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The Job Market vs. Homes?

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty Peachtree Road

With the talk of jobs on everyone's lips, are you curious where the United States stands in the unemployment line? Draw your own conclusions - here are the new numbers:

 Unemployment Rates of the world:

  1. Monaco 0.0%
  2. Thailand 1.2%
  3. Lichtenstein 1.5%
  4. Singapore 2.2%
  5. Malaysia 3.2%
  6. Guatemala 3.2%
  7. South Korea 3.7%
  8. Switzerland 4.0%
  9. China 4.1%
  10. Austria 4.3%
  11. Netherlands 4.4%
  12. Luxembourg 5.0%
  13. Australia 5.1%
  14. Japan 5.1%
  15. Taiwan 5.1%
  16. Mexico 5.5%
  17. Brazil 6.1%
  18. Israel 6.5%
  19. Germany 6.7%
  20. New Zealand 6.8%
  21. Denmark 6.9%
  22. Argentina 7.0%
  23. Czech Republic 7.0%
  24. Iceland 7.6%
  25. Peru 7.7%
  26. UK 7.8%
  27. Canada 7.9%
  28. Philippines 8.0%
  29. Italy 8.2%
  30. Finland 8.5%
  31. Sweden 8.5%
  32. Chile 8.6%
  33. Belgium 8.7%
  34. Russia 9.2%
  35. Poland 9.4%
  36. USA 9.8%
  37. France 10.1%
  38. India 10.7%
  39. Portugal 10.7%
  40. Greece 11.0%
  41. Ireland 13.9%
  42. Spain 20.1%
  43. South Africa 25%
  44. Zimbabwe 95%
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Nancy,

I just read that North Dakota is looking for people to work, so pars of the US are doing very well.  Of course, who can beat Monaco?  Wishing you continued success.  A

Dec 06, 2010 12:18 PM
Keith Vermilyea
Boise Homes Realty brokered by Found It LLC - Boise, ID

Nancy, this is an interesting bit of information because I never really looked at the unemployment issue from this perspective, thanks for sharing.

Dec 06, 2010 12:23 PM
James Harner
Considering Selling Your Home? Call 610-310-7646 first - Royersford, PA
James Harner Group - Philadelphia PA Real Estate

We're higher than the Philippines?! wow! I know someone from the Philippines and she is constantly telling me how high unemployment rate is in the Philippines. With this new report, I sure hope Pres. Obama will be aware of this and do something about it. Thanks for your post, it's causing awareness!

Dec 06, 2010 12:37 PM
Brian Rugg
Rugg Realty LLC Sun City Texas 512-818-6700 - Georgetown, TX
Sun City TX Real Estate - Georgetown, TX Real Est

Hello Nancy:

Thanks for sharing. Not sure where the stats come from but I'm not too surprised.  I would like to see the total tax rate for each of these countries to see the correlation to employment.  That could be very interesting.

 

Dec 06, 2010 12:50 PM
Nancy Aroneck
Keller Williams Realty Peachtree Road - Atlanta, GA

Brian, I got the stats from a Bank of America loan officer. Yes, it would be interesting to see tax rates. Thanks for commenting!

Dec 06, 2010 01:25 PM