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Labor Statistics > Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)    Date  
#1   Macedonia, Republic of: 63 %   2005 ...
#2   South Africa: 55.8 %   2003 ...
#3   Algeria: 42.8 %   2004 ...
#4   Swaziland: 41.7 %   1997 ...
#5   Albania: 41.6 %   2001 ...
#6   Namibia: 40.4 %   2001 ...
#7   Lesotho: 37.9 %   1997 ...
#8   Poland: 36.6 %   2005 ...
#9   Dominica: 36.3 %   1997 ...
#10   Botswana: 33.9 %   2001 ...
#11   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 32.8 %   1991 ...
#12   Saint Lucia: 31.8 %   2003 ...
#13   Tunisia: 31.4 %   2005 ...
#14   Croatia: 30.4 %   2005 ...
#15   Slovakia: 30.4 %   2005 ...
#16   New Caledonia: 29.7 %   1996 ...
#17   Zimbabwe: 28.2 %   2002 ...
#18   Jordan: 28 %   2003 ...
#19   Georgia: 26.8 %   2005 ...
#20   Uruguay: 25.4 %   2005 ...
#21   Grenada: 25.4 %   1998 ...
#22   Netherlands Antilles: 24.9 %   2000 ...
#23   Puerto Rico: 24.8 %   2005 ...
#24   Barbados: 24.1 %   2003 ...
#25   Suriname: 23.9 %   1999 ...
#26   Russia: 23.9 %   1999 ...
#27   Venezuela: 23.7 %   2003 ...
#28   Bulgaria: 23.3 %   2005 ...
#29   Jamaica: 22 %   2004 ...
#30   France: 21.6 %   2004 ...
#31   Argentina: 21.6 %   2005 ...
#32   Syria: 21.4 %   2002 ...
#33   Egypt: 21.4 %   2002 ...
#34   Peru: 21 %   2005 ...
#35   Italy: 20.7 %   2005 ...
#36   Zambia: 20.7 %   1990 ...
#37   Mauritius: 20.5 %   2005 ...
#38   Romania: 20.5 %   2005 ...
#39   Iran: 20.3 %   2005 ...
#40   Colombia: 20.2 %   2004 ...
#41   Sri Lanka: 20.1 %   2005 ...
#42   Hungary: 19.7 %   2005 ...
#43   Mongolia: 19.5 %   2002 ...
#44   Turkey: 19.3 %   2005 ...
#45   Czech Republic: 19.3 %   2005 ...
#46   Kyrgyzstan: 19.3 %   2002 ...
#47   Moldova: 19.1 %   2005 ...
#48   Panama: 18.5 %   2005 ...
#49   Finland: 18.3 %   2005 ...
#50   Indonesia: 17.9 %   1999 ...
#51   Greece: 17.5 %   2005 ...
#52   Guyana: 17.5 %   2001 ...
#53   Morocco: 17.4 %   2003 ...
#54   Trinidad and Tobago: 17.4 %   2002 ...
#55   Israel: 17 %   2005 ...
#56   Bahamas, The: 16.9 %   2005 ...
#57   Aruba: 16.8 %   1997 ...
#58   Spain: 16.7 %   2005 ...
#59   Estonia: 16.4 %   2005 ...
#60   Ukraine: 16.2 %   2003 ...
#61   Dominican Republic: 16.2 %   2000 ...
#62   Germany: 16.1 %   2005 ...
#63   Lithuania: 15.9 %   2005 ...
#64   Malta: 15.8 %   2004 ...
#65   Belgium: 15.8 %   2004 ...
#66   Sweden: 15.7 %   2005 ...
#67   Belize: 15.4 %   1999 ...
#68   Chile: 15.2 %   2005 ...
#69   Haiti: 15.1 %   1999 ...
#70   Philippines: 14.9 %   2005 ...
#71   Canada: 14.2 %   2005 ...
#72   Brazil: 14.2 %   2004 ...
#73   Hong Kong: 13.8 %   2005 ...
#74   Portugal: 13.7 %   2005 ...
#75   Cyprus: 13.6 %   2005 ...
#76   Luxembourg: 13.5 %   2004 ...
#77   United Kingdom: 13.4 %   2005 ...
#78   Kazakhstan: 13.1 %   2004 ...
#79   El Salvador: 12.7 %   2004 ...
#80   Ghana: 12.7 %   2000 ...
#81   Norway: 12.6 %   2005 ...
#82   United States: 12.4 %   2005 ...
#83   Cambodia: 12.4 %   1998 ...
#84   Korea, South: 12.3 %   2005 ...
#85   Ecuador: 12.2 %   2005 ...
#86   Latvia: 11.9 %   2005 ...
#87   Paraguay: 11.7 %   2001 ...
#88   Costa Rica: 11.3 %   2005 ...
#89   Australia: 11 %   2005 ...
#90   Pakistan: 11 %   2004 ...
#91   Nicaragua: 10.8 %   2003 ...
#92   Macau: 10.8 %   2005 ...
#93   Austria: 10.7 %   2005 ...
#94   Slovenia: 10.7 %   2005 ...
#95   Qatar: 10.6 %   1997 ...
#96   India: 10.4 %   2004 ...
#97   Japan: 9.9 %   2005 ...
#98   Netherlands: 9.5 %   2005 ...
#99   Iceland: 9.4 %   2004 ...
#100   Ireland: 9.1 %   2005 ...
#101   New Zealand: 9.1 %   2005 ...
#102   Switzerland: 8.5 %   2005 ...
#103   Denmark: 8.5 %   2005 ...
#104   Malaysia: 8.3 %   2000 ...
#105   Bolivia: 7.4 %   1996 ...
#106   Bangladesh: 7 %   2003 ...
#107   United Arab Emirates: 6.4 %   1995 ...
#108   Laos: 6.4 %   1995 ...
#109   Mexico: 6.1 %   2005 ...
#110   Cayman Islands: 5.9 %   1991 ...
#111   Honduras: 5.2 %   2005 ...
#112   Thailand: 4.9 %   2005 ...
#113   Vietnam: 4.4 %   2004 ...
#114   Ethiopia: 4.1 %   2005 ...
#115   Singapore: 4.1 %   2005 ...
#116   Burkina Faso: 4.1 %   1985 ...
#117   Maldives: 4 %   2000 ...
#118   Malawi: 1.6 %   1987 ...
#119   Rwanda: 1 %   1996 ...
#120   China: 0.8 %   1994 ...
Weighted average: 17.9 %   


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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