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United Kingdom - Unemployment Rate 2000

Name: United Kingdom Unemployment Rate 2000
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

5.56% −0.42pp from 1999 Global rank: 77th

United Kingdom's unemployment rate was 5.56% in 2000, decreased +0.42pp from 6.04% in 1999. This was the 77th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2000▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 2000
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.61%	-89.6%
2nd	Myanmar	0.71%	-5.1%
3rd	Cambodia	0.75%	2.5%
4th	Chad	0.80%	5.7%
5th	Kuwait	0.80%	14.3%
6th	Benin	0.86%	-9.0%
7th	Qatar	0.87%	0.0%
8th	Bahrain	1.08%	-2.8%
9th	Mali	1.41%	4.0%
10th	Niger	1.43%	3.0%
11th	Bhutan	1.66%	18.2%
12th	Iceland	1.94%	-22.2%
13th	Maldives	1.97%	14.1%
14th	Liberia	2.02%	0.6%
15th	Lao PDR	2.05%	-5.1%
16th	Guatemala	2.14%	1.4%
17th	Kyrgyz Republic	2.14%	-70.2%
18th	United Arab Emirates	2.25%	2.5%
19th	Viet Nam	2.26%	-66.5%
20th	Luxembourg	2.35%	-18.9%
21st	Liechtenstein	2.38%	-
22nd	Thailand	2.39%	-43.1%
23rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.44%	6.1%
24th	Solomon Islands	2.45%	11.5%
25th	Senegal	2.64%	-0.6%
26th	Mexico	2.65%	5.8%
27th	Switzerland	2.66%	-2.4%
28th	Burkina Faso	2.69%	5.3%
29th	Netherlands	2.73%	-34.2%
30th	Mozambique	2.83%	6.3%
31st	Kenya	2.88%	0.0%
32nd	Papua New Guinea	2.92%	-0.6%
33rd	Malaysia	3.00%	-12.4%
34th	Seychelles	3.11%	-1.9%
35th	Tanzania	3.13%	-2.8%
36th	Burundi	3.14%	0.1%
37th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.25%	0.5%
38th	China	3.26%	0.3%
39th	Bangladesh	3.27%	5.9%
40th	Guinea-Bissau	3.36%	2.7%
41st	Norway	3.46%	9.0%
42nd	Timor-Leste	3.53%	-2.9%
43rd	Uganda	3.53%	2.1%
44th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.65%	-0.5%
45th	Singapore	3.70%	32.1%
46th	Philippines	3.77%	-61.2%
47th	Portugal	3.81%	-26.4%
48th	Honduras	3.88%	0.9%
49th	Nigeria	3.95%	-0.8%
50th	Tonga	3.97%	7.5%
51st	United States	3.99%	-5.3%
52nd	Korea	4.06%	-38.3%
53rd	Sierra Leone	4.14%	-3.5%
54th	Tajikistan	4.15%	29.7%
55th	Togo	4.16%	7.0%
56th	Ireland	4.32%	-27.0%
57th	Comoros	4.40%	-3.2%
58th	Oman	4.43%	0.0%
59th	Denmark	4.48%	-12.4%
60th	Saudi Arabia	4.57%	5.2%
61st	Guinea	4.59%	1.5%
62nd	Austria	4.69%	13.2%
63rd	Fiji	4.70%	-7.4%
64th	Samoa	4.73%	5.4%
65th	Japan	4.75%	1.7%
66th	Cyprus	4.77%	32.4%
67th	Ecuador	4.80%	-63.4%
68th	Côte d'Ivoire	4.84%	9.4%
69th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4.92%	-21.3%
70th	Peru	4.96%	-47.2%
71st	Malawi	5.05%	0.9%
72nd	Costa Rica	5.08%	-15.6%
73rd	Channel Islands	5.35%	-9.5%
74th	Cuba	5.45%	-12.9%
75th	Sweden	5.47%	-27.6%
76th	Brunei Darussalam	5.53%	2.1%
77th	United Kingdom	5.56%	-7.0%
78th	Eritrea	5.66%	0.9%
79th	Zimbabwe	5.69%	-5.3%
80th	Central African Republic	5.72%	-0.8%
81st	Madagascar	5.80%	-0.4%
82nd	Mongolia	5.99%	2.5%
83rd	Indonesia	6.08%	-4.4%
84th	New Zealand	6.13%	-13.0%
85th	Panama	6.19%	-35.1%
86th	Australia	6.29%	-8.4%
87th	Malta	6.32%	-10.9%
88th	Dominican Republic	6.43%	2.3%
89th	Türkiye	6.50%	-9.2%
90th	Hungary	6.56%	-6.2%
91st	Belgium	6.59%	-21.8%
92nd	Jamaica	6.75%	-57.0%
93rd	Canada	6.83%	-9.8%
94th	Macao SAR, China	6.87%	8.4%
95th	Slovenia	6.92%	-6.8%
96th	Aruba	6.92%	44.4%
97th	El Salvador	6.96%	6.3%
98th	Romania	6.97%	-2.9%
99th	Bahamas, The	7.12%	-8.7%
100th	Nicaragua	7.18%	-32.8%
101st	Equatorial Guinea	7.44%	0.4%
102nd	Cameroon	7.53%	-0.8%
103rd	India	7.59%	0.1%
104th	Paraguay	7.61%	11.9%
105th	Sri Lanka	7.74%	-12.6%
106th	Afghanistan	7.90%	0.3%
107th	Germany	7.92%	-7.5%
108th	Iraq	8.04%	0.7%
109th	Vanuatu	8.27%	-0.3%
110th	Haiti	8.44%	17.3%
111th	Moldova	8.54%	-23.2%
112th	Lebanon	8.64%	-1.2%
113th	Czechia	8.76%	0.5%
114th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	8.98%	16.7%
115th	Mauritius	9.13%	18.5%
116th	Barbados	9.35%	-9.7%
117th	Syrian Arab Republic	9.59%	-28.8%
118th	European Union	9.70%	-5.0%
119th	Gambia, The	9.72%	-0.2%
120th	Virgin Islands (US)	9.83%	-3.3%
121st	Mauritania	10.03%	0.0%
122nd	Puerto Rico (US)	10.08%	-13.8%
123rd	France	10.22%	-2.1%
124th	Ghana	10.46%	3.5%
125th	Chile	10.49%	4.8%
126th	Nepal	10.53%	-0.2%
127th	Russian Federation	10.58%	-18.8%
128th	West Bank and Gaza	10.63%	-10.3%
129th	Georgia	10.82%	-14.1%
130th	Italy	10.83%	-1.0%
131st	Belize	10.84%	-15.3%
132nd	Brazil	10.89%	-2.2%
133rd	Israel	11.10%	0.2%
134th	Armenia	11.11%	-0.8%
135th	Finland	11.13%	8.4%
136th	Greece	11.35%	-6.4%
137th	Yemen, Republic of	11.56%	0.8%
138th	French Polynesia	11.58%	-1.0%
139th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	11.70%	-25.9%
140th	Rwanda	11.70%	1.1%
141st	Ukraine	11.71%	-1.6%
142nd	Turkmenistan	11.73%	-7.6%
143rd	Azerbaijan	11.78%	8.1%
144th	Guyana	11.92%	1.2%
145th	Trinidad and Tobago	12.10%	-7.9%
146th	Belarus	12.19%	75.5%
147th	Uzbekistan	12.30%	-7.5%
148th	South Sudan	12.31%	1.4%
149th	Serbia	12.60%	-5.3%
150th	Uruguay	12.63%	12.7%
151st	Kazakhstan	12.75%	-5.3%
152nd	Suriname	12.87%	7.3%
153rd	Zambia	12.93%	3.5%
154th	Cabo Verde	13.02%	-40.8%
155th	Estonia	13.36%	9.5%
156th	Morocco	13.58%	-1.6%
157th	Jordan	13.70%	-4.7%
158th	Spain	13.79%	-11.9%
159th	Latvia	14.21%	1.0%
160th	São Tomé and Principe	14.40%	-0.1%
161st	Poland	14.93%	13.7%
162nd	Tunisia	14.94%	-6.5%
163rd	Argentina	15.00%	-6.6%
164th	Guam	15.32%	9.8%
165th	Sudan	15.60%	24.8%
166th	Botswana	15.88%	-12.9%
167th	Lithuania	15.93%	9.1%
168th	Croatia	16.06%	-13.8%
169th	Lesotho	16.17%	0.0%
170th	Bulgaria	16.22%	17.6%
171st	St. Lucia	16.49%	-8.8%
172nd	Angola	16.65%	0.6%
173rd	Gabon	17.85%	1.4%
174th	New Caledonia	17.91%	-1.6%
175th	Slovak Republic	18.55%	12.5%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.68%	-0.9%
177th	Albania	19.02%	3.4%
178th	Libya	19.28%	0.2%
179th	Congo, Republic of	19.87%	-1.3%
180th	Namibia	20.30%	-6.3%
181st	Colombia	20.52%	56.6%
182nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.80%	1.3%
183rd	South Africa	22.79%	-2.2%
184th	Eswatini	24.55%	2.8%
185th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.45%	-18.2%
186th	Djibouti	26.66%	-0.3%
187th	Algeria	29.77%	1.6%
188th	Montenegro	30.45%	-0.1%
189th	North Macedonia	32.20%	-0.7%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's unemployment rate in 2000?▾

United Kingdom's unemployment rate in 2000 was 5.56%. This ranked 77th globally.

How did United Kingdom's unemployment rate change in 2000?▾

United Kingdom's unemployment rate decreased by 7.0% in 2000 compared to 1999.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2000?▾

North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2000 at 32.20%.

What is the unemployment rate of United Kingdom in 2000?▾

The unemployment rate of United Kingdom in 2000 was 5.56%. This ranked 77th globally.

How does 2000 compare to 1999 for United Kingdom's unemployment rate?▾

United Kingdom's unemployment rate went from 6.04% in 1999 to 5.56% in 2000, a 7.0% decrease.

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