Can you name the 20 countries in the world with the highest unemployment rates? by Red_Sox_Fan

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Most Unemployed Countries Quiz

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Created Oct 21, 2011 in Geography
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	Tobsodan:	Oct 22nd, 2011 at 11:39 GMT		7 points
	I'm afraid these numbers are very different between sources. In such a case I would try and avoid using Wikipedia as a source. Just to give you an idea why: the current numbers for Liberia on the wikipedia page say an unemployment rate of 3.6% (data for 2010). An earlier version of the page on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_unemployment_rate&oldid=339687735) with numbers form 2009 has an unemployment rate of 85%. In no way is such a dramatic transition possible in one year. Perhaps use https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2129rank.html?countryName=Afghanistan&countryCode=af®ionCode=sas&rank=180#af as a better (or at least more consistent) source...

	Red_Sox_Fan:	Oct 22nd, 2011 at 12:26 GMT		5 points
	I greatly appreciate your recommendation. As you can see, I have changed my source. Thank you!

	vikingsfan28:	Oct 22nd, 2011 at 18:59 GMT		1 point
	This is quite interesting.

	Booger:	Oct 22nd, 2011 at 19:17 GMT		10 points
	There are problems with the new source as well. I thought lots of Somalis must be gainfully employed as pirates until I went to the source and saw there is no entry for Somalia ... or North Korea or South Korea or Madagascar, etc. In addition, the range of years used for unemployment figures runs at least from 1996 to 2010, so the source does not compare apples to apples. Still, this is a great quiz. An explanation of which countries are excluded would be helpful though.

	D1989:	Oct 23rd, 2011 at 00:43 GMT		19 points
	I'm very disappointed with Robert Mugabe, I voted for him because he said he would create jobs.

	darcy:	Oct 23rd, 2011 at 01:53 GMT		2 points
	I also think there must be a discrepancy in definitions of "employment". I'm sure many of these people do "work" it is probably just outside the eyes of government and/or illegal.

	Colmar:	Oct 23rd, 2011 at 05:44 GMT		3 points
	I didn't realize how bad it still was for former Yugoslavia, especially Macedonia.

	porkchops360:	Oct 23rd, 2011 at 05:51 GMT		0 points
	Disappointing to find neither the democratic republic of the congo nor somalia made the list. Lift your game guys.

	mattmag:	Oct 23rd, 2011 at 07:56 GMT		2 points
	I typed Somalia, then Democratic Republic of the Congo, then I hit give up when neither showed up... faulty data.

	comoros:	Oct 23rd, 2011 at 13:08 GMT		2 points
	a few of the countries on the list have high numbers of subsistance farmers, and really it's inaccurate to describe subsistance farmers as unemployed. Also were these rates based on men's unemployment figures, or men and women's. If it's the latter how is women's unemployment defined, as most 'unemployed' women work in the home.

	the_luggage:	Oct 23rd, 2011 at 15:09 GMT		3 points
	I'm glad Kyrgyzstan isn't on the list.

	MasterNachosII:	Oct 24th, 2011 at 05:43 GMT		8 points
	This is disturbing: In the 1970s, Nauru had the highest GDP per capita in the world; then the phosphate ran out, and it's practically a 4th world country.

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	pablitomiguez:	Oct 25th, 2011 at 17:13 GMT		2 points
	it would be nice if you stated the year of this data. Is this 2011? 2010? 2009? Also as someone else mentioned, state which countries are excluded.

	jacklivingstone:	Oct 26th, 2011 at 10:54 GMT		1 point
	insert default kyrgyzstan comment

	Lucifuge:	Oct 26th, 2011 at 12:16 GMT		4 points
	How did only 76% of people get Zimbabwe when it's mentioned in the caption? I am disappoint.

	Teary_Ennui:	Oct 26th, 2011 at 20:43 GMT		2 points
	@Master Nachos - Imagine a country being so naive as to fool itself into thinking its wealthy while utterly exhausting its natural resources. Ahem

	snazzyhazzy:	Oct 28th, 2011 at 21:03 GMT		2 points
	Poor Nauru, so little people, so little in work.

	Ireland:	Oct 30th, 2011 at 00:58 GMT		-1 points
	OMG for Macedonia and Bosnia & whatever!!!