Total Unemployment, 1990-2003 
(% of labour force, average annual rate)
Country / Region 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
                             
CARICOM              
The Bahamas 12.3 14.8 13.1 13.3 11.1 11.5 9.8 7.8 7.8 6.9
Barbados 15.0 17.3 23.0 24.3 21.9 19.7 15.6 14.5 12.3 10.4 9.4 9.9 10.3 11.0
Belize 9.8 9.0 12.5 13.8 12.7 14.3 12.8 9.1 10.0
Guyana 11.7 9.1 9.1
Haiti 7.3 7.2 7.3
Jamaica 15.3 15.4 15.7 16.3 15.4 16.2 16.0 16.5 15.5 15.7 15.5 15.0 15.1
Suriname 17.2 14.0 12.4 8.4 10.9 10.5 10.6 14.0
Trinidad and Tobago 20.0 18.5 19.6 19.8 18.4 17.2 16.2 15.0 14.2 13.1 12.1 10.8 10.4
OECS  
Antigua and Barbuda 6.0 7.8 7.0 7.0 7.0 11.0
Dominica 23.1 11.0
Grenada 13.9 26.7 17.0 15.2 17.0 15.5 15.2 12.3 12.2 12.0
St. Kitts and Nevis 4.5
St.Lucia 16.8 17.1 16.3 16.3 20.5 21.6 18.1 16.4
St. Vincent and Grenadines 19.8
   
CACM                            
Costa Rica 5.4 6.0 4.3 4.0 4.3 5.7 6.5 5.9 5.4 6.0 5.3 6.1 6.8 6.7
El Salvador 9.9 7.5 8.7 9.9 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.5 7.6 8.0 6.6 7.0 6.2 6.9
Guatemala 3.2 1.4 1.8 2.8
Honduras 6.9 7.1 5.1 5.6 4.0 6.6 6.6 5.2 5.8 3.7 6.3 5.9 5.1
Nicaragua 11.1 14.0 14.4 16.9 14.9 13.3 13.3 10.9 9.8 11.3 12.2 7.8
     
Non-Grouped                            
Cuba 5.4 5.1 4.6 4.3 6.4 8.1 7.6 7.1 6.2 6.2 5.4 4.1 3.3
Dominican Republic 19.6 20.3 19.9 16.0 15.8 16.7 15.9 14.3 13.8 15.3 16.4 17.2
Panama 20.0 18.2 15.6 15.8 16.4 17.0 15.4 15.5 11.6 15.3 17.0 16.1 15.6
   
G-3                            
Colombia 11.0 9.8 9.2 7.8 7.6 8.7 12.0 12.1 15.0 20.1 20.5 16.9 16.2 16.3
Mexico 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.4 3.7 6.3 5.5 3.7 3.3 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.7 3.2
Venezuela 11.0 10.1 8.1 6.8 8.9 10.3 11.8 11.4 11.3 14.9 13.9 15.1 15.9 18.9
   
Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles                            
Aruba 6.2 6.5 7.4 6.9
Netherlands Antilles 14.6 13.9 13.6 12.8 13.1 14.0 15.3 16.7 14.0
     
French Departments                            
French Guiana 9.7 26.3 23.4
Guadeloupe 27.6 25.7
Martinique 24.7 22.3
Rest of Latin America 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Argentina 7.3 5.8 6.7 10.1 12.1 18.8 18.4 15.7 12.9 15.1 15.4 17.4 20.5 16.4
Bolivia 7.2 5.9 5.5 5.9 3.1 3.6 4.2 4.4 7.2 7.5 8.5 8.7
Brazil 4.3 4.8 4.9 5.4 5.1 4.6 5.4 5.7 7.6 7.7 7.1 11.3 11.7 12.4
Chile 7.4 7.1 6.2 6.4 7.8 6.6 5.4 5.3 6.4 9.7 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.9
Ecuador 6.1 8.1 8.9 8.3 7.1 6.9 10.4 9.3 8.5 8.5
Paraguay 6.6 5.1 5.3 5.1 4.4 5.3 8.2 6.9 6.9 9.4 10.0 10.8 14.7
Peru 8.5 5.8 9.4 9.9 8.8 7.9 7.9 8.4 8.2 8.3 7.0 9.2 9.4 9.4
Uruguay 9.2 8.9 9.0 8.4 9.2 10.8 12.4 11.6 10.2 11.8 13.9 15.5 17.0 17.4
Symbols:
… means Data not available
Notes: 
2003 figures represent data through the 3rd Quarter
Source:
CARICOM's Selected Economic Indicators: 1985, 1995-1999
International Labour Organization (ILO) Caribbean  Office and Multidisciplinary Advisory Team
LABORSTA - (Operated by the ILO Bureau of Statistics)
Organizacion Internacional del Trabajo - Base de Indicadores, Trabajo Decente   
Panorama Laboral 2003 - Labor Review, Latin America and the Caribbean
ILO - Decent Work Indicators Database
East Caribbean Quarterly Forecast Report (Q3, 2004) - Business Monitor international
Various Central Banks