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United Kingdom - Unemployment Rate 2006

Name: United Kingdom Unemployment Rate 2006
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

5.47% +0.65pp from 2005 Global rank: 80th

United Kingdom's unemployment rate was 5.47% in 2006, increased +0.65pp from 4.88% in 2005. This was the 80th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2006▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 2006
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.58%	-92.4%
2nd	Myanmar	0.68%	0.6%
3rd	Chad	0.72%	8.0%
4th	Qatar	0.87%	0.0%
5th	Benin	0.89%	3.4%
6th	Bahrain	1.02%	0.0%
7th	Tonga	1.09%	-57.1%
8th	Cambodia	1.16%	9.3%
9th	Lao PDR	1.20%	-11.2%
10th	Thailand	1.22%	-35.8%
11th	Kuwait	1.30%	-10.7%
12th	Mali	1.40%	2.0%
13th	Cuba	1.91%	-1.9%
14th	Solomon Islands	1.92%	2.0%
15th	Viet Nam	2.05%	-61.5%
16th	Uganda	2.26%	19.2%
17th	Liberia	2.28%	-5.5%
18th	Papua New Guinea	2.29%	-4.2%
19th	Seychelles	2.51%	-30.7%
20th	Niger	2.53%	-18.5%
21st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.58%	-68.4%
22nd	Kenya	2.67%	-2.4%
23rd	Senegal	2.76%	2.8%
24th	Iceland	2.83%	-1.8%
25th	Madagascar	2.95%	12.4%
26th	Guatemala	2.96%	-3.2%
27th	Kyrgyz Republic	2.96%	-63.5%
28th	United Arab Emirates	2.96%	-5.0%
29th	Mozambique	3.04%	0.1%
30th	Bhutan	3.13%	1.0%
31st	Guinea-Bissau	3.14%	-1.3%
32nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.17%	7.7%
33rd	Burundi	3.19%	0.7%
34th	Liechtenstein	3.22%	-13.9%
35th	Korea	3.25%	-13.2%
36th	Tanzania	3.30%	3.3%
37th	San Marino	3.31%	-6.9%
38th	Malaysia	3.32%	-6.5%
39th	Norway	3.40%	-26.4%
40th	Ecuador	3.55%	-50.0%
41st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.55%	-0.7%
42nd	Mexico	3.57%	1.2%
43rd	Honduras	3.57%	-27.2%
44th	Bangladesh	3.59%	-15.5%
45th	Timor-Leste	3.63%	0.6%
46th	Tajikistan	3.65%	73.8%
47th	Burkina Faso	3.67%	-8.3%
48th	Cameroon	3.73%	-15.3%
49th	Nigeria	3.75%	0.6%
50th	Macao SAR, China	3.82%	-7.9%
51st	New Zealand	3.86%	1.5%
52nd	Sierra Leone	3.89%	4.2%
53rd	Denmark	3.90%	-18.8%
54th	Fiji	3.96%	-45.8%
55th	Switzerland	4.00%	6.2%
56th	Philippines	4.05%	-64.3%
57th	Peru	4.17%	-56.5%
58th	Japan	4.19%	-5.3%
59th	Togo	4.23%	1.9%
60th	Moldova	4.26%	-41.6%
61st	Ireland	4.36%	-6.2%
62nd	Oman	4.39%	-4.4%
63rd	China	4.43%	-2.0%
64th	Singapore	4.48%	43.4%
65th	Comoros	4.48%	-1.0%
66th	Cyprus	4.59%	-13.3%
67th	United States	4.62%	-9.0%
68th	Luxembourg	4.73%	15.9%
69th	Zimbabwe	4.77%	2.9%
70th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4.77%	-16.3%
71st	Australia	4.79%	-4.9%
72nd	Guinea	4.86%	1.0%
73rd	Ghana	4.90%	-15.8%
74th	Malawi	4.95%	0.4%
75th	Netherlands	5.01%	-28.1%
76th	Paraguay	5.28%	9.4%
77th	Nicaragua	5.31%	-4.5%
78th	Austria	5.32%	-11.7%
79th	Samoa	5.32%	2.1%
80th	United Kingdom	5.47%	13.4%
81st	Channel Islands	5.57%	-4.5%
82nd	Central African Republic	5.61%	-1.4%
83rd	Dominican Republic	5.65%	-31.4%
84th	Eritrea	5.71%	-0.2%
85th	Lithuania	5.78%	-30.6%
86th	Panama	5.79%	-40.8%
87th	Estonia	5.92%	-26.3%
88th	Costa Rica	5.93%	-10.6%
89th	Slovenia	5.95%	-9.2%
90th	Côte d'Ivoire	6.02%	-0.1%
91st	Uzbekistan	6.04%	101.2%
92nd	Brunei Darussalam	6.06%	1.5%
93rd	Saudi Arabia	6.25%	3.4%
94th	Trinidad and Tobago	6.27%	-21.3%
95th	Canada	6.48%	-3.9%
96th	Sri Lanka	6.50%	-15.6%
97th	El Salvador	6.57%	-10.5%
98th	Turkmenistan	6.60%	-11.9%
99th	Jamaica	6.61%	-41.2%
100th	Azerbaijan	6.62%	-8.8%
101st	Italy	6.78%	-12.7%
102nd	Malta	6.80%	-2.1%
103rd	Ukraine	6.81%	-5.2%
104th	Latvia	7.03%	-30.0%
105th	Russian Federation	7.06%	-1.3%
106th	Sweden	7.07%	-10.6%
107th	Czechia	7.14%	-10.0%
108th	Mongolia	7.19%	2.5%
109th	Romania	7.27%	2.0%
110th	Guam	7.40%	5.7%
111th	Hungary	7.49%	10.2%
112th	Bahamas, The	7.54%	-25.9%
113th	Indonesia	7.55%	-32.8%
114th	India	7.55%	0.0%
115th	Equatorial Guinea	7.61%	-0.7%
116th	Portugal	7.65%	-8.3%
117th	Kazakhstan	7.79%	-3.8%
118th	Afghanistan	7.90%	0.2%
119th	Vanuatu	8.01%	-1.4%
120th	Belarus	8.07%	22.8%
121st	Syrian Arab Republic	8.17%	1.0%
122nd	Belgium	8.25%	-2.7%
123rd	Maldives	8.35%	14.1%
124th	Iraq	8.41%	-1.9%
125th	Spain	8.45%	-7.7%
126th	Lebanon	8.68%	5.2%
127th	European Union	8.69%	-9.8%
128th	Barbados	8.73%	-3.8%
129th	France	8.83%	-0.5%
130th	Greece	8.91%	-10.9%
131st	Finland	8.94%	5.4%
132nd	Bulgaria	8.95%	-12.0%
133rd	Chile	9.02%	-3.0%
134th	Mauritius	9.04%	-5.5%
135th	Suriname	9.14%	-17.5%
136th	Aruba	9.30%	5.7%
137th	Mauritania	9.31%	-2.9%
138th	Belize	9.39%	-14.6%
139th	Morocco	9.67%	-12.9%
140th	Brazil	9.69%	-8.1%
141st	Virgin Islands (US)	9.73%	-4.8%
142nd	Argentina	10.08%	-12.9%
143rd	Türkiye	10.23%	11.2%
144th	Gambia, The	10.24%	3.2%
145th	Germany	10.28%	-6.6%
146th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	10.49%	-8.5%
147th	Armenia	10.50%	-66.4%
148th	Nepal	10.61%	0.2%
149th	Guyana	10.70%	-3.5%
150th	Israel	10.71%	-4.4%
151st	Uruguay	10.84%	-10.7%
152nd	Puerto Rico (US)	11.01%	-2.6%
153rd	Colombia	11.09%	-6.1%
154th	Croatia	11.13%	-36.7%
155th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	11.52%	0.2%
156th	Rwanda	11.59%	-2.2%
157th	French Polynesia	11.77%	0.4%
158th	South Sudan	12.27%	0.0%
159th	Algeria	12.27%	-19.6%
160th	Yemen, Republic of	12.35%	1.1%
161st	Tunisia	12.51%	-2.4%
162nd	Zambia	13.23%	-16.8%
163rd	Cabo Verde	13.38%	-37.5%
164th	Slovak Republic	13.40%	-18.1%
165th	Georgia	13.57%	-10.1%
166th	Poland	13.79%	-23.6%
167th	Jordan	14.00%	-5.7%
168th	New Caledonia	15.26%	-3.3%
169th	Sudan	15.54%	-8.6%
170th	Albania	15.63%	10.8%
171st	Haiti	15.87%	9.0%
172nd	St. Lucia	16.00%	-14.4%
173rd	Lesotho	16.05%	0.1%
174th	Angola	16.12%	-1.1%
175th	São Tomé and Principe	16.65%	1.1%
176th	Botswana	17.78%	-10.4%
177th	Gabon	17.81%	5.3%
178th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.71%	0.2%
179th	Libya	18.81%	0.8%
180th	West Bank and Gaza	19.01%	-19.1%
181st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.16%	-1.5%
182nd	Congo, Republic of	19.56%	-1.2%
183rd	Serbia	20.85%	-4.5%
184th	Namibia	21.85%	-1.2%
185th	South Africa	22.30%	-9.5%
186th	Montenegro	24.82%	-18.1%
187th	Djibouti	26.38%	-0.2%
188th	Eswatini	27.69%	1.7%
189th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31.11%	0.0%
190th	North Macedonia	36.39%	-2.3%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's unemployment rate in 2006?▾

United Kingdom's unemployment rate in 2006 was 5.47%. This ranked 80th globally.

How did United Kingdom's unemployment rate change in 2006?▾

United Kingdom's unemployment rate increased by 13.4% in 2006 compared to 2005.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2006?▾

North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2006 at 36.39%.

What is the unemployment rate of United Kingdom in 2006?▾

The unemployment rate of United Kingdom in 2006 was 5.47%. This ranked 80th globally.

How does 2006 compare to 2005 for United Kingdom's unemployment rate?▾

United Kingdom's unemployment rate went from 4.88% in 2005 to 5.47% in 2006, a 13.4% increase.

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