The US unemployment rate hit 9.5% in June, a 26-year high. It’s predicted to go even higher in the coming months. But how does that compare with other countries? Check out this list of International unemployment rates collected by the Central Intelligence Agency. These are countries with higher unemployment rates than the US.
Morocco 10.00
Turks and Caicos Islands 10.00
Jamaica 10.10
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10.30
Barbados 10.70
Antigua and Barbuda 11.00
Guyana 11.00
Ghana 11.00
French Polynesia 11.70
Colombia 11.80
Niue 12.00
Puerto Rico 12.00
Albania 12.50
Iran 12.50
Grenada 12.50
Algeria 12.90
Jordan 12.90
Tonga 13.00
Cook Islands 13.10
Georgia 13.60
Spain 13.90
Saint Helena 14.00
Tunisia 14.00
Maldives 14.40
Montenegro 14.70
Croatia 14.80
Bahrain 15.00
Oman 15.00
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.00
Wallis and Futuna 15.20
Dominican Republic 15.40
West Bank 16.30
Netherlands Antilles 17.00
New Caledonia 17.10
Kyrgyzstan 18.00
Iraq 18.20
Sudan 18.70
Serbia 18.80
Comoros 20.00
Saint Lucia 20.00
Timor-Leste 20.00
Cape Verde 21.00
Gabon 21.00
Mozambique 21.00
South Africa 21.70
Micronesia, Federated States of 22.00
Dominica 23.00
Mayotte 25.40
Honduras 27.80
Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.00
American Samoa 29.80
Cameroon 30.00
Mauritania 30.00
Equatorial Guinea 30.00
Libya 30.00
Mali 30.00
Macedonia 34.50
Yemen 35.00
Marshall Islands 36.00
Afghanistan 40.00
Swaziland 40.00
Kenya 40.00
Kosovo 40.00
Gaza Strip 41.30
Lesotho 45.00
Nepal 46.00
Senegal 48.00
Zambia 50.00
Djibouti 59.00
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 60.00
Turkmenistan 60.00
Burkina Faso 77.00
Zimbabwe 80.00
Liberia 85.00
Nauru 90.00