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Field Listing :: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

This entry gives the percent of the total labor force ages 15-24 unemployed during a specified year.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Unemployment, youth ages 15-24(%)


Albania	total: 27.2% male: 26.2% female: 28.3% (2009)


Algeria	total: 21.5% male: 18.7% female: 37.5% (2010)


Antigua and Barbuda	total: 19.9% male: 18.4% female: 21.6% (2001)


Argentina	total: 18.7% male: 16.5% female: 22.2% (2011)


Armenia	total: 45.5% male: 37.4% female: 54.7% (2008)


Aruba	total: 23.2% male: 24.1% female: 22.9% (2007)


Australia	total: 11.3% male: 11.9% female: 10.8% (2011)


Austria	total: 8.3% male: 7.9% female: 8.8% (2011)


Azerbaijan	total: 14.7% male: 14.2% female: 15.2% (2011)


Bahamas, The	total: 18.9% male: 16.7% female: 21.7% (2007)


Bahrain	total: 28.3% male: 25.7% female: 32.6% (2004)


Bangladesh	total: 9.3% male: 8% female: 13.6% (2005)


Barbados	total: 26.2% male: 24.1% female: 28.7% (2003)


Belgium	total: 18.7% male: 18.7% female: 18.7% (2011)


Belize	total: 19.5% male: 13.8% female: 28.8% (2005)


Benin	total: 0.8% male: 1.1% female: 0.6% (2002)


Bermuda	total: 10.8% male: 14.3% female: 7.6% (2000)


Bhutan	total: 9.4% male: 6.8% female: 10.9% (2011)


Bolivia	total: 9.2% male: 7.3% female: 11.8% (2002)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	total: 57.5% male: 56.8% female: 60% (2011)


Botswana	total: 13.6% male: 13.2% female: 14% (2000)


Brazil	total: 17.8% male: 13.9% female: 23.1% (2009)


Bulgaria	total: 26.6% male: 27.6% female: 25.2% (2011)


Burkina Faso	total: 3.8% male: 4.6% female: 2.9% (2006)


Cambodia	total: 3.4% male: 3.5% female: 3.3% (2008)


Canada	total: 14.1% male: 15.9% female: 12.3% (2011)


Cayman Islands	total: 13.5% male: 13.6% female: 13.3% (2008)


Chile	total: 17.5% male: 15.2% female: 21.1% (2011)


Colombia	total: 23% male: 18.2% female: 29.9% (2008)


Costa Rica	total: 16.6% male: 13.5% female: 21.6% (2011)


Croatia	total: 36.1% male: 35.6% female: 36.8% (2011)


Cuba	total: 3.1% male: 2.8% female: 3.5% (2008)


Cyprus	total: 22.3% male: 23.1% female: 21.5% (2011)


Czech Republic	total: 21.3% male: 21.6% female: 20.9% (2012)


Denmark	total: 14.2% male: 15.7% female: 12.7% (2011)


Dominica	total: 26% male: 26.2% female: 25.4% (2001)


Dominican Republic	total: 30.3% male: 21.2% female: 44.5% (2007)


Ecuador	total: 14.1% male: 11.7% female: 18.1% (2009)


Egypt	total: 24.8% male: 14.7% female: 54.1% (2010)


El Salvador	total: 11.4% male: 13% female: 8.3% (2007)


Estonia	total: 22.4% male: 23.8% female: 20.7% (2011)


Ethiopia	total: 24.9% male: 19.5% female: 29.4% (2006)


Faroe Islands	total: 9.4% male: 6.9% female: 12.5% (2005)


Finland	total: 18.9% male: 19.3% female: 18.4% (2011)


France	total: 22.1% male: 21.2% female: 23.2% (2011)


French Polynesia	total: 33.2% male: 29.3% female: 39.1% (2002)


Gaza Strip	total: 38.8% male: 36.8% female: 49.6% note: includes West Bank (2010)


Georgia	total: 35.6% (2011)


Germany	total: 8.5% male: 9.1% female: 7.8% (2011)


Ghana	total: 16.6% male: 16.4% female: 16.7% (2000)


Greece	total: 44.4% male: 38.5% female: 51.5% (2011)


Guatemala	total: 7.1% (2011)


Guyana	total: 46.05% male: 43.59% female: 50% (2011)


Honduras	total: 7% male: 5.2% female: 11.2% (2005)


Hong Kong	total: 9.4% male: 11% female: 7.9% (2011)


Hungary	total: 26.1% male: 27.2% female: 24.6% (2011)


Iceland	total: 14.6% male: 18.4% female: 10.7% (2011)


India	total: 10.2% male: 9.8% female: 11.5% (2010)


Indonesia	total: 22.2% male: 21.6% female: 23% (2009)


Iran	total: 23% male: 20.2% female: 33.9% (2008)


Ireland	total: 29.4% male: 35.3% female: 23.3% (2011)


Isle of Man	total: 7.2% male: 9.5% female: 5.1% (2006)


Israel	total: 11.6% male: 11.8% female: 11.3% (2011)


Italy	total: 29.1% male: 27.1% female: 32% (2011)


Jamaica	total: 30.1% male: 23.9% female: 37.9% (2011)


Japan	total: 8% male: 8.9% female: 7.1% (2011)


Jordan	total: 29.9% male: 26.2% female: 46.8% (2011)


Kazakhstan	total: 4.6% male: 4.2% female: 5% (2011)


Korea, South	total: 9.6% male: 12.1% female: 8.1% (2011)


Kosovo	total: 73% male: 68.5% female: 81.7% (2009)


Kuwait	total: 11.3% male: 11.8% female: 10% (2005)


Kyrgyzstan	total: 14.6% male: 13.6% female: 16.2% (2006)


Latvia	total: 29.1% male: 29.6% female: 28.6% (2011)


Lebanon	total: 22.1% male: 22.3% female: 21.5% (2007)


Lesotho	total: 34.4% male: 29% female: 41.9% (2008)


Liberia	total: 5.1% male: 3.4% female: 6.6% (2010)


Lithuania	total: 32.9% male: 34.6% female: 30.5% (2011)


Luxembourg	total: 16.8% male: 13.3% female: 20.8% (2011)


Macau	total: 5.8% male: 7% female: 4.7% (2011)


Macedonia	total: 55.3% male: 55.7% female: 54.8% (2011)


Madagascar	total: 2.3% male: 1.7% female: 2.8% (2005)


Malaysia	total: 11.3% (2010)


Maldives	total: 22.2% male: 15.5% female: 30.5% (2006)


Malta	total: 13.9% male: 13.8% female: 14% (2011)


Mauritius	total: 21.7% male: 17.3% female: 28% (2011)


Mexico	total: 9.8% male: 9.5% female: 10.4% (2011)


Moldova	total: 14.9% male: 14.2% female: 15.8% (2011)


Monaco	total: 6.9% male: 6.6% female: 7.4% (2000)


Mongolia	total: 20% male: 19.5% female: 20.7% (2003)


Montenegro	total: 37% male: 35.5% female: 40% (2011)


Morocco	total: 17.9% male: 18.1% female: 17.4% (2011)


Namibia	total: 58.9% male: 54.6% female: 63.8% (2008)


Netherlands	total: 7.7% male: 7.5% female: 7.8% (2011)


New Zealand	total: 17.3% male: 18.2% female: 16.1% (2011)


Nicaragua	total: 8.6% male: 8.1% female: 9.7% (2006)


Niger	total: 3.2% male: 4% female: 1.7% (2001)


Northern Mariana Islands	total: 5.9% male: 11.2% female: 4.4% (2003)


Norway	total: 8.6% male: 9.3% female: 7.9% (2011)


Pakistan	total: 7.7% male: 7% female: 10.5% (2008)


Panama	total: 14.6% male: 11.2% female: 12.4% (2011)


Paraguay	total: 17.8% male: 9.7% female: 13% (2011)


Peru	total: 16.2% (2011)


Philippines	total: 17.4% male: 16.2% female: 19.3% (2009)


Poland	total: 28.9% male: 23.6% female: 25.8% (2011)


Portugal	total: 30.1% male: 28.7% female: 31.7% (2011)


Puerto Rico	total: 29.9% male: 33.3% female: 24.5% (2011)


Qatar	total: 1.3% male: 0.4% female: 8.9% (2011)


Romania	total: 23.7% male: 23.7% female: 23.8% (2011)


Russia	total: 15.5% male: 15.3% female: 15.7% (2011)


Saint Lucia	total: 40.8% male: 37.1% female: 45.5% (2004)


Samoa	total: 12.2% male: 10.6% female: 15.5% (2001)


Saudi Arabia	total: 28.2% male: 23.6% female: 45.8% (2008)


Senegal	total: 14.8% male: 11.9% female: 20.1% (2006)


Serbia	total: 46.1% (2010)


Seychelles	total: 20.3% (2002)


Sierra Leone	total: 5.2% male: 7.3% female: 3.5% (2004)


Singapore	total: 6.7% (2011)


Slovakia	total: 33.2% male: 33% female: 33.6% (2011)


Slovenia	total: 15.7% male: 15% female: 16.8% (2011)


South Africa	total: 49.8% male: 45.4% female: 55% (2011)


Spain	total: 46.4% male: 48.2% female: 44.4% (2011)


Sri Lanka	total: 19.4% male: 16.3% female: 24.7% (2010)


Suriname	total: 21.5% (2004)


Sweden	total: 22.9% male: 23.8% female: 22% (2011)


Switzerland	total: 7.7% male: 7.6% female: 7.9% (2011)


Syria	total: 19.2% male: 15.3% female: 40.2% (2010)


Tanzania	total: 8.8% male: 7.4% female: 10.1% (2006)


Thailand	total: 2.7% male: 2.5% female: 3% (2011)


Tonga	total: 11.9% male: 9.9% female: 15.1% (2003)


Trinidad and Tobago	total: 10.5% male: 8.8% female: 12.9% (2008)


Tunisia	total: 30.7% male: 31.4% female: 29.3% (2005)


Turkey	total: 18.4% male: 17.1% female: 20.7% (2011)


Uganda	total: 5.4% (2009)


Ukraine	total: 18.6% male: 18.6% female: 18.7% (2011)


United Arab Emirates	total: 12.1% male: 7.9% female: 21.8% (2008)


United Kingdom	total: 20% male: 22% female: 17.7% (2011)


United States	total: 17.3% male: 18.7% female: 15.7% (2011)


Uruguay	total: 17.4% male: 14.4% female: 21.7% (2011)


Venezuela	total: 17.5% male: 15.1% female: 22% (2011)


Vietnam	total: 4.6% male: 4.4% female: 4.9% (2004)


West Bank	total: 38.8% male: 36.8% female: 49.6% note: includes Gaza (2010)


Zambia	total: 23.4% (2005)


Zimbabwe	total: 7.6% male: 7.6% female: 7.6% (2004)

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