Countries

Year

Adult (15+) unemployment rate

Notes

W

M

Africa

Algeria

2001

31.4

26.6

(1) (2)

Botswana

2001

23.9

16.4

(3)

Burundi

1999

13.2

15.0

(4) (5)

Egypt

2001

22.6

5.6

(6)

Madagascar

2002

5.6

3.5

(7)

Mauritius

2003

12.6

9.0

(1)

Morocco

2003

25.8

17.4

(8)

Namibia

2000

39.0

28.3

(9)

South Africa

2003

33.4

26.6

(10)

Uganda

2003

3.9

2.5

(11)

United Republic of Tanzania

2001

5.8

4.4

(11)

Zimbabwe

1999

4.6

7.3

America, North

Bahamas

2003

10.0

10.8

Barbados

2003

12.6

9.6

Belize

2002

15.3

7.5

(12)

Canada

2003

7.2

8.0

(13) (14)

Costa Rica

2003

8.2

5.8

(3)

Dominican Republic

2001

26.0

9.4

(11)

El Salvador

2003

3.5

9.2

(11)

Guadeloupe

2002

29.1

22.6

Guatemala

2002

2.3

1.6

(11)

Honduras

2001

4.8

4.0

(11)

Jamaica

1999

22.3

10.3

(12)

Martinique

2002

25.4

19.2

Mexico

2003

2.3

2.1

(3)

Netherlands Antilles

2000

16.2

12.0

(15)

Nicaragua

1998

14.5

8.8

(1) (11)

Panama

2003

18.8

10.5

Puerto Rico

2003

10.9

12.8

(16) (17)

Trinidad and Tobago

2002

14.5

7.8

United States of America

2003

5.7

6.3

(16)

America, South

Argentina

2003

14.7

16.3

(11) (18)

Bolivia

2000

8.9

6.2

(8) (11) (19)

Brazil

2001

11.9

7.5

(11) (20)

Chile

2003

8.3

6.9

Colombia

2003

18.5

11.0

(11)

Ecuador

2003

15.0

9.1

(11)

French Guiana

2003

29.6

20.5

Paraguay

2002

13.6

9.0

(11)

Peru

2003

11.9

9.0

(12) (21)

Suriname

1999

20.0

10.0

Uruguay

2003

20.8

13.5

(8) (12)

Venezuela

2002

18.1

14.3

Asia

Armenia

2003

14.2

5.9

(22)

Azerbaijan

2003

1.6

1.3