Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - World Rankings

This entry gives the percent of the total labor force ages 15-24 unemployed during a specified year.

Rank	Country	Unemployment, youth ages 15-24	Date of Information
1	Armenia	57.6	2007
2	Macedonia	54.9	2009
3	South Africa	48.2	2009
4	Bosnia And Herzegovina	47.3	2008
5	West Bank	46.9	2008
6	Serbia	42.5	2009
7	Namibia	41.7	2004
8	Saint Lucia	40.8	2004
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9	Spain	37.9	2009
10	Albania	35.5	2001
11	Georgia	35.5	2008
12	Latvia	33.8	2009
13	French Polynesia	33.2	2002
14	Tunisia	30.7	2005
15	Dominican Republic	30.3	2007
16	Lithuania	29.4	2009
17	Saudi Arabia	28.2	2008
18	Slovakia	27.3	2009
19	Estonia	27.3	2009
20	Jamaica	27.1	2009
21	Jordan	27.0	2009
22	Hungary	26.5	2009
23	Barbados	26.2	2003
24	Dominica	26.0	2001
25	Greece	25.8	2009
26	Puerto Rico	25.5	2009
27	Italy	25.4	2009
28	Turkey	25.3	2009
29	Sweden	25.0	2009
30	Zimbabwe	24.9	2002
31	Ethiopia	24.9	2006
32	Egypt	24.8	2007
33	Ireland	24.3	2009
34	Algeria	24.3	2006
35	Guyana	24.1	2002
36	Aruba	23.2	2007
37	Colombia	23.0	2008
38	Iran	23.0	2008
39	France	22.6	2009
40	Chile	22.6	2009
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41	Indonesia	22.2	2009
42	Maldives	22.2	2006
43	Lebanon	22.1	2007
44	Morocco	21.9	2009
45	Croatia	21.9	2008
46	Belgium	21.9	2009
47	Suriname	21.5	2004
48	Mauritius	21.4	2009
49	Sri Lanka	21.3	2009
50	Argentina	21.2	2009
51	Romania	20.8	2009
52	Poland	20.7	2009
53	Finland	20.5	2009
54	Seychelles	20.3	2002
55	Bahrain	20.1	2001
56	Uruguay	20.0	2009
57	Mongolia	20.0	2003
58	Portugal	20.0	2009
59	Antigua And Barbuda	19.9	2001
60	Belize	19.5	2005
61	Syria	19.1	2007
62	United Kingdom	18.9	2009
63	Bahamas, The	18.9	2007
64	Russia	18.3	2009
65	Brazil	17.8	2009
66	United States	17.6	2009
67	Philippines	17.4	2009
68	Luxembourg	17.2	2009
69	New Zealand	16.6	2009
70	Czech Republic	16.6	2009
71	Bulgaria	16.1	2009
72	Iceland	16.0	2009
73	Moldova	15.4	2009
74	Canada	15.3	2009
75	Panama	14.9	2008
76	Ukraine	14.9	2005
77	Senegal	14.8	2006
78	Israel	14.7	2009
79	Kyrgyzstan	14.6	2006
80	Azerbaijan	14.4	2008
81	Ecuador	14.1	2009
82	Peru	14.0	2008
83	Slovenia	13.6	2009
84	Venezuela	13.6	2008
85	Cayman Islands	13.5	2008
86	Malta	13.3	2009
87	Singapore	12.9	2009
88	Hong Kong	12.6	2009
89	Samoa	12.2	2001
90	United Arab Emirates	12.1	2008
91	Tonga	11.9	2003
92	Paraguay	11.8	2008
93	Australia	11.6	2009
94	El Salvador	11.4	2007
95	Kiribati	11.3	2005
96	Denmark	11.2	2009
97	Germany	11.0	2009
98	Costa Rica	11.0	2008
99	Malaysia	10.9	2008
100	India	10.5	2004
101	Trinidad And Tobago	10.5	2008
102	Mexico	10.0	2009
103	Austria	10.0	2009
104	Korea, South	9.8	2009
105	Faroe Islands	9.4	2005
106	Bangladesh	9.3	2006
107	Norway	9.2	2009
108	Bolivia	9.2	2002
109	Japan	9.1	2009
110	Cyprus	9.0	2008
111	Tanzania	8.8	2005
112	Nicaragua	8.6	2006
113	Switzerland	8.2	2009
114	Pakistan	7.7	2008
115	Macau	7.5	2009
116	Isle Of Man	7.2	2006
117	Honduras	7.0	2005
118	Kazakhstan	6.7	2008
119	Netherlands	6.6	2009
120	Bhutan	6.3	2005
121	Northern Mariana Islands	5.9	2003
122	Sierra Leone	5.2	2004
123	Liberia	4.7	2007
124	Vietnam	4.6	2004
125	Thailand	4.3	2009
126	Niger	3.2	2001
127	Cuba	3.1	2008
128	Madagascar	2.3	2005
129	Qatar	1.6	2007
130	Benin	0.8	2002

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 / World Rankings