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Unemployment youth total percentage of total 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 total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)Year
1
Marshall Islands
62.64%
1999
2
South Africa
53.43%
2018
3
Kosovo
52.36%
2016
4
Libya
48.7%
2012
5
Swaziland
47.06%
2016
6
Republic of Macedonia
46.73%
2017
7
Saint Lucia
46.24%
2016
8
Bosnia and Herzegovina
45.81%
2017
9
Namibia
44.88%
2016
10
Greece
43.59%
2017
11
Republic of the Congo
40.04%
2005
12
Angola
39.39%
2014
13
Spain
38.57%
2017
14
New Caledonia
38.39%
2014
15
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
36.32%
1991
16
Armenia
36.05%
2013
17
Botswana
35.99%
2010
18
Gabon
35.7%
2010
19
Jordan
35.63%
2016
20
Italy
34.74%
2017
21
Tunisia
34.74%
2013
22
Lesotho
34.43%
2013
23
French Polynesia
34.23%
2007
24
Sudan
32.6%
2011
25
Cape Verde
32.45%
2017
26
Samoa
31.92%
2017
27
Albania
31.9%
2017
28
Montenegro
31.69%
2017
29
Grenada
31.47%
1998
30
Curacao
29.72%
2015
31
Serbia
29.72%
2018
32
Barbados
29.61%
2016
33
Egypt
29.55%
2017
34
Bermuda
29.28%
2014
35
Brunei
28.89%
2017
36
Georgia
28.89%
2017
37
Aruba
28.86%
2010
38
Brazil
28.55%
2018
39
Iran
28.39%
2017
40
Guam
28.22%
2002
41
San Marino
27.4%
2016
42
Croatia
27.35%
2017
43
Monaco
26.65%
2016
44
Nauru
26.57%
2013
45
Dominica
25.84%
2001
46
The Bahamas
25.84%
2016
47
Algeria
25.72%
2016
48
Iraq
25.57%
2017
49
Uruguay
24.78%
2017
50
Cyprus
24.7%
2017
51
Puerto Rico
24.53%
2008
52
Yemen
24.52%
2014
53
Saudi Arabia
24.19%
2016
54
Jamaica
24.15%
2018
55
Mauritius
24%
2017
56
Zambia
23.99%
2017
57
Portugal
23.87%
2017
58
Argentina
22.64%
2017
59
Rwanda
22.63%
2017
60
France
22.29%
2017
61
Morocco
22.24%
2016
62
Costa Rica
22.23%
2011
63
Lebanon
22.1%
2007
64
Guyana
21.61%
2017
65
Kenya
21.28%
1999
66
Sri Lanka
21.05%
2016
67
São Tomé and Príncipe
20.82%
2012
68
Tuvalu
20.64%
2016
69
Turkey
20.52%
2017
70
Syria
20.38%
2010
71
Finland
20.13%
2017
72
Antigua and Barbuda
19.84%
2001
73
Belgium
19.25%
2017
74
Slovakia
18.93%
2017
75
Federated States of Micronesia
18.88%
2014
76
Colombia
18.73%
2018
77
South Sudan
18.48%
2008
78
Romania
18.32%
2017
79
Laos
18.18%
2017
80
Chile
18.15%
2018
81
Mongolia
17.93%
2017
82
Sweden
17.92%
2017
83
Haiti
17.9%
1999
84
Afghanistan
17.57%
2017
85
Kiribati
17.12%
2015
86
Latvia
16.99%
2017
87
Zimbabwe
16.45%
2014
88
Russia
16.31%
2017
89
Maldives
15.93%
2016
90
Indonesia
15.61%
2017
91
Kuwait
15.43%
2016
92
Fiji
15.4%
2016
93
Luxembourg
15.38%
2017
94
Belize
15.31%
2017
95
Mauritania
15.22%
2012
96
Ghana
15.18%
2015
97
Uganda
14.83%
2017
98
Poland
14.82%
2017
99
Kyrgyzstan
14.81%
2017
100
Peru
14.66%
2018
101
Paraguay
14.55%
2018
102
Republic of Ireland
14.4%
2017
103
Venezuela
14.15%
2012
104
Azerbaijan
14.04%
2007
105
Cayman Islands
13.79%
2015
106
Oman
13.71%
2016
107
Dominican Republic
13.49%
2017
108
Suriname
13.41%
2015
109
Lithuania
13.26%
2017
110
East Timor
13.19%
2016
111
Gambia
13.06%
2012
112
Bulgaria
12.93%
2017
113
Bangladesh
12.76%
2017
114
New Zealand
12.68%
2017
115
Australia
12.59%
2017
116
Estonia
12.1%
2017
117
United Kingdom
12.08%
2017
118
American Samoa
11.96%
1990
119
Malta
11.3%
2017
120
Slovenia
11.23%
2017
121
Canada
11.11%
2018
122
Tajikistan
11.06%
2009
123
Denmark
11.04%
2017
124
Saint Kitts And Nevis
11.02%
2001
125
Seychelles
10.91%
2017
126
Panama
10.76%
2017
127
Bhutan
10.73%
2015
128
Hungary
10.71%
2017
129
Malaysia
10.46%
2016
130
South Korea
10.4%
2017
131
Norway
10.37%
2017
132
El Salvador
10.06%
2017
133
India
10.06%
2012
134
Comoros
10%
2004
135
Austria
9.8%
2017
136
Palau
9.62%
2000
137
Sierra Leone
9.45%
2014
138
Belarus
9.32%
2017
139
Vanuatu
8.89%
2009
140
Netherlands
8.86%
2017
141
Singapore
8.79%
2000
142
Hong Kong
8.7%
2017
143
Burkina Faso
8.69%
2014
144
Democratic Republic Of Congo
8.68%
2012
145
United States
8.61%
2018
146
Malawi
8.48%
2017
147
Nicaragua
8.46%
2014
148
Switzerland
8.07%
2017
149
Senegal
8.05%
2015
150
Czech Republic
7.95%
2017
151
Ecuador
7.95%
2018
152
Iceland
7.87%
2017
153
Honduras
7.85%
2017
154
Pakistan
7.85%
2018
155
United Arab Emirates
7.7%
2017
156
Nigeria
7.66%
2015
157
Philippines
7.46%
2017
158
Mozambique
7.41%
2015
159
Moldova
7.37%
2018
160
Vietnam
7.32%
2017
161
Isle Of Man
7.29%
2006
162
Israel
7.26%
2017
163
Trinidad and Tobago
7.08%
2016
164
Bolivia
6.93%
2015
165
Virgin Islands (British)
6.88%
1991
166
Mexico
6.86%
2018
167
Germany
6.76%
2017
168
Cameroon
6.29%
2014
169
Northern Mariana Islands
5.85%
2003
170
Guinea
5.67%
2002
171
Benin
5.63%
2011
172
Bahrain
5.3%
2012
173
Macao
5.3%
2017
174
Guatemala
5.03%
2017
175
Myanmar
3.99%
2017
176
Kazakhstan
3.91%
2013
177
Tanzania
3.89%
2014
178
Ivory Coast
3.88%
2016
179
Togo
3.88%
2015
180
Thailand
3.71%
2016
181
Papua New Guinea
3.61%
2010
182
Japan
3.6%
2018
183
Ethiopia
3.53%
2013
184
Burundi
2.94%
2014
185
Mali
2.34%
2016
186
Liberia
2.3%
2016
187
Nepal
2.19%
2008
188
Solomon Islands
1.33%
2013
189
Cambodia
1.11%
2016
190
Madagascar
0.99%
2012
191
Niger
0.7%
2014
192
Qatar
0.53%
2017
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