APPENDIX 2-3  Unemployment Rate
Source: IMF IFS Database.
	(%)
Country or Region	2000	2005	2008	2009	2010	2011
China①	3.1	4.2	4.1	4.3	4.1	4.1
Hong Kong, China	5.0	5.6	3.5	5.2	4.3	3.4
Macao, China	6.8	4.1	3.0	3.5	2.8	2.6
Brunei Darussalam		4.1	3.7	3.5	2.7
Israel	8.8	9.0	6.1	7.5	6.7	5.6
Japan	4.7	4.4	4.0	5.1	5.1	4.6
Kazakhstan	12.8	8.1	6.6	6.6	5.8	5.4
Korea, Rep.	4.4	3.7	3.2	3.6	3.7	3.4
Malaysia	3.1	3.6	3.3	3.6	3.3	3.1
Pakistan	7.8	7.7	5.2
Philippines	11.2	11.4	7.4	7.5	7.3	7.0
Singapore	3.7	4.1	3.2	4.3	3.1
Sri Lanka	7.6	7.7	5.2	5.7	4.9
Thailand	2.4	1.9	1.4	1.5	1.0	0.7
Egypt	9.0	11.0	8.7	9.4	9.0
South Africa	25.0	23.9	22.9	23.9	24.9	24.9
Canada	6.8	6.8	6.1	8.3	8.0	7.5
Mexico	1.6	3.6	4.0	5.5	5.4	5.2
United States	4.0	5.1	5.8	9.3	9.6	9.0
Argentina	14.7	11.6	7.9	8.7	7.8	7.5
Brazil	9.2	9.8	7.9	8.1	6.7	6.0
Venezuela	14.0	12.2	7.4	7.9	8.5	8.5
Czech Rep.	9.0	8.9	5.4	8.1	9.0	8.5
France	8.5	8.9	7.4	9.2	9.4	9.3
Germany	6.9	11.7	7.5	7.8	7.1	6.5
Italy	10.2	7.7	6.8	7.8	8.4	8.4
Netherlands	2.6	6.5	3.9	4.8	5.5	5.4
Poland	14.0	18.2	9.8	11.0	12.1	12.4
Russian Fed.	10.7	7.6	6.2	8.4	7.5	6.6
Spain	14.1	9.2	11.3	18.0	20.1	21.6
Turkey	6.6	10.2	11.0	14.0	11.9	9.8
Ukraine	11.7	7.2	6.4	8.8	8.1	7.9
United Kingdom	5.5	4.9	5.7	7.6	7.9	8.1
Australia	6.3	5.1	4.3	5.6	5.2	5.1
New Zealand	6.0	3.7	4.2	6.1	6.5	6.5
Note:①Registered unemployment rate in urban areas.