Poland
20% (2003)

Portugal
6.4% (2003 est.)

Puerto Rico
12% (2002)

Qatar
2.7% (2001)

Reunion
36% (1999 est.)

Romania
7.2% (2003)

Russia
8.5% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.)

Rwanda
NA

Saint Helena
14% (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
4.5% (1997)

Saint Lucia
16.5% (1997 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
9.8% (1997)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
22% (1997 est.)

Samoa
NA%; note - substantial underemployment

San Marino
2.6% (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe
NA

Saudi Arabia
25% (2003)

Senegal
48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro
34.5% (2003 est.)

Seychelles
NA

Sierra Leone
NA

Singapore
4.8% (2003 est.)

Slovakia
15.2% (2003 est.)

Slovenia
11.2% (2003 est.)

Solomon Islands
NA

Somalia
NA

South Africa
31% (includes workers no longer looking for employment)
(2003 est.)

Spain
11.3% (2003 est.)

Sri Lanka
8.4% (2003)

Sudan
18.7% (2002 est.)

Suriname
17% (2000)

Swaziland
34% (2000 est.)

Sweden
4.9% (2003 est.)

Switzerland
3.7% (2003 est.)

Syria
20% (2002 est.)

Taiwan
5% (2003 est.)

Tajikistan
40% (2002 est.)

Tanzania
NA

Thailand
2.2% (2003 est.)

Togo
NA (2003 est.)

Tokelau
NA

Tonga
13.3% (1996 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
10.4% (2003)

Tunisia
14.3% (2003 est.)

Turkey
10.5% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2003 est.)

Turkmenistan
NA

Turks and Caicos Islands
10% (1997 est.)

Tuvalu
NA

Uganda
NA (2002 est.)

Ukraine
3.7% officially registered; large number of unregistered or
underemployed workers (2003)

United Arab Emirates
2.4% (2001)

United Kingdom
5% (2003 est.)

United States
6% (2003)

Uruguay
16% (2003)

Uzbekistan
0.5% plus another 20% underemployed (2003)

Vanuatu
NA

Venezuela
18% (2003 est.)

Vietnam
6.1% (2003 est.)

Virgin Islands
9.3% (2003 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
NA

West Bank
50% (includes Gaza Strip) (2002 est.)

Western Sahara
NA

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

Yemen
35% (2003 est.)

Zambia
50% (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe
70% (2002 est.)

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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