Comparable country indicators
Country ranking by unemployment rate for 2008
Country ranking by “Unemployment rate” for 2008. The table covers 48 countries with a published value; another 7 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 | 3.175 | 2008 |
| 2 | Norway | 3.5 | December 2008 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 3.7 | December 2008 |
| 4 | Mexico | 3.9 | 2008 |
| 5 | Japan | 3.9833 | 2008 |
| 6 | Moldova | 4 | 2008 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 4.025 | 2008 |
| 8 | Denmark | 4.2 | December 2008 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 4.3 | December 2008 |
| 10 | Australia | 4.57 | December 2008 |
| 11 | Czechia | 4.8 | December 2008 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 4.8 | December 2008 |
| 13 | Austria | 5 | December 2008 |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 5.2 | December 2008 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 5.3 | December 2008 |
| 16 | Iceland | 5.5 | December 2008 |
| 17 | Romania | 5.8 | December 2008 |
| 18 | Azerbaijan | 5.8557 | 2008 |
| 19 | Malta | 6.1 | December 2008 |
| 20 | Ukraine | 6.3579 | 2008 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 6.5 | December 2008 |
| 22 | Finland | 6.7 | December 2008 |
| 23 | Belgium | 6.9 | December 2008 |
| 24 | Italy | 6.9 | December 2008 |
| 25 | Sweden | 6.9 | December 2008 |
| 26 | Poland | 7 | December 2008 |
| 27 | Canada | 7 | December 2008 |
| 28 | Germany | 7.1 | December 2008 |
| 29 | United States | 7.3 | December 2008 |
| 30 | Israel | 7.65 | 2008 |
| 31 | France | 8 | December 2008 |
| 32 | Croatia | 8.1 | December 2008 |
| 33 | Hungary | 8.4 | December 2008 |
| 34 | Greece | 8.6 | December 2008 |
| 35 | Ireland | 9 | December 2008 |
| 36 | Lithuania | 9 | December 2008 |
| 37 | Slovakia | 9.1 | December 2008 |
| 38 | Estonia | 9.3 | December 2008 |
| 39 | Portugal | 9.8 | December 2008 |
| 40 | Latvia | 11.5 | December 2008 |
| 41 | Türkiye | 12 | December 2008 |
| 42 | Albania | 13.1 | 2008 |
| 43 | Serbia | 14.4 | 2008 |
| 44 | Spain | 14.8 | December 2008 |
| 45 | Armenia | 16.4 | 2008 |
| 46 | Georgia | 17.9 | 2008 |
| 47 | South Africa | 22.525 | 2008 |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 32.6 | December 2008 |
Countries without data for 2008
These countries have no published value for the selected indicator in 2008.
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, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Units: % of the labour force. For each calendar year the last published value within the year is used.
Data as of December 2008