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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).
Labor Statistics > Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Suriname :
79.2 %
1997 ...
#2 Bahamas, The :
77.2 %
2003 ...
#3 Zimbabwe :
76.8 %
1999 ...
#4 Poland :
75.5 %
2004 ...
#5 Barbados :
73 %
2003 ...
#6 Czech Republic :
71.6 %
2004 ...
#7 Latvia :
70.7 %
2004 ...
#8 Slovakia :
70.6 %
2004 ...
#9 Oman :
70 %
1996 ...
#10 Lithuania :
69.5 %
2004 ...
#11 Romania :
67.9 %
2004 ...
#12 Croatia :
67.8 %
2004 ...
#13 Kyrgyzstan :
67 %
2002 ...
#14 Ethiopia :
66.7 %
1999 ...
#15 Slovenia :
66.7 %
2004 ...
#16 Estonia :
63 %
2004 ...
#17 Germany :
61.9 %
2004 ...
#18 Hungary :
60.3 %
2003 ...
#19 Georgia :
59 %
2004 ...
#20 Kuwait :
58.8 %
2002 ...
#21 Japan :
57.7 %
2001 ...
#22 Peru :
57.3 %
2004 ...
#23 Sweden :
56.9 %
2004 ...
#24 Austria :
56.6 %
2003 ...
#25 Switzerland :
56.2 %
2004 ...
#26 Norway :
55.6 %
2004 ...
#27 Colombia :
55.2 %
2003 ...
#28 Malaysia :
54 %
2003 ...
#29 Greece :
52.1 %
2002 ...
#30 Israel :
52 %
2003 ...
#31 Ukraine :
51.8 %
2004 ...
#32 Thailand :
51.6 %
2004 ...
#33 Korea, South :
50.9 %
2004 ...
#34 Ecuador :
50.1 %
2004 ...
#35 Kazakhstan :
50.1 %
2003 ...
#36 New Zealand :
49.1 %
2004 ...
#37 Bulgaria :
49 %
2004 ...
#38 Denmark :
48.2 %
2004 ...
#39 United Kingdom :
47.2 %
2003 ...
#40 Argentina :
46.9 %
2003 ...
#41 Italy :
45.6 %
2002 ...
#42 Hong Kong :
44.3 %
2004 ...
#43 Finland :
44.1 %
2004 ...
#44 Bahrain :
44 %
2004 ...
#45 Belarus :
43.7 %
2004 ...
#46 South Africa :
43.3 %
2003 ...
#47 France :
42.6 %
2004 ...
#48 Belgium :
41.9 %
2003 ...
#49 Saudi Arabia :
41.6 %
2002 ...
#50 Trinidad and Tobago :
41.4 %
2002 ...
#51 Albania :
40.6 %
2002 ...
#52 India :
40 %
2003 ...
#53 Panama :
39.9 %
2003 ...
#54 Turkey :
39.7 %
2004 ...
#55 Netherlands :
38.3 %
2002 ...
#56 Russia :
37.6 %
1999 ...
#57 Luxembourg :
37.2 %
2003 ...
#58 El Salvador :
36 %
1998 ...
#59 United Arab Emirates :
35.5 %
1995 ...
#60 Qatar :
34.6 %
1997 ...
#61 Mauritius :
34.4 %
2003 ...
#62 Iran :
34.2 %
1996 ...
#63 United States :
34.1 %
2003 ...
#64 Bolivia :
34 %
2000 ...
#65 Australia :
33.9 %
2004 ...
#66 Indonesia :
33.3 %
2001 ...
#67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
33.1 %
1991 ...
#68 Uruguay :
33.1 %
2002 ...
#69 Burkina Faso :
32.4 %
2000 ...
#70 Dominican Republic :
32.4 %
1997 ...
#71 Canada :
31.6 %
2003 ...
#72 Cyprus :
30.7 %
2003 ...
#73 Venezuela :
30.2 %
1999 ...
#74 Honduras :
30 %
1998 ...
#75 Saint Lucia :
29.7 %
2000 ...
#76 Ireland :
29.2 %
2004 ...
#77 San Marino :
28.6 %
2003 ...
#78 Costa Rica :
28.5 %
2004 ...
#79 New Caledonia :
28.2 %
1996 ...
#80 Nicaragua :
28.2 %
2002 ...
#81 Mexico :
27.8 %
2003 ...
#82 Singapore :
27.5 %
2003 ...
#83 Iceland :
27.3 %
2002 ...
#84 Djibouti :
27.1 %
1991 ...
#85 Malta :
27 %
1999 ...
#86 Tunisia :
26.6 %
1994 ...
#87 Botswana :
25.2 %
2001 ...
#88 Rwanda :
24.9 %
2000 ...
#89 Brazil :
24 %
1999 ...
#90 Morocco :
22.85 %
2005 ...
#91 Bangladesh :
22.4 %
2000 ...
#92 Spain :
22.1 %
2003 ...
#93 Belize :
19.6 %
1999 ...
#94 Madagascar :
18.1 %
2002 ...
#95 Macau :
16.3 %
2004 ...
#96 Portugal :
16 %
2003 ...
#97 Jordan :
14.7 %
1996 ...
#98 Guatemala :
11 %
1998 ...
#99 Netherlands Antilles :
8.9 %
2000 ...
#100 Gabon :
6.6 %
1993 ...
#101 Jamaica :
5.7 %
2004 ...
#102 Pakistan :
5.6 %
2002 ...
#103 Aruba :
4.7 %
1994 ...
#104 Central African Republic :
4.4 %
1995 ...
#105 Brunei :
3.6 %
2003 ...
#106 Dominica :
1.2 %
1997 ...
Weighted average:
40.6 %
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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