Data for 1993

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1993

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 1993
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1993, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1993 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 61.552; Chad is lowest, at 0.949. The middle country reads 12.962. Against 1992, 185 values changed (129 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 1993

HighestDjibouti

61.552

LowestChad

0.949

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

187countries
1measure
1993the 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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	61.552
2	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55.034
3	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	48.880
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	44.868
5	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.322
6	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	44.131
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	43.800
8	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43.615
9	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.475
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.224
11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	42.199
12	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	41.916
13	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	41.102
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	39.013
15	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	38.820
16	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	38.700
17	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	36.575
18	Suriname`SUR`South America	36.501
19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	36.074
20	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.266
21	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	34.881
22	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	34.741
23	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.636
24	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	33.613
25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	33.232
26	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.135
27	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	32.495
28	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	31.186
29	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.887
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	30.799
31	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.691
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	30.559
33	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	30.556
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.392
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	30.105
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	29.853
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.736
38	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.407
39	Guyana`GUY`South America	27.006
40	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26.708
41	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.605
42	France`FRA`Western Europe	25.199
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	24.389
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	24.184
45	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.175
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	23.830
47	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	23.451
48	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	23.428
49	Uruguay`URY`South America	23.271
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.253
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	23.186
52	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.348
53	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22.347
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.213
55	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.824
56	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.713
57	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	20.679
58	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.375
59	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.350
60	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	19.876
61	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19.863
62	Belize`BLZ`Central America	19.004
63	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.825
64	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.536
65	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	18.431
66	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.072
67	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	17.860
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.715
69	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	17.403
70	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17.187
71	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	17.157
72	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.888
73	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	16.850
74	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.191
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.963
76	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.804
77	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.373
78	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	15.193
79	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	15.087
80	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.042
81	Colombia`COL`South America	14.874
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	14.741
83	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.587
84	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	14.568
85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.507
86	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.226
87	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13.885
88	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.661
89	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.567
90	United States`USA`Northern America	13.426
91	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.334
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.189
93	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.144
94	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	12.962
95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.352
96	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.233
97	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.103
98	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.896
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.769
100	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.647
101	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.406
102	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.385
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.235
104	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11.019
105	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.987
106	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	10.869
107	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.733
108	Chile`CHL`South America	10.515
109	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.171
110	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.125
111	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.024
112	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	9.893
113	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.860
114	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.806
115	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.477
116	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.455
117	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.260
118	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8.919
119	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.826
120	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.822
121	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.785
122	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.545
123	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8.423
124	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8.367
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.312
126	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.256
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.963
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.765
129	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.672
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.578
131	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.556
132	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.119
133	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	7.032
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.779
135	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.667
136	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.615
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.268
138	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.044
139	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	5.982
140	Peru`PER`South America	5.906
141	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.844
142	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	5.718
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.686
144	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.654
145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.606
146	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.599
147	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.574
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5.541
149	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.265
150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.167
151	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.117
152	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.105
153	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.936
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.728
155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.674
156	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.661
157	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.457
158	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.343
159	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.303
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.297
161	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.066
162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.916
163	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.851
164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.826
165	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.792
166	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3.748
167	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.515
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.449
169	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.343
170	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.226
171	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.223
172	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.195
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.175
174	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.064
175	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.968
176	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2.956
177	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.949
178	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.572
179	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.403
180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.195
181	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.963
182	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.836
183	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.632
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.468
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.341
186	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.967
187	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.949

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti61.552
2Montenegro55.034
3North Macedonia48.880
4Libya44.868
5South Africa44.322

Lowest

187Chad0.949
186Pakistan0.967
185Myanmar1.341
184Cambodia1.468
183Benin1.632

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.962. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
185values changed, of 187 in both
129 · 56rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Lithuania2.127 → 24.389+22.262
Latvia12.105 → 30.559+18.454
Belarus5.541 → 15.087+9.546
Spain33.014 → 42.199+9.185
Sweden13.446 → 22.347+8.901

Fell most

Albania45.621 → 38.820−6.801
Suriname41.917 → 36.501−5.416
Bahamas27.432 → 23.451−3.981
Puerto Rico34.139 → 30.556−3.583
Colombia18.041 → 14.874−3.167

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

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 1993.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1993). Youth Unemployment Rate, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/1993

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