The CIA World Factbook Edition 2005 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 2005 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2005 edition
234
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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World

1 entry

World

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

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

25.4% (2004 est.)

Angola

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

Benin

NA

Botswana

23.8% (2004 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 (2003 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

  • NA (2003)

Cote d'Ivoire

13% in urban areas (1998)

Djibouti

50% (2004 est.)

Egypt

10.9% (2004 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

30% (1998 est.)

Eritrea

  • NA (2003 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

34% (2000 est.)

Ethiopia

  • NA (2002)

Gabon

21% (1997 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

  • NA (2002 est.)

Ghana

20% (1997 est.)

Guinea

  • NA (2002 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

  • NA (1998)

Kenya

40% (2001 est.)

Lesotho

45% (2002)

Liberia

85% (2003 est.)

Libya

30% (2004)

Malawi

  • NA (2003 est.)

Mali

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

Mauritania

20% (2004 est.)

Mauritius

10.8% (2004 est.)

Mayotte

38% (1999)

Morocco

12.1% (2004 est.)

Mozambique

21% (1997 est.)

Namibia

35% (1998)

Niger

  • NA (2002 est.)

Nigeria

NA

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

26.2% (2004 est.)

Sudan

18.7% (2002 est.)

Tanzania

NA

Togo

  • NA (2003 est.)

Tunisia

13.8% (2004 est.)

Uganda

  • NA (2002 est.)

Western Sahara

NA

Zambia

50% (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe

70% (2002 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

10% (2000 est.)

Iceland

3.1% (2004 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

NA

Armenia

30% (2003 est.)

Azerbaijan

  • 1.2% (official rate) (2004 est.)

Bangladesh

  • 40% (includes underemployment) (2004 est.)

Bhutan

NA

China

  • 9.8% in urban areas;
  • substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas;
  • an official Chinese journal estimated overall unemployment (including rural areas) for 2003 at 20% (2004 est.)

Georgia

17% (2001 est.)

India

9.2% (2004 est.)

Japan

4.7% (2004 est.)

Kazakhstan

8% (2004 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

  • NA (2003)

Korea, South now South Korea

3.6% (2004 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

18% (2004 est.)

Maldives

  • NEGL% (2003 est.)

Mongolia

6.7% (2003)

Nepal

47% (2001 est.)

Pakistan

  • 8.3% plus substantial underemployment (2004 est.)

Russia

  • 8.3% plus considerable underemployment (2004 est.)

Sri Lanka

7.8% (2004 est.)

Tajikistan

40% (2002 est.)

Turkmenistan

60% (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan

  • 0.6% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2004 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

8% (2002)

Antigua and Barbuda

11% (2001 est.)

Aruba

0.6% (2003 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

10.2% (2004 est.)

Barbados

10.7% (2003 est.)

Belize

12.9% (2003)

British Virgin Islands

3% (1995)

Cayman Islands

4.1% (1997)

Costa Rica

6.6% (2004 est.)

Cuba

2.5% (2004 est.)

Dominica

23% (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic

17% (2004 est.)

El Salvador

  • 6.3% - but the economy has much underemployment (2004 est.)

Grenada

12.5% (2000)

Guadeloupe

27.8% (1998)

Guatemala

7.5% (2003 est.)

Haiti

widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2002 est.)

Honduras

28.5% (2004 est.)

Jamaica

15% (2004 est.)

Martinique

27.2% (1998)

Montserrat

6% (1998 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

15.6% (2002 est.)

Nicaragua

  • 7.8% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2003 est.)

Panama

12.6% (2004 est.)

Puerto Rico

12% (2002)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

4.5% (1997)

Saint Lucia

20% (2003 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

15% (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

10.4% (2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

10% (1997 est.)

Virgin Islands

9.3% (2003 est.)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

  • 14.8% officially; may be as high as 30% (2001 est.)

Andorra

0% (1996 est.)

Austria

4.4% (2004 est.)

Belarus

2% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2004)

Belgium

12% (first half, 2004)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

44% officially; however, grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to near 20% (2004 est.)

Bulgaria

12.7% (2004 est.)

Croatia

13.8% (2004 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

10.6% (2004 est.)

Denmark

6.2% (2004 est.)

Estonia

9.6% (2004 est.)

European Union

9.5% (2004 est.)

Faroe Islands

1% (October 2000)

Finland

8.9% (2004 est.)

France

10.1% (2004 est.)

Germany

10.6% (2004 est.)

Gibraltar

2% (2001 est.)

Greece

10% (2004 est.)

Guernsey

0.5% (1999 est.)

Hungary

5.9% (2004 est.)

Ireland

4.3% (2004 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

0.6% (2004 est.)

Italy

8.6% (2004 est.)

Jersey

0.9% (2004 est.)

Latvia

8.8% (2004 est.)

Liechtenstein

1.3% (September 2002)

Lithuania

8% (2004 est.)

Luxembourg

4.5% (December, 2004 est.)

Malta

7% (2003 est.)

Moldova

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

Monaco

22% (1999)

Netherlands

6% (2004 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

37.7% (3rd quarter, 2004 est.)

Norway

4.3% (2004 est.)

Poland

19.5% (2004 est.)

Portugal

6.5% (2004 est.)

Romania

6.3% (2004 est.)

San Marino

2.6% (2001)

Serbia and Montenegro

30%

note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2004 est.)

Slovakia

13.1% (31 December 2004 est.)

Slovenia

6.4% (2004 est.)

Spain

10.4% (2004 est.)

Sweden

5.6% (2004 est.)

Switzerland

3.4% (2004 est.)

Ukraine

  • 3.5% officially registered;
  • large number of unregistered or underemployed workers;
  • the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is around 9-10 percent (2004 est.)

United Kingdom

4.8% (2004 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

15% (1998 est.)

Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus:
3.2%; north Cyprus: 5.6% (2004 est.)

Gaza Strip

  • 50% (includes West Bank) (2003 est.)

Iran

11.2% (2004 est.)

Iraq

  • 25% to 30% (2004 est.)

Israel

10.7% (2004 est.)

Jordan

  • 15% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2004 est.)

Kuwait

2.2% (2004 est.)

Lebanon

18% (1997 est.)

Oman

15% (2004 est.)

Qatar

2.7% (2001)

Saudi Arabia

  • 25% (unofficial estimate) (2004 est.)

Syria

20% (2002 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

  • 9.3% (plus underemployment of 4.0%) (2004 est.)

United Arab Emirates

2.4% (2001)

West Bank

  • 27.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2004 est.)

Yemen

35% (2003 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

5% (2002 est.)

Canada

7% (2004)

Mexico

  • 3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2004 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

9.8% (1997)

United States

5.5% (2004 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

6% (2000)

Australia

5.1% (December 2004 est.)

Cook Islands

13% (1996)

Fiji

7.6% (1999)

French Polynesia

11.8% (1994)

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

90% (2004 est.)

New Caledonia

19% (1996)

New Zealand

4.2% (2004 est.)

Niue

NA

Norfolk Island

0%

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

14.8% (2004 est.)

Bolivia

9.2% in urban areas

note: widespread underemployment (2003 est.)

Brazil

11.5% (2004 est.)

Chile

8.5% (2004 est.)

Colombia

13.6% (2004 est.)

Ecuador

  • 11.1%; note - underemployment of 47% (2004 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • full employment; labor shortage (2001)

French Guiana

22% (2001)

Guyana

  • 9.1% (understated) (2000)

Paraguay

15.1% (2004 est.)

Peru

  • 9.6% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2004 est.)

Suriname

17% (2000)

Uruguay

13% (2004 est.)

Venezuela

17.1% (2004 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

3.2% (2002 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

5.2% (2004 est.)

Cambodia

2.5% (2000 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

60% (2000 est.)

Hong Kong

6.7% (2004 est.)

Indonesia

9.2% (2004 est.)

Laos

5.7% (1997 est.)

Macau

4.7% (3rd Quarter, 2004)

Malaysia

3% (2004 est.)

Philippines

11.7% (2004 est.)

Singapore

3.4% (2004 est.)

Taiwan

4.5% (2004 est.)

Thailand

1.5% (November 2004 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

  • 50% (including underemployment) (1992 est.)

Vietnam

1.9% (2004 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2005, “Unemployment rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/unemployment-rate/2005.

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