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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     Sri Lanka: 26.2 %   2005 Time series
= 27     Barbados: 26.2 %   2003 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     Dominican Republic: 23.1 %   2000 Time series
= 37     Iran: 23.1 %   2005 Time series
# 39     France: 22.7 %   2004 Time series
= 40     Panama: 22.5 %   2005 Time series
= 40     Belize: 22.5 %   1999 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     Guyana: 20 %   2001 Time series
= 49     Mongolia: 20 %   2002 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     Finland: 18.8 %   2005 Time series
= 57     Moldova: 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     India: 10.5 %   2004 Time series
= 93     Australia: 10.5 %   2005 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     Denmark: 8.6 %   2005 Time series
= 102     Bolivia: 8.6 %   1996 Time series
= 104     Malaysia: 8.3 %   2000 Time series
= 104     Ireland: 8.3 %   2005 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     Mexico: 6.6 %   2005 Time series
= 110     Bangladesh: 6.6 %   2003 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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"Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_une_you_tot_of_tot_lab_for_age_1524-total-force-ages-15-24

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