Data for 2019

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2019

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2019
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2019, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2019 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 75.906; Qatar is lowest, at 0.295. The middle country reads 12.336. Against 2018, 187 values changed (89 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2019

HighestDjibouti

75.906

LowestQatar

0.295

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

187countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
185distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	75.906
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57.317
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.201
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	50.569
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	43.587
6	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.045
7	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.151
8	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.157
9	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.867
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.205
11	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.711
12	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	36.499
13	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	35.883
14	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	35.353
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	35.263
16	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.247
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	34.754
18	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	34.588
19	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.844
20	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	32.613
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	32.555
22	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	32.409
23	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.347
24	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.056
25	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	31.832
26	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.202
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.194
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	30.059
29	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	29.750
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.102
31	Uruguay`URY`South America	28.474
32	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	28.107
33	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27.495
34	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.098
35	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	26.942
36	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	26.505
37	Guyana`GUY`South America	26.304
38	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	25.948
39	Argentina`ARG`South America	25.842
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	25.785
41	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	25.477
42	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	25.318
43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	25.305
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.039
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	24.661
46	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23.371
47	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	23.280
48	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.947
49	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.475
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.083
51	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	21.128
52	Colombia`COL`South America	20.658
53	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.631
54	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20.425
55	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20.141
56	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20.092
57	Belize`BLZ`Central America	19.934
58	France`FRA`Western Europe	19.929
59	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.679
60	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	19.370
61	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	19.263
62	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	19.235
63	Chile`CHL`South America	18.953
64	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	18.561
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	18.326
66	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17.486
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.143
=68	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.128
=68	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.128
70	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	16.975
71	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.856
72	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.710
73	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	16.120
74	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.052
75	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	15.960
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15.835
77	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	15.520
78	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15.484
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.300
80	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	15.280
81	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	15.223
82	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15.221
83	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	15.209
84	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.236
85	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.159
86	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	13.750
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.577
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	13.496
89	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	13.131
90	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	12.821
91	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12.547
92	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12.457
93	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.415
94	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.336
95	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.850
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11.767
97	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11.742
98	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.718
99	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	11.623
100	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.560
101	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.475
102	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.472
103	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.452
104	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	11.294
105	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11.270
106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11.211
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	10.774
108	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.744
109	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.688
110	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	10.681
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10.418
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.348
113	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.207
114	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.070
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	10.056
116	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	10.041
117	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.845
118	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.835
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.827
120	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.813
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9.637
122	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.600
123	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9.599
124	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	9.170
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.093
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	9.015
127	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.777
128	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.767
129	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.733
130	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.527
131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.511
132	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.483
133	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8.449
134	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	8.403
135	United States`USA`Northern America	8.375
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.208
137	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8.136
138	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.993
139	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.968
140	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7.809
141	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.629
142	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	7.605
143	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.432
144	Peru`PER`South America	7.405
145	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7.325
146	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.160
147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.988
148	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.927
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.812
150	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6.696
151	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.606
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.585
153	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.525
154	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.473
155	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.875
156	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.859
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.657
158	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.624
159	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.615
160	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	4.936
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.752
162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.691
163	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.669
164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.485
165	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.472
166	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.461
167	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.249
168	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4.190
169	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.119
170	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.043
171	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.037
172	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.938
173	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.766
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.583
175	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.256
176	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.076
177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.657
=178	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.302
=178	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.302
180	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.063
181	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.754
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.494
183	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.313
184	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.299
185	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.750
186	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.378
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.295

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

187Qatar0.295
186Cambodia0.378
185Niger0.750
184Solomon Islands1.299
183Myanmar1.313

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.336. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
89 · 98rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Costa Rica25.071 → 31.194+6.123
Türkiye20.011 → 25.039+5.028
Mongolia16.460 → 21.128+4.668
South Africa53.634 → 57.317+3.683
Kyrgyzstan9.559 → 12.821+3.262

Fell most

Brunei30.809 → 20.141−10.668
North Macedonia45.495 → 35.353−10.142
New Caledonia39.948 → 32.409−7.539
Croatia23.509 → 16.710−6.799
Saint Lucia41.613 → 35.883−5.730

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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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 2019.
185 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 17.128. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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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) (2019). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2019

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