Data for 1994

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1994

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 1994
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1994, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1994 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 61.582; Chad is lowest, at 0.968. The middle country reads 13.372. Against 1993, 187 values changed (102 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 1994

HighestDjibouti

61.582

LowestChad

0.968

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

187countries
1measure
1994the 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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	61.582
2	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55.127
3	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.153
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.543
5	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	44.892
6	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	44.711
7	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	44.428
8	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.892
9	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43.136
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	42.032
11	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.564
12	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	41.068
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.625
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.298
15	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	37.375
16	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.002
17	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.785
18	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	36.160
19	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	35.550
20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	34.315
21	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.705
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	33.475
23	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.762
24	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	32.402
25	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	32.265
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32.025
27	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	31.901
28	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	31.881
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.783
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	31.162
31	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.078
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.879
33	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.416
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.926
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	28.395
36	Suriname`SUR`South America	27.631
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	27.302
38	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	27.108
39	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	27.049
40	Guyana`GUY`South America	26.454
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	26.029
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	25.805
43	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	25.596
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.472
45	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	24.381
46	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.320
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	24.124
48	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.483
49	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	22.905
50	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	22.515
51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22.245
52	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.041
53	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.866
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21.800
55	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.766
56	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	21.567
57	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	21.430
58	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.363
59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	21.269
60	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.280
61	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.265
62	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.181
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	19.827
64	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.781
65	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.173
66	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	17.868
67	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	17.092
68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.872
69	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.866
70	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	16.646
71	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	16.282
72	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	16.270
73	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.039
74	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.021
75	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.896
76	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.894
77	Colombia`COL`South America	15.713
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.665
79	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	15.625
80	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.456
81	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.219
82	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.214
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	15.041
84	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	14.994
85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	14.779
86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.660
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.648
88	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.370
89	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.216
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	13.857
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13.783
92	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.695
93	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.430
94	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.372
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.289
96	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13.260
97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.083
98	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.034
99	Chile`CHL`South America	12.816
100	United States`USA`Northern America	12.554
101	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.354
102	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	11.820
103	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.763
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.729
105	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.643
106	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.617
107	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.456
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.429
109	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	11.337
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11.097
111	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.019
112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.992
113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.880
114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.632
115	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	10.180
116	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.153
117	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.888
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.848
119	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.646
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.347
121	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.318
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.308
123	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.069
124	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.960
125	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8.716
126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.676
127	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.638
128	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.237
129	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8.164
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8.017
131	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.899
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.580
133	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.368
134	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.328
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.286
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	7.245
137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.137
138	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	7.123
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.681
140	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.670
141	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.575
142	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.385
143	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	6.322
144	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	6.302
145	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.005
146	Peru`PER`South America	5.700
147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.656
148	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.621
149	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.557
150	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5.507
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.481
152	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.452
153	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.383
154	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.353
155	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.140
156	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.972
157	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.958
158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.788
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4.676
160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.531
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.312
162	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.310
163	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.261
164	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.251
165	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.991
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.964
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.879
168	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.855
169	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.844
170	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.841
171	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3.739
172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.411
173	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.329
174	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.178
175	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.162
176	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.015
177	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.906
178	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.710
179	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.640
180	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.619
181	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.274
182	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.854
183	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.566
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.406
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.314
186	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.972
187	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.968

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti61.582
2Montenegro55.127
3North Macedonia53.153
4Libya45.543
5Spain44.892

Lowest

187Chad0.968
186Pakistan0.972
185Myanmar1.314
184Cambodia1.406
183Benin1.566

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 13.372. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
102 · 85rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kazakhstan1.963 → 13.260+11.297
Belarus15.087 → 22.515+7.428
Turkmenistan2.956 → 9.069+6.113
Georgia8.919 → 13.857+4.938
Guam12.233 → 17.092+4.859

Fell most

Suriname36.501 → 27.631−8.870
Slovenia29.853 → 21.567−8.286
Bulgaria33.232 → 26.029−7.203
Albania38.820 → 32.402−6.418
Jordan42.224 → 37.002−5.222

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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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 1994.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1994). Youth Unemployment Rate, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/1994

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