Data for 2014
Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2014
2014, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
The unemployment rate counts only people who are actively looking for work and could start at once. This broader rate also counts people working fewer hours than they want and people who want a job but have stopped looking or cannot start yet — the International Labour Organization’s widest measure of work people want and do not have.
Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2014 covers 66 countries on 3 measures. Albania is highest, at 42.89; Thailand is lowest, at 1.52. The middle country reads 15.53.
Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4) · Data for 2014
HighestAlbania
42.89
LowestThailand
1.52Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2014, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 66 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 42.89 | 46.33 | 39.97 | — |
| 2 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 39.93 | 45.23 | 34.33 | Break in series |
| 3 |  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 39.19 | 45.18 | 34.97 | — |
| 4 |  South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 38.10 | 42.38 | 34.40 | — |
| 5 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 37.88 | 37.71 | 38.09 | Break in series |
| 6 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 35.99 | 41.45 | 31.11 | — |
| 7 |  SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 34.41 | 36.00 | 33.13 | Break in series |
| 8 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 34.16 | 39.77 | 29.63 | — |
| 9 |  North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 33.89 | 35.16 | 33.02 | — |
| 10 |  YemenYEMWestern Asia | 32.15 | 67.88 | 26.02 | Break in series |
| 11 |  CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 31.91 | 32.15 | 31.67 | — |
| 12 |  AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 29.17 | 39.02 | 25.37 | — |
| 13 |  ComorosCOMEastern Africa | 28.98 | 39.28 | 20.78 | — |
| 14 |  MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | 28.35 | 28.81 | 27.97 | — |
| 15 |  CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 27.10 | 29.28 | 25.13 | — |
| 16 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 26.80 | 31.58 | 22.98 | — |
| 17 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 25.96 | 27.88 | 24.10 | — |
| 18 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America | 25.54 | 34.07 | 19.45 | — |
| 19 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 25.32 | 31.09 | 20.89 | — |
| 20 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 21.49 | 23.85 | 19.28 | — |
| 21 |  Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 20.65 | 20.78 | 20.51 | — |
| 22 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 20.60 | 20.41 | 20.76 | — |
| 23 |  FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 19.10 | 19.14 | 19.06 | — |
| 24 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 18.91 | 18.72 | 19.10 | — |
| 25 |  BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 18.84 | 17.88 | 19.67 | — |
| 26 |  NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 18.57 | 22.35 | 15.27 | — |
| 27 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 18.53 | 20.19 | 17.10 | — |
| 28 |  MicronesiaFSMMicronesia | 17.93 | 22.83 | 14.34 | — |
| 29 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 17.40 | 22.14 | 13.23 | — |
| 30 |  UruguayURYSouth America | 16.86 | 21.45 | 12.90 | — |
| 31 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America | 15.97 | 21.04 | 12.16 | — |
| 32 |  SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 15.67 | 16.92 | 14.54 | — |
| 33 |  BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia | 15.55 | 17.97 | 13.65 | Break in series |
| 34 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 15.52 | 17.48 | 13.78 | — |
| 35 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 15.43 | 17.68 | 13.57 | — |
| 36 |  SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 14.85 | 16.98 | 13.08 | — |
| 37 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 14.63 | 15.71 | 13.70 | — |
| 38 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 14.43 | 13.51 | 15.36 | — |
| 39 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 14.42 | 18.41 | 11.37 | — |
| 40 |  BelizeBLZCentral America | 14.35 | 23.59 | 8.43 | — |
| 41 |  IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 13.89 | 15.55 | 12.36 | — |
| 42 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 13.70 | 15.63 | 11.98 | — |
| 43 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 13.64 | 12.75 | 14.27 | — |
| 44 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 13.55 | 16.97 | 10.65 | — |
| 45 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 13.35 | 14.11 | 12.70 | — |
| 46 |  RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 13.08 | 12.29 | 13.69 | — |
| 47 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 12.90 | 12.97 | 12.82 | — |
| 48 |  KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 12.13 | 15.37 | 9.82 | — |
| 49 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 12.09 | 13.18 | 11.11 | — |
| 50 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 11.87 | 16.81 | 8.66 | — |
| 51 |  ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 11.44 | 15.01 | 7.45 | — |
| 52 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 11.21 | 12.98 | 9.67 | — |
| 53 |  MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 10.98 | 11.55 | 10.61 | — |
| 54 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 9.40 | 9.40 | 9.41 | — |
| 55 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 9.32 | 8.33 | 10.51 | — |
| 56 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 9.31 | 13.29 | 7.11 | Break in series |
| 57 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 9.26 | 10.36 | 8.51 | — |
| 58 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 9.07 | 10.17 | 8.09 | — |
| 59 |  United StatesUSANorthern America | 8.25 | 8.06 | 8.42 | — |
| 60 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 8.00 | 10.10 | 6.34 | — |
| 61 |  BoliviaBOLSouth America | 7.99 | 11.00 | 5.52 | — |
| 62 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 6.29 | 9.28 | 4.68 | — |
| 63 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 5.48 | 4.55 | 6.53 | — |
| 64 |  South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 4.54 | 4.52 | 4.56 | — |
| 65 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 4.21 | 4.00 | 4.41 | — |
| 66 | ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 1.52 | 1.37 | 1.65 | — |
02In 2014
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1Albania42.89
- 2Armenia39.93
- 3Bosnia and Herzegovina39.19
- 4South Africa38.10
- 5Rwanda37.88
Lowest
- 66Thailand1.52
- 65Vietnam4.21
- 64South Korea4.54
- 63Moldova5.48
- 62Sri Lanka6.29
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.53. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
03Caveats
Read before you use
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2014.
60 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
Some readings carry a flag
ILO marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Break in series.
04The files
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2014). Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-underutilisation/2014
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