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Human Development Report 2009

CEducation and employment of international migrants in OECD countries (aged 15 years and above)
Unemployment rate of international migrants in OECD countries (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2005 1
1 Norway 5.7
2 Australia 6.1
3 Iceland 4.8
4 Canada 4.1
5 Ireland 5.1
6 Netherlands 4.5
7 Sweden 7.2
8 France 7.7
9 Switzerland 10.4
10 Japan 4.4
11 Luxembourg 8.8
12 Finland 4.7
13 United States 5.7
14 Austria 3.2
15 Spain 7.5
16 Denmark 5.0
17 Belgium 8.7
18 Italy 8.0
19 Liechtenstein 3.7
20 New Zealand 6.9
21 United Kingdom 5.4
22 Germany 7.9
23 Singapore 5.9
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 6.8
25 Greece 6.3
26 Korea (Republic of) 5.5
27 Israel 6.2
28 Andorra 11.9
29 Slovenia 6.3
30 Brunei Darussalam 6.3
31 Kuwait 9.6
32 Cyprus 6.8
33 Qatar 10.7
34 Portugal 7.7
35 United Arab Emirates 14.9
36 Czech Republic 11.0
37 Barbados 6.3
38 Malta 4.9
39 Bahrain 7.9
40 Estonia 11.4
41 Poland 10.7
42 Slovakia 15.7
43 Hungary 6.5
44 Chile 8.8
45 Croatia 8.4
46 Lithuania 11.6
47 Antigua and Barbuda 8.1
48 Latvia 6.5
49 Argentina 9.9
50 Uruguay 9.5
51 Cuba 8.0
52 Bahamas 9.7
53 Mexico 9.4
54 Costa Rica 6.6
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 7.6
56 Oman 7.7
57 Seychelles 9.7
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11.3
59 Saudi Arabia 11.8
60 Panama 6.1
61 Bulgaria 9.3
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.6
63 Romania 8.8
64 Trinidad and Tobago 7.1
65 Montenegro 13.6 2
66 Malaysia 6.2
67 Serbia 13.6 2
68 Belarus 10.4
69 Saint Lucia 9.0
70 Albania 10.0
71 Russian Federation 15.7
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 10.0
73 Dominica 9.9
74 Grenada 8.3
75 Brazil 6.8
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.0
77 Colombia 11.5
78 Peru 8.4
79 Turkey 19.6
80 Ecuador 10.9
81 Mauritius 11.7
82 Kazakhstan 13.0
83 Lebanon 10.4
84 Armenia 14.4
85 Ukraine 9.8
86 Azerbaijan 16.9
87 Thailand 9.0
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.6
89 Georgia 16.9
90 Dominican Republic 13.3
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.9
92 China 6.1
93 Belize 8.4
94 Samoa 13.5
95 Maldives 13.1
96 Jordan 7.9
97 Suriname 6.9
98 Tunisia 20.6
99 Tonga 11.3
100 Jamaica 7.9
101 Paraguay 6.9
102 Sri Lanka 10.5
103 Gabon 23.1
104 Algeria 21.9
105 Philippines 4.9
106 El Salvador 8.4
107 Syrian Arab Republic 10.5
108 Fiji 7.5
109 Turkmenistan 16.3
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 12.1
111 Indonesia 4.4
112 Honduras 10.0
113 Bolivia 8.5
114 Guyana 6.6
115 Mongolia 9.7
116 Viet Nam 7.7
117 Moldova 12.3
118 Equatorial Guinea 22.3
119 Uzbekistan 12.5
120 Kyrgyzstan 12.8
121 Cape Verde 9.4
122 Guatemala 8.2
123 Egypt 8.3
124 Nicaragua 8.7
125 Botswana 14.3
126 Vanuatu 12.6
127 Tajikistan 12.4
128 Namibia 6.0
129 South Africa 5.5
130 Morocco 19.8
131 Sao Tome and Principe 9.3
132 Bhutan 14.1
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.6
134 India 5.9
135 Solomon Islands 10.8
136 Congo 26.4
137 Cambodia 11.2
138 Myanmar 5.8
139 Comoros 40.8
140 Yemen 9.1
141 Pakistan 10.9
142 Swaziland 7.4
143 Angola 9.7
144 Nepal 6.3
145 Madagascar 17.7
146 Bangladesh 12.5
147 Kenya 6.1
148 Papua New Guinea 8.7
149 Haiti 11.3
150 Sudan 16.2
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 5.9
152 Ghana 9.6
153 Cameroon 21.8
154 Mauritania 22.2
155 Djibouti 24.9
156 Lesotho 6.0
157 Uganda 6.9
158 Nigeria 11.2
159 Togo 21.3
160 Malawi 7.2
161 Benin 19.7
162 Timor-Leste 12.1
163 Côte d'Ivoire 22.7
164 Zambia 6.3
165 Eritrea 11.3
166 Senegal 18.5
167 Rwanda 26.4
168 Gambia 15.0
169 Liberia 9.3
170 Guinea 24.6
171 Ethiopia 9.5
172 Mozambique 6.7
173 Guinea-Bissau 16.7
174 Burundi 24.5
175 Chad 20.5
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 21.8
177 Burkina Faso 15.3
178 Mali 24.9
179 Central African Republic 24.2
180 Sierra Leone 10.7
181 Afghanistan 13.6
182 Niger 18.5
Other UN member states
Iraq 17.8
Kiribati 8.4
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 6.5
Marshall Islands 19.9
Micronesia (Federated States of) 11.5
Monaco 11.1
Nauru 8.2
Palau 8.1
San Marino 4.3
Somalia 28.2
Tuvalu 16.1
Zimbabwe 7.0

Notes :
1 - Persons whose economic activity status is unknown are excluded.
2 - Data refer to Serbia and Montenegro prior to its separation into two independent states in June 2006.

Sources :
OECD (2009a). "OECD Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries." http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?lang=en. Accessed March 2009.
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