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Cabo Verde - Unemployment Rate 1997

Name: Cabo Verde Unemployment Rate 1997
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

13.01% −11.99pp from 1996 Global rank: 151st

Cabo Verde's unemployment rate was 13.01% in 1997, decreased +11.99pp from 12.84% in 1996. This was the 151st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1997▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 1997
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.61%	-88.6%
2nd	Cambodia	0.64%	-33.7%
3rd	Kuwait	0.70%	0.0%
4th	Chad	0.73%	4.6%
5th	Myanmar	0.76%	1.5%
6th	Qatar	0.87%	0.0%
7th	Thailand	0.87%	-41.8%
8th	Benin	1.10%	-11.7%
9th	Bahrain	1.13%	-4.4%
10th	Maldives	1.25%	22.7%
11th	Bhutan	1.39%	0.1%
12th	Mali	1.41%	-0.7%
13th	Niger	1.50%	0.3%
14th	Kyrgyz Republic	1.74%	-77.7%
15th	United Arab Emirates	1.91%	3.8%
16th	Solomon Islands	2.01%	7.1%
17th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.08%	-12.4%
18th	Guatemala	2.15%	-0.5%
19th	Liberia	2.20%	-8.4%
20th	Hong Kong SAR, China	2.22%	-19.7%
21st	Lao PDR	2.35%	-3.9%
22nd	Burkina Faso	2.41%	-1.4%
23rd	Malaysia	2.45%	-2.6%
24th	Singapore	2.50%	51.5%
25th	Luxembourg	2.53%	-22.0%
26th	Korea	2.61%	26.7%
27th	Bangladesh	2.70%	7.5%
28th	Mozambique	2.70%	-2.3%
29th	Senegal	2.76%	-2.5%
30th	Kenya	2.82%	1.6%
31st	Papua New Guinea	2.85%	4.6%
32nd	Viet Nam	2.87%	-51.2%
33rd	Tonga	2.88%	19.7%
34th	Guinea-Bissau	2.95%	-1.4%
35th	Burundi	3.12%	0.9%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.17%	0.5%
37th	Uganda	3.21%	1.3%
38th	Macao SAR, China	3.23%	-24.3%
39th	China	3.23%	3.5%
40th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.25%	3.2%
41st	Honduras	3.32%	-24.0%
42nd	Tanzania	3.34%	-3.8%
43rd	Japan	3.37%	0.2%
44th	Cyprus	3.40%	9.7%
45th	Timor-Leste	3.41%	1.0%
46th	Philippines	3.59%	-57.9%
47th	Togo	3.62%	0.3%
48th	Iceland	3.72%	-10.4%
49th	Samoa	3.78%	7.5%
50th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.96%	-1.9%
51st	Nigeria	3.96%	-2.0%
52nd	Switzerland	4.13%	-11.4%
53rd	Tajikistan	4.15%	2.5%
54th	Oman	4.20%	-1.4%
55th	Mexico	4.24%	-22.3%
56th	Sierra Leone	4.36%	1.2%
57th	Ecuador	4.42%	-51.1%
58th	Guinea	4.48%	-0.7%
59th	Comoros	4.56%	-4.5%
60th	Czechia	4.67%	19.8%
61st	Indonesia	4.68%	-6.3%
62nd	Norway	4.69%	-3.0%
63rd	Malawi	4.69%	-5.1%
64th	Fiji	4.73%	26.3%
65th	Peru	4.76%	-33.9%
66th	United States	5.00%	-7.5%
67th	Austria	5.15%	9.2%
68th	Brunei Darussalam	5.20%	1.0%
69th	Saudi Arabia	5.28%	-9.0%
70th	Paraguay	5.36%	-34.6%
71st	Denmark	5.40%	-14.5%
72nd	Eritrea	5.40%	1.7%
73rd	Netherlands	5.51%	-22.4%
74th	Romania	5.52%	-24.7%
75th	Mongolia	5.61%	1.4%
76th	Costa Rica	5.68%	-8.4%
77th	Central African Republic	5.80%	-0.7%
78th	Madagascar	5.97%	-2.0%
79th	Dominican Republic	6.32%	-16.1%
80th	Malta	6.33%	21.7%
81st	Portugal	6.57%	-18.0%
82nd	Panama	6.59%	-54.0%
83rd	Slovenia	6.65%	-3.5%
84th	Channel Islands	6.69%	-3.1%
85th	Jamaica	6.69%	-58.2%
86th	Seychelles	6.76%	-9.3%
87th	Türkiye	6.84%	11.7%
88th	New Zealand	6.86%	8.4%
89th	Zimbabwe	6.93%	12.7%
90th	Haiti	7.00%	-4.1%
91st	United Kingdom	7.07%	-12.7%
92nd	Cuba	7.10%	-6.7%
93rd	Nicaragua	7.10%	-55.5%
94th	Chile	7.14%	9.8%
95th	Equatorial Guinea	7.26%	0.7%
96th	Syrian Arab Republic	7.31%	1.2%
97th	Aruba	7.45%	3.9%
98th	India	7.57%	0.5%
99th	Ghana	7.64%	7.7%
100th	Cameroon	7.86%	-2.5%
101st	Afghanistan	7.86%	-0.2%
102nd	Moldova	7.90%	-39.2%
103rd	El Salvador	7.98%	1.7%
104th	Vanuatu	8.22%	1.6%
105th	Iraq	8.27%	-2.9%
106th	Australia	8.37%	-1.9%
107th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	8.37%	-11.6%
108th	Lebanon	8.62%	2.2%
109th	Ukraine	8.93%	-10.7%
110th	Belgium	8.95%	-6.3%
111th	Hungary	8.99%	-9.1%
112th	Brazil	9.00%	12.1%
113th	Azerbaijan	9.10%	12.3%
114th	Canada	9.10%	-5.3%
115th	Mauritius	9.38%	62.2%
116th	Guam	9.67%	16.7%
117th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	9.68%	6.5%
118th	Croatia	9.71%	-2.4%
119th	Israel	9.75%	17.1%
120th	Bahamas, The	9.76%	-15.2%
121st	Mauritania	9.79%	0.2%
122nd	Germany	9.86%	10.7%
123rd	Gambia, The	10.00%	-1.9%
124th	Ireland	10.19%	-13.6%
125th	Yemen, Republic of	10.22%	6.7%
126th	Sweden	10.36%	-4.8%
127th	Estonia	10.37%	4.9%
128th	Greece	10.47%	1.7%
129th	Nepal	10.51%	0.6%
130th	West Bank and Gaza	10.52%	-55.3%
131st	Virgin Islands (US)	10.55%	-0.9%
132nd	Suriname	10.56%	-3.4%
133rd	Sri Lanka	10.60%	-6.1%
134th	Armenia	10.80%	16.1%
135th	Uzbekistan	10.90%	1.9%
136th	European Union	10.95%	-1.8%
137th	Poland	10.96%	-11.2%
138th	Turkmenistan	11.00%	6.8%
139th	Rwanda	11.09%	-3.6%
140th	Uruguay	11.44%	-3.9%
141st	Georgia	11.50%	-9.6%
142nd	Guyana	11.57%	0.2%
143rd	Russian Federation	11.81%	27.6%
144th	French Polynesia	11.87%	-0.5%
145th	Slovak Republic	11.89%	-5.6%
146th	Italy	11.99%	7.5%
147th	South Sudan	12.07%	-2.0%
148th	Colombia	12.14%	55.6%
149th	France	12.57%	16.0%
150th	Belize	12.68%	-8.1%
151st	Cabo Verde	13.01%	-48.0%
152nd	Kazakhstan	13.01%	0.4%
153rd	Zambia	13.27%	-13.2%
154th	Bulgaria	13.70%	24.7%
155th	Jordan	13.74%	4.9%
156th	Puerto Rico (US)	13.80%	3.0%
157th	Serbia	13.80%	4.5%
158th	Morocco	14.03%	-9.5%
159th	Lithuania	14.13%	-13.8%
160th	São Tomé and Principe	14.41%	2.5%
161st	Barbados	14.61%	-7.2%
162nd	Argentina	14.82%	-21.0%
163rd	Latvia	14.90%	-28.1%
164th	Finland	14.97%	2.5%
165th	Trinidad and Tobago	15.01%	-7.6%
166th	Sudan	15.32%	9.5%
167th	Lesotho	15.82%	0.7%
168th	Tunisia	15.94%	-0.7%
169th	Angola	16.06%	-0.7%
170th	Albania	16.87%	37.2%
171st	Belarus	17.10%	94.9%
172nd	Gabon	17.17%	-0.9%
173rd	New Caledonia	18.38%	-1.4%
174th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.90%	-2.9%
175th	Libya	19.15%	-0.3%
176th	Congo, Republic of	19.89%	-0.8%
177th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.13%	-1.0%
178th	St. Lucia	20.47%	25.4%
179th	Spain	20.70%	-6.3%
180th	Botswana	21.03%	-2.6%
181st	Eswatini	22.50%	1.9%
182nd	South Africa	22.55%	11.1%
183rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.59%	-54.8%
184th	Namibia	24.45%	7.0%
185th	Algeria	25.43%	-9.1%
186th	Djibouti	27.18%	0.0%
187th	Montenegro	30.22%	0.2%
188th	North Macedonia	36.00%	12.5%

FAQ

What was Cabo Verde's unemployment rate in 1997?▾

Cabo Verde's unemployment rate in 1997 was 13.01%. This ranked 151st globally.

How did Cabo Verde's unemployment rate change in 1997?▾

Cabo Verde's unemployment rate decreased by 48.0% in 1997 compared to 1996.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 1997?▾

North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 1997 at 36.00%.

What is the unemployment rate of Cabo Verde in 1997?▾

The unemployment rate of Cabo Verde in 1997 was 13.01%. This ranked 151st globally.

How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Cabo Verde's unemployment rate?▾

Cabo Verde's unemployment rate went from 12.84% in 1996 to 13.01% in 1997, a 48.0% decrease.

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