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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 with less than upper secondary education (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2005 1
1 Norway 8.5
2 Australia 10.7
3 Iceland 9.0
4 Canada 7.9
5 Ireland 7.7
6 Netherlands 6.8
7 Sweden 15.4
8 France 13.2
9 Switzerland 14.8
10 Japan 8.5
11 Luxembourg 13.2
12 Finland 5.8
13 United States 9.6
14 Austria 5.1
15 Spain 9.4
16 Denmark 7.8
17 Belgium 14.4
18 Italy 11.0
19 Liechtenstein 5.1
20 New Zealand 10.4
21 United Kingdom 9.5
22 Germany 14.2
23 Singapore 7.0
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 7.1
25 Greece 8.8
26 Korea (Republic of) 8.8
27 Israel 11.2
28 Andorra 12.8
29 Slovenia 7.4
30 Brunei Darussalam 5.8
31 Kuwait 18.9
32 Cyprus 8.9
33 Qatar 14.5
34 Portugal 8.5
35 United Arab Emirates 18.8
36 Czech Republic 30.5
37 Barbados 9.2
38 Malta 5.8
39 Bahrain 6.1
40 Estonia 15.4
41 Poland 15.8
42 Slovakia 34.8
43 Hungary 11.1
44 Chile 12.6
45 Croatia 15.9
46 Lithuania 19.3
47 Antigua and Barbuda 12.8
48 Latvia 11.0
49 Argentina 13.6
50 Uruguay 12.5
51 Cuba 12.0
52 Bahamas 16.8
53 Mexico 10.6
54 Costa Rica 10.4
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 8.0
56 Oman 7.5
57 Seychelles 12.6
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15.0
59 Saudi Arabia 18.4
60 Panama 13.3
61 Bulgaria 8.9
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.5
63 Romania 12.1
64 Trinidad and Tobago 11.5
65 Montenegro 16.3 2
66 Malaysia 8.3
67 Serbia 16.3 2
68 Belarus 14.7
69 Saint Lucia 12.6
70 Albania 10.3
71 Russian Federation 19.6
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 11.0
73 Dominica 13.1
74 Grenada 12.3
75 Brazil 9.0
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.2
77 Colombia 16.3
78 Peru 12.0
79 Turkey 23.2
80 Ecuador 12.6
81 Mauritius 16.2
82 Kazakhstan 17.9
83 Lebanon 15.3
84 Armenia 21.4
85 Ukraine 12.3
86 Azerbaijan 21.2
87 Thailand 13.5
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19.4
89 Georgia 19.6
90 Dominican Republic 17.1
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.8
92 China 7.8
93 Belize 11.2
94 Samoa 15.9
95 Maldives 18.2
96 Jordan 12.0
97 Suriname 15.6
98 Tunisia 26.4
99 Tonga 14.1
100 Jamaica 11.9
101 Paraguay 7.5
102 Sri Lanka 13.5
103 Gabon 32.6
104 Algeria 29.0
105 Philippines 8.9
106 El Salvador 9.6
107 Syrian Arab Republic 13.7
108 Fiji 9.6
109 Turkmenistan 17.3
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 13.9
111 Indonesia 3.4
112 Honduras 12.0
113 Bolivia 11.0
114 Guyana 10.2
115 Mongolia 9.2
116 Viet Nam 10.5
117 Moldova 16.9
118 Equatorial Guinea 26.9
119 Uzbekistan 16.0
120 Kyrgyzstan 17.3
121 Cape Verde ..
122 Guatemala 9.1
123 Egypt 12.9
124 Nicaragua 12.0
125 Botswana 10.6
126 Vanuatu 16.6
127 Tajikistan 18.0
128 Namibia 10.6
129 South Africa 10.1
130 Morocco 22.6
131 Sao Tome and Principe 9.8
132 Bhutan 13.4
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.4
134 India 9.8
135 Solomon Islands 18.3
136 Congo 37.4
137 Cambodia 14.6
138 Myanmar 8.2
139 Comoros 45.4
140 Yemen 8.8
141 Pakistan 15.1
142 Swaziland 12.2
143 Angola 11.4
144 Nepal 6.2
145 Madagascar 25.0
146 Bangladesh 17.9
147 Kenya 8.2
148 Papua New Guinea 13.2
149 Haiti 15.2
150 Sudan 25.1
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 8.1
152 Ghana 14.2
153 Cameroon 32.6
154 Mauritania 23.1
155 Djibouti 37.4
156 Lesotho ..
157 Uganda 9.0
158 Nigeria 20.7
159 Togo 28.0
160 Malawi 10.2
161 Benin 26.9
162 Timor-Leste 14.8
163 Côte d'Ivoire 28.0
164 Zambia 11.9
165 Eritrea 14.8
166 Senegal 20.4
167 Rwanda 37.4
168 Gambia 20.3
169 Liberia 20.8
170 Guinea 31.6
171 Ethiopia 14.9
172 Mozambique 8.9
173 Guinea-Bissau 18.0
174 Burundi 37.0
175 Chad 30.6
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 31.9
177 Burkina Faso 16.8
178 Mali 27.1
179 Central African Republic 35.6
180 Sierra Leone 19.1
181 Afghanistan 13.9
182 Niger 27.8
Other UN member states
Iraq 27.4
Kiribati 7.7
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 8.3
Marshall Islands 27.9
Micronesia (Federated States of) 17.9
Monaco 16.4
Nauru 22.2
Palau 12.1
San Marino 6.2
Somalia 37.0
Tuvalu 19.2
Zimbabwe 11.0

Notes :
1 - Percentages may not sum to 100% as those whose educational attainment levels are 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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