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Which Country Suffers the Most From Long-Term Unemployment?

Long-Term Unemployed (As % of Total Unemployed) (%), 2014 or latest

Labour | December 11, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 85 countries in 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked the highest in Long-Term Unemployed (As % of Total Unemployed) with 90.5% followed by Egypt and Macedonia. On the other end of the scale was South Korea with 0.400%, Uruguay with 0.500% and Philippines with 0.900%.

Data for more countries are available at Long-Term Unemployed (As % of Total Unemployed) indicator page.

Long-Term Unemployed (As % of Total Unemployed)	Unit	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Albania	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	65.5%	...	74.0%	77.3%		...
Azerbaijan	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	67.4%	65.8%	67.6%	67.1%		...
Bosnia and Herzegovina	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			86.4%	83.5%	82.2%	89.7%	90.5%	...	...
Bulgaria	%															51.7%	43.3%	46.4%	55.7%	55.2%
Egypt	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	83.6%	84.0%	67.0%	88.7%		...
Greece	%															47.5%	40.8%	45.0%	49.6%	59.3%
Italy	%															45.1%	44.1%	48.0%	51.3%	52.4%
Macedonia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			84.9%	81.6%	83.1%	82.6%	82.0%	...
Mongolia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		53.1%	60.8%	76.9%	52.9%	67.3%	...	...
Montenegro	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		79.5%	81.5%	78.8%	79.6%	81.0%	...	...
Morocco	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...	...	...	66.1%	62.8%	64.8%	65.1%		...
Namibia	%	...	...	...		...	...		...	...	...		...	...	...	82.2%	...	...	...	...		...
Portugal	%															47.2%	43.9%	52.0%	48.2%	48.7%
Serbia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...					70.8%	65.5%	69.1%	73.7%	78.0%	...	...
Slovakia	%															66.0%	50.9%	59.3%	63.9%	63.7%