The CIA World Factbook Edition 2001 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 2001 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2001 edition: 233
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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2001

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World

1 entry

World

30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2000 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

30% (1999 est.)

Angola

extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2000 est.)

Benin

NA%

Botswana

40% (2000 est.)

Burkina Faso

NA%

Burundi

NA%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

24% (1999 est.)

Cameroon

30% (1998 est.)

Central African Republic

6% (1993)

Chad

NA%

Comoros

20% (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

NA%

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

NA%

Cote d'Ivoire

13% in urban areas (1998 est.)

Djibouti

50% (2000 est.)

Egypt

11.5% (2000 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

30% (1998 est.)

Eritrea

NA%

Swaziland now Eswatini

22% (1995 est.)

Ethiopia

NA%

Gabon

21% (1997 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

NA%

Ghana

20% (1997 est.)

Guinea

NA%

Guinea-Bissau

NA%

Kenya

50% (1998 est.)

Lesotho

45% (2000 est.)

Liberia

70%

Libya

30% (2000 est.)

Madagascar

NA%

Malawi

NA%

Mali

NA%

Mauritania

23% (1995 est.)

Mauritius

6.4% (1999 est.)

Mayotte

45% (1997)

Morocco

23% (1999 est.)

Mozambique

21% (1997 est.)

Namibia

30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.)

Niger

NA%

Nigeria

28% (1992 est.)

Reunion

42.8% (1998)

Rwanda

NA%

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

14% (1998 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

NA%

Senegal

NA%; urban youth 40%

Seychelles

NA%

Sierra Leone

NA%

Somalia

NA%

South Africa

30% (2000 est.)

Sudan

4% (1996 est.)

Tanzania

NA%

Togo

NA%

Tunisia

15.6% (2000 est.)

Uganda

NA%

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

50% (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe

50% (2000 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

7% (1999 est.)

Iceland

2.7% (January 2001)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

NA%

Armenia

20% (1998 est.) note: official rate is 9.3% for 1998

Azerbaijan

20% (1999 est.)

Bangladesh

35.2% (1996)

Bhutan

NA%

China

urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2000 est.)

Georgia

14.9% (1999 est.)

India

NA%

Japan

4.7% (2000)

Kazakhstan

13.7% (1998 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

4.1% (2000 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

6% (1998 est.)

Maldives

NEGL%

Mongolia

NA%

Nepal

NA%; substantial underemployment (1999)

Pakistan

6% (FY99/00 est.)

Russia

10.5% (2000 est.), plus considerable underemployment

Sri Lanka

8.8% (1999 est.)

Tajikistan

5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1998)

Turkmenistan

NA%

Uzbekistan

10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

7% (1992 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

7% (1999 est.)

Aruba

0.6% (1999 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

9% (1998 est.)

Barbados

11% (1999 est.)

Belize

12.8% (1999)

British Virgin Islands

3% (1995)

Cayman Islands

4.1% (1997)

Costa Rica

5.2% (2000 est.)

Cuba

5.5% (2000 est.)

Dominica

20% (1999 est.)

Dominican Republic

13.8% (1999 est.)

El Salvador

10% (2000 est.)

Grenada

15% (1997)

Guadeloupe

27.8% (1998)

Guatemala

7.5% (1999 est.)

Haiti

widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (1999)

Honduras

28% (2000 est.)

Jamaica

16% (2000 est.)

Martinique

27.2% (1998)

Montserrat

20% (1996 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

14.9% (1998 est.)

Nicaragua

20% plus considerable underemployment (1999 est.)

Panama

13% (2000 est.)

Puerto Rico

9.5% (2000)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

4.5% (1997)

Saint Lucia

15% (1996 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

22% (1997 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

12.8% (2000)

Turks and Caicos Islands

10% (1997 est.)

Virgin Islands

4.9% (March 1999)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

16% (2000 est.) officially; may be as high as 25%

Andorra

Austria

5.4% (2000 est.)

Belarus

2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number of underemployed workers

Belgium

8.4% (2000 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

35%-40% (1999 est.)

Bulgaria

17.7% (2000 est.)

Croatia

22% (October 2000)

Czech Republic now Czechia

8.7% (2000 est.)

Denmark

5.3% (2000)

Estonia

11.7% (1999 est.)

Faroe Islands

1% (October 2000)

Finland

9.8% (2000 est.)

France

9.7% (2000 est.)

Germany

9.9% (2000 est.)

Gibraltar

13.5% (1996)

Greece

11.3% (2000 est.)

Guernsey

0.5% (1999 est.)

Hungary

9.4% (2000 est.)

Ireland

4.1% (2000)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

0.6% (August 2000)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

32% (2000)

Yugoslavia now Serbia and Montenegro

30% (2000 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

15% (1998 est.)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:: 3.6% (2000 est.); Turkish

15% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (1999 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

5.6% (plus underemployment of 5.6%) (2000 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

NEGL% (1995)

Oceania

25 entries

2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)

Marshall Islands

16% (1991 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

16% (1999 est.)

South America

14 entries

13%; note - widespread underemployment (2000 est.)

7.7%; extensive underemployment (1997)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

4.9% (1995 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

7.1% (official FY97/98 est.)

15%-20% (1998 est.)

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