Data for 2016

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2016

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2016
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2016, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2016 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 73.014; Qatar is lowest, at 0.482. The middle country reads 13.854. Against 2015, 186 values changed (92 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2016

HighestDjibouti

73.014

LowestQatar

0.482

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

187countries
1measure
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	73.014
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	56.261
3	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.452
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	51.378
5	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	48.480
6	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	47.223
7	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.973
8	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	45.880
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	44.445
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.210
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	42.090
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	41.705
13	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	38.507
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	37.758
15	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	37.053
16	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.191
17	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	36.061
18	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	35.918
19	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.778
20	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35.657
21	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	35.610
22	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.119
23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	35.019
24	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	34.962
25	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	34.851
26	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.536
27	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.483
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	33.655
29	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.634
30	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.511
31	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.467
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	30.949
33	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	30.182
34	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	29.087
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	28.902
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	27.799
37	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	27.629
38	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	26.746
39	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.596
40	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.228
41	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	26.197
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	26.183
43	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	25.844
44	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.230
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	24.957
46	France`FRA`Western Europe	24.938
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	24.661
48	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.598
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	24.275
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.149
51	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.045
52	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	23.625
53	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	23.139
54	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.979
55	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.446
56	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	22.274
57	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.265
58	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	21.980
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.799
60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	21.650
61	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.370
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21.024
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	20.140
64	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	20.108
65	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20.070
66	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20.057
67	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	19.847
68	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	19.825
69	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.548
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.369
71	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18.894
72	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	18.605
73	Colombia`COL`South America	18.274
74	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	17.624
75	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	17.592
76	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	17.271
77	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	17.224
78	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.797
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	16.738
80	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	16.688
81	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.595
82	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.547
83	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.997
84	Chile`CHL`South America	15.799
85	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15.377
86	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	15.243
87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	15.143
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	15.126
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14.992
90	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.932
91	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	14.455
92	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.199
93	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	14.125
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	13.854
95	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.474
96	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.205
97	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	13.065
98	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.925
99	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.923
100	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.889
101	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12.642
102	Canada`CAN`Northern America	12.597
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	12.580
104	Panama`PAN`Central America	12.295
105	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	12.147
106	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11.677
107	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.614
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.529
109	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11.464
110	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.424
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.320
112	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	11.044
113	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.956
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.836
115	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.729
116	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.713
117	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.640
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.616
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10.611
120	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	10.574
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.506
122	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10.488
123	United States`USA`Northern America	10.432
124	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10.349
125	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.145
126	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.998
127	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.815
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9.746
129	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.728
130	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.499
131	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.497
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.100
133	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.949
134	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.925
135	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.788
136	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.723
137	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8.719
138	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.579
139	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.514
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.277
141	Peru`PER`South America	8.272
142	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	8.091
143	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7.634
144	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.621
145	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.401
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.383
147	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.338
148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	7.333
149	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.079
150	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.819
151	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6.813
152	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.772
153	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.763
154	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.706
155	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.374
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.350
157	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	6.317
158	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.301
159	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.010
160	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.582
161	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.527
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.165
163	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.120
164	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.107
165	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	4.980
166	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.964
167	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.836
168	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.411
169	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.188
170	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.031
171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.867
172	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.806
173	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.714
174	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.583
175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.241
176	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.237
177	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.020
178	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2.551
179	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.456
180	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.305
181	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.134
182	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.040
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.463
184	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.297
185	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.137
186	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.716
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.482

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

187Qatar0.482
186Niger0.716
185Cambodia1.137
184Solomon Islands1.297
183Chad1.463

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 13.854. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
92 · 94rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Suriname13.027 → 24.957+11.930
Mongolia12.738 → 20.140+7.402
Brazil19.493 → 26.596+7.103
Jordan30.914 → 35.610+4.696
Timor-Leste8.568 → 13.065+4.497

Fell most

Croatia42.310 → 30.949−11.361
Bosnia and Herzegovina65.239 → 56.261−8.978
Serbia43.230 → 34.962−8.268
Bulgaria21.653 → 17.224−4.429
Hungary17.272 → 12.923−4.349

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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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2016.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2016). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2016

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