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Field Listing :: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

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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: 35.5% male: 41.6% female: 27.1% (2001)


Algeria	total: 24.3% male: 42.9% female: 46.3% (2006)


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


Argentina	total: 21.2% male: 18.8% female: 24.7% (2009)


Armenia	total: 57.6% male: 47.2% female: 69.4% (2007)


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


Australia	total: 11.6% male: 12.6% female: 10.4% (2009)


Austria	total: 10% male: 10.5% female: 9.4% (2009)


Azerbaijan	total: 14.4% male: 18.7% female: 9.8% (2008)


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


Bahrain	total: 20.1% male: 17.2% female: 27% (2001)


Bangladesh	total: 9.3% male: 8% female: 13.6% (2006)


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


Belgium	total: 21.9% male: 21.5% female: 22.5% (2009)


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


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


Bhutan	total: 6.3% male: 5.5% female: 7.2% (2005)


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


Bosnia and Herzegovina	total: 47.3% male: 44.7% female: 51.9% (2008)


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


Bulgaria	total: 16.1% male: 17.8% female: 13.7% (2009)


Canada	total: 15.3% male: 18.1% female: 12.4% (2009)


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


Chile	total: 22.6% male: 21.5% female: 24.4% (2009)


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


Costa Rica	total: 11% male: 9.6% female: 13.4% (2008)


Croatia	total: 21.9% male: 18.5% female: 27.2% (2008)


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


Cyprus	total: 9% male: 8.6% female: 9.4% (2008)


Czech Republic	total: 16.6% male: 16.6% female: 16.7% (2009)


Denmark	total: 11.2% male: 12.4% female: 9.9% (2009)


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: 17.2% female: 47.9% (2007)


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


Estonia	total: 27.3% male: 31.8% female: 21.2% (2009)


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: 20.5% male: 22% female: 18.8% (2009)


France	total: 22.6% male: 23.4% female: 21.7% (2009)


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


Georgia	total: 35.5% male: 32.4% female: 40.7% (2008)


Germany	total: 11% male: 12% female: 9.8% (2009)


Greece	total: 25.8% male: 19.4% female: 33.9% (2009)


Guyana	total: 24.1% male: 20.6% female: 31.3% (2002)


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


Hong Kong	total: 12.6% male: 15.1% female: 10.3% (2009)


Hungary	total: 26.5% male: 28.2% female: 24.2% (2009)


Iceland	total: 16% male: 19.9% female: 12% (2009)


India	total: 10.5% male: 10.4% female: 10.8% (2004)


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


Iran	total: 23% male: 20.2% female: 34% (2008)


Ireland	total: 24.3% male: 30.9% female: 17.3% (2009)


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


Israel	total: 14.7% male: 15.7% female: 13.9% (2009)


Italy	total: 25.4% male: 23.3% female: 28.7% (2009)


Jamaica	total: 27.1% male: 22.5% female: 33.1% (2009)


Japan	total: 9.1% male: 10.1% female: 8% (2009)


Jordan	total: 27% male: 22.6% female: 45.9% (2009)


Kazakhstan	total: 6.7% male: 6.8% female: 8.2% (2008)


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


Korea, South	total: 9.8% male: 11.9% female: 8.5% (2009)


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


Latvia	total: 33.8% male: 38.3% female: 27.9% (2009)


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


Liberia	total: 4.7% male: 5.7% female: 3.7% (2007)


Lithuania	total: 29.4% male: 35.2% female: 21.7% (2009)


Luxembourg	total: 17.2% male: 16.7% female: 17.8% (2009)


Macau	total: 7.5% male: 9.8% female: 5.4% (2009)


Macedonia	total: 54.9% male: 52.8% female: 58.5% (2009)


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


Malaysia	total: 10.9% male: 10.3% female: 11.8% (2008)


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


Malta	total: 13.3% male: 17.7% female: 15.4% (2009)


Mauritius	total: 21.4% male: 18.1% female: 26.3% (2009)


Mexico	total: 10% male: 9.7% female: 10.6% (2009)


Moldova	total: 15.4% male: 15.8% female: 14.9% (2009)


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


Morocco	total: 21.9% male: 22.8% female: 19.4% (2009)


Namibia	total: 41.7% male: 36.7% female: 47.1% (2004)


Netherlands	total: 6.6% male: 7.1% female: 6.2% (2009)


New Zealand	total: 16.6% male: 16% female: 17.2% (2009)


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: 9.2% male: 10.3% female: 8% (2009)


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


Panama	total: 14.9% male: 11.7% female: 21.1% (2008)


Paraguay	total: 11.8% male: 8.7% female: 16.8% (2008)


Peru	total: 14% male: 12.5% female: 15.6% (2008)


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


Poland	total: 20.7% male: 20.2% female: 21.2% (2009)


Portugal	total: 20% male: 18.6% female: 21.6% (2009)


Puerto Rico	total: 25.5% male: 28.6% female: 22% (2009)


Qatar	total: 1.6% male: 0.7% female: 7.5% (2007)


Romania	total: 20.8% male: 21.2% female: 20.2% (2009)


Russia	total: 18.3% male: 17.7% female: 19.1% (2009)


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: 42.5% male: 31% female: 41.3% (2008)


Seychelles	total: 20.3% (2002)


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


Singapore	total: 12.9% male: 9.9% female: 16.6% (2009)


Slovakia	total: 27.3% male: 27.9% female: 26.6% (2009)


Slovenia	total: 13.6% male: 13.8% female: 13.4% (2009)


South Africa	total: 48.2% male: 44.6% female: 52.5% (2009)


Spain	total: 37.9% male: 39.1% female: 36.4% (2009)


Sri Lanka	total: 21.3% male: 17.1% female: 27.9% (2009)


Suriname	total: 21.5% (2004)


Sweden	total: 25% male: 26.3% female: 23.7% (2009)


Switzerland	total: 8.2% male: 7.7% female: 8.7% (2009)


Syria	total: 19.1% male: 13.1% female: 49.1% (2007)


Tanzania	total: 8.8% male: 7.4% female: 10.1% (2005)


Thailand	total: 4.3% male: 3.7% female: 5.1% (2009)


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: 25.3% male: 25.4% female: 25.1% (2009)


Ukraine	total: 14.9% male: 15.2% female: 14.5% (2005)


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


United Kingdom	total: 18.9% male: 21.7% female: 15.6% (2009)


United States	total: 17.6% male: 20.1% female: 14.9% (2009)


Uruguay	total: 20% male: 16.1% female: 25.4% (2009)


Venezuela	total: 13.6% male: 12.3% female: 15.9% (2008)


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


West Bank	total: 46.9% male: 38.8% female: 47.3% (2008)


Zimbabwe	total: 24.9% male: 28.2% female: 21.4% (2002)

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