Comparable country indicators
Country ranking by unemployment rate for 1997
Country ranking by “Unemployment rate” for 1997. The table covers 34 countries with a published value; another 21 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 | 2.6167 | 1997 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 2.9 | December 1997 |
| 3 | Norway | 3.4 | December 1997 |
| 4 | Japan | 3.4 | 1997 |
| 5 | Mexico | 3.73 | 1997 |
| 6 | United States | 4.7 | December 1997 |
| 7 | Austria | 4.9 | December 1997 |
| 8 | Denmark | 5.1 | December 1997 |
| 9 | Czechia | 5.7 | December 1997 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 5.8 | December 1997 |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 6.4 | December 1997 |
| 12 | Romania | 6.5 | December 1997 |
| 13 | New Zealand | 6.875 | 1997 |
| 14 | Portugal | 7 | December 1997 |
| 15 | Slovenia | 7.2 | December 1997 |
| 16 | Georgia | 7.5506 | 1997 |
| 17 | Australia | 7.9108 | December 1997 |
| 18 | Canada | 8.5 | December 1997 |
| 19 | Ireland | 8.8 | December 1997 |
| 20 | Sweden | 8.8 | December 1997 |
| 21 | Hungary | 9.1 | December 1997 |
| 22 | Belgium | 9.4 | December 1997 |
| 23 | Israel | 9.525 | 1997 |
| 24 | Germany | 9.7 | December 1997 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 9.8 | 1997 |
| 26 | Poland | 10.1 | December 1997 |
| 27 | France | 10.8 | December 1997 |
| 28 | Italy | 11.3 | December 1997 |
| 29 | Finland | 11.9 | December 1997 |
| 30 | Moldova | 12 | 1997 |
| 31 | Serbia | 12.26 | 1997 |
| 32 | Albania | 14.9 | 1997 |
| 33 | Spain | 17.6 | December 1997 |
| 34 | South Africa | 22 | 1997 |
Countries without data for 1997
These countries have no published value for the selected indicator in 1997.
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 1997