da
6.4% (2006 est.)

Cape Verde
21% (2000 est.)

Cayman Islands
4.4% (2004)

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

Chad
NA%

Chile
8.3% (2006 est.)

China
4.2% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2005;
substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas

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

Colombia
11.1% (2006 est.)

Comoros
20% (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
NA%

Congo, Republic of the
NA%

Cook Islands
13.1% (2005)

Costa Rica
6.6% (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
13% in urban areas (1998)

Croatia
17.2% official rate; labor force surveys indicate
unemployment around 14% (2006 est.)

Cuba
1.9% (2006 est.)

Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus: 5.5% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 5.6%
(2004 est.)

Czech Republic
8.4% (2006 est.)

Denmark
4.5% (2006 est.)

Djibouti
50% (2004 est.)

Dominica
23% (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic
16% (2006 est.)

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

Ecuador
10.6% official rate; but underemployment of 47% (2006 est.)

Egypt
10.3% (2006 est.)

El Salvador
6% official rate; but the economy has much
underemployment (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
30% (1998 est.)

Eritrea
NA%

Estonia
5.8% (2006 est.)

Ethiopia
NA%

European Union
8.8% (2005 est.)

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

Faroe Islands
1% (October 2000)

Fiji
7.6% (1999)

Finland
7% (2006 est.)

France
9.1% (2006 est.)

French Polynesia
11.8%

Gabon
21% (1997 est.)

Gambia, The
NA%

Gaza Strip
31% (includes West Bank) (January-September 2005 avg.)

Georgia
12.6% (2004 est.)

Germany
7.1%
note: this is the International Labor Organization's estimated rate
for international comparisons; Germany's Federal Employment Office
estimated a seasonally adjusted rate of 9.8% (2006 est.)

Ghana
20% (1997 est.)

Gibraltar
2% (2001 est.)

Greece
9.2% (2006 est.)

Greenland
10% (2000 est.)

Grenada
12.5% (2000)

Guam
11.4% (2002 est.)

Guatemala
7.5% (2003 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-thi