Table 8. Employment and unemployment
| Total employment (thousands) | Unemployment as a percentage of the labour force | ||
| 1995 | 1980 | 1995 | |
| Africa | |||
| Algeria | 4 465 | . | . |
| Egypt | . | 5.2 | . |
| South Africa | . | . | 4.5 |
| Americas | |||
| Argentina | 4 157a | 2.3 | 18.8 |
| Barbados | 110b | . | . |
| Belize | 63 | . | . |
| Bolivia | 1 257b,c | . | 3.6 |
| Canada | . | . | 9.5 |
| Chile | 5 026b | 10.4 | 4.7 |
| Costa Rica | . | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| El Salvador | 1 973 | 12.9 | 7.7 |
| Honduras | 1 806c | . | 3.2 |
| Jamaica | . | 27.3 | . |
| Mexico | 33 881 | . | 4.7 |
| Panama | 868 | . | 13.7 |
| Paraguay | . | 4.1 | . |
| Peru | 2 901d | . | 7.1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 432 | 10.0 | 17.2 |
| United States | 124 900b | 7.0 | 5.6 |
| Uruguay | 1 206c | . | 10.2 |
| Venezuela | 7 670b | 5.9 | 10.3 |
| Asia | |||
| Australia | 8 235b | 6.1 | 8.5 |
| China | . | 4.9 | . |
| Fiji | . | . | 5.4 |
| Hong Kong (before 1.7.97) | 2 971b | . | 3.2 |
| Japan | . | 2.0 | 3.2 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 20 377b | . | 2.0 |
| Malaysia | 7 645b | . | 2.8 |
| New Zealand | 1 633b | . | 6.3 |
| Pakistan | . | 3.6 | . |
| Philippines | 25 698b | 4.8 | 8.4 |
| Singapore | 1 701 | . | 2.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 316 | . | 12.5 |
| Thailand | . | 0.8 | . |
| Europe | |||
| Albania | . | 5.6 | . |
| Belarus | . | . | 2.7 |
| Belgium | . | . | 9.3 |
| Bulgaria | 3 311 | . | 11.1 |
| Cyprus | 285b | . | . |
| Czech Rep. | 5 102 | . | 2.9 |
| Denmark | 2 607 | . | 7.0 |
| Finland | . | 4.7 | 17.4 |
| France | 22 296 | 6.4 | 11.6 |
| Germany | 36 048 | . | 12.9 |
| Greece | 3 824 | . | 10.0 |
| Hungary | 3 679 | . | 10.3 |
| Iceland | 142b | . | 4.9 |
| Ireland | 1 268 | . | 12.2 |
| Israel | . | 4.8 | 6.9 |
| Italy | 19 942 | 7.6 | . |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 641 | . | . |
| Latvia | 1 189 | . | 6.6 |
| Lithuania | . | . | 7.3 |
| Macedonia, FYR of | . | . | 35.6 |
| Moldova, Rep. of | 1 673b | . | 1.0 |
| Netherlands | 6 835 | . | 7.1 |
| Norway | 2 079 | 1.7 | 4.9 |
| Poland | 14 771 | . | 13.1 |
| Portugal | . | 7.8 | . |
| Romania | 11 152 | . | 8.0 |
| Russian Fed. | 67 100 | . | 8.3 |
| Slovakia | 2 147b | . | 13.1 |
| Slovenia | 882 | . | 7.4 |
| Spain | 12 041 | 11.4 | 22.9 |
| Sweden | 3 986 | 2.0 | 7.7 |
| Switzerland | 3 733b | . | 3.3 |
| Turkey | 21 378b | . | 6.6 |
| United Kingdom | . | . | 8.5 |
| Uzbekistan | 8 158 | . | 0.4 |
| a Gran Buenos Aires. b Civilian labour force employed. c Urban areas. d Lima. | |||