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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, male > % of male unemployment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Dominica :
91 %
1997
# 2
Brunei :
86.9 %
2003
# 3
Malta :
86.7 %
1999
# 4
Aruba :
85.7 %
1994
# 5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
80.8 %
1991
# 6
Mauritius :
79.7 %
2003
# 7
Netherlands Antilles :
77.2 %
2000
# 8
New Caledonia :
75.2 %
1996
# 9
Portugal :
74.9 %
2003
# 10
Japan :
73 %
2003
# 11
Gabon :
68 %
1993
# 12
Honduras :
67.3 %
1998
# 13
Macau :
67.2 %
2004
# 14
Costa Rica :
65.4 %
2004
# 15
Venezuela :
65.1 %
1999
# 16
Belize :
64.5 %
1999
# 17
El Salvador :
63.4 %
1998
# 18
Rwanda :
62.8 %
2000
# 19
Bolivia :
61.9 %
2000
# 20
Spain :
61.2 %
2003
# 21
Jordan :
60.9 %
1996
# 22
Botswana :
60.1 %
2001
= 23
Uruguay :
60 %
2002
= 23
Turkey :
60 %
2004
= 25
Iceland :
58.1 %
2002
= 25
Trinidad and Tobago :
58.1 %
2002
# 27
Albania :
58 %
2002
# 28
Morocco :
57.51 %
2005
# 29
Central African Republic :
57.4 %
1995
# 30
Sri Lanka :
56.3 %
2002
# 31
Nicaragua :
55.8 %
2002
# 32
Italy :
55.4 %
2002
# 33
Bangladesh :
55.3 %
2000
= 34
Dominican Republic :
55.1 %
1997
= 34
Ireland :
55.1 %
2004
# 36
Saint Lucia :
53.9 %
2000
# 37
South Africa :
53.2 %
2003
# 38
Oman :
53.1 %
1996
= 39
Argentina :
52.1 %
2003
= 39
Saudi Arabia :
52.1 %
2002
# 41
Hong Kong :
51.9 %
2004
# 42
Iran :
51.2 %
1996
# 43
Australia :
50.6 %
2004
# 44
Tunisia :
50.5 %
1994
# 45
Belgium :
48.7 %
2003
# 46
Netherlands :
47.7 %
2002
# 47
Guatemala :
47.5 %
1998
# 48
Luxembourg :
47 %
2003
# 49
Thailand :
46.1 %
2004
# 50
Indonesia :
46 %
2001
# 51
Madagascar :
45.7 %
2002
= 52
Bahrain :
45 %
2004
= 52
United Arab Emirates :
45 %
1995
# 54
Suriname :
44.7 %
1997
= 55
Panama :
44.5 %
2003
= 55
Burkina Faso :
44.5 %
2000
# 57
France :
43.4 %
2004
# 58
San Marino :
41.4 %
2003
# 59
Bulgaria :
40.2 %
2004
# 60
Greece :
39.2 %
2002
# 61
Austria :
39 %
2003
# 62
Malaysia :
37.7 %
2003
# 63
Finland :
37.3 %
2004
# 64
Kuwait :
36.6 %
2002
# 65
Cyprus :
35.8 %
2003
# 66
Hungary :
34 %
2003
# 67
Ecuador :
33.2 %
2004
# 68
Slovenia :
32.3 %
2004
# 69
Canada :
31.1 %
2003
# 70
United Kingdom :
30.9 %
2003
# 71
Colombia :
29.6 %
2003
# 72
Qatar :
28.1 %
1997
# 73
Romania :
27.9 %
2004
# 74
Germany :
27.7 %
2004
# 75
India :
27.6 %
2003
# 76
Denmark :
27.5 %
2004
# 77
Singapore :
27.3 %
2003
= 78
Ethiopia :
26.5 %
1999
= 78
Israel :
26.5 %
2003
= 80
Latvia :
25.6 %
2004
= 80
Switzerland :
25.6 %
2004
# 82
Brazil :
24.5 %
1999
# 83
Norway :
24.2 %
2004
# 84
Sweden :
24.1 %
2004
# 85
Czech Republic :
23.4 %
2004
# 86
Slovakia :
23.2 %
2004
# 87
Estonia :
23.1 %
2004
# 88
Croatia :
21 %
2004
# 89
Poland :
19.5 %
2004
# 90
Russia :
19.4 %
1999
# 91
United States :
19.2 %
2003
# 92
Lithuania :
18.9 %
2004
# 93
Korea, South :
17.2 %
2004
# 94
Pakistan :
17.1 %
2002
# 95
Barbados :
15.5 %
2003
# 96
Mexico :
15.3 %
2003
# 97
Ukraine :
15.1 %
2004
# 98
Zimbabwe :
14.4 %
1999
# 99
Kyrgyzstan :
13.6 %
2002
# 100
Jamaica :
12 %
2004
= 101
Belarus :
11.8 %
2004
= 101
Bahamas, The :
11.8 %
2003
# 103
Djibouti :
11.3 %
1991
# 104
Kazakhstan :
10 %
2003
# 105
Peru :
8.8 %
2004
# 106
Georgia :
7.5 %
2004
# 107
New Zealand :
1.3 %
2004
Weighted average:
42.8 %
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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