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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 upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary education (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2005 1
1 Norway 6.8
2 Australia 7.5
3 Iceland 4.4
4 Canada 5.1
5 Ireland 4.8
6 Netherlands 4.5
7 Sweden 8.8
8 France 7.6
9 Switzerland 9.9
10 Japan 5.3
11 Luxembourg 8.9
12 Finland 5.0
13 United States 7.8
14 Austria 3.0
15 Spain 7.6
16 Denmark 5.5
17 Belgium 9.8
18 Italy 6.5
19 Liechtenstein 3.4
20 New Zealand 6.5
21 United Kingdom 5.6
22 Germany 7.9
23 Singapore 7.4
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 9.0
25 Greece 3.9
26 Korea (Republic of) 6.1
27 Israel 7.4
28 Andorra 11.9
29 Slovenia 6.2
30 Brunei Darussalam 9.2
31 Kuwait 12.3
32 Cyprus 7.0
33 Qatar 15.8
34 Portugal 6.7
35 United Arab Emirates 17.1
36 Czech Republic 10.9
37 Barbados 6.5
38 Malta 4.6
39 Bahrain 10.1
40 Estonia 13.8
41 Poland 11.1
42 Slovakia 10.8
43 Hungary 6.2
44 Chile 9.2
45 Croatia 3.6
46 Lithuania 13.6
47 Antigua and Barbuda 8.9
48 Latvia 7.3
49 Argentina 9.8
50 Uruguay 9.4
51 Cuba 7.5
52 Bahamas 11.2
53 Mexico 7.7
54 Costa Rica 6.1
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 6.9
56 Oman 10.4
57 Seychelles 8.4
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.7
59 Saudi Arabia 13.2
60 Panama 6.8
61 Bulgaria 10.1
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.1
63 Romania 8.8
64 Trinidad and Tobago 7.6
65 Montenegro 12.2 2
66 Malaysia 9.0
67 Serbia 12.2 2
68 Belarus 13.9
69 Saint Lucia 8.4
70 Albania 9.3
71 Russian Federation 15.7
72 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 8.1
73 Dominica 9.9
74 Grenada 7.9
75 Brazil 6.2
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.0
77 Colombia 10.2
78 Peru 8.0
79 Turkey 15.9
80 Ecuador 9.9
81 Mauritius 12.6
82 Kazakhstan 12.4
83 Lebanon 11.0
84 Armenia 13.8
85 Ukraine 10.9
86 Azerbaijan 16.8
87 Thailand 8.5
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.5
89 Georgia 16.1
90 Dominican Republic 11.3
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.5
92 China 6.9
93 Belize 8.5
94 Samoa 12.6
95 Maldives 4.7
96 Jordan 8.5
97 Suriname 6.2
98 Tunisia 18.8
99 Tonga 9.9
100 Jamaica 7.9
101 Paraguay 6.9
102 Sri Lanka 10.9
103 Gabon 24.3
104 Algeria 20.3
105 Philippines 5.6
106 El Salvador 6.9
107 Syrian Arab Republic 10.5
108 Fiji 7.4
109 Turkmenistan 17.0
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 13.6
111 Indonesia 4.4
112 Honduras 8.5
113 Bolivia 8.9
114 Guyana 6.4
115 Mongolia 7.6
116 Viet Nam 7.2
117 Moldova 11.4
118 Equatorial Guinea 20.9
119 Uzbekistan 12.7
120 Kyrgyzstan 12.3
121 Cape Verde ..
122 Guatemala 7.4
123 Egypt 9.7
124 Nicaragua 8.0
125 Botswana 17.6
126 Vanuatu 10.1
127 Tajikistan 12.3
128 Namibia 6.1
129 South Africa 6.6
130 Morocco 19.0
131 Sao Tome and Principe 9.9
132 Bhutan 12.7
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.4
134 India 7.0
135 Solomon Islands 15.0
136 Congo 28.3
137 Cambodia 9.5
138 Myanmar 6.5
139 Comoros 36.1
140 Yemen 10.6
141 Pakistan 10.6
142 Swaziland 6.6
143 Angola 10.2
144 Nepal 7.2
145 Madagascar 18.3
146 Bangladesh 12.0
147 Kenya 7.0
148 Papua New Guinea 9.5
149 Haiti 10.8
150 Sudan 14.8
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 7.4
152 Ghana 9.7
153 Cameroon 24.5
154 Mauritania 24.8
155 Djibouti 23.2
156 Lesotho 9.9
157 Uganda 8.1
158 Nigeria 13.9
159 Togo 22.2
160 Malawi 7.7
161 Benin 22.8
162 Timor-Leste 11.6
163 Côte d'Ivoire 22.9
164 Zambia 7.7
165 Eritrea 10.3
166 Senegal 19.2
167 Rwanda 27.3
168 Gambia 12.1
169 Liberia 9.2
170 Guinea 20.2
171 Ethiopia 8.9
172 Mozambique 7.0
173 Guinea-Bissau 16.3
174 Burundi 26.5
175 Chad 20.6
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 24.4
177 Burkina Faso 13.9
178 Mali 24.4
179 Central African Republic 23.6
180 Sierra Leone 10.5
181 Afghanistan 13.1
182 Niger 17.8
Other UN member states
Iraq 12.5
Kiribati 11.6
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 4.7
Marshall Islands 20.5
Micronesia (Federated States of) 11.1
Monaco 12.3
Nauru 6.0
Palau 9.2
San Marino 2.7
Somalia 24.0
Tuvalu 13.0
Zimbabwe 8.6


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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