United Kingdom - Unemployment Rate 1998
6.20%
−0.75pp from 1997
United Kingdom's unemployment rate was 6.20% in 1998, decreased +0.75pp from 7.07% in 1997. This was the 80th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 United Kingdom's unemployment rate in 1998?▾
United Kingdom's unemployment rate in 1998 was 6.20%. This ranked 80th globally.
How did United Kingdom's unemployment rate change in 1998?▾
United Kingdom's unemployment rate decreased by 10.8% 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 United Kingdom in 1998?▾
The unemployment rate of United Kingdom in 1998 was 6.20%. This ranked 80th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for United Kingdom's unemployment rate?▾
United Kingdom's unemployment rate went from 7.07% in 1997 to 6.20% in 1998, a 10.8% decrease.
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