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Countries with the highest unemployment rate
All data from the CIA World Factbook. Last updated Jan 25, 2010.
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This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted. |
Rank |
country |
(%)
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Date of Information |
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4 |
Azerbaijan |
0.90 |
2008 est.
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5 |
Guernsey |
0.90 |
March 2006 est.
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6 |
Uzbekistan |
1.00 |
2008 est.
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7 |
Faroe Islands |
1.40 |
2007
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8 |
Thailand |
1.40 |
2008 est.
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9 |
Isle of Man |
1.50 |
December 2006 est.
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10 |
Moldova |
1.50 |
2008 est.
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11 |
Liechtenstein |
1.50 |
31 December 2007
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14 |
Iceland |
1.60 |
2008 est.
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16 |
Denmark |
1.80 |
2008 est.
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17 |
Papua New Guinea |
1.90 |
2004
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18 |
Kiribati |
2.00 |
1992 est.
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19 |
Seychelles |
2.00 |
2006 est.
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20 |
Bermuda |
2.10 |
2004 est.
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22 |
Singapore |
2.20 |
2008 est.
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24 |
Tajikistan |
2.30 |
2008 est.
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25 |
United Arab Emirates |
2.40 |
2001
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27 |
Bangladesh |
2.50 |
2008 est.
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30 |
Switzerland |
2.60 |
2008 est.
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32 |
Gibraltar |
3.00 |
2005 est.
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34 |
Ukraine |
3.00 |
2008 est.
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36 |
Guatemala |
3.20 |
2005 est.
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37 |
Korea, South |
3.20 |
2008 est.
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38 |
Malaysia |
3.30 |
2008 est.
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39 |
Cambodia |
3.50 |
2007 est.
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40 |
Honduras |
3.50 |
2008 est.
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41 |
Hong Kong |
3.50 |
2008 est.
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43 |
British Virgin Islands |
3.60 |
1997
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45 |
Austria |
3.90 |
2008 est.
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48 |
Netherlands |
4.00 |
2008 est.
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51 |
Australia |
4.20 |
2008 est.
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53 |
New Zealand |
4.20 |
2008 est.
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54 |
Cayman Islands |
4.40 |
2004
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55 |
Luxembourg |
4.40 |
2008 est.
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56 |
Romania |
4.40 |
2008 est.
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57 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
4.50 |
1997
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58 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
4.60 |
2008 est.
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59 |
Vietnam |
4.70 |
2008 est.
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60 |
Costa Rica |
4.90 |
2008 est.
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61 |
Nigeria |
4.90 |
2007 est.
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63 |
Namibia |
5.00 |
2008 est.
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64 |
Sri Lanka |
5.20 |
2008 est.
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65 |
Czech Republic |
5.40 |
2008 est.
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66 |
Paraguay |
5.40 |
2008 est.
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67 |
Nicaragua |
5.60 |
2008 est.
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69 |
United Kingdom |
5.60 |
2008 est.
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70 |
Estonia |
5.70 |
2008 est.
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71 |
Lithuania |
5.80 |
2008 est.
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72 |
United States |
5.80 |
2008 est.
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73 |
Montserrat |
6.00 |
1998 est.
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78 |
Virgin Islands |
6.20 |
2004
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79 |
Bulgaria |
6.30 |
2008 est.
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80 |
Ireland |
6.30 |
2008 est.
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81 |
Finland |
6.40 |
2008 est.
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83 |
Kazakhstan |
6.60 |
2008 est.
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84 |
Slovenia |
6.70 |
2008 est.
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87 |
El Salvador |
6.90 |
2008 est.
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88 |
Belgium |
7.00 |
2008 est.
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89 |
Armenia |
7.10 |
2007 est.
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90 |
European Union |
7.20 |
2008 est.
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91 |
Mauritius |
7.20 |
2008 est.
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92 |
Ecuador |
7.30 |
2008 est.
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94 |
Philippines |
7.40 |
2008 est.
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95 |
Venezuela |
7.40 |
2008 est.
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96 |
Botswana |
7.50 |
2007 est.
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98 |
Bolivia |
7.50 |
2008 est.
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99 |
Bahamas, The |
7.60 |
2006 est.
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101 |
Uruguay |
7.60 |
2008 est.
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102 |
Portugal |
7.60 |
2008 est.
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103 |
Greece |
7.70 |
2008 est.
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104 |
Slovakia |
7.70 |
2008 est.
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106 |
Germany |
7.80 |
2008 est.
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107 |
Hungary |
7.80 |
2008 est.
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108 |
Argentina |
7.90 |
2008 est.
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109 |
Brazil |
7.90 |
2008 est.
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111 |
Central African Republic |
8.00 |
2001 est.
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112 |
Northern Mariana Islands |
8.00 |
2005 est.
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115 |
Indonesia |
8.40 |
2008 est.
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119 |
Lebanon |
9.20 |
2007 est.
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120 |
Greenland |
9.30 |
2005 est.
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121 |
Morocco |
9.50 |
2008 est.
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123 |
Poland |
9.80 |
2008 est.
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124 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
10.00 |
1997 est.
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125 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
10.30 |
1999
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126 |
Barbados |
10.70 |
2003 est.
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127 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
11.00 |
2001 est.
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128 |
Ghana |
11.00 |
2000 est.
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129 |
Jamaica |
11.00 |
2008 est.
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130 |
Turkey |
11.00 |
2008 est.
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132 |
Colombia |
11.30 |
2008 est.
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133 |
Spain |
11.30 |
2008 est.
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134 |
French Polynesia |
11.70 |
2005
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135 |
Saudi Arabia |
11.80 |
2008 est.
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137 |
Puerto Rico |
12.00 |
2002
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138 |
Albania |
12.50 |
2008 est.
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141 |
Jordan |
12.60 |
2008 est.
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142 |
Algeria |
12.80 |
2008 est.
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143 |
Tonga |
13.00 |
FY03/04 est.
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144 |
Cook Islands |
13.10 |
2005
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145 |
Georgia |
13.60 |
2006 est.
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146 |
Pakistan |
13.60 |
2008 est.
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147 |
Croatia |
13.70 |
2008 est.
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148 |
Saint Helena |
14.00 |
1998 est.
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149 |
Dominican Republic |
14.10 |
2008 est.
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150 |
Tunisia |
14.10 |
2008 est.
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151 |
Maldives |
14.40 |
2006 est.
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152 |
Montenegro |
14.70 |
2007 est.
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153 |
Bahrain |
15.00 |
2005 est.
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155 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
15.00 |
2001 est.
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156 |
Wallis and Futuna |
15.20 |
2003
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157 |
Netherlands Antilles |
15.50 |
2002 est.
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158 |
West Bank |
16.30 |
2008 est.
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159 |
New Caledonia |
17.10 |
2004
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160 |
Kyrgyzstan |
18.00 |
2004 est.
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162 |
Sudan |
18.70 |
2002 est.
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163 |
Serbia |
18.80 |
2007 est.
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164 |
Comoros |
20.00 |
1996 est.
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165 |
Timor-Leste |
20.00 |
2006 est.
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166 |
Saint Lucia |
20.00 |
2003 est.
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167 |
Cape Verde |
21.00 |
2000 est.
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168 |
Gabon |
21.00 |
2006 est.
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169 |
Mozambique |
21.00 |
1997 est.
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170 |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
22.00 |
2000 est.
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171 |
South Africa |
22.90 |
2008 est.
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172 |
Dominica |
23.00 |
2000 est.
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174 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
29.00 |
2007 est.
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175 |
American Samoa |
29.80 |
2005
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176 |
Cameroon |
30.00 |
2001 est.
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177 |
Mauritania |
30.00 |
2008 est.
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178 |
World |
30.00 |
2007 est.
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180 |
Libya |
30.00 |
2004 est.
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181 |
Equatorial Guinea |
30.00 |
1998 est.
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182 |
Macedonia |
33.80 |
2008 est.
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183 |
Yemen |
35.00 |
2003 est.
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184 |
Marshall Islands |
36.00 |
2006 est.
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185 |
Afghanistan |
40.00 |
2008 est.
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186 |
Swaziland |
40.00 |
2006 est.
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187 |
Kosovo |
40.00 |
2007 est.
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188 |
Kenya |
40.00 |
2008 est.
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189 |
Gaza Strip |
41.30 |
June 2008
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191 |
Nepal |
46.00 |
2008 est.
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192 |
Senegal |
48.00 |
2007 est.
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193 |
Zambia |
50.00 |
2000 est.
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194 |
Djibouti |
59.00 |
2007 est.
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195 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
60.00 |
2000 est.
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196 |
Turkmenistan |
60.00 |
2004 est.
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197 |
Burkina Faso |
77.00 |
2004
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198 |
Zimbabwe |
80.00 |
2005 est.
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199 |
Liberia |
85.00 |
2003 est.
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200 |
Nauru |
90.00 |
2004 est.
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GDP (purchasing power parity)
Population growth
GDP real growth rate
GDP - per capita (PPP)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP
Electricity - production
Electricity - consumption
Airports
Birth rate
Death rate
Exports
Debt - external
Roadways
Imports
Industrial production growth rate
Infant mortality rate
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
Waterways
Labor force
Life expectancy at birth
Merchant marine
Net migration rate
Population
Railways
Total fertility rate
Unemployment rate
Telephones - main lines in use
Telephones - mobile cellular
Internet users
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS - deaths
Distribution of family income - Gini Index
Oil - production
Oil - consumption
Oil - imports
Oil - exports
Oil - proved reserves
Natural gas - proved reserves
Natural gas - production
Natural gas - consumption
Natural gas - imports
Natural gas - exports
Internet hosts
Investment (gross fixed)
Public debt
Current account balance
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad
Market value of publicly traded shares
Education expenditures
Central bank discount rate
Commercial bank prime lending rate
Stock of money
Stock of quasi money
Stock of domestic credit
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Energy:
Coal, Australia |
Crude oil, Brent |
Crude oil, Dubai |
Crude oil, avg, spot |
Crude oil, West Texas Int. |
Natural gas LNG, Japan |
Natural gas, Europe |
Natural gas Index |
Natural gas, US
Fertilizers: DAP |
Phosphate rock |
Pottasium chloride |
TSP |
Urea, E. Europe, bulk
Metals and Minerals Aluminum |
Copper |
Gold |
Iron ore |
Lead |
Nickel |
Silver |
Steel cr coilsheet |
Steel hr coilsheet |
Steel products (8) index |
Steel, rebar |
Steel wire rod |
Tin |
Zinc
Non Energy Commodities / Agriculture / Beverages: Cocoa |
Coffee, Arabica |
Coffee, robusta |
Tea, auctions (3), average |
Tea, Colombo auctions |
Tea, Kolkata auctions |
Tea, Mombasa auctions
Non Energy Commodities / Food / Fats and oils Coconut oil |
Copra |
Groundnut oil |
Palm oil |
Palmkernel oil |
Soybeans |
Soybean meal |
Soybean oil
Non Energy Commodities / Food / Grains Barley |
Maize |
Rice, Thailand, 5% |
Rice, Thailand, 25% |
Rice, Thailand, 35% |
Rice,Thai, A1.Special |
Sorghum |
Wheat, Canada |
Wheat, US, HRW |
Wheat US SRW
Non Energy Commodities / Food / Other food Bananas EU |
Bananas US |
Beef |
Chicken meat |
Fishmeal |
Lamb |
Oranges |
Shrimp, Mexico |
Sugar EU domestic |
Sugar US domestic |
Sugar, world
Raw Materials / Other Cotton Memphis |
Cotton A Index |
Rubber, Singapore |
Rubber, US
Raw Materials / Timber Logs, Cameroon |
Logs, Malaysia |
Plywood |
Sawnwood, Cameroon |
Sawnwood, Malaysia |
Woodpulp
World Bank commodity price indices Agriculture Index |
Beverages Index |
Non-energy Commodities Index |
Energy Index |
Fats and Oils Index |
Fertilizers Index |
Food Index |
Grains Index |
Metals Index |
Other raw materials index |
Other food index |
Raw Materials Index |
Timber Index |
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