Data for 2001

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2001

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2001
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2001, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2001 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 65.648; Benin is lowest, at 0.909. The middle country reads 14.181. Against 2000, 186 values changed (101 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2001

HighestDjibouti

65.648

LowestBenin

0.909

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

187countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
186distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	65.648
2	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55.669
3	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	55.550
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	52.604
5	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	50.336
6	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	46.927
7	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	46.677
8	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	43.213
9	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.210
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	41.581
11	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	40.647
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	40.387
13	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	39.721
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.557
15	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	39.245
16	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	39.087
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.990
18	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	38.879
19	Argentina`ARG`South America	37.025
20	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.263
21	Uruguay`URY`South America	34.450
22	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	33.899
23	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.758
24	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	32.796
25	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	31.526
26	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	31.521
27	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31.281
28	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	30.503
29	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	29.889
30	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	29.816
31	Suriname`SUR`South America	28.796
32	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	28.656
33	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.843
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27.816
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	27.806
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	27.632
37	Colombia`COL`South America	27.488
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	27.321
39	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	25.007
40	Chile`CHL`South America	24.559
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.285
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	24.280
43	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.200
44	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	24.162
45	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.045
46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	23.847
47	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	23.600
48	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	23.512
49	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	22.983
50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	22.935
51	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	22.803
52	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	22.436
53	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.357
54	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	22.102
55	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21.982
56	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.940
57	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.611
58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.399
59	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	21.225
60	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.912
61	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	20.802
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.720
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.685
64	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	20.532
65	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.422
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.019
67	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	19.035
68	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.953
69	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	18.869
70	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.826
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	18.774
72	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	18.715
73	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	18.701
74	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.555
75	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.401
76	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17.997
77	France`FRA`Western Europe	17.910
78	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.776
79	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	17.743
80	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	17.473
81	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.557
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.548
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	16.495
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.048
85	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.955
86	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	15.730
87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.603
88	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.419
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.376
90	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15.332
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.203
92	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.989
93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.251
94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.181
95	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.806
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.773
97	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13.476
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.455
99	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.341
100	Canada`CAN`Northern America	12.869
101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12.159
102	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	12.144
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.135
104	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.092
105	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.668
106	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	11.650
107	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.514
108	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.509
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11.396
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.255
111	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.219
112	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11.196
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.190
114	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.037
115	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.036
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.863
117	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	10.511
118	United States`USA`Northern America	10.492
119	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.371
120	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.271
121	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.191
122	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.979
123	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	9.870
124	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.603
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.569
126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.501
127	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.418
128	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.359
129	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.954
130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8.821
131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.551
132	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.508
133	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.229
134	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	8.062
135	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.994
136	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.976
137	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7.870
138	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	7.802
139	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.787
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.661
141	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.539
142	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.396
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.303
144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.919
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.896
146	Honduras`HND`Central America	6.814
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.778
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6.704
149	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.329
150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.094
151	Peru`PER`South America	6.069
152	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.001
153	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.858
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.673
=155	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.625
=155	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.625
157	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.592
158	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.589
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5.470
160	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.354
161	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5.296
162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.177
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.078
164	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4.975
165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.860
166	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.683
167	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.593
168	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.325
169	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.321
170	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.265
171	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.261
172	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.981
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.862
174	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.684
175	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.674
176	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.438
177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.107
178	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.999
179	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.976
180	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.837
181	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.681
182	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.083
183	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.324
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.299
185	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.114
186	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.958
187	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.909

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

187Benin0.909
186Pakistan0.958
185Chad1.114
184Cambodia1.299
183Myanmar1.324

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.181. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
101 · 85rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Palestine15.818 → 31.281+15.463
Poland32.910 → 40.387+7.477
Botswana32.127 → 39.245+7.118
Malta11.840 → 17.743+5.903
Bulgaria33.208 → 39.087+5.879

Fell most

Colombia37.389 → 27.488−9.901
Guam36.524 → 31.521−5.003
Spain25.258 → 20.720−4.538
Kazakhstan22.710 → 18.715−3.995
Algeria50.661 → 46.927−3.734

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 2001.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 5.625. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2001). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2001

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