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Central African Republic - Unemployment Rate 2008

Name: Central African Republic Unemployment Rate 2008
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

5.51% −0.05pp from 2007 Global rank: 87th

Central African Republic's unemployment rate was 5.51% in 2008, decreased +0.05pp from 5.56% in 2007. This was the 87th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	0.31%	-40.4%
2nd	Pakistan	0.42%	-91.9%
3rd	Myanmar	0.70%	2.3%
4th	Cambodia	0.83%	-34.4%
5th	Benin	0.90%	-0.8%
6th	Chad	0.92%	9.9%
7th	Lao PDR	0.94%	-11.6%
8th	Bahrain	1.02%	-81.9%
9th	Thailand	1.18%	-15.7%
10th	Tonga	1.28%	5.7%
11th	Mali	1.38%	0.8%
12th	Cuba	1.58%	-11.5%
13th	Niger	1.58%	-21.6%
14th	Burundi	1.63%	-32.0%
15th	Seychelles	1.72%	-7.9%
16th	Kuwait	1.75%	16.7%
17th	Viet Nam	1.89%	-59.3%
18th	Solomon Islands	2.00%	1.0%
19th	Moldova	2.10%	-58.9%
20th	Papua New Guinea	2.17%	0.0%
21st	Liberia	2.22%	-0.5%
22nd	Norway	2.52%	-0.7%
23rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.60%	-66.1%
24th	Liechtenstein	2.61%	-19.1%
25th	Kenya	2.75%	4.1%
26th	Tanzania	2.78%	-8.2%
27th	Senegal	2.82%	0.6%
28th	United Arab Emirates	2.82%	-4.0%
29th	Guatemala	2.90%	1.8%
30th	Iceland	2.95%	18.2%
31st	Korea	2.96%	-9.2%
32nd	Macao SAR, China	3.00%	-1.7%
33rd	Uganda	3.04%	13.8%
34th	Mozambique	3.11%	1.0%
35th	San Marino	3.11%	3.1%
36th	Honduras	3.16%	-1.7%
37th	Guinea-Bissau	3.16%	1.0%
38th	Kyrgyz Republic	3.21%	-60.7%
39th	Togo	3.28%	-14.2%
40th	Malaysia	3.34%	3.6%
41st	Switzerland	3.35%	21.1%
42nd	Cameroon	3.39%	10.5%
43rd	Madagascar	3.43%	7.2%
44th	Timor-Leste	3.43%	-2.5%
45th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.48%	-1.9%
46th	Burkina Faso	3.50%	6.1%
47th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3.56%	-13.5%
48th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.63%	6.6%
49th	Netherlands	3.66%	-30.9%
50th	Denmark	3.68%	1.8%
51st	Philippines	3.72%	-49.2%
52nd	Cyprus	3.76%	-4.3%
53rd	Nigeria	3.79%	-0.1%
54th	Bhutan	3.85%	4.0%
55th	Mexico	3.87%	6.0%
56th	Ecuador	3.92%	-43.4%
57th	Singapore	3.96%	86.4%
58th	Japan	4.00%	4.4%
59th	Peru	4.03%	-52.0%
60th	Sierra Leone	4.13%	2.7%
61st	Oman	4.14%	-3.9%
62nd	New Zealand	4.17%	15.0%
63rd	Fiji	4.19%	-51.3%
64th	Austria	4.20%	-19.1%
65th	Australia	4.24%	-3.0%
66th	Slovenia	4.37%	-10.3%
67th	Czechia	4.39%	-17.2%
68th	Paraguay	4.42%	-6.3%
69th	Comoros	4.42%	-1.3%
70th	Bangladesh	4.49%	11.8%
71st	China	4.59%	5.5%
72nd	Trinidad and Tobago	4.63%	-16.6%
73rd	Dominican Republic	4.76%	-26.2%
74th	Malawi	4.80%	-1.6%
75th	Guinea	4.80%	0.3%
76th	Turkmenistan	4.85%	-15.2%
77th	Uzbekistan	4.89%	-2.0%
78th	Costa Rica	4.93%	7.3%
79th	Tajikistan	4.94%	97.7%
80th	Luxembourg	5.06%	21.0%
81st	Saudi Arabia	5.09%	-9.9%
82nd	Ghana	5.14%	0.8%
83rd	Sri Lanka	5.22%	-15.8%
84th	Channel Islands	5.30%	1.2%
85th	Zimbabwe	5.40%	7.8%
86th	Estonia	5.46%	18.8%
87th	Central African Republic	5.51%	-0.9%
88th	Samoa	5.54%	2.1%
89th	Mongolia	5.57%	-50.8%
90th	Bulgaria	5.61%	-19.1%
91st	Panama	5.64%	-11.5%
92nd	Vanuatu	5.66%	-17.4%
93rd	Eritrea	5.68%	-0.6%
94th	United Kingdom	5.75%	7.4%
95th	United States	5.78%	25.3%
96th	Romania	5.79%	-8.8%
97th	Lithuania	5.83%	37.1%
98th	Azerbaijan	5.86%	-7.4%
99th	El Salvador	5.88%	-8.8%
100th	Malta	5.98%	-7.6%
101st	Nicaragua	6.20%	4.5%
102nd	Russian Federation	6.21%	3.0%
103rd	Sweden	6.24%	-0.1%
104th	Canada	6.28%	2.0%
105th	Brunei Darussalam	6.31%	2.0%
106th	Ukraine	6.36%	0.2%
107th	Finland	6.37%	-8.4%
108th	Côte d'Ivoire	6.38%	1.6%
109th	Kazakhstan	6.63%	-8.9%
110th	Jamaica	6.67%	-32.3%
111th	Italy	6.72%	8.4%
112th	Belarus	6.73%	12.8%
113th	Ireland	6.77%	35.3%
114th	Aruba	6.90%	20.9%
115th	Belgium	6.98%	-6.9%
116th	Poland	7.07%	-28.9%
117th	Mauritius	7.17%	-15.9%
118th	Indonesia	7.21%	-20.9%
119th	European Union	7.24%	-3.5%
120th	France	7.39%	-7.9%
121st	Germany	7.51%	-12.1%
122nd	Portugal	7.55%	-13.4%
123rd	Equatorial Guinea	7.57%	-0.3%
124th	India	7.63%	0.9%
125th	Greece	7.66%	-8.8%
126th	Lebanon	7.67%	-14.6%
127th	Israel	7.70%	-15.8%
128th	Latvia	7.74%	27.4%
129th	Hungary	7.82%	11.7%
130th	Argentina	7.84%	-7.5%
131st	Afghanistan	7.88%	0.5%
132nd	Zambia	7.93%	-24.9%
133rd	Uruguay	8.03%	-14.6%
134th	Barbados	8.12%	9.4%
135th	Bahamas, The	8.18%	4.2%
136th	Belize	8.18%	-20.6%
137th	Brazil	8.27%	-10.9%
138th	Iraq	8.47%	-2.1%
139th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	8.52%	-7.5%
140th	Croatia	8.53%	-42.1%
141st	Suriname	8.85%	-17.1%
142nd	Guam	8.89%	7.1%
143rd	Chile	9.29%	32.5%
144th	Slovak Republic	9.51%	-15.2%
145th	Morocco	9.57%	-2.3%
146th	Virgin Islands (US)	9.61%	0.9%
147th	Mauritania	9.72%	2.5%
148th	Gambia, The	10.07%	-3.5%
149th	Maldives	10.36%	10.0%
150th	Nepal	10.60%	-0.4%
151st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.63%	1.2%
152nd	Syrian Arab Republic	10.94%	30.1%
153rd	Türkiye	10.97%	23.2%
154th	Guyana	11.02%	1.6%
155th	Spain	11.25%	36.7%
156th	Colombia	11.27%	0.7%
157th	Algeria	11.33%	-17.9%
158th	Puerto Rico (US)	11.48%	3.4%
159th	Rwanda	11.52%	-0.5%
160th	French Polynesia	11.76%	0.2%
161st	South Sudan	12.30%	0.3%
162nd	Tunisia	12.44%	0.4%
163rd	Yemen, Republic of	12.66%	1.4%
164th	Jordan	12.70%	0.0%
165th	St. Lucia	12.72%	-9.1%
166th	Albania	13.06%	-2.5%
167th	Cabo Verde	13.31%	-12.5%
168th	Serbia	13.67%	-27.3%
169th	New Caledonia	14.36%	-2.7%
170th	São Tomé and Principe	15.42%	-2.7%
171st	Sudan	15.57%	-7.2%
172nd	Lesotho	15.85%	-0.6%
173rd	Angola	16.15%	0.5%
174th	Haiti	16.20%	-3.5%
175th	Botswana	16.29%	-4.0%
176th	Armenia	17.10%	-40.4%
177th	Montenegro	17.15%	-11.6%
178th	Georgia	17.87%	2.7%
179th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.71%	0.1%
180th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18.79%	-0.8%
181st	Libya	19.04%	1.4%
182nd	Gabon	19.21%	5.2%
183rd	Congo, Republic of	19.96%	0.3%
184th	Namibia	22.01%	-0.5%
185th	South Africa	22.41%	-2.6%
186th	West Bank and Gaza	22.91%	5.6%
187th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23.41%	-19.3%
188th	Djibouti	26.18%	-0.4%
189th	Eswatini	27.89%	-1.2%
190th	North Macedonia	33.93%	-2.8%

FAQ

What was Central African Republic's unemployment rate in 2008?▾

Central African Republic's unemployment rate in 2008 was 5.51%. This ranked 87th globally.

How did Central African Republic's unemployment rate change in 2008?▾

Central African Republic's unemployment rate decreased by 0.9% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2008?▾

North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2008 at 33.93%.

What is the unemployment rate of Central African Republic in 2008?▾

The unemployment rate of Central African Republic in 2008 was 5.51%. This ranked 87th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Central African Republic's unemployment rate?▾

Central African Republic's unemployment rate went from 5.56% in 2007 to 5.51% in 2008, a 0.9% decrease.

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