Comparable country indicators
Country ranking by “Unemployment rate” for 1986. The table covers 21 countries with a published value; another 34 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.

| Rank | Country | Value, % of the labour force | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 2.4 | December 1986 |
| 2 | Sweden | 2.6 | December 1986 |
| 3 | Japan | 2.7667 | 1986 |
| 4 | South Korea | 3.8417 | 1986 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 4.2 | 1986 |
| 6 | Mexico | 4.3 | 1986 |
| 7 | Denmark | 4.9 | December 1986 |
| 8 | Albania | 5.4302 | 1986 |
| 9 | United States | 6.6 | December 1986 |
| 10 | Israel | 7.0778 | 1986 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 7.4 | December 1986 |
| 12 | Australia | 8.3639 | December 1986 |
| 13 | Portugal | 8.9 | December 1986 |
| 14 | France | 9.2 | December 1986 |
| 15 | Italy | 9.2 | December 1986 |
| 16 | Canada | 9.5 | December 1986 |
| 17 | Belgium | 10.1 | December 1986 |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 11.2 | December 1986 |
| 19 | South Africa | 16.0489 | 1986 |
| 20 | Ireland | 16.8 | December 1986 |
| 21 | Spain | 20.2 | December 1986 |
These countries have no published value for the selected indicator in 1986.
Eurostat, International Monetary Fund, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 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 1986