- Standardized Unemployment Rates in Selected Developed Countries
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▪ TableStandardized Unemployment Rates in Selected Developed Countries% of total labour forceCountry 2000 2001 2002 2003 20041United States 4.0 4.8 5.8 6.0 5.5Japan 4.7 5.0 5.4 5.3 4.8Germany 7.3 7.4 8.2 9.1 9.2France 9.4 8.7 9.0 9.7 9.8Italy 10.7 9.6 9.1 8.8 8.1United Kingdom 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.0 4.7Canada 6.8 7.2 7.6 7.6 7.2All developed countries 5.9 6.2 6.7 6.9 6.6Seven major countries above 5.7 5.9 6.5 6.7 6.4Euro zone2 8.4 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.8● 1Projected.● 2Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain.● Source: OECD, Economic Outlook, November 2004.See as table:
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