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Unemployment rate   LUR   Percent of total labor force * Asterisk means observation is an IMF forecast     cntry code     variable cd     country   data for all years 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009   8     AUS | 193     LUR     Australia   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2006 6.142 5.783 7.192 9.975 8.967 8.267 8.108 8.125 7.200 6.167 6.683 9.292 10.49 10.60 9.450 8.225 8.225 8.242 7.725 6.933 6.283 6.775 6.367 5.942 5.400 5.033 4.775 4.358* 4.333* 4.333*   9     AUT | 122     LUR     Austria   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 1.600 2.200 3.100 3.700 3.800 3.600 3.100 3.800 2.676 2.348 2.723 3.151 3.290 3.958 3.850 3.917 4.333 4.367 4.483 3.933 3.633 3.617 4.183 4.292 4.842 5.200 4.775 4.400 4.375* 4.488*   16     BEL | 124     LUR     Belgium   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 8.300 10.00 11.50 10.90 10.80 10.10 10.00 9.800 8.800 7.400 6.600 6.400 7.100 8.600 9.800 9.700 9.500 9.200 9.300 8.500 6.900 6.600 7.500 8.200 8.400 8.400 8.200 7.500 7.649* 8.296*   30     CAN | 156     LUR     Canada   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 7.508 7.575 11.06 11.93 11.31 10.62 9.650 8.808 7.750 7.583 8.158 10.32 11.24 11.42 10.43 9.542 9.733 9.100 8.300 7.575 6.833 7.225 7.642 7.592 7.192 6.750 6.317 6.025 6.125* 6.263*   43     CYP | 423     LUR     Cyprus   Percent of total labor force obs : 28,   1982-2007 2.800 3.300 3.300 3.300 3.700 3.400 2.800 2.300 1.800 3.000 1.825 2.700 2.700 2.600 3.100 3.400 3.400 3.600 3.400 3.000 3.300 4.100 4.700 5.300 4.550 3.925 3.925* 3.925*   45     DNK | 128     LUR     Denmark   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2006 7.143 9.344 9.990 10.65 10.26 9.230 7.899 7.900 8.677 9.483 9.730 10.57 11.35 12.42 12.28 10.40 8.872 7.925 6.552 5.679 5.375 4.660 4.771 5.707 5.832 5.116 3.976 2.800* 3.100* 3.200*   57     FIN | 172     LUR     Finland   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2005 4.634 5.092 5.854 5.190 5.185 5.027 5.372 4.738 4.517 3.478 3.200 6.606 11.73 16.36 16.61 15.40 14.58 12.64 11.36 10.20 9.811 9.136 9.119 9.038 8.828 8.359 7.704* 6.841* 6.655* 6.655*   58     FRA | 132     LUR     France   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 6.349 7.438 8.069 8.421 9.771 10.23 10.36 10.50 10.01 9.396 8.975 9.467 9.850 11.12 11.68 11.15 11.58 11.54 11.07 10.46 9.083 8.392 8.642 8.958 9.267 9.258 9.208 8.300 7.832* 7.853*   62     DEU | 134     LUR     Germany   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 3.383 4.867 6.783 8.158 8.117 8.183 7.892 7.900 7.792 6.839 6.200 5.510 5.750 6.908 7.350 7.083 7.733 8.558 8.125 7.492 6.883 6.892 7.650 8.758 9.183 10.60 9.825 8.425 7.916* 7.684*   64     GRC | 174     LUR     Greece   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 2.663 3.916 5.594 7.603 7.877 7.555 7.140 7.122 7.423 7.217 6.795 7.425 8.368 9.339 9.299 9.071 9.804 9.767 11.22 12.10 11.35 10.79 10.32 9.716 10.50 9.853 8.892 8.276 7.549* 7.366*   72     HKG | 532     LUR     Hong Kong SAR   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 3.800 3.900 3.522 4.350 3.700 3.099 2.812 1.912 1.400 1.100 1.300 1.800 2.000 2.000 1.900 3.200 2.800 2.200 4.400 6.300 5.100 4.900 7.200 7.900 6.900 5.700 4.825 4.080 3.926* 3.762*   74     ISL | 176     LUR     Iceland   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 0.3130 0.3650 0.6700 1.022 1.254 0.9060 0.6560 0.4410 0.6360 1.658 1.773 1.500 3.048 4.388 4.818 5.020 4.374 3.901 2.774 1.869 1.329 1.403 2.500 3.356 3.100 2.100 1.300 1.000 3.200* 2.900*   78     IRL | 178     LUR     Ireland   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2006 7.327 9.877 11.38 14.02 15.60 17.29 17.00 16.80 16.30 15.00 12.90 14.70 15.10 15.70 14.70 12.20 11.90 10.30 7.594 5.564 4.260 3.865 4.392 4.635 4.449 4.357 4.375 4.600* 5.300* 5.000*   79     ISR | 436     LUR     Israel   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 4.780 5.115 5.048 4.562 5.893 6.693 7.078 6.057 6.428 8.881 9.567 10.59 11.16 10.02 7.828 6.863 6.750 7.675 8.575 8.900 8.750 9.325 10.33 10.75 10.35 8.975 8.400 7.300 6.700* 6.700*   80     ITA | 136     LUR     Italy   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 7.370 7.649 8.288 7.375 7.842 8.167 8.867 9.625 9.683 9.667 8.875 8.533 8.808 9.842 10.63 11.16 11.16 11.27 11.35 10.93 10.10 9.075 8.625 8.425 8.025 7.700 6.775 6.000 5.900* 5.800*   82     JPN | 158     LUR     Japan   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 2.022 2.206 2.361 2.651 2.712 2.623 2.772 2.842 2.514 2.257 2.102 2.096 2.160 2.507 2.888 3.151 3.355 3.395 4.106 4.676 4.724 5.034 5.359 5.251 4.717 4.426 4.132 3.900 3.920* 3.879*   87     KOR | 542     LUR     Korea   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 5.200 4.500 4.133 4.117 3.850 4.025 3.842 3.108 2.525 2.583 2.458 2.450 2.525 2.900 2.475 2.067 2.058 2.617 6.950 6.583 4.425 4.017 3.283 3.567 3.683 3.733 3.467 3.250 3.100* 3.000*   97     LUX | 137     LUR     Luxembourg   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 0.7230 1.015 1.330 1.615 1.748 1.667 1.458 1.669 1.536 1.402 1.256 1.380 1.634 2.105 2.732 2.961 3.241 3.302 3.057 2.890 2.522 2.344 2.636 3.479 3.912 4.328 4.503 4.434 4.765* 4.896*   104     MLT | 181     LUR     Malta   Percent of total labor force obs : 27,   1983-2007 12.50 12.50 12.20 11.00 8.200 6.200 4.636 4.800 4.400 4.900 5.400 5.400 4.900 5.200 6.200 6.600 7.100 6.750 7.600 7.450 7.600 7.350 7.275 7.275 6.325 6.500* 6.800*   116     NLD | 138     LUR     Netherlands   Percent of total labor force obs : 29,   1981-2006 5.360 7.838 10.11 9.718 8.376 7.651 7.254 7.071 6.248 5.858 5.475 5.325 6.233 6.775 6.567 5.958 4.933 3.817 3.233 2.858 2.242 2.767 3.692 4.550 4.717 3.917 3.211* 2.811* 2.897*   117     NZL | 196     LUR     New Zealand   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2006 4.019 3.911 4.358 6.241 7.186 3.922 4.125 4.050 5.575 7.125 7.775 10.33 10.35 9.500 8.100 6.250 6.100 6.600 7.425 6.775 5.950 5.275 5.150 4.625 3.875 3.675 3.775 3.639* 4.128* 4.396*   121     NOR | 142     LUR     Norway   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 1.700 2.000 2.575 3.300 3.150 2.575 2.000 2.075 3.200 4.925 5.318 5.578 6.023 6.063 5.503 4.958 4.895 4.080 3.225 3.248 3.400 3.500 3.900 4.500 4.500 4.600 3.400 2.500 2.500* 3.000*   130     PRT | 182     LUR     Portugal   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 7.779 8.243 7.414 7.900 10.44 8.625 8.554 7.085 7.029 5.030 4.201 4.114 3.838 5.098 6.304 7.159 7.256 6.739 4.708 4.146 4.004 4.010 5.002 6.270 6.651 7.617 7.658 7.708 7.616* 7.432*   142     SGP | 576     LUR     Singapore   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 3.480 2.896 2.553 3.218 2.706 4.131 6.477 3.900 2.575 1.775 1.775 1.750 1.800 1.700 1.725 1.750 1.650 1.425 2.500 2.800 2.675 2.650 3.550 3.950 3.350 3.125 2.650 2.125 2.100* 2.200*   144     SVN | 961     LUR     Slovenia   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 3.363 3.363 3.363 3.363 3.363 3.363 3.363 3.363 3.363 3.363 3.363 5.867 8.300 9.100 9.000 7.400 7.300 7.400 7.900 7.600 7.000 6.200 6.300 6.700 6.300 6.500 5.900 4.800 4.800* 5.000*   147     ESP | 184     LUR     Spain   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 11.01 13.76 15.77 17.22 19.94 21.31 20.91 20.22 19.24 17.24 16.24 16.31 18.35 22.64 24.12 22.90 22.08 20.61 18.61 15.64 13.87 10.55 11.48 11.48 10.97 9.160 8.513 8.263 9.503* 10.44*   155     SWE | 144     LUR     Sweden   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 2.033 2.642 3.333 3.658 3.275 2.883 2.692 2.192 1.792 1.558 1.725 3.100 5.550 9.050 9.367 8.800 9.550 9.883 8.200 6.742 5.608 4.858 4.917 5.617 6.333 7.633 7.042 6.117 6.617* 7.117*   156     CHE | 146     LUR     Switzerland   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 0.1900 0.1750 0.3900 0.8220 1.022 0.8650 0.7180 0.6730 0.5920 0.4520 0.4560 0.9630 2.245 3.932 4.141 3.727 4.083 4.536 3.359 2.376 1.728 1.590 2.349 3.375 3.531 3.426 3.345 2.463 3.153* 4.099*   158     TWN | 528     LUR     Taiwan Province of Chi   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 1.229 1.355 2.127 2.710 2.444 2.905 2.664 1.966 1.690 1.568 1.664 1.512 1.511 1.445 1.562 1.791 2.603 2.717 2.691 2.924 2.991 4.570 5.167 4.992 4.436 4.128 3.905 3.908 3.948* 3.780*   172     GBR | 112     LUR     United Kingdom   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 6.491 9.373 10.61 11.40 11.78 11.40 11.33 10.63 8.786 7.348 7.040 8.570 9.840 10.39 9.653 8.696 8.146 7.123 6.297 6.017 5.526 5.101 5.192 5.037 4.774 4.788 5.408 5.417 5.490* 5.432*   173     USA | 111     LUR     United States   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2007 7.175 7.617 9.708 9.600 7.508 7.192 7.000 6.175 5.492 5.258 5.617 6.850 7.492 6.908 6.100 5.592 5.408 4.942 4.500 4.217 3.967 4.742 5.783 5.992 5.542 5.067 4.608 4.642 5.375* 6.300*   183     Adva110 | 110     LUR     Advanced economies   Percent of total labor force obs : 27,   1983-2006 7.952 7.561 7.426 7.312 6.939 6.395 5.908 5.797 6.394 6.959 7.427 7.300 6.986 6.984 6.760 6.669 6.301 5.739 5.771 6.299 6.518 6.298 6.115 5.719 5.358* 5.569* 5.885*   184     Euro163 | 163     LUR     Euro area   Percent of total labor force obs : 19,   1991-2006 8.210 9.110 10.10 10.77 10.48 10.68 10.57 9.983 9.033 8.092 7.800 8.200 8.675 8.825 8.575 8.249 7.394* 7.285* 7.354*   185     Majo119 | 119     LUR     Major advanced economi   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2006 5.555 6.338 7.767 8.020 7.399 7.268 7.200 6.862 6.277 5.822 5.746 6.369 6.856 7.065 6.868 6.561 6.601 6.402 6.183 5.945 5.536 5.779 6.381 6.576 6.299 6.176 5.796 5.456* 5.679* 6.034*   186     Newl203 | 203     LUR     Newly industrialized A   Percent of total labor force obs : 30,   1980-2006 3.912 3.515 3.455 3.703 3.377 3.625 3.542 2.714 2.191 2.131 2.107 2.106 2.170 2.371 2.143 2.077 2.248 2.543 5.354 5.395 4.014 4.167 4.162 4.378 4.166 3.983 3.657 3.427* 3.332* 3.219* NOTES 8 Australia : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition. Data refer to calendar years Source: IMF Staff. Labor Force and Employment series from Australian Bureau of Statistics Time Series Statistics Plus Latest actual data: 2006 Primary domestic currency: Australian dollars Data last updated: 03/2008 9 Austria : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 16 Belgium : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 30 Canada : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Canadian dollars Data last updated: 03/2008 43 Cyprus : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: National Statistical Office. Labor force survey. Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 45 Denmark : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2006 Primary domestic currency: Danish kroner Data last updated: 03/2008 57 Finland : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) Latest actual data: 2005 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 58 France : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 62 Germany : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Notes: Data until 1990 refers to German federation only (West Germany). Data from 1991 refer to United Germany. Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 04/2008 64 Greece : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: National Statistical Office. Labor Force Survey Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 72 Hong Kong SAR : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: CEIC Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Hong Kong dollars Data last updated: 03/2008 74 Iceland : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: Directorate of Labour of Iceland. Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Icelandic krónur Data last updated: 03/2008 78 Ireland : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: National Statistical Office. Central Statistical Office of Ireland (CSO), data is from the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) and is the average of the quarterly observations. Latest actual data: 2006 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 79 Israel : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition. Seasonally adjusted. Source: Haver analytics Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Israeli new sheqalim Data last updated: 03/2008 80 Italy : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 82 Japan : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: Global Insight and Nomura database. Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Japanese yen Data last updated: 03/2008 87 Korea : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Korean won Data last updated: 03/2008 97 Luxembourg : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 104 Malta : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: Eurostat Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euro Data last updated: 03/2008 116 Netherlands : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2006 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 117 New Zealand : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition. Data refer to calendar years Source: New Zealand Time Series Latest actual data: 2006 Primary domestic currency: New Zealand dollars Data last updated: 03/2008 121 Norway : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Norwegian kroner Data last updated: 03/2008 130 Portugal : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euro Data last updated: 03/2008 142 Singapore : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition. Prior to 1986 unemployment data excludes non-residents. Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Singapore dollars Data last updated: 03/2008 144 Slovenia : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 147 Spain : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euros Data last updated: 03/2008 155 Sweden : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Economic Outlook Database Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Swedish kronor Data last updated: 03/2008 156 Switzerland : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: IMF Staff Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Swiss francs Data last updated: 03/2008 158 Taiwan Province of China : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition. Labor Force It is defined as those civilians who, during the reference week, are 15 years of age or over and who are available to work, including both the employed and the unemployed. Employed Population Including all persons who, during the reference week, work for pay or work for 15 hours or more as unpaid family workers. Unemployed Population Including all the persons who, during the reference week, are 15 years of age or over and under the following conditions: - No job - Available to work - Seeking for a job, or had sought work waiting for result. Besides, the unemployed population also includes the persons who are waiting to recall or start a new job but not working and paid yet. Source: CEIC Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: New Taiwan dollars Data last updated: 03/2008 172 United Kingdom : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Sterling pounds Data last updated: 03/2008 173 United States : Definition: Unemployment rate, national definition Source: Haver analytics Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: U.S. dollars Data last updated: 03/2008 184 Euro area : Definition: Unemployment rate, harmonized definition ILO (International Labour Organization) Source: DataStream. Latest actual data: 2007 Primary domestic currency: Euros