Country Comparison
:: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
This entry gives the percent of the total labor force ages 15-24 unemployed during a specified year.
Rank
country
(%)
Date of Information
1
Armenia
57.6
2007
2
Macedonia
54.9
2009
3
South Africa
48.2
2009
4
Bosnia and Herzegovina
47.3
2008
5
West Bank
46.9
2008
6
Serbia
42.5
2009
7
Namibia
41.7
2004
8
Saint Lucia
40.8
2004
9
Spain
37.9
2009
10
Albania
35.5
2001
11
Georgia
35.5
2008
12
Latvia
33.8
2009
13
French Polynesia
33.2
2002
14
Tunisia
30.7
2005
15
Dominican Republic
30.3
2007
16
Lithuania
29.4
2009
17
Saudi Arabia
28.2
2008
18
Estonia
27.3
2009
19
Slovakia
27.3
2009
20
Jamaica
27.1
2009
21
Jordan
27.0
2009
22
Hungary
26.5
2009
23
Barbados
26.2
2003
24
Dominica
26.0
2001
25
Greece
25.8
2009
26
Puerto Rico
25.5
2009
27
Italy
25.4
2009
28
Turkey
25.3
2009
29
Sweden
25.0
2009
30
Ethiopia
24.9
2006
31
Zimbabwe
24.9
2002
32
Egypt
24.8
2007
33
Ireland
24.3
2009
34
Algeria
24.3
2006
35
Guyana
24.1
2002
36
Aruba
23.2
2007
37
Colombia
23.0
2008
38
Iran
23.0
2008
39
Chile
22.6
2009
40
France
22.6
2009
41
Indonesia
22.2
2009
42
Maldives
22.2
2006
43
Lebanon
22.1
2007
44
Belgium
21.9
2009
45
Morocco
21.9
2009
46
Croatia
21.9
2008
47
Suriname
21.5
2004
48
Mauritius
21.4
2009
49
Sri Lanka
21.3
2009
50
Argentina
21.2
2009
51
Romania
20.8
2009
52
Poland
20.7
2009
53
Finland
20.5
2009
54
Seychelles
20.3
2002
55
Bahrain
20.1
2001
56
Uruguay
20.0
2009
57
Portugal
20.0
2009
58
Mongolia
20.0
2003
59
Antigua and Barbuda
19.9
2001
60
Belize
19.5
2005
61
Syria
19.1
2007
62
Bahamas, The
18.9
2007
63
United Kingdom
18.9
2009
64
Russia
18.3
2009
65
Brazil
17.8
2009
66
United States
17.6
2009
67
Philippines
17.4
2009
68
Luxembourg
17.2
2009
69
New Zealand
16.6
2009
70
Czech Republic
16.6
2009
71
Bulgaria
16.1
2009
72
Iceland
16.0
2009
73
Moldova
15.4
2009
74
Canada
15.3
2009
75
Panama
14.9
2008
76
Ukraine
14.9
2005
77
Senegal
14.8
2006
78
Israel
14.7
2009
79
Kyrgyzstan
14.6
2006
80
Azerbaijan
14.4
2008
81
Ecuador
14.1
2009
82
Peru
14.0
2008
83
Venezuela
13.6
2008
84
Slovenia
13.6
2009
85
Cayman Islands
13.5
2008
86
Malta
13.3
2009
87
Singapore
12.9
2009
88
Hong Kong
12.6
2009
89
Samoa
12.2
2001
90
United Arab Emirates
12.1
2008
91
Tonga
11.9
2003
92
Paraguay
11.8
2008
93
Australia
11.6
2009
94
El Salvador
11.4
2007
95
Kiribati
11.3
2005
96
Denmark
11.2
2009
97
Costa Rica
11.0
2008
98
Germany
11.0
2009
99
Malaysia
10.9
2008
100
India
10.5
2004
101
Trinidad and Tobago
10.5
2008
102
Mexico
10.0
2009
103
Austria
10.0
2009
104
Korea, South
9.8
2009
105
Faroe Islands
9.4
2005
106
Bangladesh
9.3
2006
107
Norway
9.2
2009
108
Bolivia
9.2
2002
109
Japan
9.1
2009
110
Cyprus
9.0
2008
111
Tanzania
8.8
2005
112
Nicaragua
8.6
2006
113
Switzerland
8.2
2009
114
Pakistan
7.7
2008
115
Macau
7.5
2009
116
Isle of Man
7.2
2006
117
Honduras
7.0
2005
118
Kazakhstan
6.7
2008
119
Netherlands
6.6
2009
120
Bhutan
6.3
2005
121
Northern Mariana Islands
5.9
2003
122
Sierra Leone
5.2
2004
123
Liberia
4.7
2007
124
Vietnam
4.6
2004
125
Thailand
4.3
2009
126
Niger
3.2
2001
127
Cuba
3.1
2008
128
Madagascar
2.3
2005
129
Qatar
1.6
2007
130
Benin
0.8
2002