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Unemployment rates are increasing all across the world, especially in Europe and the United States.
Let's have a look at the joblessness in some of the major countries.
Source: Business Insider
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Unemployment rates in world
Photographs: Denis Balibouse/Reuters
Switzerland
Annual wages (2011): $93,235
Unemployment rate: 4.3 per cent
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Norway
Annual wages (2011): $81,475
Unemployment rate: 3.1 per cent
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Australia
Annual wages (2011): $74,512
Unemployment rate: 5.2 per cent
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Luxembourg
Annual wages (2011): $73,203
Unemployment rate: 5.5 per cent
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Photographs: Radu Sigheti/Reuters
Denmark
Annual wages (2011): $73,032
Unemployment rate: 7.9 per cent
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Photographs: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Ireland
Annual wages (2011): $66,882
Unemployment rate: 14.9 per cent
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The Netherlands
Annual wages (2011): $57,001
Unemployment rate: 5.3 per cent
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Photographs: Francois Lenoir/Reuters
Belgium
Annual wages (2011): $56,252
Unemployment rate: 7.2 per cent
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Canada
Annual wages (2011): $56,008
Unemployment rate: 7.3 per cent
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Sweden
Annual wages (2011): $54,459
Unemployment rate: 7.5 per cent
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The United States
Annual wages (2011): $54,450
Unemployment rate: 8.3 per cent
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Finland
Annual wages (2011): $53,069
Unemployment rate: 7.6 per cent
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Austria
Annual wages (2011): $52,404
Unemployment rate: 4.5 per cent
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Japan
Annual wages (2011): $51,613
Unemployment rate: 4.3 per cent
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The United Kingdom
Annual wages (2011): $50,366
Unemployment rate: 8.0 per cent
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France
Annual wages (2011): $47,704
Unemployment rate: 10.3 per cent
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Germany
Annual wages (2011): $46,984
Unemployment rate: 5.5 per cent
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Photographs: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
Italy
Annual wages (2011): $39,112
Unemployment rate: 10.7 per cent
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Spain
Annual wages (2011): $37,583
Unemployment rate: 25.1 per cent
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Israel
Annual wages (2011): $35,872
Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent
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Photographs: Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters
Slovenia
Annual wages (2011): $30,676
Unemployment rate: 8.1 per cent
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Photographs: Truth Leem/Reuters
South Korea
Annual wages (2011): $29,053
Unemployment rate: 3.1 per cent
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Photographs: Grigoris Siamidis/Reuters
Greece
Annual wages (2011): $28,434
Unemployment rate: 23.1 per cent
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Portugal
Annual wages (2011): $22,559
Unemployment rate: 15.7 per cent
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The Czech Republic
Annual wages (2011): $16,922
Unemployment rate: 6.6 per cent
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Photographs: Radovan Stoklasa/Reuters
Slovakia
Annual wages (2011): $15,513
Unemployment rate: 14.0 per cent
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Photographs: Ints Kalnins/Reuters
Estonia
Annual wages (2011): $14,955
Unemployment rate: 10.1 per cent
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Photographs: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters
Hungary
Annual wages (2011): $13,811
Unemployment rate: 10.0 per cent
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Photographs: Kacper Pempel/Reuters
Poland
Annual wages (2011): $13,811
Unemployment rate: 10.0 per cent
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