Unemployment Rates / International Comparison using american concepts

The International Labor Comparisons by the BLS

The International Labor Comparisons (ILC) program adjusts data to a common conceptual framework because direct comparisons of national statistics across countries can be misleading due to differing concepts and methods. ILC data are used to assess U.S. economic and labor market performance relative to that of other countries and to evaluate the competitive position of the United States in increasingly global markets.

Latest Results

Of the countries covered by the BLS unemployment comparisons program, for the latest month available, the unemployment rate decreased for Asian and North American countries and the U.K., while the unemployment rate increased or stayed the same for other European countries.

The highest unemployment rates for the latest month available were in Italy (11.2 percent) and France (10.1 percent).

Choosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor from

via International Unemployment Rates and Employment Indexes, Seasonally Adjusted, 2008-2012.