Data for 2000

Unemployment Rate, 2000

Name: Unemployment Rate, 2000
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2000, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Unemployment Rate, 2000 covers 187 countries. North Macedonia is highest, at 32.200; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.614. The middle country reads 6.918. Against 1999, 184 values changed (81 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Unemployment Rate · Data for 2000

HighestNorth Macedonia

32.200

LowestPakistan

0.614

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

187countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
186distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Unemployment Rate, 2000, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Unemployment Rate, 2000: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	32.200
2	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	30.447
3	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.770
4	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.664
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	25.446
6	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	24.547
7	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.788
8	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.800
9	Colombia`COL`South America	20.520
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	20.300
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.872
12	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.275
13	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	19.023
14	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.678
15	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18.546
16	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	17.907
17	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	17.848
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.646
19	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.490
20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	16.218
21	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.169
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.064
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	15.931
24	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15.880
25	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.595
26	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	15.320
27	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.000
28	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	14.940
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	14.928
30	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.400
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	14.211
32	Venezuela`VEN`South America	13.990
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.785
34	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.700
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.580
36	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	13.360
37	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	13.024
38	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12.930
39	Suriname`SUR`South America	12.873
40	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	12.750
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.627
42	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.600
43	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	12.309
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.301
45	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	12.193
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	12.100
47	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.917
48	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.780
49	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	11.730
50	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	11.707
51	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.699
52	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11.698
53	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.583
54	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.557
55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11.345
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	11.134
57	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.107
58	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.102
59	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.889
60	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.841
61	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.834
62	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	10.820
63	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	10.625
64	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10.581
65	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.531
66	Chile`CHL`South America	10.491
67	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.456
68	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.218
69	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.080
70	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.030
71	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	9.834
72	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.722
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9.587
74	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.350
75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.125
76	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8.980
77	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8.764
78	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.641
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	8.539
80	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.443
81	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.266
82	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.038
83	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.917
84	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.897
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7.740
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	7.610
87	India`IND`Southern Asia	7.589
88	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.533
89	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.444
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.181
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	7.118
92	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.969
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.960
94	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.918
95	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.874
96	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.829
97	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.752
98	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.586
99	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.563
100	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6.495
101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.432
102	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.324
103	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	6.288
104	Panama`PAN`Central America	6.188
105	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.130
106	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.077
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.992
108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.800
109	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.722
110	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.685
111	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.656
112	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.558
113	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.530
114	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.466
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5.450
116	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.351
117	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5.080
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.045
119	Peru`PER`South America	4.959
120	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.920
121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.835
122	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.800
123	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.766
124	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.748
125	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.733
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.697
127	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.687
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.586
129	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.570
130	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.476
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.433
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.400
133	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.318
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4.162
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4.150
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.137
137	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.063
138	United States`USA`Northern America	3.992
139	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.966
140	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.953
141	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.883
142	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.806
143	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.770
144	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.700
145	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3.653
146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.531
147	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.529
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.499
149	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.458
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.358
151	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.270
152	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.260
153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3.245
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.137
155	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.129
156	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.000
157	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.920
158	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.884
159	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.832
160	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.725
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.687
162	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.658
163	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.646
164	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.638
165	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.446
166	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.439
167	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.389
168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.345
169	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.260
170	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.250
=171	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.143
=171	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.143
173	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.045
174	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.018
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.970
176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.936
177	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.655
178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.427
179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.412
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.081
181	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.870
182	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.864
183	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.800
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.796
185	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.745
186	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.712
187	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.614

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

187Pakistan0.614
186Myanmar0.712
185Cambodia0.745
184Chad0.796
183Kuwait0.800

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.918. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
184values changed, of 187 in both
81 · 103rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Poland12.290 → 14.928+2.638
Lithuania13.388 → 15.931+2.543
Croatia13.559 → 16.064+2.505
Slovakia16.099 → 18.546+2.447
Paraguay5.343 → 7.610+2.267

Fell most

Georgia13.800 → 10.820−2.980
Moldova11.140 → 8.539−2.601
Russia13.036 → 10.581−2.455
Botswana18.224 → 15.880−2.344
South Korea6.342 → 4.063−2.279

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.143. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2000). Unemployment Rate, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/unemployment-rate/2000

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