Average unemployment rates in the United States, 
Canada, Japan, and Europe (G4), selected periods, 1960–2000

				
				Percent
			
		US	Canada	Japan	Europe (G4)

1960–73		4.9	5.1	1.3	2.6
1973–90		6.9	8.1	2.2	6.8
1990–2000	5.6	8.6	3.2	9.4

				
Note:				
Europe (G4) consists of France, Germany, Italy, and 				
 the United Kingdom.  Germany is former West Germany				
 through 1990 and unified Germany thereafter.