Data for 2003

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2003

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2003
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2003, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2003 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 66.643; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.948. The middle country reads 14.522. Against 2002, 187 values changed (105 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2003

HighestDjibouti

66.643

LowestPakistan

0.948

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

187countries
1measure
2003the 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	66.643
2	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	65.750
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	57.108
4	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55.513
5	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.664
6	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	47.043
7	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	46.700
8	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.862
9	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.796
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.872
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	42.659
12	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	41.773
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	40.350
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.796
15	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.403
16	Uruguay`URY`South America	38.091
17	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	36.811
18	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	36.089
19	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	35.433
20	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	35.057
21	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.795
22	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.646
23	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	33.408
24	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	33.288
25	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	33.262
26	Argentina`ARG`South America	32.924
27	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.664
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29.399
29	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	29.201
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	28.102
31	Venezuela`VEN`South America	27.914
32	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.737
33	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.586
34	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27.516
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	27.057
36	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.983
37	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	26.932
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	26.721
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26.499
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	25.867
41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	25.250
42	Colombia`COL`South America	25.154
43	Chile`CHL`South America	24.725
44	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	24.652
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	24.514
46	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	24.438
47	Suriname`SUR`South America	24.140
48	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.103
49	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	23.330
50	Guyana`GUY`South America	23.301
51	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	22.854
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	22.768
53	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.718
54	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.683
55	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	22.409
56	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.387
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	22.328
58	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	22.111
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21.436
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.428
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.382
62	Belize`BLZ`Central America	20.995
63	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.855
64	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	20.418
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.253
66	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.150
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19.678
68	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	19.601
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.433
70	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.053
71	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	18.982
72	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	18.959
73	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	18.882
74	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.553
75	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	18.328
76	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	18.074
77	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	17.973
78	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	17.572
=79	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	17.555
=79	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17.555
81	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	17.271
82	France`FRA`Western Europe	17.178
83	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17.041
84	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.882
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.546
86	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.684
87	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	15.346
88	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.134
89	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15.098
90	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.051
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14.850
92	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.840
93	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.571
94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.522
95	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	14.349
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.335
97	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	14.312
98	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.884
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	13.865
100	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.624
101	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	13.492
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.423
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	13.350
104	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.171
105	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	13.052
106	United States`USA`Northern America	12.362
107	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	12.310
108	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12.249
109	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12.039
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	12.021
111	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.962
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.901
113	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	11.826
114	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.815
115	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	11.813
116	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.514
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11.494
118	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.236
119	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11.118
120	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11.024
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.947
122	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.888
123	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10.849
124	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10.605
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.486
126	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.420
127	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	10.199
128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.159
129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.951
130	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.854
131	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.847
132	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.804
133	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.624
134	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.424
135	Honduras`HND`Central America	9.201
136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.951
137	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.923
138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.920
139	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8.611
140	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.494
141	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	8.039
142	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.706
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.680
144	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7.429
145	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.233
146	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.206
147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.173
148	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.099
149	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.875
150	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.849
151	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.830
152	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.829
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.606
154	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.529
155	Peru`PER`South America	6.364
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.216
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.694
158	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.544
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5.517
160	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.379
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.331
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.219
163	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.188
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5.070
165	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.956
166	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.842
167	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.742
168	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.725
169	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.718
170	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.529
171	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.425
172	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.339
173	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.316
174	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.044
175	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.854
176	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.847
177	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.544
178	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.460
179	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.252
180	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.913
181	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.794
182	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.024
183	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.480
184	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.350
185	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.097
186	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.984
187	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.948

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

187Pakistan0.948
186Benin0.984
185Chad1.097
184Myanmar1.350
183Cambodia1.480

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.522. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
105 · 82rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

North Macedonia58.444 → 65.750+7.306
Estonia20.194 → 26.721+6.527
Lithuania20.422 → 26.932+6.510
Iceland6.158 → 11.815+5.657
Bahamas20.375 → 24.652+4.277

Fell most

Bulgaria35.608 → 27.057−8.551
Argentina41.353 → 32.924−8.429
Latvia25.252 → 20.418−4.834
Guam27.070 → 22.854−4.216
Slovakia37.428 → 33.408−4.020

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 2003.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 17.555. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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) (2003). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2003

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