
Turkey has ranked second in reducing unemployment rate the most amongOECD countries since 2010. Turkey has reduced unemployment rate the most with 2.5 percent among OECD countries between 2010 and 2012, according to the data compiled by Anadolu Agency. Hence, unemployment rate reduced from 10.7 percent in 2010 to 8.8 percent in 2011 to 8.2 percent in 2012. Turkey also outperformed USA and Germany in reducing unemployment. Estonia ranked first in reducing unemplyment rate 5.8 percent while unemployment rates increased the most in Greece due to public debt with 11.7 percent since 2010. Unemployment rate increased 1.3 percent in the Euro area and 0.8 percent in the European Union in the same term. Unemployment rates for OECD states for 2010, 2011 and 2012 are as below; Countries 2010 2011 2012 Difference Australia 5,2 5,1 5,2 0 Austria 4,4 4,1 4,4 0 Belgium 8,3 7,2 7,6 0,7 Canada 8,0 7,5 7,2 0,8 Chile 8,2 7,1 6,4 1,8 Czech Republic 7,3 6,7 7,0 0,3 Denmark 7,5 7.6 7.5 0 Estonia 16,9 12,6 10,1 5,8 Finland 8,4 7,8 7,7 0,7 France 9,7 9,6 10,3 -0,6 Germany 7,1 6,0 5,5 1,6 Greece 12,6 17,7 24,3 -11,7 Hungary 11,2 11,0 10,9 0,3 Iceland 7,6 7,1 6,0 1,6 Ireland 13,9 14,7 14,7 0,8 Israel 6,6 5,6 6,9 -0,3 Italy 8,4 8,4 10,7 -2,3 Japan 5,1 4,6 4,4 0,7 Korea 3,7 3,4 3,2 0,5 Luxembourg 4,6 4,8 5,1 -0,5 Mexico 5,4 5,2 5,0 0,4 Netherlands 4,5 4,5 5,3 -0,8 New Zealand 6,5 6,5 6,9 -0,4 Norway 3,6 3,3 3,2 0,4 Poland 9,7 9,7 10,1 -0,4 Portugal 11,0 12,9 15,9 -4,9 Slovak Republic 14,5 13,6 14,0 0,5 Slovenia 7,3 8,2 8,9 -1,6 Spain 20,1 21,6 25,1 -5,0 Sweden 8,6 7,8 8,0 0,6 Switzerland 4,5 4,0 4,2 0,3 Turkey 10,7 8,8 8,2 2,5 United Kingdom 7,8 8,0 7,9 -0,1 United States 9,6 9,0 8,1 1,5 Euro Area 10,1 10,1 11,4 -1,3 European Union 9,7 9,7 10,5 -0,8 G-7 8,2 7,7 7,4 0,8 OECD Total 8,3 8,0 8,0 0,3
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