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Yes the unemployment rate in the US is unacceptable. Maybe if we deport all the illegals and H1-b's we'd have 100% employment. But we're still not in a world of #@!%.
Look at the statistics for 2007.
1 Nauru 90.00
2 Liberia 85.00
3 Zimbabwe 80.00
4 Turkmenistan 60.00
4 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 60.00
5 Zambia 50.00
5 East Timor 50.00
5 Djibouti 50.00
5 Angola 50.00
6 Senegal 48.00
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.50
8 Lesotho 45.00
9 Nepal 42.00
10 Kenya 40.00
10 Afghanistan 40.00
10 Swaziland 40.00
11 Yemen 35.00
11 Macedonia 35.00
12 Mayotte 32.80
13 Serbia 31.60
14 Gaza Strip 31.00
15 Marshall Islands 30.90
16 World 30.00
16 Equatorial Guinea 30.00
16 Libya 30.00
16 Cameroon 30.00
17 American Samoa 29.80
18 Honduras 27.90
19 Montenegro 27.70
20 South Africa 25.50
21 Iraq 25.00
22 Botswana 23.80
23 Dominica 23.00
24 Micronesia, Federated States of 22.00
24 Monaco 22.00
25 Gabon 21.00
25 Mozambique 21.00
25 Cape Verde 21.00
26 West Bank 20.30
27 Ghana 20.00
27 Lebanon 20.00
27 Mauritania 20.00
27 Saint Lucia 20.00
27 Comoros 20.00
28 Sudan 18.70
29 Kyrgyzstan 18.00
30 Croatia 17.20
31 New Caledonia 17.10
32 Netherlands Antilles 17.00
33 Dominican Republic 16.00
34 Algeria 15.70
35 Wallis and Futuna 15.20
36 Jordan 15.00
36 Oman 15.00
36 Bahrain 15.00
36 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.00
37 Poland 14.90
38 Mali 14.60
39 Albania 14.30
40 Saint Helena 14.00
41 Tunisia 13.90
42 Cook Islands 13.10
43 Tonga 13.00
43 Cote d'Ivoire 13.00
43 Saudi Arabia 13.00
44 Belize 12.90
45 Georgia 12.60
46 Grenada 12.50
46 Indonesia 12.50
47 Niue 12.00
47 Puerto Rico 12.00
47 Tajikistan 12.00
48 French Polynesia 11.80
49 Guam 11.40
50 Iran 11.20
51 Colombia 11.10
52 Jamaica 11.00
52 Antigua and Barbuda 11.00
53 Barbados 10.70
54 Ecuador 10.60
55 Uruguay 10.50
56 Egypt 10.30
56 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10.30
57 Turkey 10.20
57 Argentina 10.20
57 Bahamas, The 10.20
57 Burma 10.20
57 Slovakia 10.20
58 Turks and Caicos Islands 10.00
58 Greenland 10.00
59 Brazil 9.60
59 Bulgaria 9.60
59 Slovenia 9.60
60 Suriname 9.50
61 Mauritius 9.40
61 Paraguay 9.40
62 Greece 9.20
63 France 9.10
63 Guyana 9.10
64 Venezuela 8.90
65 European Union 8.80
65 Panama 8.80
66 Spain 8.70
67 Israel 8.50
68 Philippines 8.40
68 Czech Republic 8.40
69 New Zealand 8.30
69 Chile 8.30
70 Belgium 8.10
71 Moldova 8.00
71 Anguilla 8.00
71 Central African Republic 8.00
71 Syria 8.00
72 India 7.80
72 Malta 7.80
72 Bolivia 7.80
73 Morocco 7.70
74 Fiji 7.60
74 Armenia 7.60
74 Sri Lanka 7.60
75 Guatemala 7.50
75 Portugal 7.50
76 Kazakhstan 7.40
76 Hungary 7.40
77 Peru 7.20
78 Germany 7.10
79 Trinidad and Tobago 7.00
79 Finland 7.00
79 Italy 7.00
80 Aruba 6.90
81 Latvia 6.70
81 Mongolia 6.70
82 Russia 6.60
82 Costa Rica 6.60
83 Pakistan 6.50
84 Canada 6.40
85 Virgin Islands 6.20
86 Romania 6.10
87 El Salvador 6.00
87 Montserrat 6.00
88 Estonia 5.80
88 Nigeria 5.80
89 Cyprus - Turkish area 5.60
89 Sweden 5.60
90 Netherlands 5.50
91 United Kingdom 5.40
92 Namibia 5.30
93 Hong Kong 4.90
93 Austria 4.90
93 Australia 4.90
94 Brunei 4.80
95 United States 4.60
96 Denmark 4.50
96 Lithuania 4.50
96 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.50
97 Cayman Islands 4.40
98 Ireland 4.30
99 Palau 4.20
99 China 4.20
100 Japan 4.10
100 Luxembourg 4.10
100 Macau 4.10
101 Northern Mariana Islands 3.90
101 Taiwan 3.90
102 Nicaragua 3.80
103 Korea, South 3.60
103 British Virgin Islands 3.60
104 Malaysia 3.50
104 Norway 3.50
105 Cyprus 3.20
106 Switzerland 3.30
107 Mexico 3.20
107 Qatar 3.20
108 Singapore 3.10
109 Ukraine 2.90
110 San Marino 2.60
111 Bangladesh 2.50
111 Cambodia 2.50
112 United Arab Emirates 2.40
112 Laos 2.40
113 Kuwait 2.20
114 Bermuda 2.10
114 Thailand 2.10
115 Vietnam 2.00
115 Gibraltar 2.00
115 Kiribati 2.00
115 Papua New Guinea 2.00
116 Cuba 1.90
117 Vanuatu 1.70
118 Belarus 1.60
119 Iceland 1.30
119 Liechtenstein 1.30
120 Azerbaijan 1.20
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