Data for 1991

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1991

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 1991
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

1991, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1991 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 58.707; Chad is lowest, at 0.939. The middle country reads 11.594.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 1991

HighestDjibouti

58.707

LowestChad

0.939

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

187countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
186distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Youth Unemployment Rate, 1991, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Youth Unemployment Rate, 1991: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	58.707
2	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	54.702
3	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	43.985
4	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43.911
5	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.491
6	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.905
7	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	42.453
8	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.556
9	Suriname`SUR`South America	41.357
10	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.988
11	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	40.921
12	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	40.270
13	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	39.841
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	38.363
15	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.110
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	36.066
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	34.865
18	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.695
19	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	34.683
20	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	34.606
21	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	34.125
22	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	33.631
23	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	33.033
24	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32.916
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	30.683
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.375
27	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	30.234
28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.426
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	28.461
30	Guyana`GUY`South America	27.837
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	27.524
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.222
33	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	27.138
34	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26.144
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	25.705
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.679
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.289
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	23.879
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.858
40	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	23.550
41	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	23.043
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.006
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	22.823
44	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.708
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	22.616
46	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.247
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	22.106
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	21.842
49	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.640
50	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.190
51	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.182
52	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	19.873
53	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.736
54	France`FRA`Western Europe	19.486
55	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.323
56	Colombia`COL`South America	19.112
57	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.817
58	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.747
59	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.284
60	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.476
61	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.078
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	16.780
63	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.521
64	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.413
65	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.832
66	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.735
67	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.710
68	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15.687
69	Venezuela`VEN`South America	15.588
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	15.242
71	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.099
72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	14.993
73	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.941
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	14.459
75	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.346
76	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.223
77	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	13.958
78	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.845
79	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	13.557
80	United States`USA`Northern America	13.508
81	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13.396
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.308
83	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.199
84	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	12.957
85	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12.778
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.752
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.658
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.306
89	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.129
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	12.008
91	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	11.949
92	Chile`CHL`South America	11.845
93	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.639
94	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.594
95	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11.497
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.267
97	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	11.084
98	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.963
=99	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.810
=99	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.810
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.634
102	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	10.559
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.444
104	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.228
105	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10.187
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.535
107	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.369
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.154
109	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.121
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.767
111	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.694
112	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.626
113	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.613
114	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7.843
115	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.795
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.733
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.663
118	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	7.570
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.426
120	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	7.160
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.110
122	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6.705
123	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.703
124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.290
125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.209
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.036
127	Peru`PER`South America	5.993
128	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.985
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.689
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.556
131	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.553
132	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	5.539
133	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.512
134	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5.355
135	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.201
136	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.123
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.117
138	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.088
139	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	5.027
140	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.849
141	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.833
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.701
143	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.681
144	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	4.537
145	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.472
146	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.462
147	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.366
148	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.298
149	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.236
150	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.204
151	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.181
152	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.991
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.925
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.893
155	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.870
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.850
157	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.796
158	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.738
159	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.715
160	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.637
161	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3.578
162	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.469
163	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	3.401
164	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.399
165	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.276
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.275
167	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.272
168	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.246
169	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.076
170	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.956
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2.750
172	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.723
173	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.638
174	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.522
175	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.192
176	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.982
177	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.956
178	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.949
179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.769
180	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.746
181	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1.716
182	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.610
183	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.410
184	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.362
185	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.080
186	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.960
187	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.939

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti58.707
2Montenegro54.702
3Libya43.985
4Jordan43.911
5South Africa43.491

Lowest

187Chad0.939
186Pakistan0.960
185Belarus1.080
184Myanmar1.362
183Cambodia1.410

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 11.594. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1991.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 10.810. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1991). Youth Unemployment Rate, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/1991

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