Data for 2006

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2006

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2006
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2006, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2006 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 67.666; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.939. The middle country reads 13.543. Against 2005, 186 values changed (71 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2006

HighestDjibouti

67.666

LowestPakistan

0.939

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

187countries
1measure
2006the 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	67.666
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	63.982
3	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	60.112
4	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	55.638
5	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	48.004
6	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	47.013
7	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.845
8	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.868
9	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	43.017
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	40.002
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.804
12	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	38.611
13	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.961
14	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	37.636
15	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	33.855
16	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.615
17	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.336
18	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	33.022
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	31.910
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.516
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	29.876
22	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	29.844
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.538
24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	29.100
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	28.089
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27.913
27	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	27.299
28	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	26.846
29	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.773
30	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26.457
31	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	25.877
32	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	25.774
33	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	24.799
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24.658
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	24.616
36	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	24.398
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.122
38	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.777
39	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.534
40	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.474
41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.251
42	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.560
43	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	22.504
44	France`FRA`Western Europe	22.447
45	Colombia`COL`South America	22.328
46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.121
47	Chile`CHL`South America	22.111
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	21.792
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21.749
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.475
51	India`IND`Southern Asia	21.472
52	Guyana`GUY`South America	21.355
53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.264
54	Suriname`SUR`South America	20.817
55	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.580
56	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	20.550
57	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	20.511
58	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	20.214
59	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	19.929
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.883
61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	19.578
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.364
63	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.126
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	19.030
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	18.890
66	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.844
67	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	18.410
68	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.886
69	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.714
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17.646
71	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	17.447
72	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	17.017
73	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.951
74	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.761
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	16.502
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.473
77	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	16.409
78	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.400
79	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15.966
80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.772
81	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.462
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	15.361
83	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.739
84	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.698
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14.691
86	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	14.378
87	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.368
88	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14.269
89	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14.252
90	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.233
91	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.991
92	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	13.887
93	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.615
94	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13.543
95	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.510
96	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	13.402
97	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.287
98	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	13.033
99	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	12.684
100	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	12.588
101	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.355
102	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.118
103	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.951
104	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.691
105	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.617
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.572
107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11.181
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.076
109	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.779
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.681
111	United States`USA`Northern America	10.430
112	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.374
113	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.335
114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.257
115	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.182
116	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.135
117	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.046
118	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10.026
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	10.018
120	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.984
121	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.953
122	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.946
123	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.872
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.802
125	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9.796
126	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.759
127	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.543
128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.494
129	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.331
130	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.916
=131	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.634
=131	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.634
133	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.608
134	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.301
135	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.235
136	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.124
137	Ecuador`ECU`South America	7.926
138	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	7.921
139	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7.920
140	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.909
141	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	7.821
142	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.700
143	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.687
144	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.686
145	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.490
146	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.255
147	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.162
148	Peru`PER`South America	7.153
149	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6.980
150	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.735
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.642
152	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.571
153	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.525
154	Honduras`HND`Central America	6.186
155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.142
156	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.021
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.863
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.858
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.776
160	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.626
161	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.600
162	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5.436
163	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.401
164	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5.349
165	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.161
166	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5.020
167	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4.842
168	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.196
169	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.144
170	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.930
171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.897
172	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.834
173	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.450
174	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.423
175	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.395
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.153
177	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.912
178	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.900
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.729
180	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.615
181	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.568
182	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.157
183	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.886
184	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.457
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.390
186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.104
187	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.939

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

187Pakistan0.939
186Chad1.104
185Myanmar1.390
184Benin1.457
183Cambodia1.886

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 13.543. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
71 · 115rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Haiti34.803 → 37.961+3.158
Luxembourg13.629 → 15.966+2.337
Bosnia and Herzegovina61.650 → 63.982+2.332
Maldives15.600 → 17.714+2.114
France21.225 → 22.447+1.222

Fell most

Montenegro55.647 → 45.845−9.802
Poland36.945 → 29.538−7.407
Algeria31.243 → 24.398−6.845
Lithuania15.766 → 9.984−5.782
Sri Lanka27.701 → 22.121−5.580

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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 2006.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 8.634. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2006). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2006

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