The CIA World Factbook Edition 2003 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 2003 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2003 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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2003

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World

1 entry

World

30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

31% (2002 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)

Djibouti

50% (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% (2002)

Liberia

Libya

30% (2001)

Madagascar

5.9% (1998)

Malawi

NA%

Mali

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

Mauritania

21% (1999 est.)

Mauritius

8.8% (2002 est.)

Mayotte

38% (1999)

Morocco

19% (2002 est.)

Mozambique

21% (1997 est.)

Namibia

35% (1998)

Niger

NA%

Nigeria

28% (1992 est.)

Reunion

36% (1999 est.)

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% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2001 est.)

Sudan

18.7% (2002 est.)

Tanzania

NA%

Togo

NA%

Tunisia

15.4% (2002 est.)

Uganda

NA%

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

50% (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe

70% (2002 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

10% (2000 est.)

Iceland

2.8% (2002 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

NA%

Armenia

20% (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan

16% (official rate is 1.2%) (2003 est.)

Bangladesh

40% (includes underemployment) (2002 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

8.8% (2002 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

7.8% plus substantial underemployment (2002 est.)

Russia

7.9% plus considerable underemployment (2002)

Sri Lanka

8% (2002)

Tajikistan

40% (2002 est.)

Turkmenistan

NA%

Uzbekistan

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

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

6.7% (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda

11% (2001 est.)

Aruba

0.6%

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

6.9% (2001 est.)

Barbados

10% (2001 est.)

Belize

9.1% (2002)

British Virgin Islands

3% (1995)

Cayman Islands

4.1% (1997)

Costa Rica

6.3% (2002 est.)

Cuba

4.1% (2001 est.)

Dominica

23% (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic

14.5% (2002 est.)

El Salvador

10% - but the economy has much underemployment. (2001 est.)

24% plus considerable underemployment (2002 est.)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

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

Czech Republic now Czechia

9.8% (2002)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

0.7% (March 2003)

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

37% (2002 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

15% (1998 est.)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:: 3.3%; Turkish Cypriot area: 5.6% (2002 est.)

Gaza Strip

50% (includes West Bank) (2002 est.)

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

Turkey now Turkiye

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

United Arab Emirates

NA%

West Bank

50% (includes Gaza Strip) (2002 est.)

Yemen

30% (1995 est.)

North America

5 entries

urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2002)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

9.8% (1997)

United States

5.8% (2002)

Oceania

25 entries

2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)

Marshall Islands

30.9% (1999 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

16% (1999 est.)

South America

14 entries

7.7%; note - widespread underemployment (2001 est.)

9.1% (understated) (2000)

Paraguay

18.2% (2002 est.)

Peru

9.4%; widespread underemployment (2002 est.)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

10% (2001 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

5.1% (2001 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

50% (including underemployment)

Vietnam

25% (1995 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2003, “Unemployment rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/unemployment-rate/2003.

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