Comparable country indicators
Country ranking by unemployment rate for 1996
Country ranking by “Unemployment rate” for 1996. The table covers 31 countries with a published value; another 24 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 | South Korea | 2.0583 | 1996 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 2.8 | December 1996 |
| 3 | Japan | 3.3667 | 1996 |
| 4 | Czechia | 4.2 | December 1996 |
| 5 | Austria | 4.6 | December 1996 |
| 6 | Norway | 4.6 | December 1996 |
| 7 | United States | 5.4 | December 1996 |
| 8 | Mexico | 5.45 | 1996 |
| 9 | Denmark | 5.7 | December 1996 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 6.325 | 1996 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 6.8 | December 1996 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 7.1 | December 1996 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 7.7 | December 1996 |
| 14 | Portugal | 7.8 | December 1996 |
| 15 | Israel | 8.325 | 1996 |
| 16 | Australia | 8.631 | December 1996 |
| 17 | Belgium | 9.2 | December 1996 |
| 18 | Germany | 9.4 | December 1996 |
| 19 | Hungary | 9.4 | December 1996 |
| 20 | Canada | 9.7 | December 1996 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 10 | 1996 |
| 22 | Sweden | 10.1 | December 1996 |
| 23 | France | 10.9 | December 1996 |
| 24 | Ireland | 11 | December 1996 |
| 25 | Italy | 11.2 | December 1996 |
| 26 | Albania | 12.3 | 1996 |
| 27 | Georgia | 12.7155 | 1996 |
| 28 | Moldova | 13 | 1996 |
| 29 | Finland | 13.6 | December 1996 |
| 30 | Spain | 19.1 | December 1996 |
| 31 | South Africa | 20.3 | 1996 |
Countries without data for 1996
These countries have no published value for the selected indicator in 1996.
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, Eurostat, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Office for National Statistics, Australian Bureau of Statistics and Statistics Canada. Units: % of the labour force. For each calendar year the last published value within the year is used.
Data as of December 1996