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Country Comparison :: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
This entry gives the percent of the total labor force ages 15-24 unemployed during a specified year.
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Rank
country (%) 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
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 Estonia
27.3
2009
19 Slovakia
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 Ethiopia
24.9
2006
31 Zimbabwe
24.9
2002
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 Chile
22.6
2009
40 France
22.6
2009
41 Indonesia
22.2
2009
42 Maldives
22.2
2006
43 Lebanon
22.1
2007
44 Belgium
21.9
2009
45 Morocco
21.9
2009
46 Croatia
21.9
2008
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 Portugal
20.0
2009
58 Mongolia
20.0
2003
59 Antigua and Barbuda
19.9
2001
60 Belize
19.5
2005
61 Syria
19.1
2007
62 Bahamas, The
18.9
2007
63 United Kingdom
18.9
2009
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 Venezuela
13.6
2008
84 Slovenia
13.6
2009
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 Costa Rica
11.0
2008
98 Germany
11.0
2009
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
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