Comparable country indicators
Country ranking by unemployment rate for 1981
Country ranking by “Unemployment rate” for 1981. The table covers 11 countries with a published value; another 44 in the world catalogue have no value for this year. For Russia the ranking uses the unemployment rate from Rosstat’s labour force survey. Foreign values follow Eurostat’s harmonised methodology. Both measures are close in meaning (share of unemployed in the labour force), but age coverage and survey details may differ.
Full country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value, % of the labour force | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 0.9 | 1981 |
| 2 | Japan | 2.2083 | 1981 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3.911 | 1981 |
| 4 | Albania | 4.2237 | 1981 |
| 5 | South Korea | 4.5 | 1981 |
| 6 | Israel | 5.1149 | 1981 |
| 7 | Australia | 6.0269 | December 1981 |
| 8 | United States | 8.5 | December 1981 |
| 9 | Canada | 8.7 | December 1981 |
| 10 | South Africa | 9.8245 | 1981 |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 10.3 | December 1981 |
Countries without data for 1981
These countries have no published value for the selected indicator in 1981.
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Iceland
- Norway
- Switzerland
- Türkiye
- Serbia
- Montenegro
- North Macedonia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ukraine
- Moldova
- Georgia
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- China
- India
- Brazil
- Russia
Other ranking indicators
- Harmonised index of consumer prices
- Unemployment rate
- General government budget balance
- General government gross debt
- Population
- Long-term government bond yield
- Economic activity rate
- GDP per capita relative to the EU average
- Gross domestic product at current prices
- Gross domestic product per capita at current prices
Other years
Data source
International Monetary Fund, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Statistics Canada and Office for National Statistics. Units: % of the labour force. For each calendar year the last published value within the year is used.
Data as of December 1981