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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 tertiary education (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2005 1
1 Norway 3.8
2 Australia 3.7
3 Iceland 3.9
4 Canada 2.5
5 Ireland 3.0
6 Netherlands 3.4
7 Sweden 3.9
8 France 4.6
9 Switzerland 6.3
10 Japan 3.2
11 Luxembourg 4.8
12 Finland 3.3
13 United States 3.9
14 Austria 2.3
15 Spain 4.7
16 Denmark 3.7
17 Belgium 4.6
18 Italy 3.6
19 Liechtenstein 2.8
20 New Zealand 3.7
21 United Kingdom 3.3
22 Germany 4.6
23 Singapore 4.4
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 5.4
25 Greece 4.6
26 Korea (Republic of) 4.3
27 Israel 4.0
28 Andorra 10.8
29 Slovenia 4.5
30 Brunei Darussalam 4.3
31 Kuwait 6.3
32 Cyprus 4.7
33 Qatar 6.9
34 Portugal 5.3
35 United Arab Emirates 10.6
36 Czech Republic 3.6
37 Barbados 4.0
38 Malta 3.2
39 Bahrain 6.7
40 Estonia 7.5
41 Poland 6.1
42 Slovakia 3.9
43 Hungary 5.0
44 Chile 6.1
45 Croatia 3.6
46 Lithuania 6.1
47 Antigua and Barbuda 3.9
48 Latvia 5.2
49 Argentina 7.6
50 Uruguay 6.6
51 Cuba 5.2
52 Bahamas 4.6
53 Mexico 5.2
54 Costa Rica 3.8
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 7.4
56 Oman 6.1
57 Seychelles 7.4
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8.1
59 Saudi Arabia 8.2
60 Panama 3.3
61 Bulgaria 8.7
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.2
63 Romania 5.9
64 Trinidad and Tobago 4.1
65 Montenegro 7.8 2
66 Malaysia 4.3
67 Serbia 7.8 2
68 Belarus 6.4
69 Saint Lucia 5.5
70 Albania 10.6
71 Russian Federation 13.0
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 8.0
73 Dominica 6.4
74 Grenada 4.7
75 Brazil 5.7
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.8
77 Colombia 8.3
78 Peru 6.8
79 Turkey 5.2
80 Ecuador 8.1
81 Mauritius 4.8
82 Kazakhstan 8.9
83 Lebanon 6.9
84 Armenia 11.4
85 Ukraine 7.9
86 Azerbaijan 14.8
87 Thailand 5.3
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.2
89 Georgia 15.1
90 Dominican Republic 7.2
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.5
92 China 4.9
93 Belize 5.7
94 Samoa 7.8
95 Maldives 14.5
96 Jordan 6.2
97 Suriname 3.5
98 Tunisia 10.3
99 Tonga 6.5
100 Jamaica 4.3
101 Paraguay 6.3
102 Sri Lanka 7.0
103 Gabon 17.2
104 Algeria 11.7
105 Philippines 3.5
106 El Salvador 5.7
107 Syrian Arab Republic 8.6
108 Fiji 5.3
109 Turkmenistan 14.6
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 10.9
111 Indonesia 4.5
112 Honduras 5.5
113 Bolivia 6.3
114 Guyana 4.0
115 Mongolia 11.3
116 Viet Nam 4.7
117 Moldova 10.3
118 Equatorial Guinea 15.0
119 Uzbekistan 10.5
120 Kyrgyzstan 9.7
121 Cape Verde ..
122 Guatemala 5.4
123 Egypt 6.5
124 Nicaragua 5.2
125 Botswana 10.6
126 Vanuatu 12.1
127 Tajikistan 8.5
128 Namibia 4.8
129 South Africa 3.7
130 Morocco 12.2
131 Sao Tome and Principe 5.8
132 Bhutan 14.1
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.0
134 India 4.3
135 Solomon Islands 5.7
136 Congo 18.5
137 Cambodia 6.4
138 Myanmar 4.5
139 Comoros 25.7
140 Yemen 6.8
141 Pakistan 7.3
142 Swaziland 6.1
143 Angola 4.9
144 Nepal 5.8
145 Madagascar 11.9
146 Bangladesh 7.5
147 Kenya 4.1
148 Papua New Guinea 4.9
149 Haiti 6.6
150 Sudan 13.9
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 4.2
152 Ghana 6.4
153 Cameroon 15.9
154 Mauritania 15.8
155 Djibouti 16.8
156 Lesotho 3.8
157 Uganda 5.0
158 Nigeria 7.9
159 Togo 16.2
160 Malawi 4.7
161 Benin 14.3
162 Timor-Leste 4.5
163 Côte d'Ivoire 16.1
164 Zambia 4.1
165 Eritrea 7.8
166 Senegal 12.3
167 Rwanda 21.5
168 Gambia 7.5
169 Liberia 5.0
170 Guinea 15.7
171 Ethiopia 7.0
172 Mozambique 3.5
173 Guinea-Bissau 11.2
174 Burundi 18.1
175 Chad 16.5
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 15.1
177 Burkina Faso 13.8
178 Mali 14.4
179 Central African Republic 17.8
180 Sierra Leone 6.5
181 Afghanistan 12.5
182 Niger 14.1
Other UN member states
Iraq 12.6
Kiribati 4.8
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 6.7
Marshall Islands 4.8
Micronesia (Federated States of) 4.6
Monaco 5.7
Nauru 2.4
Palau 5.1
San Marino 3.6
Somalia 18.9
Tuvalu 6.8
Zimbabwe 4.4

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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