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Unemployment youth female percentage of female labor force ages 15 to 24 national estimate

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:
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Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)Year
1
Libya
67.84%
2012
2
Kosovo
65.36%
2016
3
Iraq
63.27%
2017
4
South Africa
58.75%
2018
5
Jordan
57%
2016
6
Lesotho
53.6%
2008
7
Namibia
52.52%
2016
8
Bosnia and Herzegovina
51.36%
2017
9
Saint Lucia
51.01%
2016
10
Swaziland
50.05%
2016
11
Republic of Macedonia
48.59%
2017
12
Greece
48.2%
2017
13
Saudi Arabia
46.33%
2016
14
Tuvalu
45.85%
2016
15
Algeria
44.94%
2016
16
Iran
43.67%
2017
17
Sudan
43.52%
2011
18
Syria
43.52%
2010
19
Botswana
43.45%
2010
20
Samoa
43.42%
2017
21
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
42.98%
1991
22
Gabon
41.9%
2010
23
Armenia
41.46%
2013
24
New Caledonia
39.97%
2014
25
Angola
39.85%
2014
26
Grenada
39.37%
1998
27
Republic of the Congo
39.21%
2005
28
French Polynesia
38.5%
2007
29
Egypt
38.33%
2017
30
Tunisia
37.72%
2013
31
Nauru
37.5%
2013
32
Spain
37.42%
2017
33
Italy
37.29%
2017
34
Cape Verde
36.36%
2017
35
San Marino
35.96%
2016
36
Yemen
34.63%
2014
37
Oman
33.9%
2016
38
Montenegro
33.06%
2017
39
Brazil
32.79%
2018
40
Georgia
32.73%
2017
41
Serbia
32.04%
2018
42
The Bahamas
31.64%
2016
43
Barbados
31.51%
2016
44
Mauritius
30.98%
2017
45
Uruguay
30.36%
2017
46
Kuwait
29.99%
2016
47
Federated States of Micronesia
29.87%
2014
48
Brunei
29.48%
2017
49
Costa Rica
29.47%
2011
50
Jamaica
29.21%
2018
51
Bermuda
28.95%
2014
52
Sri Lanka
28.36%
2016
53
Guyana
27.98%
2017
54
Monaco
27.93%
2016
55
Croatia
27.74%
2017
56
Albania
27.71%
2017
57
Aruba
27.52%
2010
58
Guam
27.1%
2002
59
Argentina
26.9%
2017
60
Kenya
25.98%
1999
61
Turkey
25.64%
2017
62
Dominica
25.58%
2001
63
Portugal
25.54%
2017
64
Rwanda
24.79%
2017
65
Belize
24.78%
2017
66
Zambia
24.4%
2017
67
Colombia
24.15%
2018
68
Cyprus
22.91%
2017
69
Morocco
22.75%
2016
70
Mongolia
22.59%
2017
71
Fiji
22.35%
2016
72
Suriname
21.87%
2015
73
Lebanon
21.6%
2007
74
Antigua and Barbuda
21.55%
2001
75
Afghanistan
21.4%
2017
76
France
21.25%
2017
77
Zimbabwe
21.24%
2014
78
Haiti
21.1%
1999
79
Kyrgyzstan
21.02%
2017
80
Puerto Rico
20.31%
2008
81
Chile
20.2%
2018
82
Slovakia
20.18%
2017
83
Dominican Republic
19.72%
2017
84
Finland
19.33%
2017
85
Nigeria
19.12%
2016
86
Paraguay
18.73%
2018
87
Romania
18.63%
2017
88
Venezuela
18.25%
2012
89
Belgium
18.04%
2017
90
Uganda
17.33%
2017
91
Gambia
17.22%
2012
92
Russia
17.05%
2017
93
Mauritania
17.02%
2012
94
South Sudan
16.99%
2008
95
Sweden
16.98%
2017
96
Bangladesh
16.8%
2017
97
East Timor
15.88%
2016
98
Indonesia
15.63%
2017
99
Laos
15.49%
2017
100
Latvia
15.42%
2017
101
Poland
15.13%
2017
102
Peru
15.05%
2018
103
Panama
14.95%
2017
104
Ghana
14.59%
2015
105
United Arab Emirates
13.51%
2017
106
Luxembourg
13.25%
2017
107
New Zealand
13.03%
2017
108
Slovenia
13.01%
2017
109
Nicaragua
12.95%
2014
110
Bhutan
12.71%
2015
111
Republic of Ireland
12.63%
2017
112
Burkina Faso
12.62%
2014
113
Bulgaria
12.45%
2017
114
Bahrain
12.23%
2012
115
El Salvador
12.22%
2017
116
American Samoa
12.12%
1990
117
Honduras
12.11%
2017
118
Maldives
12.08%
2016
119
Hungary
12.05%
2017
120
India
11.99%
2012
121
Lithuania
11.66%
2017
122
Australia
11.47%
2017
123
Seychelles
11.45%
2017
124
Malaysia
11.42%
2016
125
Cayman Islands
11.41%
2015
126
Singapore
11.21%
2000
127
Denmark
10.67%
2017
128
Palau
10.63%
2000
129
United Kingdom
10.59%
2017
130
Ecuador
10.57%
2018
131
Malawi
10.55%
2017
132
Azerbaijan
10.45%
2007
133
Malta
10.23%
2017
134
Estonia
9.97%
2017
135
Saint Kitts And Nevis
9.81%
2001
136
South Korea
9.7%
2017
137
Canada
9.62%
2018
138
Vanuatu
9.21%
2009
139
Norway
9%
2017
140
Senegal
8.94%
2015
141
Philippines
8.91%
2017
142
Netherlands
8.77%
2017
143
Czech Republic
8.75%
2017
144
Austria
8.74%
2017
145
Comoros
8.65%
2004
146
Bolivia
8.63%
2015
147
Hong Kong
8.2%
2017
148
Guatemala
8.05%
2017
149
Switzerland
7.98%
2017
150
Israel
7.82%
2017
151
United States
7.67%
2018
152
Mexico
7.61%
2018
153
Kiribati
7.45%
2015
154
Vietnam
7.34%
2017
155
Belarus
7.24%
2017
156
Moldova
7.17%
2018
157
Mozambique
7.13%
2015
158
Iceland
7.08%
2017
159
Trinidad and Tobago
6.94%
2016
160
Cameroon
6.81%
2014
161
Pakistan
6.78%
2018
162
Democratic Republic Of Congo
6.76%
2012
163
Virgin Islands (British)
6.4%
1991
164
Sierra Leone
6.1%
2014
165
Benin
5.95%
2011
166
Germany
5.78%
2017
167
Isle Of Man
5.15%
2006
168
Ivory Coast
5.06%
2016
169
Myanmar
4.79%
2017
170
Guinea
4.75%
2002
171
Thailand
4.7%
2016
172
Tanzania
4.63%
2014
173
Ethiopia
4.48%
2013
174
Northern Mariana Islands
4.35%
2003
175
Kazakhstan
4.26%
2013
176
Togo
4.12%
2015
177
Tajikistan
4.09%
2009
178
Macao
3.91%
2017
179
Japan
3.1%
2018
180
Papua New Guinea
2.95%
2010
181
Liberia
2.22%
2016
182
Mali
2.19%
2016
183
Burundi
1.97%
2014
184
Qatar
1.96%
2017
185
Nepal
1.6%
2008
186
Solomon Islands
1.59%
2013
187
Cambodia
1.21%
2016
188
Madagascar
1%
2012
189
Niger
0.41%
2014
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