Labor > Unemployment rate > Note: Countries Compared
| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Albania | these are official rates, but actual rates may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming |
| Argentina | based on official data, which may understate unemployment |
| Bangladesh | about 40% of the population is underemployed; many participants in the labor force work only a few hours a week, at low wages |
| Belarus | official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers |
| Bolivia | data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | official rate |
| Central African Republic | 23 |
| China | official data for urban areas only; including migrants may boost total unemployment to 9%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas |
| Cote d'Ivoire | unemployment may have climbed to 40-50% as a result of the civil war |
| Djibouti | data are for urban areas, 83% in rural areas |
| East Timor | data are for rural areas, unemployment rises to more than 40% among urban youth |
| El Salvador | data are official rates; but the economy has much underemployment |
| Germany | this is the International Labor Organization's estimated rate for international comparisons; Germany's Federal Employment Agency estimated a seasonally adjusted rate of 10.8% |
| Haiti | widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs |
| Honduras | about 36% are unemployed or underemployed |
| Iran | data are according to the Iranian Government |
| Jordan | official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% |
| Mexico | underemployment may be as high as 25% |
| Nicaragua | underemployment was 46.5% in 2008 |
| Pakistan | substantial underemployment exists |
| Peru | data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment |
| Saudi Arabia | data are for Saudi males only (local bank estimates; some estimates range as high as 25%) |
| Tajikistan | official rates; actual unemployment is much higher |
| Turkey | underemployment amounted to 4% in 2008 |
| Ukraine | officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers |
| Uzbekistan | officially measured by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed |