	United Arab Emirates	2.4
181	Vietnam	2.3
182	Tajikistan	2.2
183	Kuwait	2.2
184	Jersey	2.2
185	Bermuda	2.1
186	Kiribati	2
187	Isle of Man	2
188	Singapore	2
189	Seychelles	2
190	Papua New Guinea	1.9
191	Vanuatu	1.7
192	Cuba	1.4
193	Azerbaijan	1
194	Belarus	1
195	Uzbekistan	1
196	Guernsey	0.9
197	Thailand	0.7
198	Qatar	0.4
199	Monaco	0

Definition: This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Unemployment rate map

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