Worldwide Unemployment Figures

		Percentage unemployed
	Year	Both sexes	Male	Female
Albania	1991	9.1%	n.a.%	n.a%
Algeria	1992	23.8	24.2	20.3
Argentina	1995	18.8	16.5	22.3
Australia	1995	8.5	8.8	8.0
Austria	1996	4.1	3.9	4.5
Bahamas	1994	13.3	12.6	14.0
Barbados	1995	19.7	16.5	22.9
Belarus	1995	2.7	2.2	3.3
Belgium	1995	9.3	7.3	12.2
Belize	1994	11.1	9.0	15.1
Bolivia	1996	4.2	3.7	4.5
Brazil	1993	6.2	5.4	7.4
Bulgaria	1995	11.1	n.a.	n.a.
Canada	1995	9.5	9.8	9.2
Chile	1995	4.7	4.4	5.3
China	1994	2.8	0.8	1.1
Hong Kong	1996	2.8	3.1	2.3
Costa Rica	1995	5.2	4.6	6.5
Croatia	1993	16.8	14.0	20.1
Cyprus	1995	2.6	1.9	3.7
Czech Republic	1996	3.9	3.3	4.6
Denmark	1995	7.0	5.6	8.6
Dominican Republic	1996	16.7	10.2	28.7
Ecuador	1994	7.1	5.8	9.3
Egypt	1994	11.0	7.4	22.8
El Salvador	1995	7.7	8.7	5.9
Estonia	1995	8.7	9.6	7.7
Fiji	1995	5.4	n.a.	n.a.
Finland	1995	17.4	17.3	16.7
France	1995	11.6	9.8	13.9
French Guiana	1991	9.7	8.2	11.6
Germany	1996	8.8	8.2	9.6
Greece	1995	10.0	6.7	15.4
Guadeloupe	1991	19.9	n.a.	n.a.
Guam	1993	5.5	n.a.	n.a.
Honduras	1995	3.2	3.1	3.4
Hungary	1996	9.9	10.7	8.8
Iceland	1996	3.7	3.4	4.1
Ireland	1996	11.9	11.9	11.9
Israel	!995	6.9	5.6	8.6
Italy	1994	11.1	8.5	15.8
Jamaica	1992	15.9	9.7	22.9
Japan	1995	3.2	3.1	3.2
Kazakhstan	1993	1.0	n.a.	n.a.
Korea, South	1996	2.0	2.3	1.6
Latvia	1995	6.6	6.0	7.2
Lithuania	1995	7.3	6.6	8.0
Luxembourg	1994	2.7	n.a.	n.a.
Macau	1995	3.6	4.1	3.0
Macedonia	1995	35.6	31.9	41.7
Malaysia	1995	2.8%	n.a.%	n.a.%
Malta	1993	4.5	5.2	2.5
Mauritius	1995	9.8	7.8	13.9
Mexico	1995	4.7	4.6	5.0
Moldova	1995	1.0	n.a.	n.a
Morocco	1992	16.0	13.0	25.3
Netherlands	1995	7.1	5.9	8.8
Netherlands Antilles	1994	12.8	n.a.	n.a.
New Zealand	1996	6.1	6.2	6.1
Nicaragua	1991	14.0	11.3	19.4
Norway	1995	4.9	5.2	4.6
Pakistan	1994	4.8	3.9	10.0
Panama	1996	13.9	11.0	19.4
Paraguay	1994	4.4	4.9	3.7
Peru	1995	7.1	6.0	8.7
Philippines	1995	8.4	7.7	9.4
Poland	1996	12.3	11.0	13.9
Portugal	1996	7.2	6.4	8.2
Puerto Rico	1995	13.7	16.6	10.8
Réunion	1993	34.4	n.a.	n.a.
Romania	1996	6.7	6.3	7.4
Russia	1996	9.3	9.6	9.0
San Marino	1995	3.9	1.5	7.0
Singapore	1996	3.0	2.9	3.1
Slovakia	1995	13.1	13.8	12.6
Slovenia	1996	7.3	7.5	7.0
South Africa	1995	4.5	n.a.	n.a.
Spain	1995	22.9	18.2	30.6
Sri Lanka	1995	12.5	8.8	19.7
Suriname	1994	12.7	11.4	15.0
Sweden	1996	8.0	8.5	7.5
Switzerland	1996	3.7	3.4	4.1
Syria	1991	6.8	5.2	14.0
Thailand	1993	1.5	1.2	1.8
Trinidad and Tobago	1995	17.2	15.1	20.6
Turkey	1995	6.6	6.6	6.8
United Kingdom	1996	8.2	9.7	6.3
United States	1995	5.6	5.6	5.6
U.S. Virgin Islands	1995	5.7	n.a	n.a.
Uruguay	1995	10.2	8.0	13.2
Uzbekistan	1995	0.4	0.3	0.5
Venezuela	1995	10.3	9.0	12.8

Source: International Labour Office, Year Book of Labour Statistics 1997 (Geneva, 1997). Unless otherwise indicated, data are from labor force sample surveys or general household sample surveys.

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