Global unemployment rates: The U.S. looks pretty bad

How bad does America’s 9.4% unemployment look on a current global scale? Bespoke Investment Group charted it out:

They add:

the reality is that the US ranks pretty poorly compared to the rest of the world. The Eurozone is at similar levels to the US, but when most of the countries that have a higher unemployment rate than the US are collectively referred to as PIGS, it’s not very encouraging.