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Iraq - Unemployment Rate 1998

Name: Iraq Unemployment Rate 1998
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

8.06% −0.21pp from 1997 Global rank: 107th

Iraq's unemployment rate was 8.06% in 1998, decreased +0.21pp from 8.27% in 1997. This was the 107th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.62%	-89.9%
2nd	Kuwait	0.70%	0.0%
3rd	Cambodia	0.71%	11.6%
4th	Chad	0.73%	-1.0%
5th	Myanmar	0.77%	1.0%
6th	Qatar	0.87%	0.0%
7th	Benin	1.05%	-4.7%
8th	Bahrain	1.11%	-1.0%
9th	Mali	1.34%	-4.9%
10th	Niger	1.38%	-8.1%
11th	Bhutan	1.40%	0.5%
12th	Maldives	1.49%	19.1%
13th	Kyrgyz Republic	1.86%	-67.6%
14th	Liberia	2.06%	-6.1%
15th	United Arab Emirates	2.07%	8.5%
16th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.12%	2.0%
17th	Guatemala	2.15%	0.0%
18th	Solomon Islands	2.16%	7.3%
19th	Viet Nam	2.29%	-61.9%
20th	Lao PDR	2.29%	-2.6%
21st	Burkina Faso	2.44%	1.2%
22nd	Mozambique	2.64%	-2.2%
23rd	Senegal	2.75%	-0.3%
24th	Luxembourg	2.76%	-16.3%
25th	Kenya	2.84%	0.9%
26th	Papua New Guinea	2.86%	0.2%
27th	Bangladesh	2.89%	7.2%
28th	Iceland	3.07%	-27.0%
29th	Burundi	3.16%	1.0%
30th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.20%	0.8%
31st	Malaysia	3.20%	30.9%
32nd	China	3.24%	0.3%
33rd	Aruba	3.25%	-56.4%
34th	Tanzania	3.28%	-1.8%
35th	Cyprus	3.30%	-2.9%
36th	Tonga	3.35%	16.4%
37th	Guinea-Bissau	3.35%	13.5%
38th	Thailand	3.40%	126.9%
39th	Singapore	3.41%	139.3%
40th	Uganda	3.42%	6.7%
41st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.46%	6.4%
42nd	Timor-Leste	3.50%	2.8%
43rd	Switzerland	3.57%	-31.4%
44th	Philippines	3.70%	-57.4%
45th	Mexico	3.73%	0.1%
46th	Norway	3.74%	-7.4%
47th	Togo	3.78%	4.5%
48th	Nigeria	3.92%	-1.1%
49th	Honduras	4.02%	21.1%
50th	Japan	4.08%	19.9%
51st	Côte d'Ivoire	4.10%	3.4%
52nd	Samoa	4.13%	9.2%
53rd	Seychelles	4.21%	-37.7%
54th	Sierra Leone	4.24%	-2.8%
55th	Oman	4.35%	3.6%
56th	Ecuador	4.39%	-43.9%
57th	Netherlands	4.39%	-28.0%
58th	Paraguay	4.42%	-11.7%
59th	Guinea	4.50%	0.5%
60th	United States	4.51%	-8.7%
61st	Hong Kong SAR, China	4.58%	105.1%
62nd	Macao SAR, China	4.61%	42.9%
63rd	Comoros	4.61%	1.2%
64th	Portugal	4.64%	-38.2%
65th	Tajikistan	4.65%	12.0%
66th	Fiji	4.75%	13.5%
67th	Saudi Arabia	4.75%	-10.1%
68th	Malawi	4.92%	4.9%
69th	Denmark	5.04%	-3.9%
70th	Peru	5.10%	-40.7%
71st	Costa Rica	5.33%	-6.5%
72nd	Brunei Darussalam	5.36%	2.9%
73rd	Indonesia	5.46%	14.4%
74th	Austria	5.48%	15.2%
75th	Eritrea	5.50%	1.9%
76th	Romania	5.63%	-28.3%
77th	Mongolia	5.75%	2.6%
78th	Central African Republic	5.77%	-0.4%
79th	Madagascar	5.90%	-1.2%
80th	United Kingdom	6.20%	-10.8%
81st	Cuba	6.23%	-12.3%
82nd	Channel Islands	6.28%	-6.1%
83rd	Dominican Republic	6.30%	-12.3%
84th	Malta	6.33%	2.0%
85th	Zimbabwe	6.38%	-7.9%
86th	Panama	6.40%	-52.2%
87th	Czechia	6.46%	35.2%
88th	Jamaica	6.85%	-58.5%
89th	Türkiye	6.89%	9.0%
90th	Korea	6.96%	166.1%
91st	El Salvador	7.10%	-12.8%
92nd	Haiti	7.17%	2.3%
93rd	Nicaragua	7.20%	-49.5%
94th	Chile	7.31%	19.6%
95th	Equatorial Guinea	7.33%	1.0%
96th	Syrian Arab Republic	7.38%	-56.0%
97th	Slovenia	7.39%	6.6%
98th	India	7.60%	0.3%
99th	Bahamas, The	7.65%	-21.8%
100th	Australia	7.68%	-8.2%
101st	Cameroon	7.70%	-2.1%
102nd	Ireland	7.70%	-21.9%
103rd	New Zealand	7.72%	12.3%
104th	Guam	7.74%	-20.0%
105th	Afghanistan	7.87%	0.1%
106th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	8.03%	-7.4%
107th	Iraq	8.06%	-2.5%
108th	Ghana	8.20%	7.3%
109th	Vanuatu	8.22%	0.0%
110th	Canada	8.28%	-9.0%
111th	Lebanon	8.57%	-0.6%
112th	Hungary	8.93%	2.2%
113th	Sweden	8.94%	-17.8%
114th	Sri Lanka	9.17%	-12.7%
115th	Mauritius	9.25%	41.0%
116th	Belgium	9.32%	1.1%
117th	Uruguay	9.36%	-19.0%
118th	Armenia	9.40%	-13.0%
119th	Estonia	9.51%	-1.3%
120th	Germany	9.79%	1.3%
121st	Gambia, The	9.90%	-1.0%
122nd	Poland	9.94%	-11.7%
123rd	Mauritania	9.98%	1.9%
124th	Azerbaijan	10.00%	9.9%
125th	Moldova	10.00%	-16.7%
126th	Brazil	10.15%	12.8%
127th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.36%	-12.9%
128th	Virgin Islands (US)	10.45%	-1.0%
129th	West Bank and Gaza	10.45%	-48.0%
130th	Nepal	10.53%	0.1%
131st	European Union	10.53%	-3.8%
132nd	Suriname	10.63%	8.0%
133rd	Israel	10.75%	12.9%
134th	Yemen, Republic of	10.83%	5.9%
135th	Rwanda	11.26%	1.5%
136th	Ukraine	11.32%	15.5%
137th	Croatia	11.39%	15.0%
138th	Guyana	11.69%	1.1%
139th	French Polynesia	11.79%	-0.6%
140th	Zambia	12.00%	-9.6%
141st	France	12.07%	10.9%
142nd	South Sudan	12.10%	0.2%
143rd	Italy	12.12%	7.8%
144th	Bulgaria	12.20%	-13.0%
145th	Turkmenistan	12.20%	10.9%
146th	Greece	12.23%	18.7%
147th	Barbados	12.40%	-14.8%
148th	Slovak Republic	12.42%	4.5%
149th	Argentina	12.65%	-24.7%
150th	Cabo Verde	13.06%	-47.8%
151st	Kazakhstan	13.13%	0.9%
152nd	Finland	13.21%	4.0%
153rd	Russian Federation	13.26%	22.7%
154th	Uzbekistan	13.30%	22.0%
155th	Morocco	13.36%	-13.3%
156th	Puerto Rico (US)	13.46%	0.4%
157th	Serbia	13.70%	11.7%
158th	Lithuania	13.71%	-3.0%
159th	Jordan	13.84%	-3.9%
160th	Belarus	14.00%	84.2%
161st	Trinidad and Tobago	14.21%	-5.4%
162nd	Belize	14.31%	12.7%
163rd	São Tomé and Principe	14.40%	-0.1%
164th	Latvia	14.45%	-4.7%
165th	Georgia	14.53%	92.4%
166th	Colombia	15.00%	89.9%
167th	Sudan	15.35%	13.7%
168th	Tunisia	15.47%	-2.9%
169th	Lesotho	15.91%	0.6%
170th	Angola	16.29%	1.4%
171st	Gabon	17.15%	-0.1%
172nd	New Caledonia	18.52%	0.7%
173rd	Spain	18.67%	-9.4%
174th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.83%	-0.4%
175th	Libya	19.19%	0.2%
176th	Congo, Republic of	19.90%	0.1%
177th	Albania	20.04%	34.5%
178th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.52%	1.9%
179th	Botswana	20.86%	-0.8%
180th	St. Lucia	21.60%	5.5%
181st	South Africa	22.74%	3.4%
182nd	Namibia	23.08%	-5.6%
183rd	Eswatini	23.21%	3.2%
184th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23.49%	-27.3%
185th	Algeria	26.85%	-4.0%
186th	Djibouti	27.03%	-0.5%
187th	Montenegro	30.21%	0.0%
188th	North Macedonia	34.50%	-4.4%

FAQ

What was Iraq's unemployment rate in 1998?▾

Iraq's unemployment rate in 1998 was 8.06%. This ranked 107th globally.

How did Iraq's unemployment rate change in 1998?▾

Iraq's unemployment rate decreased by 2.5% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 1998?▾

North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 1998 at 34.50%.

What is the unemployment rate of Iraq in 1998?▾

The unemployment rate of Iraq in 1998 was 8.06%. This ranked 107th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Iraq's unemployment rate?▾

Iraq's unemployment rate went from 8.27% in 1997 to 8.06% in 1998, a 2.5% decrease.

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