Data for 2013

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2013

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2013
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2013, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2013 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 71.343; Cambodia is lowest, at 0.757. The middle country reads 15.558. Against 2012, 187 values changed (102 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2013

HighestDjibouti

71.343

LowestCambodia

0.757

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

187countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	71.343
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	60.919
3	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	58.491
4	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	55.444
5	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	51.588
6	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51.205
7	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	50.576
8	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	50.488
9	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	50.462
10	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	49.464
11	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	48.479
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	42.024
13	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	41.825
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.919
15	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	40.505
16	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.223
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	40.022
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	38.452
19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	38.083
20	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	37.577
21	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	37.137
22	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.731
23	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.447
24	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.431
25	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.345
26	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35.034
27	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	34.828
28	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	34.602
29	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	34.465
30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.120
31	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	33.745
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	33.711
33	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.655
34	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	31.585
35	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	31.207
36	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	29.536
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	29.155
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	29.111
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	28.374
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	27.228
41	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	27.167
42	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	27.064
43	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26.946
44	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	26.732
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	26.545
46	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	26.179
47	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.459
48	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	25.299
49	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.560
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.473
51	France`FRA`Western Europe	24.363
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	24.017
53	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.872
54	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	23.689
55	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	23.518
56	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	23.338
57	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.291
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	23.258
59	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	23.237
60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.175
61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	21.896
62	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	21.665
63	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	21.659
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	21.559
65	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	20.944
66	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19.817
67	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	19.733
68	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	19.636
69	Argentina`ARG`South America	19.555
70	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.377
71	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.335
72	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.302
73	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.162
74	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19.112
75	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	18.958
76	Colombia`COL`South America	18.729
77	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18.704
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	18.442
79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.939
80	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	17.913
81	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17.643
82	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17.555
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.392
84	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17.099
85	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.904
86	Chile`CHL`South America	16.682
87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.420
88	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	16.289
89	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.224
90	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	16.199
91	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.977
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.710
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	15.700
94	United States`USA`Northern America	15.558
95	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	15.453
96	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.302
97	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15.252
98	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.774
99	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14.203
100	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	14.201
101	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	13.730
102	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	13.635
103	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.478
104	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	13.440
105	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.243
106	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.942
107	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.729
108	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12.220
109	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.825
110	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.758
111	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10.581
112	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.465
113	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	10.415
114	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	10.400
115	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	10.316
116	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.104
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.072
118	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.945
119	Panama`PAN`Central America	9.896
120	Honduras`HND`Central America	9.823
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9.798
122	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.767
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.674
124	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.497
125	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.444
126	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.398
127	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.389
128	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.284
129	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.165
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.084
131	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.043
132	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.007
133	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.943
134	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.932
135	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.903
136	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.743
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8.736
138	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	8.512
139	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.376
140	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.332
141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.070
142	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.825
143	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.713
144	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	7.687
145	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.654
146	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7.606
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	7.183
148	Peru`PER`South America	7.008
149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.986
150	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.809
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.751
152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.525
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6.275
154	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.270
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.236
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.116
157	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.980
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.898
159	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.689
160	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.654
161	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.512
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.439
163	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5.392
164	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.052
165	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.718
166	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.559
167	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.508
168	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	4.128
169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.956
170	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.923
171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.880
172	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.698
173	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.429
174	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.953
175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.937
176	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.710
177	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.591
178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.328
179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.280
180	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.954
181	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.782
182	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.570
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.362
184	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.274
185	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.231
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.109
187	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.757

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti71.343
2Bosnia and Herzegovina60.919
3Greece58.491
4Spain55.444
5North Macedonia51.588

Lowest

187Cambodia0.757
186Qatar1.109
185Thailand1.231
184Solomon Islands1.274
183Chad1.362

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.558. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
102 · 85rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cyprus27.244 → 38.083+10.839
Croatia42.512 → 50.488+7.976
Saint Lucia40.816 → 48.479+7.663
Namibia34.093 → 40.505+6.412
Italy35.294 → 40.022+4.728

Fell most

Latvia28.564 → 23.237−5.327
Lithuania26.684 → 21.896−4.788
Bosnia and Herzegovina65.019 → 60.919−4.100
Ireland30.792 → 26.732−4.060
Côte d’Ivoire9.891 → 6.270−3.621

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.

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2013.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2013). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2013

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