According to a November, 2010 IMF paper:
Labor markets remain in a dire state. Over 200 million people across the globe are unemployed. Nearly three-fourths of the increase in the number of unemployed people during the Great Recession has occurred in the “advanced” (i.e. high-income) economies. Youth unemployment and long-term unemployment have increased substantially in most advanced countries. If the effects of past recessions are a guide, these developments can exact a heavy human toll.
It's interesting to note that two-thirds of the increase in unemployment from 2007-2010 came from the U.S. and Spain:
