FACTOID # 7: Southern European women hugely outnumber their menfolk amongst the unemployed.
 
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Labor Statistics > Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Qatar: 74.7 %   1997 Time series
# 2   South Africa: 64.8 %   2003 Time series
# 3   Macedonia, Republic of: 62.1 %   2005 Time series
# 4   Lesotho: 58.5 %   1997 Time series
# 5   Suriname: 58.2 %   1999 Time series
# 6   Namibia: 49.3 %   2001 Time series
# 7   Saint Lucia: 49.2 %   2003 Time series
# 8   Swaziland: 48.3 %   1997 Time series
= 9   Algeria: 46.3 %   2004 Time series
= 9   Dominica: 46.3 %   1997 Time series
# 11   Botswana: 46.1 %   2001 Time series
# 12   Jordan: 43.2 %   2003 Time series
# 13   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 43 %   1991 Time series
# 14   Egypt: 40 %   2002 Time series
# 15   Grenada: 39.4 %   1998 Time series
# 16   Poland: 39.2 %   2005 Time series
# 17   Syria: 38.9 %   2002 Time series
# 18   New Caledonia: 38.8 %   1996 Time series
# 19   Sri Lanka: 37.1 %   2005 Time series
# 20   Jamaica: 36.3 %   2004 Time series
# 21   Croatia: 35.5 %   2005 Time series
# 22   Uruguay: 34.9 %   2005 Time series
= 23   Venezuela: 34.8 %   2003 Time series
= 23   Greece: 34.8 %   2005 Time series
# 25   Belize: 34.7 %   1999 Time series
= 26   Mauritius: 34.3 %   2005 Time series
= 26   Dominican Republic: 34.3 %   2000 Time series
# 28   Iran: 32.1 %   2005 Time series
# 29   Colombia: 31.7 %   2004 Time series
# 30   Georgia: 30.6 %   2005 Time series
# 31   Netherlands Antilles: 30 %   2000 Time series
# 32   Panama: 29.6 %   2005 Time series
# 33   Tunisia: 29.3 %   2005 Time series
# 34   Slovakia: 28.8 %   2005 Time series
# 35   Barbados: 28.7 %   2003 Time series
# 36   Argentina: 28 %   2005 Time series
# 37   Italy: 27.4 %   2005 Time series
# 38   Albania: 27.1 %   2001 Time series
# 39   Trinidad and Tobago: 26.4 %   2002 Time series
# 40   Russia: 25.9 %   1999 Time series
# 41   Aruba: 24.5 %   1997 Time series
# 42   Guyana: 24.4 %   2001 Time series
# 43   France: 24.2 %   2004 Time series
# 44   Bahamas, The: 24.1 %   2005 Time series
# 45   Spain: 23.5 %   2005 Time series
# 46   Luxembourg: 23.4 %   2004 Time series
# 47   Brazil: 23.3 %   2004 Time series
# 48   Costa Rica: 21.5 %   2005 Time series
# 49   Zimbabwe: 21.4 %   2002 Time series
# 50   Kyrgyzstan: 21.2 %   2002 Time series
= 51   Bulgaria: 21.1 %   2005 Time series
= 51   Zambia: 21.1 %   1990 Time series
= 51   Haiti: 21.1 %   1999 Time series
# 54   Chile: 21 %   2005 Time series
# 55   Puerto Rico: 20.9 %   2005 Time series
= 56   Peru: 20.7 %   2005 Time series
= 56   Mongolia: 20.7 %   2002 Time series
# 58   Ecuador: 20.6 %   2005 Time series
# 59   Indonesia: 20.5 %   1999 Time series
# 60   Belgium: 19.5 %   2004 Time series
# 61   Ghana: 19.4 %   2000 Time series
= 62   Finland: 19.3 %   2005 Time series
= 62   Turkey: 19.3 %   2005 Time series
= 64   Hungary: 19.1 %   2005 Time series
= 64   Portugal: 19.1 %   2005 Time series
= 66   Czech Republic: 18.9 %   2005 Time series
= 66   Philippines: 18.9 %   2005 Time series
# 68   Israel: 18.6 %   2005 Time series
# 69   Romania: 18.4 %   2005 Time series
# 70   Moldova: 18.3 %   2005 Time series
# 71   Malta: 17.5 %   2004 Time series
# 72   Paraguay: 17.3 %   2001 Time series
# 73   Ukraine: 16.9 %   2003 Time series
# 74   Morocco: 15.9 %   2003 Time series
# 75   Nicaragua: 15.8 %   2003 Time series
# 76   Kazakhstan: 15.7 %   2004 Time series
# 77   Lithuania: 15.3 %   2005 Time series
# 78   Estonia: 15.1 %   2005 Time series
# 79   Pakistan: 14.9 %   2004 Time series
# 80   Cyprus: 14.6 %   2005 Time series
# 81   Latvia: 14.2 %   2005 Time series
# 82   Germany: 14 %   2005 Time series
# 83   Sweden: 13 %   2005 Time series
# 84   Slovenia: 12.2 %   2005 Time series
# 85   Cambodia: 12 %   1998 Time series
# 86   Norway: 11.6 %   2005 Time series
= 87   Ethiopia: 11.2 %   2005 Time series
= 87   Honduras: 11.2 %   2005 Time series
# 89   India: 10.8 %   2004 Time series
# 90   Canada: 10.6 %   2005 Time series
# 91   United States: 10.1 %   2005 Time series
= 92   Australia: 10 %   2005 Time series
= 92   United Kingdom: 10 %   2005 Time series
# 94   Bolivia: 9.9 %   1996 Time series
= 95   Austria: 9.8 %   2005 Time series
= 95   New Zealand: 9.8 %   2005 Time series
# 97   Netherlands: 9.7 %   2005 Time series
# 98   Cayman Islands: 9.5 %   1997 Time series
# 99   El Salvador: 9.4 %   2004 Time series
# 100   Switzerland: 9.3 %   2005 Time series
# 101   Korea, South: 9 %   2005 Time series
# 102   Denmark: 8.8 %   2005 Time series
# 103   Malaysia: 8.3 %   2000 Time series
# 104   Hong Kong: 8 %   2005 Time series
= 105   Mexico: 7.4 %   2005 Time series
= 105   Japan: 7.4 %   2005 Time series
# 107   Ireland: 7.3 %   2005 Time series
# 108   Iceland: 6.8 %   2004 Time series
# 109   Singapore: 6.3 %   2005 Time series
= 110   Bangladesh: 5.8 %   2003 Time series
= 110   Macau: 5.8 %   2005 Time series
# 112   United Arab Emirates: 5.7 %   1995 Time series
# 113   Papua New Guinea: 5.3 %   2000 Time series
# 114   Maldives: 5.1 %   2000 Time series
# 115   Vietnam: 4.9 %   2004 Time series
# 116   Thailand: 4.6 %   2005 Time series
# 117   Laos: 3.9 %   1995 Time series
# 118   China: 1.1 %   1994 Time series
# 119   Rwanda: 0.5 %   1996 Time series
# 120   Malawi: 0.3 %   1987 Time series
Weighted average: 22.5 %   



DEFINITION: Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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