Based on a comparison of 12 countries in 2014, Slovakia ranked the highest in Average Duration of Unemployment with 29.6 months followed by Canada and Hungary. On the other end of the scale was Costa Rica with 3.67 months, Colombia with 5.03 months and Norway with 6.45 months.
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| Country | Unit |
| Australia | months |
| Canada | months |
| Colombia | months |
| Costa Rica | months |
| Czechia | months |
| European Union | months |
| Finland | months |
| Hungary | months |
| Mexico | months |
| Norway | months |
| Poland | months |
| Slovakia | months |
| Spain | months |
| Sweden | months |
| Switzerland | months |
| USA | months |
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| 8.23 | 8.00 | 8.74 | 9.16 | 9.28 | |||||||||||||||
| 15.0 | 17.2 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 20.3 | |||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.21 | ||
| 21.2 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 16.6 | |||||||||||||||
| 13.9 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 13.3 | 13.9 | |||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.46 | 8.48 | 9.76 | 9.77 | 9.62 | ||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | 17.8 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.4 | ||||||||||||
| 9.03 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 9.41 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| ... | 4.20 | 5.10 | 6.20 | 6.39 | 6.28 | ||||||||||||||
| 12.1 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 12.8 | |||||||||||||||
| 31.3 | 23.6 | 27.1 | 28.7 | 30.5 | |||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.80 | 11.3 | 14.8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 18.8 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 18.7 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||
| 4.13 | 5.64 | 7.62 | 9.08 | 9.10 |
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