The CIA World Factbook Edition 2008 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 2008 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2008 edition
230
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 (2007 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

11.8% (2007 est.)

Angola

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

Benin

NA%

Botswana

7.5% (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso

77% (2004)

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

unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of the civil war

Djibouti

  • 59% in urban areas, 83% in rural areas (2007 est.)

Egypt

9.1% (2007 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

30% (1998 est.)

Eritrea

NA%

Swaziland now Eswatini

40% (2006 est.)

Ethiopia

NA%

Gabon

21% (2006 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

NA%

Ghana

11% (2000 est.)

Guinea

NA%

Guinea-Bissau

NA%

Kenya

40% (2001 est.)

Lesotho

45% (2002)

Liberia

85% (2003 est.)

Libya

30% (2004 est.)

Malawi

NA%

Mali

30% (2004 est.)

Mauritania

20% (2004 est.)

Mauritius

8.8% (2007 est.)

Mayotte

25.4% (2005)

Morocco

9.8% (2007 est.)

Mozambique

21% (1997 est.)

Namibia

5.2% (2007 est.)

Niger

NA%

Nigeria

4.9% (2007 est.)

Rwanda

NA%

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

14% (1998 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

NA%

Senegal

48% (2007 est.)

Seychelles

2% (2006 est.)

Sierra Leone

NA%

Somalia

NA%

South Africa

24.3% (2007 est.)

Sudan

18.7% (2002 est.)

Tanzania

NA%

Togo

NA%

Tunisia

14.1% (2007 est.)

Uganda

NA%

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

50% (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe

80% (2005 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

9.3% (2005 est.)

Iceland

1% (2007 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

40% (2005 est.)

Armenia

7.1% (2007 est.)

Azerbaijan

1% official rate (2007 est.)

Bangladesh

  • 2.5% (includes underemployment) (2007 est.)

Bhutan

2.5% (2004)

China

4% unemployment in urban areas; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2007 est.)

Georgia

13.6% (2006 est.)

India

7.2% (2007 est.)

Japan

3.8% (2007 est.)

Kazakhstan

7.3% (2007 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

3.3% (2007 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

18% (2004 est.)

Maldives

  • NEGL% (2003 est.)

Mongolia

3% (2007)

Nepal

42% (2004 est.)

Pakistan

  • 5.6% plus substantial underemployment (2007 est.)

Russia

6.2% (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka

6% (2007 est.)

Tajikistan

  • 2.4% official rate; actual unemployment is higher (2007 est.)

Turkmenistan

60% (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan

0.8% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2007 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

8% (2002)

Antigua and Barbuda

11% (2001 est.)

Aruba

6.9% (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

7.6% (2006 est.)

Barbados

10.7% (2003 est.)

Belize

9.4% (2006)

British Virgin Islands

3.6% (1997)

Cayman Islands

4.4% (2004)

Costa Rica

4.6% (2007 est.)

Cuba

1.8% (2007 est.)

Dominica

23% (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic

15.6% (2007 est.)

El Salvador

  • 6.2% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2007 est.)

Grenada

12.5% (2000)

Guatemala

3.2% (2005 est.)

Haiti

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

Honduras

27.8% (2007 est.)

Jamaica

9.9% (2007 est.)

Montserrat

6% (1998 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

17% (2002 est.)

Nicaragua

  • 4.9% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2007 est.)

Panama

6.4% (2007 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

4.5% (2007 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

10% (1997 est.)

Virgin Islands

6.2% (2004)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

13.2% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (2007 est.)

Andorra

0% (1996 est.)

Austria

4.4% (2007 est.)

Belarus

1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2005)

Belgium

7.5% (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

45.5% official rate; grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to 25-30% (31 December 2004 est.)

Bulgaria

7.7% (2007 est.)

Croatia

11.8% (2007 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

6.6% (2007 est.)

Denmark

2.8% (2007 est.)

Estonia

4.7% (2007 est.)

European Union

8.5% (2006 est.)

Faroe Islands

2.1% (2006)

Finland

6.9% (2007 est.)

France

7.9% (2007 est.)

Germany

9%

note: this is the International Labor Organization's estimated rate for international comparisons; Germany's Federal Employment Office estimated a seasonally adjusted rate of 10.8% (2007 est.)

Gibraltar

3% (2005 est.)

Greece

8.3% (2007 est.)

Guernsey

0.9% (March 2006 est.)

Hungary

7.3% (2007 est.)

Ireland

4.6% (2007 est.)

Isle of Man

1.5% (December 2006 est.)

Italy

6.2% (2007 est.)

Jersey

2.2% (2006 est.)

Kosovo

43% (2007 est.)

Latvia

5.7% (2007 est.)

Liechtenstein

1.3% (September 2002)

Lithuania

3.5%

note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2007 est.)

Luxembourg

4.4% (2007 est.)

Malta

6.4% (2007 est.)

Moldova

2.1%; note - roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2007 est.)

Monaco

0% (2005)

Montenegro

14.7% (2007 est.)

Netherlands

4.6% (2007 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

34.9% (2007 est.)

Norway

2.5% (2007 est.)

Poland

12.8% (2007 est.)

Portugal

8% (2007 est.)

Romania

4.1% (2007 est.)

San Marino

3.8% (2004)

Serbia

18.8% (2007 est.)

Slovakia

8.4% (2007 est.)

Slovenia

7.7% (2007 est.)

Spain

8.3% (2007 est.)

Sweden

6.1% (2007 est.)

Switzerland

2.8% (2007 est.)

Ukraine

  • 2.3% officially registered;
  • large number of unregistered or underemployed workers;
  • the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is nearly 7% (2007 est.)

United Kingdom

5.3% (2007 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

15% (2005 est.)

Cyprus

3.9% (2007 est.)

Gaza Strip

34.8% (2006)

Iran

  • 12% according to the Iranian government (2007 est.)

Iraq

  • 18% to 30% (2006 est.)

Israel

7.3% (2007 est.)

Jordan

  • 13.5% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2007 est.)

Kuwait

2.2% (2004 est.)

Lebanon

20% (2006 est.)

Oman

15% (2004 est.)

Qatar

0.7% (2007 est.)

Saudi Arabia

13% among Saudi males only (local bank estimate; some estimates range as high as 25%) (2004 est.)

Syria

9% (2007 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

  • 9.9% plus underemployment of 4% (2007 est.)

United Arab Emirates

2.4% (2001)

West Bank

18.6% (2006)

Yemen

35% (2003 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

2.1% (2004 est.)

Canada

6% (2007 est.)

Mexico

  • 3.7% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2007 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

10.3% (1999)

United States

4.6% (2007 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

29.8% (2005)

Australia

4.4% (2007 est.)

Cook Islands

13.1% (2005)

Fiji

7.6% (1999)

French Polynesia

11.7% (2005)

Guam

11.4% (2002 est.)

Kiribati

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

Marshall Islands

30.9% (2000 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

22% (2000 est.)

Nauru

90% (2004 est.)

New Caledonia

17.1% (2004)

New Zealand

3.6% (2007 est.)

Niue

12% (2001)

Northern Mariana Islands

3.9% (2001)

Palau

4.2% (2005 est.)

Papua New Guinea

  • 1.9% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)

Samoa

NA%

Solomon Islands

NA%

Tokelau

NA%

Tonga

13% (FY03/04 est.)

Tuvalu

NA%

Vanuatu

1.7% (1999)

Wallis and Futuna

15.2% (2003)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

8.5% (2007 est.)

Bolivia

  • 7.5% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2007 est.)

Brazil

9.3% (2007 est.)

Chile

7% (2007 est.)

Colombia

11.2% (2007 est.)

Ecuador

8.8% (2007 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • full employment; labor shortage (2001)

Guyana

  • 9.1% (understated) (2000)

Paraguay

5.6% (2007 est.)

Peru

  • 6.9% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2007 est.)

Suriname

9.5% (2004)

Uruguay

9.2% (2007 est.)

Venezuela

8.5% (2007 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

4% (2006)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

5.2% (2007 est.)

Cambodia

2.5% (2000 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

60% (2000 est.)

Hong Kong

4% (2007 est.)

Indonesia

9.1% (2007 est.)

Laos

2.4% (2005 est.)

Macau

3.1% (2006)

Malaysia

3.2% (2007 est.)

Philippines

7.3% (2007 est.)

Singapore

2.1% (2007 est.)

Taiwan

3.9% (2007 est.)

Thailand

1.4% (2007 est.)

Timor-Leste

  • 50% estimated;
  • note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%;
  • data do not include underemployed (2001 est.)

Vietnam

4.3% (2007 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2008, “Unemployment rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/unemployment-rate/2008.

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