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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, male > % of male unemployment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Zimbabwe :
84.8 %
1999
# 2
Bahamas, The :
77 %
2003
# 3
Poland :
75.3 %
2004
# 4
Slovakia :
72.8 %
2004
# 5
Czech Republic :
72.1 %
2004
# 6
Barbados :
70.4 %
2003
# 7
Croatia :
69 %
2004
# 8
Kyrgyzstan :
68.5 %
2002
# 9
Lithuania :
67.5 %
2004
# 10
Latvia :
66.6 %
2004
# 11
Romania :
66.3 %
2004
# 12
Peru :
65.2 %
2004
# 13
Hungary :
61.9 %
2003
# 14
Estonia :
61.4 %
2004
# 15
Slovenia :
61.3 %
2004
# 16
Germany :
60.1 %
2004
# 17
Sweden :
59.1 %
2004
# 18
Kazakhstan :
57.5 %
2003
# 19
Ethiopia :
57 %
1999
# 20
Ukraine :
56.5 %
2004
# 21
Georgia :
56.4 %
2004
# 22
Korea, South :
54.9 %
2004
# 23
Austria :
54.5 %
2003
# 24
Norway :
53.2 %
2004
# 25
Bulgaria :
52.3 %
2004
# 26
Suriname :
50.6 %
1997
# 27
Japan :
50.5 %
2001
= 28
Colombia :
50 %
2003
= 28
Switzerland :
50 %
2004
# 30
New Zealand :
48.4 %
2004
# 31
Finland :
48.3 %
2004
# 32
Greece :
46.6 %
2002
# 33
Israel :
45.9 %
2003
# 34
Malaysia :
45.8 %
2003
# 35
Russia :
45.1 %
1999
# 36
Denmark :
44.8 %
2004
# 37
Ecuador :
44.7 %
2004
# 38
Thailand :
44.2 %
2004
# 39
United Kingdom :
42.7 %
2003
# 40
India :
41.5 %
2003
# 41
Indonesia :
40 %
2001
# 42
Cyprus :
38.6 %
2003
# 43
South Africa :
38.5 %
2003
# 44
Trinidad and Tobago :
38.4 %
2002
# 45
Bahrain :
38.1 %
2004
# 46
France :
37 %
2004
# 47
Italy :
36.7 %
2002
# 48
Hong Kong :
36.6 %
2004
# 49
Albania :
36.2 %
2002
# 50
Luxembourg :
35.1 %
2003
= 51
Belgium :
34.7 %
2003
= 51
Panama :
34.7 %
2003
= 53
United States :
34.5 %
2003
= 53
San Marino :
34.5 %
2003
# 55
Belarus :
33.7 %
2004
# 56
Argentina :
32.8 %
2003
# 57
Netherlands :
32.3 %
2002
# 58
Australia :
31.8 %
2004
# 59
Saudi Arabia :
31.6 %
2002
# 60
Mexico :
31.4 %
2003
# 61
Bolivia :
30.8 %
2000
# 62
Canada :
30.2 %
2003
# 63
Dominican Republic :
29.1 %
1997
# 64
Uruguay :
28.9 %
2002
# 65
Kuwait :
28.8 %
2002
# 66
Saint Lucia :
26.7 %
2000
# 67
Qatar :
26.1 %
1997
# 68
Tunisia :
26 %
1994
# 69
Turkey :
25.7 %
2004
# 70
Djibouti :
23.7 %
1991
# 71
Rwanda :
23 %
2000
# 72
Bangladesh :
22.9 %
2000
= 73
Iran :
22.8 %
1996
= 73
Botswana :
22.8 %
2001
= 75
Nicaragua :
22.7 %
2002
= 75
Singapore :
22.7 %
2003
# 77
Ireland :
22.6 %
2004
# 78
Oman :
21.6 %
1996
# 79
United Arab Emirates :
20.8 %
1995
# 80
Costa Rica :
20.5 %
2004
# 81
Mauritius :
20 %
2003
# 82
Madagascar :
19.9 %
2002
# 83
Venezuela :
19.8 %
1999
# 84
New Caledonia :
19.6 %
1996
# 85
Iceland :
19.4 %
2002
# 86
Morocco :
19.06 %
2005
# 87
Spain :
18.3 %
2003
# 88
Honduras :
18 %
1998
= 89
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
17.6 %
1991
= 89
El Salvador :
17.6 %
1998
# 91
Burkina Faso :
16.3 %
2000
# 92
Brazil :
16.2 %
1999
# 93
Pakistan :
15.4 %
2002
# 94
Guatemala :
14.9 %
1998
# 95
Jordan :
14.8 %
1996
# 96
Portugal :
12.9 %
2003
# 97
Macau :
11.9 %
2004
= 98
Belize :
10.4 %
1999
= 98
Malta :
10.4 %
1999
# 100
Gabon :
10.3 %
1993
# 101
Netherlands Antilles :
9.9 %
2000
# 102
Brunei :
5.1 %
2003
# 103
Jamaica :
4.8 %
2004
# 104
Central African Republic :
3.8 %
1995
# 105
Dominica :
2.5 %
1997
Weighted average:
36.7 %
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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