Location

Canada-unemployment
Canada-Inflation
Misery Index

1996
9.6083
1.5705
11.1788

1997
9.1167
1.6212
10.7379

1998
8.2833
0.9959
9.2792

1999
7.5917
1.7348
9.3265

2000
6.8167
2.7194
9.5361

1.9997
1.9997

1.1882
1.1882

0.6374
0.6374

0.5417
0.5417

1.691
1.691

8.863
1.4497
10.3127

9.8171
1.9394
11.7565

9.2017
0.9112
10.1129

8.4146
0.5854
9

7.7556
1.4403
9.1959

4.007
4.007

2.0431
2.0431

11.8406
1.9551
13.7957

11.4285
1.6635
13.092

10.5883
2.5377
13.126

3.35
0.1319
3.4819

3.4
1.7615
5.1615

4.1083
0.6633
4.7716

4.6833
-0.3294
4.3539

4.7167
-0.653
4.0637

Uk-unemployment
UK-Inflation
Misery Index

2.5
2.5

1.8
1.8

1.6
1.6

1.3
1.3

5.5751
0.8
6.3751

Us-unemployment
US-Inflation
Misery Index

5.4167
2.9312
8.3479

4.95
2.3377
7.2877

4.5083
1.5523
6.0606

4.2167
2.188
6.4047

3.9917
3.3769
7.3686

5.975429

5.7107

6.6082

6.2884 7.336629

France-unemployment
France-Inflation
Misery Index
Germany-unemployment
Germany-Inflation
Misery Index
Italy-Unemployment
Italy-Inflation
Misery Index
Japan-Unemployment
Japan-Inflation
Misery Index

Average Misery Index

Average Misery Index in the G7 countries

12
10
8
6
4
2

0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 200

4
2

0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 200

2001
7.2167
2.5251
9.7418

2002
7.675
2.2584
9.9334

2003
7.575
2.7586
10.3336

2004
7.1917
1.8573
9.049

2005
6.7583
2.2136
8.9719

2006
6.3333
2.002
8.3353

2007
6.05
2.1384
8.1884

2008
6.1417
2.3703
8.512

1.6303
1.6303

1.9169
1.9169

8.4605
2.1091
10.5696

8.8537
2.1349
10.9886

8.8808
1.7356
10.6164

8.8304
1.6837
10.5141

8.0055
1.4881
9.4936

7.3856
2.8139
10.1995

7.836
1.9839
9.8199

8.6539
1.4208
10.0747

9.6371
1.0342
10.6713

9.7937
1.6657
11.4594

11.1677
1.5469
12.7146

10.2527
1.5774
11.8301

8.6615
2.2983
10.9598

7.5278
2.6284
10.1562

9.5244
2.7852
12.3096

9.0071
2.4653
11.4724

8.6722
2.6726
11.3448

7.9987
2.2067
10.2054

7.7288
1.9853
9.7141

6.7758
2.0908
8.8666

6.0753
1.8297
7.905

6.7234
3.3478
10.0712

5.0333
-0.8034
4.2299

5.375
-0.8999
4.4751

5.2583
-0.2476
5.0107

4.7167
-0.0083
4.7084

4.425
-0.2731
4.1519

4.1417
0.2407
4.3824

3.8417
0.058
3.8997

3.9917
1.3735
5.3652

5.0136
1.2
6.2136

5.1332
1.3
6.4332

4.9711
1.4
6.3711

4.6991
1.3
5.9991

4.7619
2.1
6.8619

5.369
2.3
7.669

5.2795
2.3
7.5795

5.6296
3.6
9.2296

4.7333
2.8262
7.5595

5.775
1.586
7.361

5.9917
2.2701
8.2618

5.5333
2.6772
8.2105

5.0667
3.3927
8.4594

4.6167
3.2259
7.8426

4.6167
2.8527
7.4694

5.775
3.8391
9.6141

7.3578 7.380957 8.937557 8.660057 8.784314 8.491443 7.927914 9.021114

n the G7 countries

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Average Misery Index (countries ranking)

4.39545 Japan
1
6.704665 Uk
2
6.768976 France
3
8.391676 US
4
9.461947 Canada
5
9.975441 Germany
6
10.0698 Italy
7

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

2009
8.35
0.2995
8.6495

2010
8.0583
1.7769
9.8352

2011
7.525
2.9121
10.4371

2012
7.2917
1.5157
8.8074

9.1222
0.0881
9.2103

9.2767
1.5296
10.8063

9.1678
2.1175
11.2853

9.828
1.9557
11.7837

7.7432
0.3127
8.0559

7.0669
1.1038
8.1707

5.8274
2.0752
7.9026

5.3808
2.0085
7.3893

7.7477
0.7748
8.5225

8.3592
1.5255
9.8847

8.3538
2.7806
11.1344

10.6513
3.0414
13.6927

5.0667
-1.3467
3.72

5.05
-0.7198
4.3302

4.5833
-0.2833
4.3

4.35
-0.0334
4.3166

7.5367
2.2
9.7367

7.7866
3.3
11.0866

8.0363
4.5
12.5363

7.8876
2.8
10.6876

9.2667
-0.3555
8.9112

9.6167
1.64
11.2567

8.95
3.1568
12.1068

8.0667
2.0693
10.136

8.115157 9.338629

es ranking)

9.9575 9.544757