Based on a comparison of 38 countries in 2016, Greece ranked the highest in Structural Unemployment Rate with 24.7% followed by Spain and Portugal. On the other end of the scale was Japan with 3.34%, South Korea with 3.50% and Iceland with 4.07%.
Data for more countries are available at Structural Unemployment Rate indicator page.
| Structural Unemployment Rate | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Belgium | % | 8.25% | 7.22% | 7.65% | 8.41% | 8.49% | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.8% | 10.8% | 10.4% | 9.63% | 9.09% | |||||||||||
| Finland | % | 8.38% | 7.77% | 7.71% | 8.20% | 8.68% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 8.89% | 8.77% | 9.40% | 9.86% | 9.84% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 12.7% | 17.9% | 24.4% | 27.5% | 26.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | 13.9% | 14.6% | 14.7% | 13.1% | 11.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 8.37% | 8.41% | 10.6% | 12.2% | 12.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | 19.5% | 16.2% | 15.0% | 11.9% | 10.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 9.64% | 9.63% | 10.1% | 10.3% | 8.99% | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 10.8% | 12.6% | 15.5% | 16.2% | 13.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 14.4% | 13.6% | 14.0% | 14.2% | 13.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | 7.24% | 8.17% | 8.85% | 10.1% | 9.67% | |||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 19.9% | 21.4% | 24.8% | 26.1% | 24.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | 8.58% | 7.77% | 7.96% | 8.02% | 7.93% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 11.1% | 9.12% | 8.42% | 9.04% | 9.95% |
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