| 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) |
| 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) |