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United States - Unemployment Rate 1999

Name: United States Unemployment Rate 1999
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

4.22% −0.28pp from 1998 Global rank: 49th

United States's unemployment rate was 4.22% in 1999, decreased +0.28pp from 4.51% in 1998. This was the 49th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.63%	-89.4%
2nd	Kuwait	0.70%	0.0%
3rd	Cambodia	0.73%	2.1%
4th	Myanmar	0.75%	-2.8%
5th	Chad	0.75%	3.9%
6th	Qatar	0.87%	0.0%
7th	Benin	0.95%	-9.4%
8th	Bahrain	1.11%	-0.2%
9th	Mali	1.36%	1.2%
10th	Niger	1.39%	0.3%
11th	Bhutan	1.40%	0.0%
12th	Maldives	1.73%	15.9%
13th	Kyrgyz Republic	2.00%	-65.9%
14th	Liberia	2.01%	-2.7%
15th	Guatemala	2.11%	-1.5%
16th	Lao PDR	2.15%	-6.1%
17th	Iceland	2.18%	-34.3%
18th	Solomon Islands	2.19%	1.8%
19th	United Arab Emirates	2.20%	6.1%
20th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.30%	8.4%
21st	Viet Nam	2.33%	-66.0%
22nd	Luxembourg	2.39%	-21.8%
23rd	Burkina Faso	2.55%	4.6%
24th	Mexico	2.60%	-17.8%
25th	Senegal	2.66%	-3.5%
26th	Mozambique	2.66%	0.9%
27th	Kenya	2.88%	1.4%
28th	Papua New Guinea	2.94%	2.8%
29th	Thailand	2.97%	-32.5%
30th	Switzerland	3.05%	-20.8%
31st	Bangladesh	3.09%	6.7%
32nd	Burundi	3.13%	-0.7%
33rd	Seychelles	3.17%	-24.7%
34th	Tanzania	3.22%	-1.9%
35th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.23%	1.1%
36th	Norway	3.25%	1.9%
37th	China	3.25%	0.3%
38th	Guinea-Bissau	3.27%	-2.4%
39th	Malaysia	3.43%	6.4%
40th	Uganda	3.46%	1.1%
41st	Netherlands	3.62%	-26.5%
42nd	Timor-Leste	3.63%	3.8%
43rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.67%	6.0%
44th	Tonga	3.69%	10.2%
45th	Philippines	3.75%	-62.7%
46th	Honduras	3.85%	-4.2%
47th	Togo	3.89%	2.9%
48th	Nigeria	3.99%	1.6%
49th	United States	4.22%	-6.2%
50th	Sierra Leone	4.29%	1.1%
51st	Saudi Arabia	4.35%	-8.5%
52nd	Côte d'Ivoire	4.42%	7.8%
53rd	Oman	4.43%	2.0%
54th	Tajikistan	4.45%	-4.3%
55th	Samoa	4.49%	8.8%
56th	Guinea	4.52%	0.4%
57th	Comoros	4.54%	-1.5%
58th	Portugal	4.58%	-19.9%
59th	Ecuador	4.66%	-54.2%
60th	Japan	4.68%	14.1%
61st	Fiji	4.70%	1.5%
62nd	Austria	4.70%	-0.2%
63rd	Aruba	4.79%	47.5%
64th	Singapore	4.85%	94.0%
65th	Malawi	5.00%	1.6%
66th	Peru	5.01%	-27.4%
67th	Denmark	5.14%	5.3%
68th	Paraguay	5.34%	-7.9%
69th	Brunei Darussalam	5.42%	1.1%
70th	Cyprus	5.53%	62.7%
71st	Eritrea	5.60%	1.9%
72nd	Central African Republic	5.77%	-0.1%
73rd	Ireland	5.80%	-23.1%
74th	Madagascar	5.82%	-1.3%
75th	Mongolia	5.84%	1.6%
76th	Costa Rica	5.90%	5.4%
77th	Channel Islands	5.91%	-5.9%
78th	Zimbabwe	6.00%	-6.0%
79th	United Kingdom	6.04%	-3.3%
80th	Panama	6.17%	-46.8%
81st	Romania	6.24%	-35.1%
82nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	6.25%	42.6%
83rd	Cuba	6.26%	0.5%
84th	Dominican Republic	6.31%	-14.6%
85th	Malta	6.33%	-4.2%
86th	Macao SAR, China	6.34%	37.6%
87th	Korea	6.34%	-8.7%
88th	Indonesia	6.36%	16.4%
89th	Jamaica	6.81%	-56.0%
90th	Australia	6.88%	-10.6%
91st	Hungary	6.93%	-11.2%
92nd	New Zealand	7.02%	-9.1%
93rd	Nicaragua	7.18%	-45.7%
94th	Haiti	7.20%	0.5%
95th	El Salvador	7.30%	-1.9%
96th	Slovenia	7.32%	-0.8%
97th	Equatorial Guinea	7.42%	1.2%
98th	Bahamas, The	7.45%	-3.8%
99th	Canada	7.58%	-8.6%
100th	India	7.58%	-0.2%
101st	Cameroon	7.60%	-1.3%
102nd	Syrian Arab Republic	7.60%	-38.7%
103rd	Sweden	7.61%	-13.7%
104th	Türkiye	7.69%	20.6%
105th	Afghanistan	7.88%	0.1%
106th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	7.95%	-0.1%
107th	Iraq	7.98%	-1.1%
108th	Vanuatu	8.29%	0.8%
109th	Belgium	8.65%	-7.4%
110th	Czechia	8.70%	34.1%
111th	Lebanon	8.79%	2.6%
112th	Germany	8.85%	-5.6%
113th	Sri Lanka	8.88%	-3.2%
114th	Mauritius	9.28%	34.7%
115th	Gambia, The	9.74%	-1.6%
116th	Mauritania	10.03%	0.6%
117th	Ghana	10.10%	23.2%
118th	Virgin Islands (US)	10.17%	-2.6%
119th	European Union	10.21%	-3.0%
120th	West Bank and Gaza	10.38%	-27.0%
121st	Uruguay	10.47%	3.4%
122nd	Nepal	10.55%	0.2%
123rd	Barbados	10.61%	-12.7%
124th	Azerbaijan	10.90%	9.0%
125th	Brazil	11.13%	9.6%
126th	Moldova	11.14%	20.7%
127th	Chile	11.16%	79.5%
128th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	11.18%	-17.6%
129th	Israel	11.18%	4.8%
130th	Armenia	11.20%	19.1%
131st	Yemen, Republic of	11.46%	5.8%
132nd	Rwanda	11.57%	2.8%
133rd	Estonia	11.57%	17.7%
134th	Italy	11.68%	3.1%
135th	Finland	11.69%	1.7%
136th	French Polynesia	11.70%	-0.8%
137th	Guyana	11.77%	0.7%
138th	Puerto Rico (US)	11.81%	-11.2%
139th	Ukraine	11.86%	5.0%
140th	France	11.98%	12.1%
141st	Greece	12.14%	8.4%
142nd	South Sudan	12.14%	0.4%
143rd	Poland	12.29%	16.2%
144th	Zambia	12.50%	4.2%
145th	Turkmenistan	12.70%	4.1%
146th	Belarus	12.80%	78.4%
147th	Belize	12.84%	-10.2%
148th	Russian Federation	13.04%	9.8%
149th	Cabo Verde	13.07%	-45.5%
150th	Trinidad and Tobago	13.12%	-7.7%
151st	Uzbekistan	13.30%	0.0%
152nd	Lithuania	13.39%	-2.4%
153rd	Kazakhstan	13.46%	2.6%
154th	Croatia	13.56%	16.5%
155th	Suriname	13.60%	28.0%
156th	Serbia	13.70%	7.0%
157th	Jordan	13.76%	1.9%
158th	Latvia	13.79%	-1.2%
159th	Georgia	13.80%	11.3%
160th	Morocco	13.94%	-8.3%
161st	Guam	13.95%	80.2%
162nd	Argentina	14.05%	-5.0%
163rd	Bulgaria	14.10%	14.0%
164th	São Tomé and Principe	14.35%	-0.5%
165th	Tunisia	15.21%	-5.3%
166th	Sudan	15.40%	18.5%
167th	Spain	15.48%	-16.8%
168th	Slovak Republic	16.10%	26.5%
169th	Lesotho	16.17%	1.6%
170th	Angola	16.54%	1.6%
171st	Gabon	17.60%	2.6%
172nd	St. Lucia	18.09%	-16.3%
173rd	New Caledonia	18.21%	-1.7%
174th	Botswana	18.22%	-12.6%
175th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.85%	0.1%
176th	Libya	19.23%	0.2%
177th	Colombia	20.06%	106.8%
178th	Congo, Republic of	20.14%	1.2%
179th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.54%	0.1%
180th	Albania	20.84%	17.7%
181st	Namibia	21.67%	-6.1%
182nd	South Africa	22.88%	-12.3%
183rd	Eswatini	23.87%	2.8%
184th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24.44%	-16.7%
185th	Djibouti	26.74%	-1.1%
186th	Algeria	28.58%	2.0%
187th	Montenegro	30.47%	0.9%
188th	North Macedonia	32.40%	-6.0%

FAQ

What was United States's unemployment rate in 1999?▾

United States's unemployment rate in 1999 was 4.22%. This ranked 49th globally.

How did United States's unemployment rate change in 1999?▾

United States's unemployment rate decreased by 6.2% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 1999?▾

North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 1999 at 32.40%.

What is the unemployment rate of United States in 1999?▾

The unemployment rate of United States in 1999 was 4.22%. This ranked 49th globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for United States's unemployment rate?▾

United States's unemployment rate went from 4.51% in 1998 to 4.22% in 1999, a 6.2% decrease.

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