Estonia - Unemployment Rate 2012
10.02%
−2.30pp from 2011
Estonia's unemployment rate was 10.02% in 2012, decreased +2.30pp from 12.33% in 2011. This was the 133rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.48% | -14.3% |
| 2nd | Cambodia | 0.51% | -12.5% |
| 3rd | Thailand | 0.58% | -17.1% |
| 4th | Madagascar | 0.60% | -76.2% |
| 5th | Myanmar | 0.77% | 2.5% |
| 6th | Chad | 0.89% | -3.7% |
| 7th | Solomon Islands | 0.98% | -23.8% |
| 8th | Viet Nam | 1.03% | -53.7% |
| 9th | Bahrain | 1.20% | -70.0% |
| 10th | Lao PDR | 1.21% | 25.8% |
| 11th | Mali | 1.46% | 4.2% |
| 12th | Burundi | 1.59% | -0.6% |
| 13th | Tonga | 1.64% | 2.8% |
| 14th | Macao SAR, China | 1.97% | -23.5% |
| 15th | Togo | 2.03% | 2.4% |
| 16th | Bhutan | 2.05% | -33.9% |
| 17th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.07% | -46.2% |
| 18th | Liberia | 2.15% | -2.9% |
| 19th | Niger | 2.18% | 588.9% |
| 20th | Moldova | 2.19% | -67.3% |
| 21st | Kuwait | 2.23% | 8.6% |
| 22nd | United Arab Emirates | 2.32% | -10.2% |
| 23rd | Benin | 2.46% | -7.1% |
| 24th | Papua New Guinea | 2.63% | 0.5% |
| 25th | Kenya | 2.68% | -0.8% |
| 26th | Guatemala | 2.77% | -12.7% |
| 27th | Korea | 2.81% | -17.5% |
| 28th | Malaysia | 3.04% | -0.3% |
| 29th | Ghana | 3.13% | -25.8% |
| 30th | Norway | 3.13% | -7.0% |
| 31st | Guinea-Bissau | 3.14% | 2.1% |
| 32nd | Tanzania | 3.22% | -7.1% |
| 33rd | Ecuador | 3.24% | -23.2% |
| 34th | Peru | 3.24% | -57.8% |
| 35th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.29% | -5.2% |
| 36th | Mozambique | 3.30% | 0.3% |
| 37th | Liechtenstein | 3.34% | -4.2% |
| 38th | Cuba | 3.46% | 8.8% |
| 39th | Timor-Leste | 3.47% | 2.5% |
| 40th | Philippines | 3.50% | -50.1% |
| 41st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.54% | 0.7% |
| 42nd | Uganda | 3.55% | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Pakistan | 3.67% | -38.4% |
| 44th | Panama | 3.69% | -17.6% |
| 45th | Seychelles | 3.71% | -10.3% |
| 46th | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.72% | -26.3% |
| 47th | Singapore | 3.72% | 83.7% |
| 48th | Oman | 3.75% | -5.0% |
| 49th | Honduras | 3.76% | -16.1% |
| 50th | Nigeria | 3.76% | -36.9% |
| 51st | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.79% | -55.6% |
| 52nd | Cameroon | 3.84% | -3.8% |
| 53rd | El Salvador | 3.84% | -43.0% |
| 54th | Burkina Faso | 3.85% | 0.6% |
| 55th | Sri Lanka | 3.88% | -5.4% |
| 56th | Senegal | 3.90% | 36.6% |
| 57th | Mongolia | 3.91% | -49.3% |
| 58th | Turkmenistan | 3.99% | -0.2% |
| 59th | Bangladesh | 4.07% | 8.9% |
| 60th | Paraguay | 4.09% | -12.5% |
| 61st | Comoros | 4.09% | -0.7% |
| 62nd | Japan | 4.36% | -4.9% |
| 63rd | Fiji | 4.38% | -38.4% |
| 64th | Sierra Leone | 4.38% | -0.2% |
| 65th | Indonesia | 4.47% | -31.9% |
| 66th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.49% | 3.9% |
| 67th | Switzerland | 4.49% | 58.0% |
| 68th | China | 4.58% | 0.7% |
| 69th | Uzbekistan | 4.87% | -1.9% |
| 70th | Guinea | 4.87% | -3.0% |
| 71st | Mexico | 4.89% | -5.8% |
| 72nd | Austria | 4.91% | 0.7% |
| 73rd | Vanuatu | 4.94% | 2.6% |
| 74th | Malawi | 4.95% | 2.5% |
| 75th | Luxembourg | 5.03% | -11.1% |
| 76th | Zimbabwe | 5.06% | -5.8% |
| 77th | Azerbaijan | 5.19% | -4.3% |
| 78th | Nicaragua | 5.21% | -12.2% |
| 79th | Australia | 5.23% | 2.8% |
| 80th | Kazakhstan | 5.29% | -2.0% |
| 81st | Germany | 5.37% | -2.8% |
| 82nd | Russian Federation | 5.48% | -15.7% |
| 83rd | Central African Republic | 5.58% | -1.0% |
| 84th | Saudi Arabia | 5.62% | -2.6% |
| 85th | Eritrea | 5.69% | -1.9% |
| 86th | Netherlands | 5.82% | -3.8% |
| 87th | Andorra | 5.95% | 61.9% |
| 88th | Belarus | 5.96% | 6.7% |
| 89th | Iceland | 6.00% | -24.5% |
| 90th | Malta | 6.20% | -3.0% |
| 91st | Uruguay | 6.45% | 1.7% |
| 92nd | Brunei Darussalam | 6.57% | 143.4% |
| 93rd | Dominican Republic | 6.72% | -11.7% |
| 94th | Israel | 6.76% | -4.1% |
| 95th | Chile | 6.79% | -7.0% |
| 96th | Romania | 6.79% | -25.3% |
| 97th | New Zealand | 6.93% | 14.6% |
| 98th | San Marino | 6.95% | 27.1% |
| 99th | Czechia | 6.98% | 4.0% |
| 100th | Tajikistan | 7.02% | 181.8% |
| 101st | Argentina | 7.22% | 0.9% |
| 102nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.22% | 1.1% |
| 103rd | Brazil | 7.25% | -4.3% |
| 104th | Canada | 7.39% | -3.1% |
| 105th | Mauritius | 7.47% | -5.4% |
| 106th | Ukraine | 7.53% | -4.2% |
| 107th | Belgium | 7.54% | 4.5% |
| 108th | India | 7.65% | 0.5% |
| 109th | Finland | 7.69% | -2.7% |
| 110th | Equatorial Guinea | 7.76% | -1.0% |
| 111th | Denmark | 7.80% | 31.1% |
| 112th | Zambia | 7.85% | -25.6% |
| 113th | Afghanistan | 7.88% | 0.6% |
| 114th | Lebanon | 7.95% | 8.2% |
| 115th | Iraq | 7.97% | -2.8% |
| 116th | Sweden | 7.98% | 1.3% |
| 117th | Channel Islands | 8.03% | 10.8% |
| 118th | United States | 8.07% | -9.7% |
| 119th | Suriname | 8.10% | 8.0% |
| 120th | United Kingdom | 8.28% | 2.2% |
| 121st | Belize | 8.38% | -49.9% |
| 122nd | Jamaica | 8.70% | -29.9% |
| 123rd | Samoa | 8.75% | 54.1% |
| 124th | Slovenia | 8.84% | 7.5% |
| 125th | Morocco | 8.99% | 1.0% |
| 126th | Costa Rica | 9.11% | -13.2% |
| 127th | Maldives | 9.13% | -9.1% |
| 128th | Türkiye | 9.21% | 2.3% |
| 129th | Aruba | 9.60% | 7.9% |
| 130th | France | 9.84% | 6.9% |
| 131st | Mauritania | 9.86% | -1.1% |
| 132nd | Colombia | 9.96% | -9.9% |
| 133rd | Estonia | 10.02% | -18.7% |
| 134th | Poland | 10.03% | 4.1% |
| 135th | Gambia, The | 10.35% | 0.7% |
| 136th | Nepal | 10.63% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Italy | 10.66% | 24.3% |
| 138th | European Union | 10.88% | 9.5% |
| 139th | Algeria | 10.97% | 10.0% |
| 140th | Hungary | 11.00% | 3.1% |
| 141st | Cabo Verde | 11.15% | -8.6% |
| 142nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 11.39% | 0.4% |
| 143rd | Barbados | 11.59% | 3.9% |
| 144th | Rwanda | 11.67% | -0.7% |
| 145th | Guyana | 12.03% | 1.8% |
| 146th | Cyprus | 12.10% | 54.1% |
| 147th | French Polynesia | 12.13% | -1.0% |
| 148th | Guam | 12.20% | -8.3% |
| 149th | Jordan | 12.20% | -5.2% |
| 150th | Bulgaria | 12.27% | 8.1% |
| 151st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12.28% | -0.2% |
| 152nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 12.60% | 21.4% |
| 153rd | South Sudan | 12.80% | 1.7% |
| 154th | Lithuania | 13.37% | -13.2% |
| 155th | Albania | 13.38% | -4.5% |
| 156th | Yemen, Republic of | 13.47% | 1.2% |
| 157th | São Tomé and Principe | 13.59% | -3.8% |
| 158th | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.80% | 60.0% |
| 159th | Slovak Republic | 13.97% | 2.8% |
| 160th | Bahamas, The | 14.02% | -11.8% |
| 161st | Haiti | 14.10% | -2.8% |
| 162nd | New Caledonia | 14.12% | 0.9% |
| 163rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 14.50% | -9.4% |
| 164th | Latvia | 15.05% | -7.2% |
| 165th | Ireland | 15.45% | 0.3% |
| 166th | Portugal | 15.51% | 14.2% |
| 167th | Lesotho | 15.76% | -2.2% |
| 168th | Croatia | 16.05% | -7.6% |
| 169th | Angola | 16.54% | -1.4% |
| 170th | Namibia | 16.77% | -13.9% |
| 171st | Sudan | 16.97% | 41.1% |
| 172nd | Armenia | 17.51% | -4.8% |
| 173rd | Tunisia | 17.63% | -6.7% |
| 174th | Botswana | 17.92% | -0.7% |
| 175th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.77% | 0.1% |
| 176th | Libya | 19.03% | -2.4% |
| 177th | St. Lucia | 19.06% | 1.1% |
| 178th | West Bank and Gaza | 19.20% | -8.1% |
| 179th | Congo, Republic of | 19.49% | 0.3% |
| 180th | Georgia | 19.65% | -27.7% |
| 181st | Gabon | 19.66% | -1.2% |
| 182nd | Montenegro | 19.81% | 0.2% |
| 183rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.83% | -0.9% |
| 184th | Serbia | 24.00% | 1.7% |
| 185th | South Africa | 24.73% | -0.3% |
| 186th | Greece | 24.73% | 38.5% |
| 187th | Spain | 24.79% | 15.9% |
| 188th | Eswatini | 25.23% | -3.4% |
| 189th | Djibouti | 26.18% | -0.5% |
| 190th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.01% | 1.5% |
| 191st | North Macedonia | 31.10% | -0.9% |
FAQ
What was Estonia's unemployment rate in 2012?▾
Estonia's unemployment rate in 2012 was 10.02%. This ranked 133rd globally.
How did Estonia's unemployment rate change in 2012?▾
Estonia's unemployment rate decreased by 18.7% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2012?▾
North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2012 at 31.10%.
What is the unemployment rate of Estonia in 2012?▾
The unemployment rate of Estonia in 2012 was 10.02%. This ranked 133rd globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Estonia's unemployment rate?▾
Estonia's unemployment rate went from 12.33% in 2011 to 10.02% in 2012, a 18.7% decrease.
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