Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years)

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The map shows the indicator: Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years). The data are for the different sovereign countries of the world.

Data source: The World Bank. The data correspond to the last date of registration provided by the source.

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Color of the countries with the lowest data: light red.

Color of the countries with the highest data: dark red.

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Ranking of statistics – Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years)

The 5 highest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1991 :

1 - Macedonia - Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years) was 71.90 % in 1998
2 - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years) was 62.50 % in 2006
3 - Namibia - Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years) was 59.90 % in 2008
4 - Armenia - Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years) was 58.30 % in 2007
5 - Greece - Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years) was 58.00 % in 2013

The 5 lowest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1991 :

1 - Cambodia - Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years) was 0.30 % in 2009
2 - Rwanda - Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years) was 0.70 % in 2014
3 - Benin - Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years) was 0.80 % in 2002
4 - Qatar - Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years) was 1.00 % in 1992
5 - Guinea - Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years) was 1.40 % in 2012

Data table - Youth unemployment rate (15 - 24 years)

Ranking	Country	Data	Date of information
1	Spain	57.90	2014
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	57.50	2014
3	Greece	53.90	2014
4	South Africa	52.60	2014
5	Macedonia	50.80	2014
6	Serbia	49.50	2014
7	Libya	48.90	2014
8	Mauritania	46.60	2014
9	Croatia	45.90	2014
10	Italy	44.10	2014
11	Swaziland	42.60	2014
12	Egypt	42.00	2014
13	Mozambique	40.70	2014
14	Montenegro	39.50	2014
15	Namibia	38.70	2014
16	Portugal	36.80	2014
17	Cyprus	35.70	2014
18	Gabon	35.50	2014
19	Armenia	35.10	2014
20	Iraq	34.60	2014
21	Georgia	34.10	2014
22	Botswana	33.90	2014
23	Lesotho	33.00	2014
24	Tunisia	31.80	2014
25	Dominican Republic	31.40	2014
26	Slovakia	31.10	2014
27	Jamaica	30.50	2014
28	Syria	30.10	2014
29	Bahamas	30.10	2014
30	Yemen	29.90	2014
31	Saudi Arabia	29.50	2014
32	Iran	29.40	2014
33	Albania	29.20	2014
34	Jordan	28.80	2014
35	Maldives	26.90	2014
36	Barbados	26.80	2014
37	Bulgaria	25.90	2014
38	Ireland	25.80	2014
39	Zambia	25.10	2014
40	Romania	25.10	2014
41	Poland	24.00	2014
42	France	23.90	2014
43	Guyana	23.80	2014
44	Belgium	23.60	2014
45	Sudan	23.30	2014
46	Sweden	22.80	2014
47	Belize	22.00	2014
48	Indonesia	21.80	2014
49	Lithuania	21.50	2014
50	Argentina	21.30	2014
51	Mauritius	21.20	2014
52	Hungary	21.00	2014
53	Slovenia	20.80	2014
54	Afghanistan	20.80	2014
55	Lebanon	20.70	2014
56	Uzbekistan	20.30	2014
57	Turkmenistan	20.20	2014
58	Morocco	20.20	2014
59	Algeria	20.00	2014
60	Kuwait	19.40	2014
61	Latvia	19.30	2014
62	Finland	19.20	2014
63	Costa Rica	19.20	2014
64	Sri Lanka	19.10	2014
65	Uruguay	19.10	2014
66	Colombia	18.90	2014
67	Cape Verde	18.80	2014
68	Oman	18.80	2014
69	Fiji	18.60	2014
70	Suriname	17.90	2014
71	Turkey	17.70	2014
72	Kenya	17.40	2014
73	Haiti	17.10	2014
74	Venezuela	17.10	2014
75	Estonia	17.00	2014
76	Ukraine	16.90	2014
77	United Kingdom	16.70	2014
78	Czech Republic	16.70	2014
79	Chile	16.40	2014
80	Philippines	16.40	2014
81	Luxembourg	16.00	2014
82	Tajikistan	15.50	2014
83	Brazil	15.20	2014
84	Kyrgyzstan	14.70	2014
85	New Zealand	14.60	2014
86	United States	14.00	2014
87	East Timor	14.00	2014
88	Malawi	13.80	2014
89	Azerbaijan	13.60	2014
90	Malta	13.60	2014
91	Nigeria	13.60	2014
92	Canada	13.40	2014
93	Australia	13.10	2014
94	Senegal	13.00	2014
95	Russia	12.90	2014
96	Equatorial Guinea	12.60	2014
97	Denmark	12.40	2014
98	Belarus	12.00	2014
99	Central African Republic	11.90	2014
100	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11.90	2014
101	El Salvador	11.70	2014
102	Netherlands	11.10	2014
103	Guinea-Bissau	11.10	2014
104	Brunei	11.10	2014
105	Israel	11.00	2014
106	Panama	11.00	2014
107	Bahrain	10.90	2014
108	Eritrea	10.90	2014
109	Iceland	10.90	2014
110	Ecuador	10.80	2014
111	Togo	10.70	2014
112	Republic of the Congo	10.70	2014
113	Burundi	10.70	2014
114	Somalia	10.60	2014
115	Trinidad and Tobago	10.60	2014
116	Comoros	10.60	2014
117	North Korea	10.60	2014
118	Gambia	10.60	2014
119	China	10.50	2014
120	Angola	10.50	2014
121	Chad	10.50	2014
122	Mali	10.50	2014
123	India	10.40	2014
124	South Korea	10.40	2014
125	United Arab Emirates	10.00	2014
126	Bhutan	10.00	2014
127	Mexico	9.90	2014
128	Singapore	9.60	2014
129	Myanmar	9.50	2014
130	Solomon Islands	9.50	2014
131	Zimbabwe	9.40	2014
132	Mongolia	9.30	2014
133	Paraguay	9.30	2014
134	Peru	9.20	2014
135	Austria	9.20	2014
136	Bangladesh	9.10	2014
137	Switzerland	8.70	2014
138	Pakistan	8.60	2014
139	Moldova	8.50	2014
140	Norway	8.40	2014
141	Germany	7.60	2014
142	Nicaragua	7.60	2014
143	Niger	7.10	2014
144	Cuba	7.10	2014
145	Ethiopia	7.10	2014
146	Honduras	6.90	2014
147	Uganda	6.80	2014
148	Malaysia	6.70	2014
149	Cameroon	6.70	2014
150	Japan	6.50	2014
151	Vietnam	6.30	2014
152	Côte d'Ivoire	5.80	2014
153	Tanzania	5.50	2014
154	Guatemala	5.40	2014
155	Papua New Guinea	5.40	2014
156	Bolivia	5.20	2014
157	Madagascar	5.20	2014
158	Burkina Faso	5.00	2014
159	Sierra Leone	4.90	2014
160	Liberia	4.60	2014
161	Nepal	4.00	2014
162	Thailand	3.90	2014
163	Kazakhstan	3.50	2014
164	Laos	3.40	2014
165	Ghana	3.30	2014
166	Guinea	1.70	2014
167	Benin	1.70	2014
168	Qatar	1.30	2014
169	Cambodia	0.90	2014
170	Rwanda	0.70	2014