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Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
Education Statistics > Unemployment with primary education, female > % of female unemployment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Dominica :
91.4 %
1997 ...
#2
Aruba :
89.1 %
1994 ...
#3
Brunei :
82.2 %
2003 ...
#4
Netherlands Antilles :
81.7 %
2000 ...
#5
Gabon :
73.4 %
1993 ...
#6
Japan :
67.4 %
2003 ...
#7
Botswana :
67.1 %
2001 ...
#8
Portugal :
67 %
2003 ...
#9
New Caledonia :
66 %
1996 ...
#10
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
65.4 %
1991 ...
#11
Mauritius :
65.4 %
2003 ...
#12
Iceland :
63.6 %
2002 ...
#13
Macau :
62.8 %
2004 ...
#14
Rwanda :
59.4 %
2000 ...
#15
Bolivia :
58.7 %
2000 ...
#16
Malta :
58.6 %
1999 ...
#17
Costa Rica :
58.3 %
2004 ...
#18
Central African Republic :
57.7 %
1995 ...
#19
Burkina Faso :
56.9 %
2000 ...
#20
Honduras :
56 %
1998 ...
#21
Albania :
54.8 %
2002 ...
#22
Trinidad and Tobago :
54.1 %
2002 ...
#23
Saint Lucia :
53.2 %
2000 ...
#24
Belize :
52.9 %
1999 ...
#25
Bangladesh :
52.9 %
2000 ...
#26
Spain :
52.1 %
2003 ...
#27
Uruguay :
50.6 %
2002 ...
#28
San Marino :
49.1 %
2003 ...
#29
South Africa :
47.4 %
2003 ...
#30
Dominican Republic :
47.3 %
1997 ...
#31
Venezuela :
47.2 %
1999 ...
#32
Luxembourg :
46.1 %
2003 ...
#33
Indonesia :
45.9 %
2001 ...
#34
Australia :
45.5 %
2004 ...
#35
Netherlands :
45.3 %
2002 ...
#36
Italy :
44.1 %
2002 ...
#37
El Salvador :
43.5 %
1998 ...
#38
Hong Kong :
43.2 %
2004 ...
#39
Nicaragua :
42.6 %
2002 ...
#40
Madagascar :
40.8 %
2002 ...
#41
Iran :
40.1 %
1996 ...
#42
Tunisia :
39.8 %
1994 ...
#43
Sri Lanka :
38.5 %
2002 ...
#44
Belgium :
38 %
2003 ...
#45
France :
38 %
2004 ...
#46
Morocco :
36.2 %
2005 ...
#47
Austria :
35.9 %
2003 ...
#48
Ireland :
35.9 %
2004 ...
#49
Bulgaria :
34.8 %
2004 ...
#50
Finland :
34.2 %
2004 ...
#51
Turkey :
33.7 %
2004 ...
#52
Cyprus :
33.2 %
2003 ...
#53
Hungary :
32.7 %
2003 ...
#54
Guatemala :
31.7 %
1998 ...
#55
Thailand :
31.2 %
2004 ...
#56
Greece :
31 %
2002 ...
#57
Switzerland :
30.3 %
2004 ...
#58
United Kingdom :
29.2 %
2003 ...
#59
Argentina :
28.8 %
2003 ...
#60
Panama :
27.8 %
2003 ...
#61
Brazil :
27.6 %
1999 ...
#62
Ethiopia :
27.4 %
1999 ...
#63
Germany :
26.3 %
2004 ...
#64
Canada :
26.2 %
2003 ...
#65
Czech Republic :
25.8 %
2004 ...
#66
India :
25.3 %
2003 ...
#67
Ecuador :
25.2 %
2004 ...
#68
Slovakia :
24.8 %
2004 ...
#69
Colombia :
24.8 %
2003 ...
#70
Denmark :
24.4 %
2004 ...
#71
Slovenia :
23.3 %
2004 ...
#72
Romania :
23.1 %
2004 ...
#73
Sweden :
22 %
2004 ...
#74
Malaysia :
21.9 %
2003 ...
#75
Croatia :
21.9 %
2004 ...
#76
Bahrain :
20.6 %
2004 ...
#77
Zimbabwe :
20 %
1999 ...
#78
Norway :
20 %
2004 ...
#79
Oman :
19.8 %
1996 ...
#80
Latvia :
19 %
2004 ...
#81
United States :
17.3 %
2003 ...
#82
Jordan :
16.8 %
1996 ...
#83
Suriname :
16.8 %
1997 ...
#84
Korea, South :
16.7 %
2004 ...
#85
Poland :
16.3 %
2004 ...
#86
Qatar :
16 %
1997 ...
#87
Singapore :
15.7 %
2003 ...
#88
Russia :
13.9 %
1999 ...
#89
Kyrgyzstan :
13.9 %
2002 ...
#90
Jamaica :
13.8 %
2004 ...
#91
Israel :
13.6 %
2003 ...
#92
Estonia :
13.5 %
2004 ...
#93
United Arab Emirates :
12.6 %
1995 ...
#94
Kuwait :
12.2 %
2002 ...
#95
Ukraine :
11.8 %
2004 ...
#96
Bahamas, The :
11.5 %
2003 ...
#97
Barbados :
11.2 %
2003 ...
#98
Lithuania :
11.2 %
2004 ...
#99
Mexico :
10.9 %
2003 ...
#100
Peru :
10.1 %
2004 ...
#101
Belarus :
9.9 %
2004 ...
#102
Pakistan :
9.7 %
2002 ...
#103
Saudi Arabia :
8.2 %
2002 ...
#104
Kazakhstan :
6.4 %
2003 ...
#105
Georgia :
3.8 %
2004 ...
#106
Djibouti :
3.2 %
1991 ...
#107
New Zealand :
0.7 %
2004 ...
Weighted average:
35.3 %
DEFINITION: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
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