The CIA World Factbook Edition 1992 Economy

Unemployment rate In 36 editions of 36.

Unemployment rate was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1992 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1992 edition: 230
the first edition with it: 1990
the latest edition with it: 2025

Published as “Unemployment rate” (1990 to 2025), and under 1 other heading in a few entries, mostly where the source split this field into parts.

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1992

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World

1 entry

World

NA%

Africa

56 entries

Burkina now Burkina Faso

NA%

Burundi

NA%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

25% (1988)

over 16% (1988 est.)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

NA%

Congo now Republic of the Congo

NA%

Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire

14% (1985)

Djibouti

over 30% (1989)

Egypt

15% (1991 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

NA%

Swaziland now Eswatini

NA%

at least 55% among adult males (1991 est.)

over 25% (1991)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

NA%

40% (1991); well over 50% in some homeland areas (1991 est.)

at least 30% (1991 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

9% (1990 est.)

Iceland

1.8% (1991)

Asia

22 entries

Korea, North now North Korea

officially none

Korea, South now South Korea

2.4% (1991)

5%; underemployment estimated at 25-40% (1987)

20-25% (1991 est.)

Uzbekistan

Central America and the Caribbean

30 entries

6.7%, with 30-40% underemployment (1989 est.)

Haiti

25-50% (1990 est.)

Honduras

15% unemployed, 30-40% underemployed (1989)

13%; underemployment 50% (1991)

Europe

44 entries

officially 6.7% (1991 est.)

5-6% (1991 est.)

West - 6.3% (1991); East - 11% (1991)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

1.5% (1988)

full employment (1989)

Netherlands

6.2% (1991 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

20% (1991 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

8-10% (1989)

Cyprus

Greek area:: 1.8%; Turkish area: 1.2% (1990)

less than 5% (1989 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

11.1% (1991 est.)

United Arab Emirates

NEGL (1988)

West Bank

15% (1990 est.)

Yemen

North:: 13% (1986)
South:: NA%

North America

5 entries

14-17% (1991 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

9.6% (1990)

United States

6.6% (1991)

Oceania

25 entries

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the now Palau

20% (1986)

Papua New Guinea

5% (1988)

Pitcairn Islands

NA%

Western Samoa now Samoa

NA%; shortage of skilled labor

South America

14 entries

12-15% (1990 est.)

Paraguay

14% (1991 est.)

Peru

15.0%; underemployment 65% (1991 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

3.7%, shortage of skilled labor (1989)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

9.6% in urban areas (FY89 est.)

3%; underemployment 45% (1991 est.)

1.7% (1990); 1.5% (1991 est.)

Thailand

4.1% (1991 est.)

Vietnam

30% (1991 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1992, “Unemployment rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/unemployment-rate/1992.

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