Data for 1996

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1996

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 1996
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1996, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1996 covers 187 countries. North Macedonia is highest, at 68.882; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.967. The middle country reads 14.830. Against 1995, 187 values changed (102 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 1996

HighestNorth Macedonia

68.882

LowestPakistan

0.967

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

187countries
1measure
1996the 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	68.882
2	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	62.542
3	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55.234
4	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	45.946
5	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.622
6	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.049
7	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43.335
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	43.142
9	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.944
10	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	42.781
11	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42.142
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	41.761
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	41.187
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.117
15	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	38.925
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	38.725
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.293
18	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	38.255
19	Argentina`ARG`South America	37.024
20	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.845
21	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.262
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	34.760
23	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	32.615
24	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	32.172
25	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	31.684
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	31.520
27	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	30.703
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	29.913
29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	29.257
30	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.198
31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	29.075
32	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	28.694
33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	28.618
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	28.095
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	28.081
36	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	27.895
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	27.230
38	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.821
39	Belize`BLZ`Central America	26.541
40	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	25.924
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	25.716
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	25.644
43	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.578
44	Suriname`SUR`South America	24.923
45	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	24.554
46	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.310
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24.295
48	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	22.793
49	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.254
50	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	22.142
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	22.071
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21.912
53	Colombia`COL`South America	21.880
54	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.846
55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	21.528
56	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	21.031
57	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20.903
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.620
59	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	20.495
60	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.118
61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.970
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.893
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	19.644
64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	19.617
65	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	19.609
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	19.329
67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	19.140
68	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	19.083
69	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.782
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.554
71	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.163
72	Chile`CHL`South America	17.891
73	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.491
74	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	17.160
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.093
76	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	16.901
77	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.885
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.522
79	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.194
80	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.860
81	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	15.774
82	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.772
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	15.765
84	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	15.641
85	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.402
86	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	15.292
87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	14.956
88	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.939
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.932
90	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14.929
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14.898
92	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.881
93	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.834
94	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.830
95	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.684
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	14.628
97	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.447
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14.307
99	Panama`PAN`Central America	14.011
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13.811
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	13.588
102	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.563
103	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	13.550
104	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13.491
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.287
106	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.243
107	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.248
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	12.205
109	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.173
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12.144
111	United States`USA`Northern America	12.094
112	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.644
113	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.254
114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.174
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	11.148
116	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.101
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.737
118	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	10.588
119	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.159
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10.144
121	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.937
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9.811
123	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.765
124	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	9.630
125	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.586
126	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.400
127	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.265
128	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.163
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.636
130	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.564
131	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.438
132	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8.325
133	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7.835
134	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.816
135	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	7.708
136	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.542
137	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.388
138	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.154
139	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.842
140	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.734
141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.703
142	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.679
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6.667
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.653
145	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	6.616
146	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.612
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.411
148	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6.259
149	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.148
150	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.055
151	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.047
152	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6.007
153	Peru`PER`South America	5.927
154	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.805
155	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.769
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.638
157	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.465
158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5.239
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.172
160	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.154
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.826
162	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.678
163	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.654
164	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.496
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.213
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.111
167	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.973
168	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.949
169	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.844
170	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.837
171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.706
172	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.355
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.244
174	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.229
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.171
176	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.085
177	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.939
178	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.879
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.750
180	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.526
181	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.371
182	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.179
183	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.411
184	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.374
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.341
186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.993
187	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.967

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1North Macedonia68.882
2Djibouti62.542
3Montenegro55.234
4Algeria45.946
5Libya45.622

Lowest

187Pakistan0.967
186Chad0.993
185Myanmar1.341
184Benin1.374
183Cambodia1.411

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.830. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 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

Belarus30.960 → 42.781+11.821
Paraguay6.739 → 16.522+9.783
Chile10.766 → 17.891+7.125
Georgia12.576 → 19.140+6.564
Uzbekistan15.695 → 21.528+5.833

Fell most

Barbados38.063 → 28.095−9.968
Egypt30.963 → 25.578−5.385
Algeria51.260 → 45.946−5.314
Slovakia24.740 → 21.031−3.709
Argentina40.705 → 37.024−3.681

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) (1996). Youth Unemployment Rate, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/1996

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