The CIA World Factbook Edition 2002 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 2002 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2002 edition
235
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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2002

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World

1 entry

World

30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2001 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

34% (2001 est.)

Angola

extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2001 est.)

Benin

NA%

Botswana

  • 40% (official rate is 21%) (2001 est.)

Burkina Faso

NA%

Burundi

NA%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

21% (2000 est.)

Cameroon

30% (2001 est.)

Central African Republic

  • 8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)

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.) (1998)

Djibouti

  • 50% (2000 est.) (2000 est.)

Egypt

12% (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

30% (1998 est.)

Eritrea

NA%

Swaziland now Eswatini

34% (2000 est.)

Ethiopia

NA%

Gabon

21% (1997 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

NA%

Ghana

20% (1997 est.)

Guinea

NA%

Guinea-Bissau

NA%

Kenya

40% (2001 est.)

Lesotho

45% (2000 est.)

Liberia

70%

Libya

30% (2000 est.)

Madagascar

NA%

Malawi

NA%

Mali

  • 14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.)

Mauritania

21% (1999 est.)

Mauritius

8.6% (2001 est.)

Mayotte

  • 45% (1997) (1997)

Morocco

23% (1999 est.)

Mozambique

21% (1997 est.)

Namibia

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

Niger

NA%

Nigeria

  • 0.28% 28% (1992 est.) (1992 est.)

Reunion

  • 42.8% (1998) (1998)

Rwanda

NA%

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

14% (1998 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

NA%

Senegal

  • 48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)

Seychelles

NA%

Sierra Leone

NA%

Somalia

NA%

South Africa

37% (2001 est.)

Sudan

18.7% (2002 est.)

Tanzania

NA%

Togo

NA%

Tunisia

15.6% (2000 est.)

Uganda

NA%

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

50% (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe

60% (2001 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

10% (2000 est.)

Iceland

2.8% (2002 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

NA%

Armenia

20%

note: official rate is 10.9% for 2000 (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan

  • 16% (official rate is 1.1% for 2002) (2001 est.)

Bangladesh

35% (2001 est.)

Bhutan

NA%

China

urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2002 est.)

Georgia

17% (2001 est.)

India

8.8% (2002)

Japan

5.4% (2002)

Kazakhstan

10% (2001 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

3.1% (2002 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

7.2% (1999 est.)

Maldives

NEGL%

Mongolia

20% (2000)

Nepal

47% (2001 est.)

Pakistan

6.3% (2001 est.)

Russia

  • 8% (2001 est.), plus considerable underemployment (2002 est.)

Sri Lanka

7.7% (2001)

Tajikistan

20% (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan

NA%

Uzbekistan

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

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

  • 8% (1999) (1999)

Antigua and Barbuda

7% (2000 est.)

Aruba

0.6%

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

6.9% (2001 est.)

Barbados

10% (2001 est.)

Belize

  • 11.5% (2000) (2000)

British Virgin Islands

3% (1995)

Cayman Islands

4.1% (1997)

Costa Rica

5.2% (2000 est.)

Cuba

4.1% (2001 est.)

Dominica

23% (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic

15% (2001 est.)

El Salvador

10% (2001 est.)

Grenada

  • 11.5% (1999) (1999)

Guadeloupe

  • 27.8% (1998) (1998)

Guatemala

7.5% (1999 est.)

Haiti

widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2001) (2001)

Honduras

28% (2001 est.)

Jamaica

16% (2000 est.)

Martinique

  • 27.2% (1998) (1998)

Montserrat

6% (1998 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

15% (1998 est.)

Nicaragua

  • 23% plus considerable underemployment (2001 est.)

Panama

13% (2000 est.)

Puerto Rico

  • 9.5% (2000) (2000)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • 4.5% (1997) (1997)

Saint Lucia

15% (1996 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • 22% (1997 est.) (1997 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

  • 11.8% (2001) (2001)

Turks and Caicos Islands

10% (1997 est.)

Virgin Islands

4.9% (March 1999)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

  • 17% officially (2001 est.); may be as high as 30% (2001)

Andorra

0%

Austria

4.8% (2002 est.)

Belarus

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

Belgium

7.2% (2002 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

40% (2001 est.)

Bulgaria

18% (2002 est.)

Croatia

20.2% (2002 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

8.5% (2002 est.)

Denmark

5.1% (2002)

Estonia

12.4% (2001)

Faroe Islands

1% (October 2000 )

Finland

8.5% (2002 est.)

France

9.1% (2002 est.)

Germany

9.8% (2002 est.)

Gibraltar

  • 13.5% (1996) (1996)

Greece

10.3% (2002 est.)

Guernsey

0.5% (1999 est.)

Hungary

5.8% (2002 est.)

Ireland

4.7% (2002 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

0.7% (February 2002 )

Italy

9.1% (2002 est.)

Jersey

0.7% (1998 est.)

Latvia

7.6% (2001 est.)

Liechtenstein

1.3% (1999)

Lithuania

12.5% (2001 est.)

Luxembourg

4.1% (2002 est.)

Malta

7% (2002 est.)

Moldova

  • 8% (roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad) (2002 est.)

Monaco

3.1% (1998)

Netherlands

3% (2002 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

35% (2002 est.)

Norway

3.9% (2002 est.)

Poland

17% (2002 est.)

Portugal

4.7% (2002 est.)

Romania

9.1% (2001)

San Marino

2.6% (2001)

Serbia and Montenegro

28% (2002 est.)

Slovakia

17.2% (2002 est.)

Slovenia

11% (2002 est.)

Spain

11.3% (2002 est.)

Sweden

4% (2002 est.)

Switzerland

1.9% (2002 est.)

Ukraine

3.6% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (November 2001)

United Kingdom

5.2% (2002 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

15% (1998 est.)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
3%; Turkish Cypriot area: 5.6% (1999 est.)

Gaza Strip

  • 26% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)

Iran

14% (1999 est.)

Iraq

NA%

Israel

10.4% (2002 est.)

Jordan

  • 16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.)

Kuwait

1.8% (1996 est.)

Lebanon

18% (1997 est.)

Oman

NA%

Qatar

2.7% (2001)

Saudi Arabia

NA%

Syria

20% (2000 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

  • 10.8% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2002 est.)

United Arab Emirates

NA%

West Bank

  • 26% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.)

Yemen

30% (1995 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

4.5% (1993)

Canada

7.6% (2002 est.)

Mexico

  • urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2001)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • 9.8% (1997) (1997)

United States

5% (2002)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

6% (2000)

Australia

6.3% (2002)

Cook Islands

13% (1996)

Fiji

7.6% (1999)

French Polynesia

NA%

Guam

15% (2000 est.)

Kiribati

  • 2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)

Marshall Islands

30.9% (1999 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

16% (1999 est.)

Nauru

0%

New Caledonia

19% (1996)

New Zealand

5.5% (2001 est.)

Niue

NA%

Norfolk Island

NA%

Northern Mariana Islands

NA%

Palau

2.3% (2000 est.)

Papua New Guinea

NA%

Pitcairn Islands

NA%

Samoa

NA%; note - substantial underemployment

Solomon Islands

NA%

Tokelau

NA%

Tonga

13.3% (1996 est.)

Tuvalu

NA%

Vanuatu

NA%

Wallis and Futuna

NA%

South America

14 entries

Argentina

25% (yearend 2001)

Bolivia

7.6% (2000)

note: widespread underemployment (2000)

Brazil

6.4% (2001 est.)

Chile

  • 10.1% (2001) (2001)

Colombia

17% (2001 est.)

Ecuador

  • 14%; note - widespread underemployment (2001 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

full employment; labor shortage

French Guiana

  • 21.4% (1998) (1998)

Guyana

  • 9.1% (2000) (understated) (2000)

Paraguay

17.8% (2001 est.)

Peru

  • 9%; widespread underemployment (2001 est.)

Suriname

  • 20% (1997) (1997)

Uruguay

  • 15.2% (2001) (2001)

Venezuela

14.1% (2001 est.)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

10% (2001 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

5.1% (2001 est.)

Cambodia

2.8% (1999 est.)

Christmas Island

NA%

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

60% (2000 est.)

Hong Kong

5.2% (2001 est.)

Indonesia

8% (2001 est.)

Laos

5.7% (1997 est.)

Macau

6.5% (2001 est.)

Malaysia

3.7% (2001 est.)

Philippines

10% (2001)

Singapore

4.7% (2001 est.)

Taiwan

4.5% (2001 est.)

Thailand

3.9% (2001 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

50% (including underemployment)

Vietnam

25% (1995 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2002, “Unemployment rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/unemployment-rate/2002.

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