Table 2 Economic impact of pre-COVID-19...

Table 2

Economic impact of pre-COVID-19 pandemics

SARS I – unemployment rate	2001	2002	2003	2004
Canada	7.22	7.67	7.58	7.16
OECD	6.33	6.90	7.08	6.95

2009 flu pandemic – unemployment rate	2007	2008	2009	2010
Mexico	3.65	3.90	5.38	5.33
Canada	6.03	6.15	8.35	8.02
OECD	5.63	5.96	8.16	8.35

SARS II – MERS – Unemployment rate	2011	2012	2013	2014
OECD	7.98	7.97	7.92	7.36

Ebola virus I – Unemployment rate	2012	2013	2014	2015
West Africa	24.87	24.73	25.07	25.34

Source(s): IMF, 2020; OECD, 2020