you have to be very careful comparing rates of unemployment, if not most statistics, of different countries as each has its own determination of what is and wha

you have to be very careful comparing rates of unemployment, if not most statistics, of different countries as each has its own determination of what is and what isn't. Even in the US we have numerous measures of unemployment, the most common is the number of people actively seeking who do not have a job. Why not look at the population as a whole, determine the number of people 18-65 (or whatever retirement age is) who are working versus those not working. You can knock out percentages based on students, severely disabled, and such.