Data on unemployment selected countries

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Table 1-1. Unemployment (in thousands)

Year	United States	Canada	Australia	Japan	France	Germany	Italy	Nether- lands	Sweden	United Kingdom
1970	4093	476	91	590	530	140	640	(na)	59	(na)
1971	5016	535	107	640	580	160	640	(na)	101	1058
1972	4882	553	150	730	610	190	740	(na)	107	1116
1973	4365	515	136	680	590	190	720	160	98	946
1974	5156	514	162	730	630	420	620	190	80	948
1975	7929	690	303	1000	(b) 793	890	690	270	67	1174
1976	7406	(b) 716	298	1080	893	890	790	290	66	1414
1977	6991	836	358	1100	1015	900	840	270	75	1470
1978	6202	898	405	1240	1063	870	850	280	94	1453
1979	6137	831	408	1170	1212	780	920	290	88	1432
1980	7637	854	409	1140	1306	770	920	350	86	1833
1981	8273	887	394	1260	1547	1090	1040	540	108	2609
1982	10678	1298	495	1360	1692	1560	1160	630	137	2875
1983	10717	1437	697	1560	1766	1900	1270	(b) 700	151	3081
1984	8539	1377	641	1610	2074	(b) 1970	1280	710	136	3241
1985	8312	1293	603	(b) 1470	2210	2010	1310	600	124	3151
1986	8237	1205	(b) 601	1630	2234	1860	(b) 1680	640	117	3160
1987	7425	1123	612	1570	2272	1800	1760	(b) 622	(b) 100	2940
1988	6701	999	558	1440	2194	1810	1790	609	86	2445
1989	6528	982	490	1340	2052	1640	1760	558	74	2082
1990	(b) 7047	1083	563	1280	1995	1460	1590	516	84	2053
1991	8628	1386	788	1270	2047	(b) 2204	(b) 1580	490	147	2530
1992	9613	1507	897	1350	2283	2615	1680	(b) 478	261	2821
1993	8940	1533	914	1600	2559	3113	(b) 2227	437	416	2928
1994	(b) 7996	(b) 1372	829	1720	2726	3318	2421	492	426	2674
1995	7404	1246	739	1920	2584	3200	2544	523	404	2441
1996	7236	1285	751	2040	2743	3505	2555	489	441	2301
1997	(b) 6739	1248	759	2110	2785	3907	2584	423	445	1991
1998	(b) 6210	1162	721	2540	2685	3693	2634	337	368	1791
1999	(b) 5880	1072	652	2810	2630	(b) 3333	2559	277	313	1728
2000	(b) 5692	956	602	2920	2265	3065	2388	(b) 239	260	1587
2001	6801	1026	(b) 658	3020	2075	3110	2164	186	227	1489
2002	8378	1143	630	3216	2137	3396	2062	231	234	1528
2003	(b) 8774	1147	599	2985	2295	3661	2048	(b) 310	264	1488
2004	(b) 8149	1093	551	2726	2408	4107	1960	387	300	1423
2005	7591	1028	531	2476	2429	(b) 4575	1889	402	(b) 360	1463
2006	7001	958	516	2346	2435	4272	1673	336	330	1670
2007	7078	929	482	2400	2222	3601	1506	278	292	1652
2008	8924	962	477	2410	2070	3136	1692	243	294	1780
2009	14265	1329	638	3120	2576	3222	1945	304	401	2395
Footnotes: (b) Break in series; see Country notes for more information. (na) Not available. All data courtesy of U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics

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Table 1-2. Unemployment rates (in percent)

Year	United States	Canada	Australia	Japan	France	Germany	Italy	Nether- lands	Sweden	United Kingdom
1970	4.9	5.7	1.7	1.2	2.5	0.5	3.2	(na)	1.5	(na)
1971	5.9	6.2	1.9	1.3	2.8	0.6	3.3	(na)	2.6	4.2
1972	5.6	6.2	2.6	1.4	2.9	0.7	3.8	(na)	2.7	4.4
1973	4.9	5.6	2.3	1.3	2.8	0.7	3.7	3.1	2.5	3.7
1974	5.6	5.3	2.7	1.4	2.9	1.6	3.1	3.6	2.0	3.7
1975	8.5	6.9	4.9	1.9	(b) 3.7	3.4	3.4	5.1	1.6	4.5
1976	7.7	(b) 6.9	4.8	2.0	4.1	3.4	3.9	5.4	1.6	5.4
1977	7.1	7.8	5.6	2.0	4.6	3.4	4.1	4.9	1.8	5.6
1978	6.1	8.1	6.3	2.3	4.7	3.3	4.1	5.1	2.2	5.5
1979	5.8	7.3	6.3	2.1	5.4	2.9	4.4	5.1	2.1	5.4
1980	7.1	7.3	6.1	2.0	5.7	2.8	4.4	6.0	2.0	6.9
1981	7.6	7.3	5.8	2.2	6.8	4.0	4.9	8.9	2.5	9.7
1982	9.7	10.7	7.2	2.4	7.3	5.6	5.4	10.2	3.1	10.8
1983	9.6	11.6	10.0	2.7	7.6	6.9	5.9	(b) 11.4	3.5	11.5
1984	7.5	10.9	9.0	2.8	8.9	(b) 7.1	5.9	11.5	3.1	11.8
1985	7.2	10.1	8.3	(b) 2.5	9.5	7.2	6.0	9.6	2.8	11.4
1986	7.0	9.2	(b) 7.9	2.7	9.5	6.6	(b) 7.5	10.0	2.6	11.4
1987	6.2	8.4	7.9	2.6	9.6	6.3	7.9	(b) 9.8	(b) 2.3	10.5
1988	5.5	7.4	7.0	2.4	9.3	6.3	7.9	9.3	1.9	8.6
1989	5.3	7.1	6.0	2.2	8.6	5.7	7.8	8.4	1.6	7.3
1990	(b) 5.6	7.7	6.7	2.0	8.3	5.0	7.0	7.6	1.8	7.1
1991	6.8	9.8	9.3	2.0	8.5	(b) 5.6	(b) 6.9	7.1	3.2	8.9
1992	7.5	10.6	10.5	2.1	9.4	6.7	7.3	(b) 6.8	5.8	10.0
1993	6.9	10.8	10.6	2.4	10.5	8.0	(b) 9.8	6.3	9.4	10.4
1994	(b) 6.1	(b) 9.6	9.4	2.6	10.9	8.5	10.7	6.9	9.6	9.5
1995	5.6	8.6	8.2	2.9	10.3	8.2	11.3	7.1	9.1	8.7
1996	5.4	8.8	8.2	3.1	10.8	9.0	11.3	6.6	9.9	8.1
1997	4.9	8.4	8.3	3.1	10.9	9.9	11.4	5.6	10.1	7.0
1998	4.5	7.7	7.7	3.8	10.4	9.3	11.5	4.4	8.4	6.3
1999	4.2	7.0	6.9	4.2	10.0	(b) 8.5	11.0	3.5	7.1	6.0
2000	4.0	6.1	6.3	4.4	8.5	7.8	10.2	(b) 3.0	5.8	5.5
2001	4.7	6.5	(b) 6.8	4.5	7.7	7.9	9.2	2.3	5.0	5.1
2002	5.8	7.0	6.4	4.9	7.9	8.6	8.7	2.8	5.1	5.2
2003	6.0	6.9	5.9	4.6	8.4	9.3	8.5	(b) 3.7	5.8	5.0
2004	5.5	6.4	5.4	4.2	8.8	10.3	8.1	4.6	6.6	4.8
2005	5.1	6.0	5.0	3.8	8.8	(b) 11.2	7.8	4.8	(b) 7.7	4.9
2006	4.6	5.5	4.8	3.6	8.7	10.4	6.9	3.9	7.0	5.5
2007	4.6	5.3	4.4	3.6	7.9	8.7	6.2	3.2	6.1	5.4
2008	5.8	5.3	4.2	3.7	7.4	7.5	6.8	2.8	6.0	5.7
2009	9.3	7.3	5.6	4.8	9.1	7.8	7.9	3.4	8.2	7.7
2010*            9.4               6.7            5.2              5.1             9.2             7.1              8.7            4.4              7.8              7.9          Footnotes: (b) Break in series; see Country notes for more information. (na) Not available.  All data courtesy of U.S.Bureau of Labour Statistics. * 2010 data is adjusted to U.S. concepts &methodology and either quarterly data or latest month available.