Data for 1995

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1995

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 1995
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1995, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1995 covers 187 countries. North Macedonia is highest, at 63.128; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.973. The middle country reads 13.850. Against 1994, 187 values changed (91 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 1995

HighestNorth Macedonia

63.128

LowestPakistan

0.973

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

187countries
1measure
1995the 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	63.128
2	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	62.337
3	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55.187
4	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	51.260
5	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.673
6	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	44.720
7	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42.810
8	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	42.619
9	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.982
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	41.813
11	Argentina`ARG`South America	40.705
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	40.635
13	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.043
14	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.856
15	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	39.563
16	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.328
17	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	38.063
18	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	37.815
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.784
20	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.509
21	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	35.022
22	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.781
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.458
24	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	32.546
25	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	32.055
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	31.755
27	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	31.156
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	31.153
29	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	31.004
30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.963
31	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	30.960
32	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30.743
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.695
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
35	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29.550
36	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.454
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	26.753
38	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	26.511
39	Suriname`SUR`South America	26.360
40	Guyana`GUY`South America	26.137
41	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	25.243
42	Uruguay`URY`South America	25.018
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	24.740
44	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.334
45	Belize`BLZ`Central America	23.935
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.834
47	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.005
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	22.671
49	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	22.626
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22.488
51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.146
52	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.968
53	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.539
54	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	21.302
55	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.520
56	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.499
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.202
58	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.157
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	19.716
60	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.484
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	19.241
62	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19.199
63	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	18.815
64	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.808
65	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	18.735
66	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.186
67	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	17.996
68	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	17.761
69	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17.601
70	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	17.402
71	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.223
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.041
73	Colombia`COL`South America	16.411
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	16.067
75	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	15.895
76	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.839
77	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	15.831
78	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.695
79	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.583
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	15.538
81	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15.454
82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.352
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.312
84	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	15.281
85	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	15.196
86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	15.130
87	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.963
88	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	14.914
89	Canada`CAN`Northern America	14.832
90	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.788
91	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.390
92	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.991
93	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	13.948
94	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13.850
95	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.598
96	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.479
97	Brazil`BRA`South America	13.261
98	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.233
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.206
100	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.069
101	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12.730
102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12.576
103	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.268
104	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12.240
105	United States`USA`Northern America	12.186
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.041
107	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.819
108	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.696
109	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	11.638
110	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.623
111	Mexico`MEX`Central America	11.621
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.481
113	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.327
114	Chile`CHL`South America	10.766
115	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.751
116	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	10.504
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.212
118	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.144
119	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.062
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10.006
121	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.933
122	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.817
123	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.783
124	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	9.751
125	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.351
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.240
127	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.629
128	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.474
129	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.464
130	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.878
131	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.834
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.700
133	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.269
134	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	7.142
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.079
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	6.958
137	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	6.888
138	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.833
139	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.739
140	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.669
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.520
142	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.513
143	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	6.451
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.327
145	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6.164
146	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.098
147	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.920
148	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.909
149	Peru`PER`South America	5.831
150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.795
151	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	5.655
152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.626
153	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.532
154	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.485
155	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.452
156	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5.390
157	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5.143
158	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.093
159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.989
160	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.972
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.857
162	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.653
163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.501
164	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.411
165	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.359
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.240
167	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.986
168	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.925
169	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.892
170	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.848
171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.807
172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.367
173	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.324
174	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.208
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.169
176	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.970
177	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.948
178	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.866
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.680
180	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.369
181	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.224
182	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.871
183	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.449
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.415
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.334
186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.000
187	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.973

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1North Macedonia63.128
2Djibouti62.337
3Montenegro55.187
4Algeria51.260
5Libya45.673

Lowest

187Pakistan0.973
186Chad1.000
185Myanmar1.334
184Cambodia1.415
183Benin1.449

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 13.850. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
91 · 96rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Argentina25.805 → 40.705+14.900
North Macedonia53.153 → 63.128+9.975
Finland31.162 → 40.635+9.473
Belarus22.515 → 30.960+8.445
Algeria44.428 → 51.260+6.832

Fell most

Albania32.402 → 23.005−9.397
Jordan37.002 → 32.546−4.456
Bahamas25.596 → 21.302−4.294
Barbados42.032 → 38.063−3.969
Ireland21.430 → 17.601−3.829

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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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1995). Youth Unemployment Rate, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/1995

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