Data for 1992

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1992

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 1992
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1992, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1992 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 59.628; Chad is lowest, at 0.934. The middle country reads 12.105. Against 1991, 187 values changed (128 up, 59 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 1992

HighestDjibouti

59.628

LowestChad

0.934

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

187countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
187distinct 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	59.628
2	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	54.868
3	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	46.224
4	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.621
5	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	44.467
6	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.065
7	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	43.598
8	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.456
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	42.057
10	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	42.012
11	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.004
12	Suriname`SUR`South America	41.917
13	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.120
14	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	39.011
15	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	38.464
16	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	38.182
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	36.906
18	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	36.046
19	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.334
20	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.211
21	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	35.186
22	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	34.583
23	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	34.444
24	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	34.139
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33.014
26	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	32.705
27	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.991
28	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	30.780
29	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.073
30	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	29.477
31	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.407
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	28.106
33	Guyana`GUY`South America	27.839
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	27.497
35	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	27.432
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.022
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26.963
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	26.410
39	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26.302
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.380
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24.485
42	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.372
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.090
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	24.086
45	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	23.796
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.867
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	22.627
48	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.348
49	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.141
50	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.576
51	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.396
52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	21.305
53	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.257
54	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.082
55	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.074
56	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19.707
57	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.570
58	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.272
59	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.145
60	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.862
61	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.808
62	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.293
63	Colombia`COL`South America	18.041
64	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17.212
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.948
66	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.760
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.248
68	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.160
69	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.780
70	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15.613
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.506
72	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.313
73	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.237
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	14.889
75	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.698
76	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.465
77	United States`USA`Northern America	14.308
78	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	13.935
79	Argentina`ARG`South America	13.805
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.466
81	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	13.446
82	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13.395
83	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.386
84	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.250
85	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	13.204
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	13.119
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.109
88	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	12.938
89	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	12.905
90	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12.884
91	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.652
92	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	12.310
93	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.159
94	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.105
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.888
96	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	11.854
97	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.609
98	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.219
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.032
100	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.987
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.917
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.590
103	Chile`CHL`South America	10.233
104	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.214
105	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.801
106	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	9.780
107	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.637
108	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9.580
109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.498
110	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.392
111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.130
112	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8.931
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.858
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.817
115	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.788
116	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	8.400
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.220
118	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.944
119	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.943
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7.634
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.487
122	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	7.485
123	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.390
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.274
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.242
126	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	7.022
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.859
128	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	6.697
129	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.465
130	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.365
131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.284
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.109
133	Peru`PER`South America	6.078
134	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.972
135	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5.795
136	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.703
137	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	5.674
138	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.587
139	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.554
140	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.541
141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5.459
142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.231
143	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.164
144	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.136
145	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.007
146	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.950
147	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.912
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.822
149	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.555
150	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.432
151	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.354
152	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.303
153	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.250
154	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.151
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.130
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.060
157	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.889
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.882
159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.847
160	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.787
161	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.696
162	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3.568
163	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.462
164	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.396
165	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3.388
166	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.371
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.258
168	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.206
169	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.191
170	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.183
171	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.010
172	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.002
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2.947
174	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.750
175	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.689
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.540
177	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.262
178	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.140
179	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.127
180	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.967
181	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.799
182	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.781
183	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.685
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.439
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.346
186	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.958
187	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.934

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti59.628
2Montenegro54.868
3North Macedonia46.224
4Albania45.621
5Libya44.467

Lowest

187Chad0.934
186Pakistan0.958
185Myanmar1.346
184Cambodia1.439
183Benin1.685

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.105. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
128 · 59rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Albania15.687 → 45.621+29.934
Finland14.941 → 24.485+9.544
Bulgaria22.616 → 30.991+8.375
Latvia5.027 → 12.105+7.078
Algeria32.916 → 39.011+6.095

Fell most

Costa Rica11.084 → 7.634−3.450
Netherlands10.810 → 7.943−2.867
Venezuela15.588 → 12.884−2.704
Honduras7.733 → 5.164−2.569
Thailand5.088 → 2.689−2.399

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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

How values are stored

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1992). Youth Unemployment Rate, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/1992

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