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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Macedonia, Republic of: 62.6 %   2005 Time series
# 2   South Africa: 60.1 %   2003 Time series
# 3   Swaziland: 55.2 %   1997 Time series
# 4   Lesotho: 47.4 %   1997 Time series
# 5   Namibia: 44.8 %   2001 Time series
# 6   Algeria: 43.4 %   2004 Time series
# 7   Dominica: 40.6 %   1997 Time series
# 8   Saint Lucia: 40 %   2003 Time series
# 9   Botswana: 39.7 %   2001 Time series
# 10   Poland: 37.7 %   2005 Time series
# 11   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 36.3 %   1991 Time series
# 12   Albania: 35.5 %   2001 Time series
# 13   Suriname: 34.1 %   1999 Time series
# 14   New Caledonia: 33.5 %   1996 Time series
# 15   Croatia: 32.5 %   2005 Time series
# 16   Grenada: 31.5 %   1998 Time series
# 17   Tunisia: 30.7 %   2005 Time series
# 18   Jordan: 30.3 %   2003 Time series
# 19   Slovakia: 29.7 %   2005 Time series
# 20   Uruguay: 29.5 %   2005 Time series
# 21   Georgia: 28.3 %   2005 Time series
# 22   Jamaica: 28.1 %   2004 Time series
# 23   Venezuela: 28 %   2003 Time series
# 24   Netherlands Antilles: 27.2 %   2000 Time series
# 25   Egypt: 27.1 %   2002 Time series
# 26   Syria: 26.3 %   2002 Time series
= 27   Barbados: 26.2 %   2003 Time series
= 27   Sri Lanka: 26.2 %   2005 Time series
# 29   Mauritius: 25.9 %   2005 Time series
# 30   Greece: 25.3 %   2005 Time series
# 31   Colombia: 25 %   2004 Time series
# 32   Zimbabwe: 24.9 %   2002 Time series
# 33   Russia: 24.7 %   1999 Time series
# 34   Argentina: 24.2 %   2005 Time series
# 35   Italy: 23.4 %   2005 Time series
# 36   Puerto Rico: 23.3 %   2005 Time series
= 37   Iran: 23.1 %   2005 Time series
= 37   Dominican Republic: 23.1 %   2000 Time series
# 39   France: 22.7 %   2004 Time series
= 40   Belize: 22.5 %   1999 Time series
= 40   Panama: 22.5 %   2005 Time series
# 42   Bulgaria: 22.3 %   2005 Time series
# 43   Trinidad and Tobago: 21.1 %   2002 Time series
= 44   Peru: 20.9 %   2005 Time series
= 44   Zambia: 20.9 %   1990 Time series
# 46   Aruba: 20.4 %   1997 Time series
# 47   Bahamas, The: 20.2 %   2005 Time series
# 48   Kyrgyzstan: 20.1 %   2002 Time series
= 49   Mongolia: 20 %   2002 Time series
= 49   Guyana: 20 %   2001 Time series
= 51   Romania: 19.7 %   2005 Time series
= 51   Spain: 19.7 %   2005 Time series
# 53   Hungary: 19.4 %   2005 Time series
# 54   Turkey: 19.3 %   2005 Time series
# 55   Czech Republic: 19.1 %   2005 Time series
# 56   Indonesia: 19 %   1999 Time series
= 57   Moldova: 18.8 %   2005 Time series
= 57   Finland: 18.8 %   2005 Time series
# 59   Luxembourg: 18.3 %   2004 Time series
# 60   Brazil: 18.1 %   2004 Time series
# 61   Haiti: 17.9 %   1999 Time series
# 62   Israel: 17.8 %   2005 Time series
# 63   Belgium: 17.5 %   2004 Time series
# 64   Chile: 17.3 %   2005 Time series
# 65   Morocco: 17 %   2003 Time series
= 66   Malta: 16.6 %   2004 Time series
= 66   Ukraine: 16.6 %   2003 Time series
# 68   Philippines: 16.4 %   2005 Time series
# 69   Portugal: 16.1 %   2005 Time series
# 70   Ghana: 15.9 %   2000 Time series
# 71   Estonia: 15.8 %   2005 Time series
# 72   Lithuania: 15.7 %   2005 Time series
# 73   Ecuador: 15.5 %   2005 Time series
# 74   Germany: 15.2 %   2005 Time series
# 75   Costa Rica: 15 %   2005 Time series
# 76   Qatar: 14.6 %   1997 Time series
# 77   Sweden: 14.4 %   2005 Time series
# 78   Kazakhstan: 14.3 %   2004 Time series
# 79   Cyprus: 13.9 %   2005 Time series
# 80   Paraguay: 13.8 %   2001 Time series
# 81   Slovenia: 13.4 %   2005 Time series
# 82   Antigua and Barbuda: 13.1 %   1991 Time series
# 83   Latvia: 13 %   2005 Time series
# 84   Nicaragua: 12.5 %   2003 Time series
# 85   Canada: 12.4 %   2005 Time series
# 86   Cambodia: 12.2 %   1998 Time series
# 87   Norway: 12.1 %   2005 Time series
# 88   United Kingdom: 11.8 %   2005 Time series
# 89   Pakistan: 11.7 %   2004 Time series
# 90   El Salvador: 11.5 %   2004 Time series
# 91   United States: 11.3 %   2005 Time series
# 92   Hong Kong: 10.9 %   2005 Time series
= 93   Australia: 10.5 %   2005 Time series
= 93   India: 10.5 %   2004 Time series
# 95   Austria: 10.3 %   2005 Time series
# 96   Korea, South: 10.2 %   2005 Time series
# 97   Netherlands: 9.6 %   2005 Time series
# 98   Cayman Islands: 9.5 %   1997 Time series
# 99   New Zealand: 9.4 %   2005 Time series
# 100   Switzerland: 8.9 %   2005 Time series
# 101   Japan: 8.7 %   2005 Time series
= 102   Bolivia: 8.6 %   1996 Time series
= 102   Denmark: 8.6 %   2005 Time series
= 104   Ireland: 8.3 %   2005 Time series
= 104   Malaysia: 8.3 %   2000 Time series
# 106   Macau: 8.2 %   2005 Time series
# 107   Iceland: 8.1 %   2004 Time series
# 108   Ethiopia: 7.7 %   2005 Time series
# 109   Honduras: 7 %   2005 Time series
= 110   Bangladesh: 6.6 %   2003 Time series
= 110   Mexico: 6.6 %   2005 Time series
# 112   United Arab Emirates: 6.3 %   1995 Time series
# 113   Papua New Guinea: 5.3 %   2000 Time series
# 114   Singapore: 5.2 %   2005 Time series
# 115   Laos: 5 %   1995 Time series
# 116   Thailand: 4.8 %   2005 Time series
# 117   Vietnam: 4.6 %   2004 Time series
# 118   Maldives: 4.4 %   2000 Time series
# 119   Burkina Faso: 2.1 %   1985 Time series
# 120   China: 1 %   1994 Time series
# 121   Malawi: 0.8 %   1987 Time series
# 122   Rwanda: 0.7 %   1996 Time series
Weighted average: 19.4 %   



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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