Data for 2009

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2009

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2009
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2009, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2009 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 69.335; Cambodia is lowest, at 0.798. The middle country reads 15.059. Against 2008, 187 values changed (144 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2009

HighestDjibouti

69.335

LowestCambodia

0.798

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

187countries
1measure
2009the 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	69.335
2	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	55.585
3	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	55.156
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.142
5	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	49.126
6	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.473
7	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.461
8	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	41.902
9	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	41.391
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	41.234
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.713
12	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	39.529
13	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.213
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.710
15	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.562
16	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	35.809
17	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	35.588
18	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.359
19	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	34.610
20	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33.995
21	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.607
22	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	33.432
23	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	32.488
24	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.340
25	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.368
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	31.153
27	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	31.099
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	29.584
29	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	27.423
30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	27.410
31	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27.357
32	Chile`CHL`South America	26.739
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	26.393
34	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	26.000
35	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	25.824
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25.469
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	25.352
38	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.219
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	25.213
40	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.093
41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	25.024
42	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	24.743
43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	24.716
44	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	24.656
45	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	24.509
46	France`FRA`Western Europe	24.006
47	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	23.709
48	Colombia`COL`South America	23.542
49	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	22.927
50	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.917
51	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	22.898
52	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.862
53	Guyana`GUY`South America	22.120
54	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	21.991
55	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.940
56	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.780
57	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	21.753
58	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.520
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21.450
60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.439
61	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.376
62	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	21.347
63	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	21.345
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.184
65	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21.155
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	20.957
67	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.471
68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.308
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.774
70	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.575
71	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	19.479
72	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	19.286
73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.213
74	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	19.106
75	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.552
76	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	18.516
77	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.365
78	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.230
79	United States`USA`Northern America	17.517
80	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.818
81	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	16.781
82	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.766
83	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	16.759
84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.656
85	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.646
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16.315
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	16.263
88	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	16.165
89	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.017
90	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.477
91	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	15.455
92	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	15.297
93	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15.127
94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.059
95	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	14.709
96	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.506
97	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	14.504
98	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.220
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.870
100	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.685
101	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	13.661
102	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.540
103	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	13.441
104	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.276
105	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.258
106	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.966
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	12.717
108	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.490
109	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.488
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.479
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12.477
112	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	12.420
113	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12.126
114	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.746
115	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	11.728
116	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.461
117	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11.309
118	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11.235
119	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.931
120	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.896
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.811
122	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.753
123	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.245
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.210
125	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	10.150
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	10.149
127	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10.064
128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.056
129	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.012
130	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.870
131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.864
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.615
133	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.557
134	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.297
135	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.221
136	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.205
137	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.109
138	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.051
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.957
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.921
141	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.446
142	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.323
143	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.836
144	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	7.579
145	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.538
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7.466
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.423
148	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.241
149	Peru`PER`South America	7.110
150	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	7.030
151	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	6.994
152	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.790
153	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6.675
154	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.669
155	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.455
156	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.424
157	Honduras`HND`Central America	6.000
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.886
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.845
160	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.729
161	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.709
162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.379
163	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5.283
164	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.160
165	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4.842
166	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4.841
167	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.688
168	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.433
169	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.990
170	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.903
171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.859
172	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.724
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.527
174	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.493
175	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.460
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.129
177	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.942
178	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.206
179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.176
180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.133
181	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.902
182	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.832
183	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.478
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.297
185	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.160
186	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.080
187	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.798

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti69.335
2Eswatini55.585
3North Macedonia55.156
4Bosnia and Herzegovina50.142
5Libya49.126

Lowest

187Cambodia0.798
186Pakistan1.080
185Qatar1.160
184Chad1.297
183Myanmar1.478

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.059. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
144 · 43rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Latvia13.648 → 33.432+19.784
Lithuania13.353 → 29.584+16.231
Estonia12.032 → 27.410+15.378
Spain24.443 → 37.710+13.267
Ireland13.471 → 24.509+11.038

Fell most

Syria22.147 → 16.315−5.832
Palestine37.286 → 33.995−3.291
Lebanon18.543 → 15.297−3.246
Sudan24.119 → 21.347−2.772
Algeria24.431 → 21.780−2.651

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 2009.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2009). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2009

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