mismatches between employers needs and what the education and training system provides lead to skills gaps overreliance on imported labour domestic unemployment and economic underperformance the position in of oecd member accession and enhanced engagement countries is shown for comparison in column from the exceptions are the rate for belarus which some independent commentators suggest is lower than in reality and georgia s rate which is not only much higher than the oecd average but also twice as high as the highest of the four partner countries shown