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Unemployment youth male percentage of male 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 male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)Year
1
South Africa
49.18%
2018
2
Kosovo
47.25%
2016
3
Republic of Macedonia
45.75%
2017
4
Lesotho
44.3%
2008
5
Swaziland
44.21%
2016
6
Bosnia and Herzegovina
43.11%
2017
7
Saint Lucia
42.56%
2016
8
Republic of the Congo
40.98%
2005
9
Libya
40.82%
2012
10
Spain
39.55%
2017
11
Greece
39.33%
2017
12
Angola
38.98%
2014
13
Namibia
37.72%
2016
14
New Caledonia
37.1%
2014
15
Albania
34.15%
2017
16
Tunisia
33.38%
2013
17
Italy
32.99%
2017
18
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
32.73%
1991
19
Armenia
31.83%
2013
20
Jordan
31.48%
2016
21
French Polynesia
31.35%
2007
22
Montenegro
30.65%
2017
23
Gabon
30.55%
2010
24
Aruba
29.88%
2010
25
Bermuda
29.74%
2014
26
Botswana
29.59%
2010
27
Cape Verde
29.52%
2017
28
Guam
29.14%
2002
29
Brunei
28.43%
2017
30
Serbia
28.31%
2018
31
Barbados
27.85%
2016
32
Sudan
27.39%
2011
33
Puerto Rico
27.37%
2008
34
Croatia
27.08%
2017
35
Cyprus
27%
2017
36
Georgia
26.25%
2017
37
Dominica
26.01%
2001
38
Monaco
25.69%
2016
39
Egypt
25.67%
2017
40
Grenada
25.38%
1998
41
Brazil
25.28%
2018
42
Samoa
24.56%
2017
43
Iran
24.23%
2017
44
Zambia
23.64%
2017
45
Yemen
23.51%
2014
46
France
23.14%
2017
47
Portugal
22.4%
2017
48
Lebanon
22.29%
2007
49
Kiribati
22.2%
2015
50
Algeria
22.07%
2016
51
Morocco
22.05%
2016
52
Iraq
21.99%
2017
53
San Marino
21.44%
2016
54
Finland
20.95%
2017
55
Nauru
20.91%
2013
56
The Bahamas
20.83%
2016
57
Laos
20.81%
2017
58
Uruguay
20.73%
2017
59
Rwanda
20.63%
2017
60
Belgium
20.23%
2017
61
Jamaica
20.07%
2018
62
South Sudan
20%
2008
63
Argentina
19.86%
2017
64
Maldives
19.06%
2016
65
Sweden
18.8%
2017
66
Mauritius
18.61%
2017
67
Antigua and Barbuda
18.3%
2001
68
Latvia
18.26%
2017
69
Azerbaijan
18.16%
2007
70
Slovakia
18.13%
2017
71
Romania
18.11%
2017
72
Costa Rica
18.02%
2011
73
Turkey
17.72%
2017
74
Nigeria
17.63%
2016
75
Saudi Arabia
17.38%
2016
76
Guyana
17.31%
2017
77
Luxembourg
17.18%
2017
78
Sri Lanka
16.77%
2016
79
Tajikistan
16.76%
2009
80
Chile
16.7%
2018
81
Syria
16.45%
2010
82
Cayman Islands
16.38%
2015
83
Afghanistan
16.29%
2017
84
Republic of Ireland
16.03%
2017
85
Kenya
15.93%
1999
86
Ghana
15.81%
2015
87
Russia
15.74%
2017
88
Indonesia
15.6%
2017
89
Haiti
15.1%
1999
90
Mongolia
14.98%
2017
91
Sierra Leone
14.77%
2014
92
Colombia
14.74%
2018
93
Poland
14.61%
2017
94
Lithuania
14.57%
2017
95
Peru
14.27%
2018
96
Mauritania
14.11%
2012
97
Estonia
13.88%
2017
98
Australia
13.65%
2017
99
United Kingdom
13.47%
2017
100
Bulgaria
13.25%
2017
101
Uganda
12.74%
2017
102
Canada
12.51%
2018
103
New Zealand
12.38%
2017
104
Malta
12.25%
2017
105
Saint Kitts And Nevis
12.08%
2001
106
Venezuela
12.07%
2012
107
Fiji
11.86%
2016
108
American Samoa
11.84%
1990
109
Paraguay
11.83%
2018
110
Kyrgyzstan
11.73%
2017
111
Norway
11.67%
2017
112
Zimbabwe
11.62%
2014
113
Comoros
11.44%
2004
114
Denmark
11.41%
2017
115
South Korea
11.3%
2017
116
Democratic Republic Of Congo
11.3%
2012
117
Belarus
11.24%
2017
118
Northern Mariana Islands
11.23%
2003
119
East Timor
10.91%
2016
120
Bangladesh
10.78%
2017
121
Austria
10.76%
2017
122
Seychelles
10.51%
2017
123
Federated States of Micronesia
10.38%
2014
124
Oman
10.32%
2016
125
Slovenia
9.94%
2017
126
Dominican Republic
9.9%
2017
127
Tuvalu
9.83%
2016
128
Malaysia
9.83%
2016
129
Hungary
9.71%
2017
130
India
9.54%
2012
131
Belize
9.53%
2017
132
United States
9.52%
2018
133
Kuwait
9.39%
2016
134
Hong Kong
9.25%
2017
135
Isle Of Man
9.16%
2006
136
Gambia
9.12%
2012
137
Suriname
8.97%
2015
138
Netherlands
8.96%
2017
139
El Salvador
8.85%
2017
140
Palau
8.84%
2000
141
Vanuatu
8.63%
2009
142
Iceland
8.59%
2017
143
Panama
8.27%
2017
144
Bhutan
8.23%
2015
145
Pakistan
8.16%
2018
146
Switzerland
8.15%
2017
147
Mozambique
7.71%
2015
148
Germany
7.6%
2017
149
Moldova
7.53%
2018
150
Czech Republic
7.39%
2017
151
Senegal
7.36%
2015
152
Virgin Islands (British)
7.3%
1991
153
Vietnam
7.29%
2017
154
Trinidad and Tobago
7.18%
2016
155
Guinea
6.94%
2002
156
Israel
6.74%
2017
157
Malawi
6.73%
2017
158
Macao
6.65%
2017
159
Philippines
6.64%
2017
160
Mexico
6.46%
2018
161
Ecuador
6.41%
2018
162
Singapore
6.41%
2000
163
Nicaragua
6.37%
2014
164
United Arab Emirates
6.04%
2017
165
Bolivia
5.81%
2015
166
Cameroon
5.81%
2014
167
Honduras
5.62%
2017
168
Burkina Faso
5.29%
2014
169
Benin
5.21%
2011
170
Burundi
4.41%
2014
171
Papua New Guinea
4.3%
2010
172
Japan
4.1%
2018
173
Guatemala
3.72%
2017
174
Togo
3.67%
2015
175
Kazakhstan
3.63%
2013
176
Myanmar
3.34%
2017
177
Tanzania
3.14%
2014
178
Thailand
3.03%
2016
179
Nepal
2.92%
2008
180
Ivory Coast
2.8%
2016
181
Ethiopia
2.65%
2013
182
Bahrain
2.61%
2012
183
Mali
2.5%
2016
184
Liberia
2.4%
2016
185
Solomon Islands
1.05%
2013
186
Cambodia
1.03%
2016
187
Madagascar
0.97%
2012
188
Niger
0.91%
2014
189
Qatar
0.23%
2017
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