Afghanistan - Youth Unemployment 2010
10.04%
−0.01pp from 2009
Afghanistan's youth unemployment was 10.04% in 2010, decreased +0.01pp from 10.06% in 2009. This was the 64th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2010▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cambodia | 0.96% | 20.8% |
| 2nd | Niger | 1.21% | -43.3% |
| 3rd | Pakistan | 1.29% | 19.2% |
| 4th | Qatar | 1.30% | 11.7% |
| 5th | Chad | 1.30% | 0.2% |
| 6th | Myanmar | 1.50% | 1.8% |
| 7th | Lao PDR | 1.58% | -13.9% |
| 8th | Benin | 2.14% | 12.4% |
| 9th | Mali | 2.15% | -1.3% |
| 10th | Burundi | 2.30% | 4.3% |
| 11th | Thailand | 2.60% | -54.7% |
| 12th | Solomon Islands | 2.93% | -16.9% |
| 13th | Senegal | 2.94% | -0.2% |
| 14th | Liberia | 3.15% | 0.7% |
| 15th | Viet Nam | 3.43% | -22.6% |
| 16th | Papua New Guinea | 3.57% | -4.0% |
| 17th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.83% | -0.7% |
| 18th | Togo | 3.96% | -18.3% |
| 19th | Tonga | 4.19% | 7.2% |
| 20th | Madagascar | 4.78% | 19.8% |
| 21st | Bahrain | 4.95% | 5.7% |
| 22nd | Kazakhstan | 5.22% | -21.9% |
| 23rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.28% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Guatemala | 5.30% | 2.6% |
| 25th | Uganda | 5.36% | -0.4% |
| 26th | Macao SAR, China | 5.42% | -28.2% |
| 27th | Moldova | 5.69% | -14.7% |
| 28th | Tanzania | 5.85% | 20.9% |
| 29th | Burkina Faso | 5.92% | 1.3% |
| 30th | Guinea | 5.96% | 1.3% |
| 31st | Cuba | 6.03% | 72.5% |
| 32nd | Bangladesh | 6.29% | -34.2% |
| 33rd | Cameroon | 6.32% | 10.7% |
| 34th | Malawi | 6.52% | 1.0% |
| 35th | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.73% | 4.8% |
| 36th | Peru | 6.84% | -3.8% |
| 37th | Mozambique | 6.87% | 1.2% |
| 38th | Kenya | 7.05% | 0.3% |
| 39th | United Arab Emirates | 7.19% | -3.7% |
| 40th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 7.46% | -1.5% |
| 41st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 7.50% | 7.2% |
| 42nd | Honduras | 7.51% | 25.1% |
| 43rd | Sierra Leone | 7.80% | 5.1% |
| 44th | Nigeria | 7.86% | 0.3% |
| 45th | Switzerland | 8.22% | -2.7% |
| 46th | Turkmenistan | 8.43% | 1.3% |
| 47th | Korea | 8.54% | -7.4% |
| 48th | Kuwait | 8.58% | 18.5% |
| 49th | Bhutan | 8.78% | -29.3% |
| 50th | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.07% | 1.6% |
| 51st | Zimbabwe | 9.09% | -0.2% |
| 52nd | Norway | 9.23% | 2.0% |
| 53rd | Ecuador | 9.29% | -5.9% |
| 54th | Timor-Leste | 9.35% | 0.5% |
| 55th | Vanuatu | 9.40% | 4.9% |
| 56th | Singapore | 9.41% | -24.6% |
| 57th | Japan | 9.46% | 2.8% |
| 58th | Comoros | 9.48% | -1.4% |
| 59th | Austria | 9.67% | -11.2% |
| 60th | Mexico | 9.70% | -3.1% |
| 61st | Philippines | 9.74% | -4.1% |
| 62nd | China | 9.82% | -3.2% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.85% | -16.0% |
| 64th | Afghanistan | 10.04% | -0.1% |
| 65th | El Salvador | 10.16% | -26.8% |
| 66th | Central African Republic | 10.34% | 1.3% |
| 67th | Germany | 10.42% | -7.9% |
| 68th | Eritrea | 10.47% | 2.2% |
| 69th | Paraguay | 10.61% | -9.6% |
| 70th | Netherlands | 10.77% | 9.1% |
| 71st | Dominican Republic | 10.81% | -13.4% |
| 72nd | Malaysia | 10.87% | -3.2% |
| 73rd | Belarus | 10.89% | -0.4% |
| 74th | Ghana | 11.06% | 2.3% |
| 75th | Australia | 11.55% | 0.8% |
| 76th | Uzbekistan | 11.59% | 7.7% |
| 77th | Nicaragua | 12.08% | -5.0% |
| 78th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 12.10% | -3.1% |
| 79th | Fiji | 13.06% | 4.7% |
| 80th | Tajikistan | 13.07% | 0.8% |
| 81st | Malta | 13.25% | -8.7% |
| 82nd | Panama | 13.43% | 1.3% |
| 83rd | Suriname | 13.45% | -31.3% |
| 84th | Oman | 13.87% | 2.5% |
| 85th | Luxembourg | 13.92% | -17.1% |
| 86th | Gambia, The | 14.11% | -0.8% |
| 87th | Israel | 14.22% | -3.3% |
| 88th | Mongolia | 14.56% | 44.7% |
| 89th | Canada | 14.58% | -3.2% |
| 90th | Samoa | 14.62% | 0.8% |
| 91st | Azerbaijan | 14.64% | 7.0% |
| 92nd | Slovenia | 14.70% | 7.6% |
| 93rd | Mauritania | 15.35% | -0.8% |
| 94th | Denmark | 15.55% | 15.7% |
| 95th | Equatorial Guinea | 15.61% | 3.2% |
| 96th | Cyprus | 15.85% | 19.4% |
| 97th | Iceland | 15.86% | 2.6% |
| 98th | Lebanon | 16.08% | 5.1% |
| 99th | Rwanda | 16.10% | 0.5% |
| 100th | Iraq | 16.58% | -1.4% |
| 101st | Belize | 16.92% | 0.9% |
| 102nd | Channel Islands | 17.08% | 5.6% |
| 103rd | Russian Federation | 17.18% | -7.2% |
| 104th | Costa Rica | 17.38% | -5.4% |
| 105th | New Zealand | 17.42% | 4.0% |
| 106th | Morocco | 17.62% | 5.9% |
| 107th | Indonesia | 17.69% | -7.4% |
| 108th | Ukraine | 17.71% | -2.9% |
| 109th | Brazil | 18.24% | -7.8% |
| 110th | Czechia | 18.36% | 10.2% |
| 111th | United States | 18.36% | 4.8% |
| 112th | Sri Lanka | 18.68% | -11.7% |
| 113th | Chile | 19.06% | -28.7% |
| 114th | Nepal | 19.21% | 0.0% |
| 115th | Argentina | 19.38% | -8.5% |
| 116th | South Sudan | 19.40% | 0.6% |
| 117th | Guam | 19.48% | -11.4% |
| 118th | United Kingdom | 20.33% | 4.4% |
| 119th | Jamaica | 20.45% | 10.2% |
| 120th | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.49% | 25.6% |
| 121st | Uruguay | 20.71% | -1.2% |
| 122nd | São Tomé and Principe | 20.84% | -3.2% |
| 123rd | Finland | 21.29% | -0.4% |
| 124th | Cabo Verde | 21.32% | -17.4% |
| 125th | Türkiye | 21.58% | -14.0% |
| 126th | Brunei Darussalam | 21.67% | 1.5% |
| 127th | Bulgaria | 21.95% | 35.0% |
| 128th | Yemen, Republic of | 22.04% | 1.3% |
| 129th | Algeria | 22.16% | 1.7% |
| 130th | Romania | 22.18% | 3.4% |
| 131st | Belgium | 22.39% | 2.1% |
| 132nd | Guyana | 22.54% | 1.9% |
| 133rd | Colombia | 22.57% | -4.1% |
| 134th | Portugal | 22.75% | 12.0% |
| 135th | European Union | 22.94% | 6.7% |
| 136th | Lesotho | 22.99% | 0.3% |
| 137th | Virgin Islands (US) | 23.07% | 0.6% |
| 138th | India | 23.30% | 1.9% |
| 139th | Maldives | 23.34% | -5.3% |
| 140th | Mauritius | 23.52% | 9.7% |
| 141st | Poland | 23.58% | 15.2% |
| 142nd | France | 23.59% | -1.7% |
| 143rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 24.58% | -2.5% |
| 144th | Saudi Arabia | 24.74% | 0.0% |
| 145th | Sweden | 24.76% | -1.1% |
| 146th | Barbados | 25.37% | 7.0% |
| 147th | Hungary | 26.39% | 0.0% |
| 148th | Sudan | 26.40% | 23.7% |
| 149th | Bahamas, The | 26.55% | 2.1% |
| 150th | Italy | 27.91% | 10.1% |
| 151st | Ireland | 28.16% | 14.9% |
| 152nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 28.70% | 16.1% |
| 153rd | Zambia | 29.16% | 27.4% |
| 154th | Tunisia | 29.57% | -5.1% |
| 155th | Jordan | 30.06% | -4.2% |
| 156th | Albania | 30.87% | 12.8% |
| 157th | Croatia | 32.36% | 28.3% |
| 158th | Estonia | 32.94% | 20.2% |
| 159th | Greece | 33.01% | 29.6% |
| 160th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.64% | 0.1% |
| 161st | Slovak Republic | 33.75% | 23.1% |
| 162nd | Botswana | 35.09% | 8.5% |
| 163rd | French Polynesia | 35.10% | 1.4% |
| 164th | St. Lucia | 35.32% | 13.6% |
| 165th | Puerto Rico (US) | 35.45% | 9.1% |
| 166th | Lithuania | 35.74% | 20.8% |
| 167th | Gabon | 35.94% | 1.6% |
| 168th | New Caledonia | 36.13% | 0.9% |
| 169th | West Bank and Gaza | 36.18% | 6.4% |
| 170th | Latvia | 36.24% | 8.4% |
| 171st | Montenegro | 36.71% | 3.1% |
| 172nd | Haiti | 36.92% | -1.7% |
| 173rd | Armenia | 37.52% | -5.1% |
| 174th | Angola | 38.71% | 1.3% |
| 175th | Congo, Republic of | 39.89% | -2.0% |
| 176th | Georgia | 39.91% | -4.8% |
| 177th | Spain | 41.45% | 9.9% |
| 178th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.43% | 2.9% |
| 179th | Namibia | 44.53% | 0.2% |
| 180th | Serbia | 46.44% | 12.2% |
| 181st | Libya | 49.56% | 0.9% |
| 182nd | South Africa | 50.45% | 6.3% |
| 183rd | Eswatini | 54.54% | -1.9% |
| 184th | North Macedonia | 55.20% | 0.1% |
| 185th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 59.67% | 19.0% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 70.02% | 1.0% |
FAQ
What was Afghanistan's youth unemployment in 2010?▾
Afghanistan's youth unemployment in 2010 was 10.04%. This ranked 64th globally.
How did Afghanistan's youth unemployment change in 2010?▾
Afghanistan's youth unemployment decreased by 0.1% in 2010 compared to 2009.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2010?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2010 at 70.02%.
What is the youth unemployment of Afghanistan in 2010?▾
The youth unemployment of Afghanistan in 2010 was 10.04%. This ranked 64th globally.
How does 2010 compare to 2009 for Afghanistan's youth unemployment?▾
Afghanistan's youth unemployment went from 10.06% in 2009 to 10.04% in 2010, a 0.1% decrease.
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