List of Countries by Unemployment Rate

Last Previous Highest Lowest Trend Unit Reference Frequency Afghanistan 15.00 9.00 15.00 3.37 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Albania 12.80 13.26 22.30 12.10 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Algeria 10.00 10.00 29.50 10.00 Percent 12/2011 Quarterly Angola 26.00 25.00 35.00 25.00 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Argentina 7.90 6.90 20.80 6.70 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Armenia 5.90 6.00 12.10 5.90 Percent 12/2011 Quarterly Australia 5.50 5.60 10.90 4.00 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Austria 6.70 7.30 9.30 0.80 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Azerbaijan 5.20 5.40 11.80 5.20 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Bahamas 14.00 13.70 14.20 6.90 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Bahrain 3.80 4.00 4.10 3.30 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Bangladesh 4.50 5.10 5.10 4.30 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Barbados 11.30 10.80 12.50 7.60 Percent 12/2012 Quarterly Belarus 0.50 0.60 4.00 0.50 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Belgium 8.40 8.20 11.00 6.30 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Benin 1.00 3.50 5.50 1.00 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Bhutan 3.10 3.30 4.00 1.15 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Bolivia 7.50 7.60 14.50 7.50 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.06 46.10 46.10 39.03 Percent 03/2013 Monthly Botswana 17.80 17.50 23.80 13.90 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Brazil 5.80 5.70 13.10 4.60 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Brunei 2.60 2.67 7.20 2.60 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Bulgaria 13.80 12.40 15.60 5.00 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Burkina Faso 3.30 2.70 3.30 0.90 percent 12/2007 Yearly Burundi 35.00 19.50 35.00 19.50 Percent 12/2009 Yearly Cambodia 0.20 0.30 5.30 0.10 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Cameroon 3.80 5.60 5.60 3.80 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Canada 7.10 7.20 13.10 2.90 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Cape Verde 16.80 12.20 20.20 10.70 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Cayman Islands 6.30 6.20 7.50 2.60 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Central African Republic 16.10 8.00 16.10 6.00 percent 12/2005 Yearly Chad 22.60 22.60 22.60 percent 12/2006 Yearly Chile 6.36 6.20 13.50 5.10 Percent 04/2013 Monthly China 4.10 4.10 4.30 3.90 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Colombia 10.17 10.21 17.87 8.85 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Comoros 13.50 20.00 20.00 13.50 Percent 12/2004 Yearly Congo 50.30 51.40 66.90 45.40 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Costa Rica 9.80 10.00 10.91 8.61 Percent 12/2012 Quarterly Croatia 20.90 21.60 23.60 12.20 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Cuba 3.60 3.20 5.40 1.60 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Cyprus 15.60 14.50 15.60 3.40 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Czech Republic 7.50 7.70 9.94 0.09 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Denmark 4.50 4.40 12.90 1.70 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Djibouti 59.50 43.50 59.50 43.50 Percent 12/2002 Yearly Dominican Republic 15.10 14.30 19.70 13.90 Percent 09/2012 Semesterly East Timor 3.60 3.60 3.60 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Ecuador 4.61 5.00 12.05 4.61 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Egypt 13.20 13.00 13.20 8.10 Percent 02/2013 Quarterly El Salvador 6.10 6.62 7.97 5.88 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Equatorial Guinea 22.30 19.70 22.30 1.30 Percent 12/2009 Yearly Eritrea 14.50 14.50 14.50 Percent 12/1984 Yearly Estonia 10.20 9.30 20.10 0.50 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Ethiopia 17.50 18.00 26.40 17.50 percent 12/2012 Yearly Euro Area 12.20 12.10 12.20 7.20 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Fiji 7.00 7.00 12.00 3.70 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Finland 8.80 9.00 19.90 0.70 Percent 04/2013 Monthly France 10.80 10.50 11.20 7.50 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Gabon 16.00 14.80 16.00 14.80 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Gambia 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 Percent 12/2003 Yearly Georgia 15.00 15.10 16.90 10.30 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Germany 5.40 5.40 14.20 0.40 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Ghana 12.90 11.20 12.90 11.20 Percent 12/2005 Yearly Greece 26.80 26.70 26.80 7.30 Percent 03/2013 Monthly Guatemala 2.90 4.06 4.06 2.47 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Guinea 3.10 3.10 3.10 Percent 12/1994 Yearly Guinea Bissau 7.60 3.20 10.14 3.20 percent 12/2002 Yearly Guyana 21.00 21.00 28.50 11.70 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Haiti 40.60 9.61 40.60 7.20 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Honduras 4.50 4.90 12.10 2.90 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Hong Kong 3.40 3.50 8.60 1.00 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Hungary 11.00 11.80 11.80 5.50 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Iceland 4.30 5.80 9.20 0.10 Percent 05/2013 Monthly India 3.80 9.40 9.40 3.80 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Indonesia 5.92 6.14 11.24 2.00 Percent 02/2013 Quarterly Iran 11.20 8.00 15.40 7.10 Percent 12/2012 Quarterly Iraq 16.00 23.00 28.00 15.00 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Ireland 13.70 13.70 17.30 3.70 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Israel 6.90 6.60 11.40 5.40 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Italy 12.00 11.90 12.00 5.90 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Ivory Coast 15.70 4.60 15.70 4.60 Percent 12/2008 Yearly Jamaica 14.20 13.70 16.50 9.80 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Japan 4.10 4.10 5.60 1.00 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Jordan 12.80 12.50 14.30 10.80 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Kazakhstan 5.30 5.30 9.70 4.40 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Kenya 40.00 12.70 40.00 12.70 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Kosovo 35.10 45.40 57.00 35.10 Percent 06/2012 Yearly Kuwait 2.72 2.72 7.18 0.50 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Kyrgyzstan 7.70 7.90 12.50 7.70 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Laos 2.50 1.36 5.10 1.36 Percent 12/2009 Yearly Latvia 12.80 13.80 20.70 5.40 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Lebanon 5.83 6.02 8.98 5.36 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Lesotho 25.30 27.30 39.30 25.30 Percent 12/2008 Yearly Liberia 3.70 5.60 15.90 3.70 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Libya 19.50 20.70 20.70 13.00 percent 12/2011 Yearly Lithuania 13.10 13.00 18.30 3.90 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Luxembourg 6.70 6.60 6.70 1.40 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Macao 1.90 1.90 7.10 1.90 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Macedonia 29.90 30.60 37.30 27.70 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Madagascar 3.80 3.70 6.80 3.70 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Malawi 3.00 3.00 7.00 3.00 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Malaysia 3.30 3.00 4.50 2.70 Percent 03/2013 Monthly Maldives 11.70 14.44 14.44 0.79 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Mali 10.50 8.80 10.50 3.30 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Malta 6.50 6.60 8.24 5.88 Percent 12/2012 Quarterly Mauritania 31.20 32.80 32.80 12.10 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Mauritius 7.76 7.90 19.70 2.70 Percent 12/2012 Quarterly Mexico 5.04 4.51 5.93 2.22 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Moldova 8.10 5.90 13.00 3.00 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Mongolia 3.60 3.30 9.00 2.80 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Montenegro 13.52 14.06 31.00 10.20 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Morocco 9.40 8.70 15.10 7.80 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Mozambique 17.00 18.70 18.70 17.00 Percent 12/2007 Yearly Myanmar 4.01 4.00 4.15 4.00 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Namibia 16.70 37.60 37.60 16.70 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Nepal 3.00 8.80 8.80 1.80 Percent 12/2008 Yearly Netherlands 8.20 8.10 8.20 3.40 Percent 04/2013 Monthly New Caledonia 13.80 16.30 18.60 13.80 Percent 12/2008 Yearly New Zealand 6.20 6.80 11.20 3.50 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Nicaragua 7.40 6.30 17.80 1.60 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Niger 2.25 15.90 15.90 1.47 Percent 12/2008 Yearly Nigeria 23.90 21.10 23.90 5.30 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Norway 3.70 3.50 4.70 2.30 Percent 03/2013 Monthly Oman 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Pakistan 6.30 6.50 7.80 3.10 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Palestine 27.50 26.70 35.60 8.80 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Panama 4.00 4.50 16.30 4.00 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Papua New Guinea 1.90 2.84 2.84 1.90 Percent 12/2008 Yearly Paraguay 7.90 6.90 9.20 6.00 Percent 12/2012 Quarterly Peru 5.70 5.60 13.00 5.60 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Philippines 7.50 7.10 13.90 6.30 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Poland 13.50 14.00 20.70 0.30 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Portugal 17.70 16.90 17.70 3.70 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Puerto Rico 13.70 14.20 24.00 9.70 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Qatar 0.50 0.60 3.90 0.30 Percent 12/2012 Yearly Republic of the Congo 26.60 26.60 26.60 percent 12/2010 Yearly Romania 7.30 7.20 8.10 5.40 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Russia 5.60 5.70 14.10 4.90 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Rwanda 30.00 30.00 30.00 Percent 12/2008 Yearly Sao Tome and Principe 14.00 16.70 16.70 14.00 Percent 12/2008 Yearly Saudi Arabia 5.80 5.40 6.30 4.35 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Senegal 10.20 12.00 12.00 5.60 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Serbia 22.40 25.50 25.50 13.30 Percent 09/2012 Semesterly Seychelles 1.70 2.60 4.50 1.00 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Sierra Leone 3.40 3.40 3.40 Percent 12/2004 Yearly Singapore 1.90 1.80 6.00 1.40 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Slovakia 14.40 14.70 19.70 8.70 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Slovenia 13.30 13.40 15.50 6.30 Percent 04/2013 Monthly South Africa 25.20 24.90 31.20 21.90 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly South Korea 3.20 3.10 7.10 3.00 Percent 05/2013 Monthly South Sudan 12.00 12.00 12.00 percent 12/2008 Yearly Spain 27.20 26.02 27.20 7.95 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Sri Lanka 3.90 4.10 11.30 3.90 Percent 12/2012 Quarterly Sudan 15.90 16.80 16.80 11.10 percent 12/2011 Yearly Suriname 9.00 9.00 14.00 7.00 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Swaziland 28.20 25.50 28.60 21.70 Percent 12/2008 Yearly Sweden 8.20 8.70 10.50 1.30 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Switzerland 3.00 3.10 5.40 1.60 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Syria 14.90 8.30 14.90 8.00 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Taiwan 4.19 4.18 6.13 0.86 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Tajikistan 2.50 2.50 3.13 2.00 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Tanzania 10.70 11.70 12.90 10.70 Percent 10/2011 Yearly Thailand 0.69 0.62 5.73 0.39 Percent 03/2013 Monthly Togo 6.80 6.80 6.80 Percent 12/2006 Yearly Trinidad and Tobago 4.90 5.40 21.10 3.90 Percent 06/2012 Quarterly Tunisia 16.50 16.70 18.90 12.40 Percent 03/2013 Quarterly Turkey 9.40 9.20 14.90 9.00 Percent 03/2013 Monthly Turkmenistan 2.60 2.60 2.62 1.87 Percent 12/2004 Yearly Uganda 4.20 1.90 4.20 1.90 Percent 12/2010 Yearly Ukraine 8.10 8.00 10.30 6.50 Percent 12/2012 Quarterly United Arab Emirates 4.20 4.60 4.60 1.15 Percent 12/2012 Yearly United Kingdom 7.80 7.80 12.00 3.40 Percent 04/2013 Monthly United States 7.60 7.50 10.80 2.50 Percent 05/2013 Monthly Uruguay 6.70 6.60 13.40 5.30 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Uzbekistan 4.80 4.80 4.80 Percent 09/2012 Yearly Venezuela 7.90 7.70 20.70 5.90 Percent 04/2013 Monthly Vietnam 1.81 2.06 4.50 1.81 Percent 12/2012 Quarterly Yemen 29.00 14.60 29.00 13.70 Percent 12/2011 Yearly Zambia 15.00 15.90 19.70 12.00 percent 12/2008 Yearly Zimbabwe 10.70 4.20 10.80 4.20 percent 12/2011 Yearly

NOTES: This page includes a list of countries which report Unemployment Rate. This table represents our best effort to provide some useful information on Unemployment Rate but is not suitable for ranking or comparison purposes. While analysing Unemployment Rate please take into account that countries have different currencies, publish their data in different dates, some do not seasonal adjust their time series, some follow different accounting methodologies and some are government official but not very accurate.