Months (a)

Annual average (a) (b)

2011

Country

2007

2008

2009

2010

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Australia

4.4

4.3

5.6

5.2

5.3

5.2

Canada

6.1

6.2

8.3

8.0

7.1

7.3

7.4

7.5

France

8.4

7.8

9.5

9.8

9.6

9.7

9.8

Germany

8.8

7.6

7.7

7.1

5.7

5.6

5.5

Italy

6.1

6.8

7.8

8.4

8.3

8.5

8.6

Japan

3.9

4.0

5.1

4.1

4.5

New Zealand (c)

3.6

4.2

6.2

6.5

6.6

United Kingdom

5.3

5.7

7.6

7.8

8.3

United States

4.6

5.8

9.3

9.6

9.0

8.9

8.7

8.5

OECD average

5.7

6.1

8.4

8.6

8.2

G7 average

5.5

5.9

8.1

8.2

7.6

7.5

Euro-zone average

7.4

8.4

10.1

10.0

10.2

10.3

(a) Unemployment as a percentage of labour force.

(b) Years shown are calendar years.

Note: Unemployment rates shown above have been adjusted as necessary by the OECD

to conform to international definitions and to ensure consistency over time.

Sources: Datastream

ABS, Labour force, Cat. no. 6202.0

Statistics New Zealand

UK, National Statistics Office

Update

Late February 2012