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Botswana - Youth Unemployment 2019

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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

34.59% +0.18pp from 2018 Global rank: 169th

Botswana's youth unemployment was 34.59% in 2019, increased +0.18pp from 34.40% in 2018. This was the 169th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	0.30%	-4.5%
2nd	Cambodia	0.38%	-0.5%
3rd	Niger	0.75%	1.5%
4th	Solomon Islands	1.30%	0.9%
5th	Myanmar	1.31%	-28.8%
6th	Chad	1.49%	-1.2%
7th	Burundi	1.75%	-12.0%
8th	Guinea-Bissau	2.06%	-46.7%
9th	Benin	2.30%	-12.2%
10th	Liberia	2.30%	0.2%
11th	Tanzania	2.66%	-6.6%
12th	Togo	3.08%	-50.6%
13th	Moldova	3.26%	1.5%
14th	Sierra Leone	3.58%	0.3%
15th	Kazakhstan	3.77%	-0.3%
16th	Japan	3.94%	7.4%
17th	Senegal	4.04%	-17.9%
18th	Côte d'Ivoire	4.04%	-13.4%
19th	Papua New Guinea	4.12%	-1.6%
20th	Thailand	4.19%	4.5%
21st	Cuba	4.25%	0.3%
22nd	Guatemala	4.46%	-4.7%
23rd	Lao PDR	4.47%	-12.8%
24th	Madagascar	4.49%	7.2%
25th	Mali	4.67%	100.0%
26th	Uganda	4.69%	-4.0%
27th	Macao SAR, China	4.94%	-2.3%
28th	Czechia	5.62%	-16.4%
29th	Viet Nam	5.62%	21.0%
30th	Bahrain	5.66%	0.4%
31st	Germany	5.86%	-5.8%
32nd	Ghana	5.88%	-3.8%
33rd	Tonga	6.47%	-3.1%
34th	Israel	6.53%	-7.1%
35th	Cameroon	6.59%	1.3%
36th	Netherlands	6.61%	-6.2%
37th	Philippines	6.70%	1.4%
38th	Malawi	6.81%	-0.6%
39th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	6.93%	2.2%
40th	Guinea	6.99%	5.6%
41st	Mexico	7.16%	5.1%
42nd	United Arab Emirates	7.33%	8.6%
43rd	Peru	7.41%	-11.2%
44th	Burkina Faso	7.43%	-2.7%
45th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	7.61%	-2.1%
46th	Singapore	7.63%	-9.6%
47th	Gambia, The	7.81%	9.2%
48th	Timor-Leste	7.97%	-18.5%
49th	Switzerland	7.99%	0.7%
50th	Slovenia	8.14%	-7.7%
51st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.21%	-1.1%
52nd	United States	8.38%	-2.7%
53rd	São Tomé and Principe	8.40%	1.1%
54th	Iceland	8.45%	43.2%
55th	Turkmenistan	8.48%	0.3%
56th	Mozambique	8.51%	4.1%
57th	Hong Kong SAR, China	8.53%	-2.3%
58th	Ecuador	8.73%	9.8%
59th	Austria	8.77%	-8.4%
60th	Bulgaria	8.78%	-30.8%
61st	Oman	9.02%	14.8%
62nd	Comoros	9.09%	-1.2%
63rd	Trinidad and Tobago	9.17%	0.1%
64th	Pakistan	9.60%	22.1%
65th	El Salvador	9.60%	3.5%
66th	Central African Republic	9.64%	0.7%
67th	Norway	9.81%	2.2%
68th	Korea	9.83%	-2.9%
69th	Poland	9.84%	-15.8%
70th	Eritrea	9.85%	0.4%
71st	Denmark	10.04%	-4.6%
72nd	Nicaragua	10.06%	3.5%
73rd	Malta	10.07%	7.6%
74th	Belarus	10.21%	-4.2%
75th	Zambia	10.35%	18.3%
76th	Nigeria	10.42%	2.8%
77th	China	10.68%	10.4%
78th	United Kingdom	10.69%	-8.2%
79th	Canada	10.74%	0.3%
80th	Honduras	10.77%	2.7%
81st	Malaysia	11.21%	-1.6%
82nd	Uzbekistan	11.27%	-6.7%
83rd	New Zealand	11.29%	-4.5%
84th	Australia	11.45%	-4.0%
85th	Hungary	11.47%	13.4%
86th	Azerbaijan	11.48%	-1.4%
87th	Bhutan	11.56%	-23.9%
88th	Estonia	11.62%	-3.8%
89th	Zimbabwe	11.72%	9.6%
90th	Bangladesh	11.74%	-1.4%
91st	Lithuania	11.85%	6.6%
92nd	Vanuatu	12.34%	2.9%
93rd	Latvia	12.42%	1.8%
94th	Ireland	12.46%	-9.4%
95th	Kenya	12.55%	16.0%
96th	Kyrgyz Republic	12.82%	34.1%
97th	Guam	13.13%	0.0%
98th	Maldives	13.50%	-3.8%
99th	Indonesia	13.58%	-17.1%
100th	Channel Islands	13.75%	-1.9%
101st	Tajikistan	14.16%	0.7%
102nd	Belgium	14.24%	-9.6%
103rd	Russian Federation	15.21%	-10.5%
104th	Equatorial Guinea	15.22%	0.5%
105th	Kuwait	15.22%	0.0%
106th	Fiji	15.28%	0.5%
107th	Paraguay	15.30%	5.4%
108th	Ukraine	15.48%	-13.8%
109th	Afghanistan	15.52%	-5.4%
110th	Dominican Republic	15.84%	6.7%
111th	Jamaica	15.96%	-11.6%
112th	Rwanda	16.05%	-1.3%
113th	Slovak Republic	16.12%	7.7%
114th	Croatia	16.71%	-28.9%
115th	Cyprus	16.86%	-18.4%
116th	Luxembourg	16.98%	19.7%
117th	European Union	16.98%	-6.3%
118th	Finland	17.13%	1.0%
119th	Panama	17.13%	21.5%
120th	Romania	17.14%	3.2%
121st	Samoa	17.49%	-5.2%
122nd	Portugal	18.33%	-9.4%
123rd	Puerto Rico (US)	18.56%	-9.4%
124th	Chile	18.95%	4.5%
125th	Bahamas, The	19.24%	-20.4%
126th	South Sudan	19.26%	-1.5%
127th	Sudan	19.37%	-6.9%
128th	Nepal	19.68%	0.4%
129th	France	19.93%	-4.9%
130th	Belize	19.93%	-9.4%
131st	Sweden	20.09%	15.5%
132nd	Brunei Darussalam	20.14%	-34.6%
133rd	Sri Lanka	20.43%	-0.3%
134th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	20.63%	-21.4%
135th	Colombia	20.66%	6.2%
136th	Mongolia	21.13%	28.4%
137th	Mauritius	22.08%	-8.7%
138th	Morocco	22.48%	0.2%
139th	India	22.95%	-11.8%
140th	Lebanon	23.28%	2.7%
141st	Mauritania	23.37%	5.3%
142nd	Suriname	24.66%	-0.5%
143rd	Türkiye	25.04%	25.1%
144th	Montenegro	25.31%	-14.5%
145th	Lesotho	25.32%	1.7%
146th	Saudi Arabia	25.48%	-15.7%
147th	Barbados	25.79%	6.5%
148th	Argentina	25.84%	8.4%
149th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	25.95%	-5.7%
150th	Guyana	26.30%	4.2%
151st	Virgin Islands (US)	26.51%	0.1%
152nd	Albania	26.94%	-4.2%
153rd	Brazil	27.10%	-3.1%
154th	Serbia	27.50%	-7.4%
155th	Cabo Verde	28.11%	1.9%
156th	Uruguay	28.47%	7.3%
157th	Italy	29.10%	-9.6%
158th	Iraq	29.75%	8.8%
159th	Georgia	30.06%	1.2%
160th	Costa Rica	31.19%	24.4%
161st	Algeria	31.20%	1.6%
162nd	Angola	31.83%	-3.1%
163rd	Syrian Arab Republic	32.06%	-1.1%
164th	Yemen, Republic of	32.35%	-1.1%
165th	New Caledonia	32.41%	-18.9%
166th	Spain	32.56%	-5.3%
167th	Armenia	32.61%	-3.0%
168th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.84%	0.7%
169th	Botswana	34.59%	0.5%
170th	Greece	34.75%	-13.1%
171st	Haiti	35.25%	1.0%
172nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35.26%	-13.0%
173rd	North Macedonia	35.35%	-22.3%
174th	St. Lucia	35.88%	-13.8%
175th	French Polynesia	36.50%	0.8%
176th	Gabon	36.71%	-0.3%
177th	Jordan	37.21%	-4.5%
178th	Tunisia	37.87%	8.6%
179th	Namibia	38.16%	0.5%
180th	West Bank and Gaza	40.15%	-4.9%
181st	Congo, Republic of	42.05%	-1.4%
182nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	43.59%	2.0%
183rd	Libya	50.57%	0.9%
184th	Eswatini	51.20%	2.6%
185th	South Africa	57.32%	6.9%
186th	Djibouti	75.91%	1.2%

FAQ

What was Botswana's youth unemployment in 2019?▾

Botswana's youth unemployment in 2019 was 34.59%. This ranked 169th globally.

How did Botswana's youth unemployment change in 2019?▾

Botswana's youth unemployment increased by 0.5% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2019?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2019 at 75.91%.

What is the youth unemployment of Botswana in 2019?▾

The youth unemployment of Botswana in 2019 was 34.59%. This ranked 169th globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Botswana's youth unemployment?▾

Botswana's youth unemployment went from 34.40% in 2018 to 34.59% in 2019, a 0.5% increase.

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