Data for 1999

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1999

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 1999
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1999, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 1999 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 64.426; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.972. The middle country reads 14.155. Against 1998, 187 values changed (114 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 1999

HighestDjibouti

64.426

LowestPakistan

0.972

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

187countries
1measure
1999the 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	64.426
2	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	58.290
3	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55.585
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	48.298
5	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	47.921
6	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	47.263
7	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	46.403
8	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	44.604
9	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.108
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.707
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	40.065
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.439
13	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.867
14	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	37.236
15	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	36.578
16	Colombia`COL`South America	36.503
17	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	35.298
18	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.143
19	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	33.544
20	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	33.211
21	Suriname`SUR`South America	33.205
22	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	32.981
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	32.959
24	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	32.536
25	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.597
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	31.316
27	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	31.024
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	30.518
29	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	30.331
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	29.653
31	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	29.245
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	29.101
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	28.755
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	28.503
35	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	26.947
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	26.255
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	26.074
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	25.930
39	Belize`BLZ`Central America	25.800
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.478
41	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	25.440
42	Chile`CHL`South America	25.342
43	Guyana`GUY`South America	25.008
44	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	24.577
45	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.466
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.329
47	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.031
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	23.955
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	23.872
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	23.533
51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	23.049
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	22.951
53	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	22.890
54	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	22.832
55	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	22.784
56	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.580
57	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	22.466
58	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.420
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	22.197
60	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.153
61	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	22.048
62	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	21.820
63	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.433
64	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	21.126
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	20.900
66	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.644
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.639
68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.445
69	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	20.386
70	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.190
71	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	19.586
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	19.278
73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.910
74	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	18.530
75	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.356
76	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.063
77	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.553
78	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	17.375
79	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	17.027
80	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	17.023
81	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	16.717
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.554
83	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.871
84	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.852
85	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	15.828
86	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.541
87	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.287
88	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.280
89	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.164
90	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14.925
91	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.777
92	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.323
93	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	14.294
94	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.155
95	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.099
96	Canada`CAN`Northern America	14.053
97	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13.946
98	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.896
99	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.710
100	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.602
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.445
102	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13.111
103	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12.888
104	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.874
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	12.590
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.588
107	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	12.427
108	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.293
109	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12.216
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.174
111	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	12.084
112	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.783
113	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	11.703
114	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.491
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.361
116	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.088
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.028
118	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.855
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	10.300
120	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.180
121	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.169
122	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	10.124
123	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10.105
124	United States`USA`Northern America	9.891
125	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.889
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.799
127	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.778
128	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.604
129	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	9.507
130	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.480
131	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.300
132	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.200
133	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9.171
134	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.095
135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8.968
136	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.883
137	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.415
138	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8.213
139	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.065
140	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	8.046
141	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.747
142	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.552
143	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.203
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.040
145	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6.767
146	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.766
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.736
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.728
149	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.615
150	Honduras`HND`Central America	6.497
151	Peru`PER`South America	5.993
152	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.988
153	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.921
154	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.709
155	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.669
156	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.651
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.631
158	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.447
159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.332
160	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5.287
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.125
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.979
163	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.785
164	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.542
165	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4.231
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.188
167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.186
168	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.158
169	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.001
170	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.983
171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.911
172	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.895
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.856
174	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.789
175	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.475
176	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.311
177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.007
178	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.909
179	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.822
180	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.666
181	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.610
182	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.109
183	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.360
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.140
185	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.091
186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.065
187	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.972

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

187Pakistan0.972
186Chad1.065
185Benin1.091
184Cambodia1.140
183Myanmar1.360

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.155. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
114 · 73rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guam18.160 → 32.981+14.821
Suriname24.154 → 33.205+9.051
Colombia27.606 → 36.503+8.897
Slovakia24.731 → 33.544+8.813
Poland20.895 → 28.755+7.860

Fell most

Spain35.397 → 29.101−6.296
Saint Lucia34.701 → 29.245−5.456
Finland34.360 → 29.653−4.707
Latvia26.954 → 23.533−3.421
Botswana38.701 → 35.298−3.403

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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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1999). Youth Unemployment Rate, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/1999

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