# unemployment as % labour force 1995 # from OECD Hitorical Statistics, 1997 us 5.5 japan 3.2 germany 8.1 france 11.5 italy 12 uk 8.6 canada 9.5 australia 8.5 austria 3.3 # avg 80-89 belgium 12.9 czech_republic 4.1 denmark 7 finland 17.1 greece 10 hungary 10.2 iceland .5 ireland 12.1 korea 2 luxembourg .2 # 1994 mexico 5.7 nethlands 7.1 nz 6.3 norway 4.9 poland 13.2 portugal 7.4 spain 22.6 sweden 7.7 switzerland 3.3 turkey 6.8 total_smaller 9.2 eu15 10.9 oecd_europe 10.2 oecd_less_us 8.1 oecd_total 7.4