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the population (2001 est.)

Anguilla
  8% (2002)

Antigua and Barbuda
  11% (2001 est.)

Argentina
  8.5% (2007 est.)

Armenia
  7.1% (2007 est.)

Aruba
  6.9% (2005 est.)

Australia
  4.4% (2007 est.)

Austria
  4.4% (2007 est.)

Azerbaijan
  1% official rate (2007 est.)

Bahamas, The
  7.6% (2006 est.)

Bahrain
  15% (2005 est.)

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

Barbados
  10.7% (2003 est.)

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

Belgium
  7.5% (2007 est.)

Belize
  9.4% (2006)

Benin
  NA%

Bermuda
  2.1% (2004 est.)

Bhutan
  2.5% (2004)

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

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

Botswana
  7.5% (2007 est.)

Brazil
  9.3% (2007 est.)

British Virgin Islands
  3.6% (1997)

Brunei
  4% (2006)

Bulgaria
  7.7% (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso
  77% (2004)

Burma
  5.2% (2007 est.)

Burundi
  NA%

Cambodia
  2.5% (2000 est.)

Cameroon
  30% (2001 est.)

Canada
  6% (2007 est.)

Cape Verde
  21% (2000 est.)

Cayman Islands
  4.4% (2004)

Central African Republic
  8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)

Chad
  NA%

Chile
  7% (2007 est.)

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

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  60% (2000 est.)

Colombia
  11.2% (2007 est.)

Comoros
  20% (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  NA%

Congo, Republic of the
  NA%

Cook Islands
  13.1% (2005)

Costa Rica
  4.6% (2007 est.)

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

Croatia
  11.8% (2007 est.)

Cuba
  1.8% (2007 est.)

Cyprus
  3.9% (2007 est.)

Czech Republic
  6.6% (2007 est.)

Denmark
  2.8% (2007 est.)

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

Dominica
  23% (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic
  15.6% (2007 est.)

Ecuador
  8.8% (2007 est.)

Egypt
  9.1% (2007 est.)

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

Equatorial Guinea
  30% (1998 est.)

Eritrea
  NA%

Estonia
  4.7% (2007 est.)

Ethiopia
  NA%

European Union
  8.5% (2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) full employment; labor shortage (2001)

Faroe Islands
  2.1% (2006)

Fiji
  7.6% (1999)

Finland
  6.9% (2007 est.)

France
  7.9% (2007 est.)

French Polynesia
  11.7% (2005)

Gabon
  21% (2006 est.)

Gambia, The
  NA%

Gaza Strip
  34.8% (2006)

Georgia
  13.6% (2006 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.)

Ghana
  11% (2000 est.)

Gibraltar
  3% (2005 est.)

Greece
  8.3% (2007 est.)

Greenland
  9.3% (2005 est.)

Grenada
  12.5% (2000)

Guam
  11.4% (2002 est.)

Guatemala
  3.2% (2005 est.)

Guernsey
  0.9% (March 2006 est.)

Guinea
  NA%

Guinea-Bissau
  NA%

Guyana
  9.1% (understated) (2000)

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.)

Hong Kong
  4% (2007 est.)

Hungary
  7.3% (2007 est.)

Iceland
  1% (2007 est.)

India
  7.2% (2007 est.)

Indonesia
  9.1% (2007 est.)

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

Iraq
  18% to 30% (2006 est.)

Ireland
  4.6% (2007 est.)

Isle of Man
  1.5% (December 2006 est.)

Israel
  7.3% (2007 est.)

Italy
  6.2% (2007 est.)

Jamaica
  9.9% (2007 est.)

Japan
  3.8% (2007 est.)

Jersey
  2.2% (2006 est.)

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

Kazakhstan
  7.3% (2007 est.)

Kenya
  40% (2001 est.)

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

Korea, North
  NA%

Korea, South
  3.3% (2007 est.)

Kosovo
  43% (2007 est.)

Kuwait
  2.2% (2004 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
  18% (2004 est.)

Laos
  2.4% (2005 est.)

Latvia
  5.7% (2007 est.)

Lebanon
  20% (2006 est.)

Lesotho
  45% (2002)

Liberia
  85% (2003 est.)

Libya
  30% (2004 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.)

Macau
  3.1% (2006)

Macedonia
  34.9% (2007 est.)

Malawi
  NA%

Malaysia
  3.2% (2007 est.)

Maldives
  NEGL% (2003 est.)

Mali
  30% (2004 est.)

Malta
  6.4% (2007 est.)

Marshall Islands
  30.9% (2000 est.)

Mauritania
  20% (2004 est.)

Mauritius
  8.8% (2007 est.)

Mayotte
  25.4% (2005)

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

Micronesia, Federated States of
  22% (2000 est.)

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

Monaco
  0% (2005)

Mongolia
  3% (2007)

Montenegro
  14.7% (2007 est.)

Montserrat
  6% (1998 est.)

Morocco
  9.8% (2007 est.)

Mozambique
  21% (1997 est.)

Namibia
  5.2% (2007 est.)

Nauru
  90% (2004 est.)

Nepal
  42% (2004 est.)

Netherlands
  4.6% (2007 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
  17% (2002 est.)

New Caledonia
  17.1% (2004)

New Zealand
  3.6% (2007 est.)

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

Niger
  NA%

Nigeria
  4.9% (2007 est.)

Niue
  12% (2001)

Northern Mariana Islands
  3.9% (2001)

Norway
  2.5% (2007 est.)

Oman
  15% (2004 est.)

Pakistan
  5.6% plus substantial underemployment (2007 est.)

Palau
  4.2% (2005 est.)

Panama
  6.4% (2007 est.)

Papua New Guinea
  1.9% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)

Paraguay
  5.6% (2007 est.)

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

Philippines
  7.3% (2007 est.)

Poland
  12.8% (2007 est.)

Portugal
  8% (2007 est.)

Puerto Rico
  12% (2002)

Qatar
  0.7% (2007 est.)

Romania
  4.1% (2007 est.)

Russia
  6.2% (2007 est.)

Rwanda
  NA%

Saint Helena
  14% (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
  4.5% (1997)

Saint Lucia
  20% (2003 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  10.3% (1999)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  15% (2001 est.)

Samoa
  NA%

San Marino
  3.8% (2004)

Sao Tome and Principe
  NA%

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

Senegal
  48% (2007 est.)

Serbia
  18.8% (2007 est.)

Seychelles
  2% (2006 est.)

Sierra Leone
  NA%

Singapore
  2.1% (2007 est.)

Slovakia
  8.4% (2007 est.)

Slovenia
  7.7% (2007 est.)

Solomon Islands
  NA%

Somalia
  NA%

South Africa
  24.3% (2007 est.)

Spain
  8.3% (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka
  6% (2007 est.)

Sudan
  18.7% (2002 est.)

Suriname
  9.5% (2004)

Swaziland
  40% (2006 est.)

Sweden
  6.1% (2007 est.)

Switzerland
  2.8% (2007 est.)

Syria
  9% (2007 est.)

Taiwan
  3.9% (2007 est.)

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

Tanzania
  NA%

Thailand
  1.4% (2007 est.)

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

Togo
  NA%

Tokelau
  NA%

Tonga
  13% (FY03/04 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
  4.5% (2007 est.)

Tunisia
  14.1% (2007 est.)

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

Turkmenistan
  60% (2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
  10% (1997 est.)

Tuvalu
  NA%

Uganda
  NA%

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 Arab Emirates
  2.4% (2001)

United Kingdom
  5.3% (2007 est.)

United States
  4.6% (2007 est.)

Uruguay
  9.2% (2007 est.)

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

Vanuatu
  1.7% (1999)

Venezuela
  8.5% (2007 est.)

Vietnam
  4.3% (2007 est.)

Virgin Islands
  6.2% (2004)

Wallis and Futuna
  15.2% (2003)

West Bank
  18.6% (2006)

Western Sahara
  NA%

World
  30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many
  non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12%
  unemployment (2007 est.)

Yemen
  35% (2003 est.)

Zambia
  50% (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe
  80% (2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 18 December 2008

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@2137 Military - note

Akrotiri
  Akrotiri has a full RAF base, Headquarters for British
  Forces on Cyprus, and Episkopi Support Unit

American Samoa
  defense is the responsibility of the US

Andorra
  defense is the responsibility of France and Spain

Anguilla
  defense is the responsibility of the UK

Antarctica
  the Antarctic Treaty prohibits any measures of a military
  nature, such as the establishment of military bases and
  fortifications, the carrying out of military maneuvers, or the
  testing of any type of weapon; it permits the use of military
  personnel or equipment for scientific research or for any other
  peaceful purposes

Argentina
  the Argentine military is a well-organized force
  constrained by the country's prolonged economic hardship; the
  country has recently experienced a strong recovery, and the military
  is implementing a modernization plan aimed at making the ground
  forces lighter and more responsive (2008)

Aruba
  defense is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Ashmore and Cartier Islands
  defense is the responsibility of
  Australia; periodic visits by the Royal Australian Navy and Royal
  Australian Air Force

Barbados
  the Royal Barbados Defense Force includes a land-based
  Troop Command and a small Coast Guard; the primary role of the land
  element is to defend the island against external aggression; the
  Command consists of a single, part-time battalion with a small
  regular cadre that is deployed throughout the island; it
  increasingly supports the police in patrolling the coastline to
  prevent smuggling and other illicit activities (2007)

Bermuda
  defense is the responsibility of the UK

Bouvet Island
  defense is the responsibility of Norway

British Indian Ocean Territory
  defense is the responsibility of the
  UK; the US lease on Diego Garcia expires in 2016

British Virgin Islands
  defense is the responsibility of the UK

Cayman Islands
  defense is the responsibility of the UK

Christmas Island
  defense is the responsibility of Australia

Clipperton Island
  defense is the responsibility of France

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  defense is the responsibility of Australia;
  the territory has a five-person police force

Cook Islands
  defense is the responsibility of New Zealand, in
  consultation with the Cook Islands and at its request

Coral Sea Islands
  defense is the responsibility of Australia

Cuba
  the collapse of the Soviet Union deprived the Cuban Army of its
  major economic and logistic support, and had a significant impact on
  equipment numbers and serviceability; the army remains well trained
  and professional in nature; while the lack of replacement parts for
  its existing equipment and the current severe shortage of fuel have
  increasingly affected operational capabilities, Cuba remains able to
  offer considerable resistance to any regional power (2008)

Dhekelia
  includes Dhekelia Garrison and Ayios Nikolaos Station
  connected by a roadway

European Union
  the five-nation Eurocorps - created in 1992 by
  France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, and Luxembourg - has deployed
  troops and police on peacekeeping missions to Bosnia-Herzegovina,
  Macedonia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and assumed
  command of the ISAF in Afghanistan in August 2004; Eurocorps
  directly commands the 5,000-man Franco-German Brigade, the
  Multinational Command Support Brigade, and EUFOR in Bosnia and
  Herzegovina; in November 2004, the EU Council of Ministers formally
  committed to creating 13 1,500-man battle groups by the end of 2007,
  to respond to international crises on a rotating basis; 22 of the
  EU's 25 nations have agreed to supply troops; France, Italy, and the
  UK formed the first of three battle groups in 2005; Norway, Sweden,
  Estonia, and Finland established the Nordic Battle Group effective 1
  January 2008; nine other groups are to be formed; a rapid-reaction
  naval EU Maritime Task Group was stood up in March 2007 (2007)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) defense is the responsibility of the UK

Faroe Islands
  defense is the responsibility of Denmark

French Polynesia
  defense is the responsibility of France

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  defense is the responsibility of
  France

Georgia
  a CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in
  the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer
  group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia

Gibraltar
  defense is the responsibility of the UK; the Royal
  Gibraltar Regiment replaced the last British regular infantry forces
  in 1992

Greenland
  defense is the responsibility of Denmark

Guam
  defense is the responsibility of the US

Guernsey
  defense is the responsibility of the UK

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  defense is the responsibility of
  Australia; Australia conducts fisheries patrols

Holy See (Vatican City) defense is the responsibility of Italy; ceremonial and limited security duties performed by Pontifical Swiss Guard

Hong Kong
  defense is the responsibility of China

Iceland
  Iceland has no standing military force; under a 1951
  bilateral agreement - still valid - its defense was provided by the
  US-manned Icelandic Defense Force (IDF) headquartered at Keflavik;
  however, all US military forces in Iceland were withdrawn as of
  October 2006; although wartime defense of Iceland remains a NATO
  commitment, in April 2007, Iceland and Norway signed a bilateral
  agreement providing for Norwegian aerial surveillance and defense of
  Icelandic airspace (2008)

Isle of Man
  defense is the responsibility of the UK

Jan Mayen
  defense is the responsibility of Norway

Jersey
  defense is the responsibility of the UK

Kiribati
  Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance
  is provided by Australia and NZ

Laos
  serving one of the world's least developed countries, the Lao
  People's Armed Forces (LPAF) is small, poorly funded, and
  ineffectively resourced; its mission focus is border and internal
  security, primarily in countering ethnic Hmong insurgent groups;
  together with the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the
  government, the Lao People's Army (LPA) is the third pillar of state
  machinery, and as such is expected to suppress political and civil
  unrest and similar national emergencies, but the LPA also has
  upgraded skills to respond to avian influenza outbreaks; there is no
  perceived external threat to the state and the LPA maintains strong
  ties with the neighboring Vietnamese military (2008)

Lesotho
  Lesotho's declared policy is maintenance of its independent
  sovereignty and preservation of internal security; in practice,
  external security is guaranteed by South Africa; restructuring of
  the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and Ministry of Defense and Public
  Service over the past five years has focused on subordinating the
  defense apparatus to civilian control and restoring the LDF's
  cohesion; the restructuring has considerably improved capabilities
  and professionalism, but the LDF is disproportionately large for a
  small, poor country; the government has outlined a reduction to a
  planned 1,500-man strength, but these plans have met with vociferous
  resistance from the political opposition and from inside the LDF
  (2008)

Liechtenstein
  Liechtenstein has no military forces, but is
  interested in European security policy and is an active member of
  the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

Macau
  defense is the responsibility of China

Maldives
  the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF), with its small
  size and with little serviceable equipment, is inadequate to prevent
  external aggression and is primarily tasked to reinforce the
  Maldives Police Service (MPS) and ensure security in the exclusive
  economic zone (2008)

Marshall Islands
  defense is the responsibility of the US

Mayotte
  defense is the responsibility