In the chart you can see the most powerful nations in the world (also known group of 8), and their unemployment rates (%) in 2009.
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G8 - Unemployment rates
Canada – 8% (highest in seven years) (~ 620000 unemployed as of February)
France – 8.8% (~ 3.5 mln unemployed)
Germany – 8.3% (3.585 million unemployed)
Italy - 7,1 % (1.8 mln unemployed)
Japan – 4.8 % (3.35 mln unemployed)
United Kingdom - 4.5% (~1.5 mln unemployed as of March)
United States - 8.9% (13.7 mln people unemployed (latest report)!), the higest in 26 years.
Russia 8.5% mln , (2.2 people unemployed)
Sources:
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/01/japanese-unemployment-hits-seven-year-high/
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/labour-travail/lfs-epa/lfs-epa-eng.htm
http://www.france24.com/en/20090320-french-economy-expected-shrink-first-quarter-insee-unemployment-recession
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2009-04/13776683-instant-view-4-german-april-adj-jobless-rises-for-6th-month-020.htm
http://www.italica.sm/shownews.php?newsid=0000000455
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article10046.html
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