Comparable country indicators
Country ranking by “Unemployment rate” for 1991. The table covers 24 countries with a published value; another 31 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 | 1.8 | December 1991 |
| 2 | Japan | 2.0917 | 1991 |
| 3 | South Korea | 2.45 | 1991 |
| 4 | Mexico | 2.6917 | 1991 |
| 5 | Sweden | 4.1 | December 1991 |
| 6 | Portugal | 4.9 | December 1991 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 5.6 | December 1991 |
| 8 | Germany | 6 | December 1991 |
| 9 | Belgium | 6.7 | December 1991 |
| 10 | Norway | 6.7 | December 1991 |
| 11 | United States | 7.3 | December 1991 |
| 12 | Denmark | 8.2 | December 1991 |
| 13 | Italy | 8.6 | December 1991 |
| 14 | Albania | 8.9 | 1991 |
| 15 | France | 9.1 | December 1991 |
| 16 | Finland | 9.2 | December 1991 |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 9.5 | December 1991 |
| 18 | Canada | 10.3 | December 1991 |
| 19 | Australia | 10.4761 | December 1991 |
| 20 | Israel | 10.5846 | 1991 |
| 21 | New Zealand | 10.625 | 1991 |
| 22 | Ireland | 15.1 | December 1991 |
| 23 | Spain | 15.9 | December 1991 |
| 24 | South Africa | 20.1617 | 1991 |
These countries have no published value for the selected indicator in 1991.
Eurostat, International Monetary Fund, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Australian Bureau of Statistics. Units: % of the labour force. For each calendar year the last published value within the year is used.
Data as of December 1991