Based on a comparison of 13 countries in 2014, Slovakia ranked the highest in Average Duration of Unemployment with 29.6 months followed by Canada and Hungary. On the other end of the scale was Costa Rica with 3.67 months, Colombia with 5.03 months and Norway with 6.45 months.
Data for more countries are available at Average Duration of Unemployment indicator page.
| Average Duration of Unemployment | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Australia | months | 8.23 | 8.00 | 8.74 | 9.16 | 9.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | months | 15.0 | 17.2 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 20.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | months | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Costa Rica | months | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.21 | ||
| Czechia | months | 21.2 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 16.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | months | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.46 | 8.48 | 9.76 | 9.77 | 9.62 | ||||||||||
| Hungary | months | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.8 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.4 | ||||||||||||
| Mexico | months | ... | 9.03 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 9.41 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Norway | months | ... | ... | 4.20 | 5.10 | 6.20 | 6.39 | 6.28 | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | months | 12.1 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 12.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | months | 31.3 | 23.6 | 27.1 | 28.7 | 30.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | months | 18.8 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 18.7 | 16.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | months | 4.13 | 5.64 | 7.62 | 9.08 | 9.10 |
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