In 1999, the average unemployment rate among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development members was 6.5 %. In contrast, Taiwan's rate was under 2 % in 1995 and had been at that level for many years.
1999 年 OECD 國家平均失業率是 6.5％，而台灣在 1995 年之前，失業率長期低於 2％。