| Unemployment statistics as of August 2011 | |
| Country Name | Percentage Unemployed | Total Population | Number of Unemployed |
| Afghanistan | 35 | 33,609,937 | 11,763,478 |
| Albania | 13.49 | 3,639,453 | 490,962 |
| Algeria | 10 | 34,178,188 | 3,417,819 |
| Andorra | 2.9 | 83,888 | 2,433 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 11 | 85,632 | 9,420 |
| Argentina | 7.4 | 40,913,584 | 3,027,605 |
| Armenia | 7 | 2,967,004 | 207,690 |
| Australia | 5.1 | 21,262,641 | 1,084,395 |
| Austria | 4.3 | 8,210,281 | 353,042 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 8,238,672 | 494,320 |
| Bahrain | 15 | 727,785 | 109,168 |
| Bangladesh | 5.1 | 156,050,883 | 7,958,595 |
| Barbados | 9.4 | 284,589 | 26,751 |
| Belarus | 0.7 | 9,648,533 | 67,540 |
| Belgium | 7.7 | 10,414,336 | 801,904 |
| Belize | 12.6 | 307,899 | 38,795 |
| Bermuda | 4.5 | 67,836 | 3,053 |
| Bhutan | 4 | 691,141 | 27,646 |
| Bolivia | 8.7 | 9,775,246 | 850,446 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.2 | 4,613,414 | 1,347,117 |
| Botswana | 7.5 | 1,990,876 | 149,316 |
| Brazil | 6.2 | 198,739,269 | 12,321,835 |
| Brunei | 3.7 | 388,190 | 14,363 |
| Bulgaria | 12 | 7,204,687 | 864,562 |
| Burkina Faso | 77 | 15,746,232 | 12,124,599 |
| Burma | 4.9 | 48,137,741 | 2,358,749 |
| Cambodia | 1.68 | 14,494,293 | 243,504 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 18,879,301 | 5,663,790 |
| Canada | 7.2 | 33,487,208 | 2,411,079 |
| Cape Verde | 13.1 | 429,474 | 56,261 |
| Central African Republic | 8 | 4,511,488 | 360,919 |
| Chile | 7.2 | 16,601,707 | 1,195,323 |
| China | 4.1 | 1,338,612,968 | 54,883,132 |
| Colombia | 10.9 | 45,644,023 | 4,975,199 |
| Comoros | 20 | 752,438 | 150,488 |
| Costa Rica | 7.8 | 4,253,877 | 331,802 |
| Croatia | 19.3 | 4,489,409 | 866,456 |
| Cuba | 1.6 | 11,451,652 | 183,226 |
| Cyprus | 7.4 | 796,740 | 58,959 |
| Czech Republic | 8.1 | 10,211,904 | 827,164 |
| Denmark | 7.4 | 5,500,510 | 407,038 |
| Djibouti | 59 | 516,055 | 304,472 |
| Dominica | 23 | 72,660 | 16,712 |
| Dominican Republic | 14.4 | 9,650,054 | 1,389,608 |
| Ecuador | 7.7 | 14,573,101 | 1,122,129 |
| Egypt | 11.9 | 83,082,869 | 9,886,861 |
| El Salvador | 7.2 | 7,185,218 | 517,336 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 30 | 633,441 | 190,032 |
| Estonia | 13.8 | 1,299,371 | 179,313 |
| Fiji | 8.6 | 944,720 | 81,246 |
| Finland | 9.8 | 5,250,275 | 514,527 |
| France | 9.7 | 64,057,792 | 6,213,606 |
| Gabon | 21 | 1,514,993 | 318,149 |
| Georgia | 16.9 | 4,615,807 | 780,071 |
| Germany | 7 | 82,329,758 | 5,763,083 |
| Ghana | 3.6 | 23,832,495 | 857,970 |
| Greece | 15.9 | 10,737,428 | 1,707,251 |
| Greenland | 7.8 | 57,600 | 4,493 |
| Grenada | 24.5 | 90,739 | 22,231 |
| Guatemala | 3.2 | 13,276,517 | 424,849 |
| Guyana | 9 | 772,298 | 69,507 |
| Honduras | 27.8 | 7,792,854 | 2,166,413 |
| Hong Kong | 3.5 | 7,055,071 | 246,927 |
| Hungary | 10.8 | 9,905,596 | 1,069,804 |
| Iceland | 7.4 | 306,694 | 22,695 |
| India | 9.4 | 1,166,079,217 | 109,611,446 |
| Indonesia | 6.8 | 240,271,522 | 16,338,463 |
| Iran | 11.8 | 66,429,284 | 7,838,656 |
| Iraq | 18 | 28,945,657 | 5,210,218 |
| Ireland | 14 | 4,203,200 | 588,448 |
| Israel | 6 | 7,233,701 | 434,022 |
| Italy | 8.1 | 58,126,212 | 4,708,223 |
| Jamaica | 11.3 | 2,825,928 | 319,330 |
| Japan | 4.6 | 127,078,679 | 5,845,619 |
| Jordan | 11.9 | 6,342,948 | 754,811 |
| Kazakhstan | 5.4 | 15,399,437 | 831,570 |
| Kenya | 40 | 39,002,772 | 15,601,109 |
| Kosovo | 40 | 1,804,838 | 721,935 |
| Kuwait | 1.5 | 2,691,158 | 40,367 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 8.2 | 5,431,747 | 445,403 |
| Laos | 2.5 | 6,834,942 | 170,874 |
| Latvia | 16.9 | 2,231,503 | 377,124 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 4,017,095 | 401,710 |
| Lesotho | 22.7 | 2,130,819 | 483,696 |
| Liberia | 3.6 | 3,441,790 | 123,904 |
| Libya | 13 | 6,310,434 | 820,356 |
| Liechtenstein | 1.5 | 34,761 | 521 |
| Lithuania | 17.2 | 3,555,179 | 611,491 |
| Luxembourg | 6.1 | 491,775 | 29,998 |
| Macedonia | 32.3 | 2,066,718 | 667,550 |
| Malaysia | 3.5 | 25,715,819 | 900,054 |
| Mali | 30 | 12,666,987 | 3,800,096 |
| Malta | 6.2 | 405,165 | 25,120 |
| Mauritania | 30 | 3,129,486 | 938,846 |
| Mauritius | 8.4 | 1,284,264 | 107,878 |
| Mexico | 5.4 | 111,211,789 | 6,005,437 |
| Moldova | 9.1 | 4,320,748 | 393,188 |
| Mongolia | 12.2 | 3,041,142 | 371,019 |
| Morocco | 9.1 | 34,859,364 | 3,172,202 |
| Mozambique | 60 | 21,669,278 | 13,001,567 |
| Nepal | 46 | 28,563,377 | 13,139,153 |
| Netherlands | 5.1 | 16,715,999 | 852,516 |
| New Zealand | 6.5 | 4,213,418 | 273,872 |
| Nicaragua | 5.9 | 5,891,199 | 347,581 |
| Nigeria | 19.7 | 149,229,090 | 29,398,131 |
| Norway | 2.8 | 4,660,539 | 130,495 |
| Oman | 5 | 3,418,085 | 170,904 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 176,242,949 | 26,436,442 |
| Panama | 7.1 | 3,360,474 | 238,594 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1.8 | 6,057,263 | 109,031 |
| Paraguay | 6.1 | 6,995,655 | 426,735 |
| Peru | 8.8 | 29,546,963 | 2,600,133 |
| Philippines | 7.2 | 97,976,603 | 7,054,315 |
| Poland | 11.8 | 38,482,919 | 4,540,984 |
| Portugal | 12.4 | 10,707,924 | 1,327,783 |
| Qatar | 0.5 | 833,285 | 4,166 |
| Romania | 7.6 | 22,215,421 | 1,688,372 |
| Russia | 6.1 | 140,041,247 | 8,542,516 |
| Rwanda | 30 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 10.5 | 28,686,633 | 3,012,096 |
| Senegal | 48 | 13,711,597 | 6,581,567 |
| Serbia | 19.2 | 7,379,339 | 1,416,833 |
| Singapore | 2.1 | 4,657,542 | 97,808 |
| Slovakia | 12.9 | 5,463,046 | 704,733 |
| Slovenia | 11.6 | 2,005,692 | 232,660 |
| South Africa | 25.7 | 49,052,489 | 12,606,490 |
| South Korea | 3.3 | 48,508,972 | 1,600,796 |
| Spain | 20.9 | 40,525,002 | 8,469,725 |
| Sri Lanka | 4.4 | 21,324,791 | 938,291 |
| Sudan | 18.7 | 41,087,825 | 7,683,423 |
| Suriname | 9.5 | 481,267 | 45,720 |
| Swaziland | 40 | 1,123,913 | 449,565 |
| Sweden | 8.8 | 9,059,651 | 797,249 |
| Switzerland | 2.8 | 7,604,467 | 212,925 |
| Syria | 9.2 | 20,178,485 | 1,856,421 |
| Taiwan | 4.35 | 22,974,347 | 999,384 |
| Tajikistan | 60 | 7,349,145 | 4,409,487 |
| Thailand | 1.2 | 65,905,410 | 790,865 |
| Trinidad | 5.8 | 1,229,953 | 71,337 |
| Tunisia | 13 | 10,486,339 | 1,363,224 |
| Turkey | 9.4 | 76,805,524 | 7,219,719 |
| Turkmenistan | 70 | 4,884,887 | 3,419,421 |
| Ukraine | 9.5 | 45,700,395 | 4,341,538 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12.7 | 4,798,491 | 609,408 |
| United Kingdom | 7.7 | 61,113,205 | 4,705,717 |
| United States | 9.1 | 307,212,123 | 27,956,303 |
| Uruguay | 6.1 | 3,494,382 | 213,157 |
| Uzbekistan | 8 | 27,606,007 | 2,208,481 |
| Venezuela | 8.2 | 26,814,843 | 2,198,817 |
| Vietnam | 2.6 | 86,967,524 | 2,261,156 |
| Yemen | 35 | 23,822,783 | 8,337,974 |
| Zambia | 16 | 11,862,740 | 1,898,038 |
| Zimbabwe | 97 | 11,392,629 | 11,050,850 |
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Sources: Wikipedia Trade economics CIA world facebook |