Unemployment rate In 36 editions of 36.

30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 6%-12% unemployment (1996 est.)

28% (1996 est.)

extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (1994 est.)

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21% (1995 est.)

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• 40%-50% (1996 est.)

9.4% (FY95/96 official estimate)

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15% (1992 est.)

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• 10%-14% (1993 est.)

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10% (1993 est.)

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35% urban (1994 est.)

substantial unemployment and underemployment effecting more than half of the labor force (1996 est.)

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20% (1991 est.)

2.4% (1991 est.)

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20% (1995 est.)

50% (1989 est.)

21.8% (1993)

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28% (1992 est.)

35% (1994)

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34% (1996 est.); note - an additional 11% of the workforce is underemployed

30% (FY92/93 est.)

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16% (1995 est.)

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22% (1991)

• at least 45% (1994 est.)

10.5% (1995 est.)

5% (1996)

8% (1995 est.)

7.4% officially registered unemployed, but large numbers of underemployed (December 1996)

1.1% includes officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of unregistered unemployed and underemployed workers (December 1996)

35.9% (1996)

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• officially 3% in urban areas;
• probably 8%-10%;
• substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (1996 est.)

21% (1996 est.)

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3.4% (1996)

2.6% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large additional numbers of unemployed and underemployed workers (December 1996 est.)

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1.9% (1996)

4.8% includes officially registered unemployed; 7.8% by ILO methodology (December 1996)

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6% (1995 est.)

• NA%; substantial underemployment (1996)

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9.3% (December 1996) (according to ILO definition) with considerable additional underemployment

13.1% (1994)

2.4% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1996)

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0.3% includes only officially registered unemployed; large numbers of underemployed workers (December 1996)

7% (1992 est.)

• 5%-10%(1995 est.)

0.5% (1994)

15% (1995 est.)

16.2% (1996)

15% (1996 est.)

3% (1995)

7% (1992)

5.5% (1996 est.); much underemployment

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15% (1992 est.)

30% (1996 est.)

7.6% (1996 est.)

20% (1 October 1996)

31.3% (1995)

• 4.9%; underemployment 30%-40% (1994 est.)

60% (1996 est.)

• 15%; underemployed about 40% (1996 est.)

15.4% (1994 est.)

23.5% (1993)

6% (1995)

13.4% (1993 est.)

• 16%; underemployment 36% (1996 est.)

14% (1996 est.)

14% (FY95/96 est.)

4.3% (May 1995)

25% (1995 est.)

• 35%-40% (1994 est.)

16.1% (December 1996)

12% (1992)

6.2% (March 1994)

13% (1996 est.)

0%

6.2% (December 1996)

3.1% officially registered unemployed (December 1996); large numbers of underemployed workers

14% (1996 est.)

• officially about 70% but probably much lower, perhaps 40%-50% (1996 est.)

12.5% (1996 est.)

13% (yearend 1996)

3.3% (1996 est.)

8.2% (November 1996)

5% (1996 official est.)

11% (1996 est.)

16.6% (1996)

12.7% (1966)

• 10.8% (western 9.6%, eastern 15.9%) (December 1996)

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10% (1996 est.)

• 3%-4% (1994 est.)

11% (1996 est.)

11.9% (April 1996)

1% (1992 est.)

12% (1996 est.)

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7.5% (1996 official est.)

1.1% (1996)

8% (January 1997)

3% (1995)

3.7% (September 1996)

1.4% (includes only officially registered unemployed; large numbers of underemployed workers) (January 1996)

3.1% (1994)

6.5% (November 1996)

• 38% (1996 est.);
• note - many employed workers are,
• in fact,
• furloughees

4.5% (1996 est.)

13.3% (yearend 1996)

7% (1996 est.)

6.1% (1996 est.)

3.6% (April 1996)

• more than 35% (1995 est.)

12% (1996 est.)

13% (1996 est.)

22% (1996 est.)

8% (September 1996) plus about 6% in training programs

5.3% (December 1996)

1% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (December 1996)

6.7% (December 1996)

15% (1996 est.)

Greek area:

2.3% (1996 est.); Turkish area: 3.6% (1995 est.)

• 35% to 40% (1996 est.)

• over 30% (1995 est.)

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6.5% (1996)

16% (1994 est.)

1.8% (official 1996 est.)

20% (1996 est.)

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NA%

6.5% (1992 est.)

9% (1994 est.)

6.3% (April 1996); another 6.3% officially considered underemployed

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