List of countries by unemployment rate

Today, I'm going to list countries by their unemployment rates. Due the form of government or sovereign issues there are countries unlisted (as North Korea or Northern Cyprus), but almost every state is listed.

The information is based on CIA information, but the newest dates are from different (reliable) sources:

Unemployment rate by Country

Country / Region	Unemployment rate (%)	Source / date of information
Nauru	90.00	2004
Zimbabwe	90.00	2009 (June)
Liberia	85.00; 88% among young Liberians	2009 (July)
Turkmenistan	70.00	2008 (November)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	60.00	2000
Mozambique	60.00	2009
Tajikistan	60.00%; 80-90% among youth	2008 (August)
Djibouti	59.00	2007
Zambia	50.00	2000
Senegal	48.00; 30% among adults aged 24 and under	2007
Lesotho	45.00	2002
Gaza Strip	44.00	2009 (April)
Nepal	42.00	2004
Afghanistan	40.00	2008 est.
Kenya	40.00	2009
Swaziland	40.00	2009 (June)
Yemen	35.00	2009 (June)
Republic of Macedonia	33.8	2008
Marshall Islands	30.90	2000
Cameroon	30.00	2001
Equatorial Guinea	30.00	1998
Mali	30.00	2004
American Samoa (United States)	29.80	2005
Honduras	27.80	2007
Canary Islands	26.91	2009 (4th Trimestral)
Mayotte (France)	25.40	2005
Grenada	24.50	2009 (June)
South Africa	23.5	2009 (April)
Dominica	23.00	2000
Micronesia	22.00	2000
Cape Verde	21.00	2000
Gabon	21.00	2006
Spain	20.05	2010 (April)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.00	2007
Comoros	20.00	1996
East Timor	20.00	2006
Mauritania	20.00	2004
Saint Lucia	20.00	2003
Latvia	19.7	2009 (September)
Serbia	18.80	2007
Sudan	18.70	2002
Iraq	18.00%; 28% among youth; 83% among women	2009 (February)
Kyrgyzstan	18.00	2004
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.00	2009 (June)
New Caledonia (France)	17.10	2004
Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	17.00	2002
Puerto Rico (United States)	16.50	Aug. 2009
West Bank	16.30	2008 (June)
Dominican Republic	15.40	2008
Pakistan	15.2	2009)
Wallis and Futuna (France)	15.20	2003
Saudi Arabia	15.00	2009 (June)
Montenegro	14.70	2007
Saint Helena (United Kingdom)	14.00	1998
Tunisia	14.00	2008
Ireland	13.80	2010 (March)
Lithuania	13.8	2009 (June)
Georgia	13.60	2006 est.
Colombia	13.5	2009 (April)
Estonia	13.3	2009 (June)
Cook Islands (New Zealand)	13.10	2005
Jordan	13.00	2009
Libya	13.00	2005 (May)
Tonga	13.00	2003/2004
Turkey	13.00	2009 (October)
Algeria	12.90	2008 est.
Poland	12.9	2010 (March)
Slovakia	12.88	2010 (March)
Jamaica	12.70	2008
United Arab Emirates	12.7	2008
Albania	12.50	2008 est.
Iran	12.50	2009 (May)
Hungary	11.8	2010 (April)
French Polynesia (France)	11.70	2005
Antigua and Barbuda	11.00	2001
Ghana	11.00	2000
Nigeria	10.54	2009
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	10.30	1999
Morocco	10.2	2009
France	10.0	2009 (December)
Lebanon	10.00	2009 (July)
Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)	10.00	1997 est.
Russia	9.9	2009 (May)
Czech Republic	9.7	2010 (March)
United States	9.70	2010 (March)
Croatia	9.60	2009 (September)
India	9.50	2009
Suriname	9.50	2004
Burma	9.40	2008
European Union	9.3	2009 (October)
Greenland (Denmark)	9.30	2005
Greece	9.2	2009 (June)
Portugal	9.2	2009 (September)
Chile	9.10	2009 (Nov)
Guyana	9.0	2009 (July)
Syria	9.00	2008
Argentina	8.8	2009 (April-June
Peru	8.8	2009 (April)
Egypt	8.70	2008
Belize	8.50	2007
Finland	8.5	2009 (November)
Romania	8.36	2010 (March)
Canada	8.3	2010 (January)
Ecuador	8.3	2009 (July)
Guam (United States)	8.30	2007
Indonesia	8.25	2009 (July)
Anguilla (United Kingdom)	8.00	2002
Barbados	8.0	2009 (July)
Central African Republic	8.00	2001
Mauritius	8.00	2008
Sweden	8.0	2009 (November)
United Kingdom	8.0	2010 (February)
Uzbekistan	8.00	2008 (December)
Belgium	7.9	2009 (September)
Iceland	7.7	2009 (August)
Bulgaria	7.60	2009 (September)
Fiji	7.60	1999
Israel	7.6	2009 (March)
The Bahamas	7.60	2006
Bolivia	7.50	2008 (December)
Botswana	7.50	2007
Germany	7.5	2010 (January)
Philippines	7.5	2009 (April)
Italy	7.4	2009 (July)
Kazakhstan	7.4	2009 (May)
Uruguay	7.38	2009 (January)
New Zealand	7.3	2009 (December)
Malta	7.20	2009 (September)
Armenia	7.10	2009
Aruba (Netherlands)	6.90	2005
Brazil	6.80	2009 (December)
Virgin Islands (United States)	6.80	2008 (March)
Luxembourg	6.6	2009 (September)
Venezuela	6.60	2009 (December)
El Salvador	6.40	2008
Panama	6.30	2008
Montserrat (United Kingdom)	6.00	1998
Cyprus	5.9	2009 (September)
Slovenia	5.9	2009 (September)
Taiwan (Republic of China)	5.82	2009 (May)
Costa Rica	5.60	2008
Australia	5.50	2009 (December)
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	5.50	2010
Japan	5.5	2009 (August)
Paraguay	05.40	2008
Austria	5.3	2010 (January)
Faroe Islands (Denmark)	5.30	2010
Hong Kong	5.3	2009 (June)
Mexico	5.2	2009 (July)
Sri Lanka	5.20; 18.3% among youth	2009 (June)
Namibia	5.00	2008 (December)
Oman	5.00	2008 (May)
South Korea	5.00	2010 (January)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.50	1997
China, People's Republic of	4.3	Jan 2009 est.
Denmark	4.20	2010 (March)
Palau	4.20	2005
Vietnam	4.20	2007
Brunei	4.00	2006
Niue (New Zealand)	4.00	2008
Nicaragua	3.90	2008
Northern Mariana Islands (United States)	3.90	2001
Trinidad and Tobago	3.90	2008
British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	3.60	1997
Netherlands	3.6	2009 (September)
Switzerland	3.6	2009 (June)
Bahrain	3.5	2009 (March)
Cambodia	3.5	2007
Macau (China)	3.5	2009 (May)
Malaysia	3.5	2009 (July)
Norway	3.3	2009 (december)
Singapore	3.3	2009 (June)
Guatemala	3.20	2005
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	3.00	2005
Mongolia	2.80	2007
San Marino	2.80	2004
Bangladesh	2.50	2008
Bhutan	2.50	2004
Isle of Man	2.50	2009 (July)
Laos	2.40	2005
Jersey (United Kingdom)	2.20	2006
Kuwait	2.20	2004
Ukraine	2.2	2009 (July)
Bermuda	2.10	2004
Moldova	2.10	2007
Thailand	2.1	2009 (April)
Kiribati	2.00	1992
Papua New Guinea	01.90	2004
Cuba	1.80	2008
Vanuatu	1.70	1999
Liechtenstein	1.50	2007 (December)
Belarus	0.9	2009 (March)
Guernsey (United Kingdom)	0.90	2006 March
Azerbaijan	0.8	2008
Qatar	0.60	2008
Andorra	0.00	2009 (June)
Monaco	0.00	2005

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