Brunei Darussalam - Youth Unemployment 2016
27.63%
+1.74pp from 2015
Brunei Darussalam's youth unemployment was 27.63% in 2016, increased +1.74pp from 25.89% in 2015. This was the 150th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.48% | -15.3% |
| 2nd | Niger | 0.72% | 1.7% |
| 3rd | Cambodia | 1.14% | 52.8% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 1.30% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Chad | 1.46% | 2.6% |
| 6th | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.04% | -39.6% |
| 7th | Mali | 2.13% | -1.7% |
| 8th | Liberia | 2.31% | 19.9% |
| 9th | Burundi | 2.46% | -8.4% |
| 10th | Myanmar | 2.55% | 60.6% |
| 11th | Moldova | 3.02% | -9.6% |
| 12th | Benin | 3.24% | -5.3% |
| 13th | Tanzania | 3.24% | -5.9% |
| 14th | Madagascar | 3.58% | 8.4% |
| 15th | Thailand | 3.71% | 20.0% |
| 16th | Kazakhstan | 3.81% | 1.2% |
| 17th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.87% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Papua New Guinea | 4.19% | -1.8% |
| 19th | Uganda | 4.41% | 13.9% |
| 20th | Lao PDR | 4.84% | 24.0% |
| 21st | Cuba | 4.96% | -16.8% |
| 22nd | Macao SAR, China | 4.98% | 14.8% |
| 23rd | United Arab Emirates | 5.11% | -6.2% |
| 24th | Japan | 5.12% | -6.4% |
| 25th | Pakistan | 5.17% | -22.7% |
| 26th | Bahrain | 5.53% | 1.8% |
| 27th | Guatemala | 5.58% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Tonga | 6.01% | 3.1% |
| 29th | Cameroon | 6.30% | 1.1% |
| 30th | Iceland | 6.32% | -26.4% |
| 31st | Guinea | 6.35% | 1.3% |
| 32nd | Senegal | 6.37% | -20.8% |
| 33rd | Sierra Leone | 6.71% | -17.6% |
| 34th | Viet Nam | 6.76% | 7.9% |
| 35th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.77% | -1.2% |
| 36th | Togo | 6.81% | 57.9% |
| 37th | Malawi | 6.82% | 1.0% |
| 38th | Germany | 7.08% | -3.4% |
| 39th | Kenya | 7.33% | 0.5% |
| 40th | Nicaragua | 7.34% | -16.5% |
| 41st | Burkina Faso | 7.38% | 3.1% |
| 42nd | Mozambique | 7.40% | 4.3% |
| 43rd | Mexico | 7.62% | -10.5% |
| 44th | Philippines | 7.63% | -10.3% |
| 45th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.09% | 4.3% |
| 46th | Peru | 8.27% | 20.3% |
| 47th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 8.28% | 0.7% |
| 48th | Israel | 8.51% | -7.5% |
| 49th | Switzerland | 8.58% | -2.7% |
| 50th | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.72% | 48.6% |
| 51st | Singapore | 8.72% | -1.9% |
| 52nd | Turkmenistan | 8.79% | -1.4% |
| 53rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 8.93% | 4.9% |
| 54th | Zimbabwe | 8.95% | 11.6% |
| 55th | Nigeria | 9.10% | 7.6% |
| 56th | Comoros | 9.50% | 1.1% |
| 57th | El Salvador | 9.50% | 9.7% |
| 58th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 9.73% | -6.7% |
| 59th | Central African Republic | 9.75% | -0.6% |
| 60th | Gambia, The | 9.82% | -10.9% |
| 61st | Eritrea | 10.00% | -0.4% |
| 62nd | Korea | 10.15% | 2.5% |
| 63rd | Ecuador | 10.35% | 17.3% |
| 64th | United States | 10.43% | -10.3% |
| 65th | Czechia | 10.49% | -16.6% |
| 66th | Zambia | 10.51% | -15.0% |
| 67th | China | 10.57% | -1.0% |
| 68th | São Tomé and Principe | 10.61% | -17.1% |
| 69th | Ghana | 10.62% | -25.4% |
| 70th | Netherlands | 10.64% | -4.2% |
| 71st | Malta | 10.71% | -8.1% |
| 72nd | Belarus | 10.73% | -0.4% |
| 73rd | Malaysia | 10.84% | -1.3% |
| 74th | Bangladesh | 10.96% | 3.7% |
| 75th | Norway | 11.04% | 12.6% |
| 76th | Vanuatu | 11.32% | 2.3% |
| 77th | Austria | 11.42% | 4.7% |
| 78th | Uzbekistan | 11.46% | 0.1% |
| 79th | Paraguay | 11.53% | 5.6% |
| 80th | Bhutan | 11.61% | 14.8% |
| 81st | Denmark | 12.15% | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Panama | 12.30% | 5.3% |
| 83rd | Honduras | 12.58% | 13.9% |
| 84th | Canada | 12.60% | -1.3% |
| 85th | Australia | 12.64% | -3.6% |
| 86th | Guam | 12.89% | -21.4% |
| 87th | Hungary | 12.92% | -25.2% |
| 88th | Azerbaijan | 12.93% | -3.3% |
| 89th | Timor-Leste | 13.07% | 52.5% |
| 90th | United Kingdom | 13.21% | -13.0% |
| 91st | New Zealand | 13.47% | -2.9% |
| 92nd | Tajikistan | 13.85% | 1.0% |
| 93rd | Estonia | 14.13% | -1.5% |
| 94th | Oman | 14.20% | -6.3% |
| 95th | Lithuania | 14.46% | -11.3% |
| 96th | Afghanistan | 14.93% | 19.1% |
| 97th | Fiji | 14.99% | 2.5% |
| 98th | Maldives | 15.13% | -10.1% |
| 99th | Kuwait | 15.14% | -6.4% |
| 100th | Slovenia | 15.24% | -6.5% |
| 101st | Equatorial Guinea | 15.38% | -0.2% |
| 102nd | Chile | 15.80% | -0.1% |
| 103rd | Indonesia | 16.00% | -7.1% |
| 104th | Belize | 16.55% | 0.4% |
| 105th | Rwanda | 16.60% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Russian Federation | 16.69% | 1.8% |
| 107th | Dominican Republic | 16.74% | 1.9% |
| 108th | Ireland | 16.80% | -17.0% |
| 109th | Bulgaria | 17.22% | -20.5% |
| 110th | Latvia | 17.27% | 5.9% |
| 111th | Poland | 17.59% | -15.0% |
| 112th | Channel Islands | 17.62% | -6.7% |
| 113th | Colombia | 18.27% | 5.5% |
| 114th | Samoa | 18.61% | 3.0% |
| 115th | Sweden | 18.89% | -7.2% |
| 116th | Türkiye | 19.37% | 5.8% |
| 117th | Nepal | 19.55% | 0.7% |
| 118th | Mauritania | 19.83% | 7.1% |
| 119th | South Sudan | 19.85% | 2.2% |
| 120th | Finland | 20.06% | -10.1% |
| 121st | Sri Lanka | 20.07% | 4.4% |
| 122nd | Belgium | 20.11% | -9.1% |
| 123rd | Mongolia | 20.14% | 58.1% |
| 124th | Romania | 21.02% | -4.6% |
| 125th | Lebanon | 21.37% | 3.8% |
| 126th | Costa Rica | 21.65% | -3.2% |
| 127th | Argentina | 21.80% | 7.6% |
| 128th | Luxembourg | 21.98% | 25.6% |
| 129th | Morocco | 22.27% | 6.9% |
| 130th | Slovak Republic | 22.27% | -16.2% |
| 131st | European Union | 22.41% | -7.5% |
| 132nd | Iraq | 22.45% | 5.0% |
| 133rd | Mauritius | 22.98% | -10.1% |
| 134th | Ukraine | 23.14% | 2.3% |
| 135th | Sudan | 23.63% | -6.4% |
| 136th | Lesotho | 24.05% | 0.2% |
| 137th | Uruguay | 24.15% | 5.6% |
| 138th | Saudi Arabia | 24.28% | -13.8% |
| 139th | Guyana | 24.60% | 1.6% |
| 140th | Jamaica | 24.66% | -4.3% |
| 141st | France | 24.94% | -1.3% |
| 142nd | Suriname | 24.96% | 91.6% |
| 143rd | India | 25.23% | 1.1% |
| 144th | Bahamas, The | 25.84% | 4.3% |
| 145th | Barbados | 26.18% | -9.3% |
| 146th | Puerto Rico (US) | 26.20% | -1.4% |
| 147th | Algeria | 26.23% | -13.7% |
| 148th | Brazil | 26.60% | 36.4% |
| 149th | Virgin Islands (US) | 26.75% | 5.2% |
| 150th | Brunei Darussalam | 27.63% | 6.7% |
| 151st | Portugal | 27.80% | -12.5% |
| 152nd | Cyprus | 28.90% | -11.2% |
| 153rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 29.09% | 12.0% |
| 154th | Cabo Verde | 30.18% | 5.7% |
| 155th | Croatia | 30.95% | -26.9% |
| 156th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.47% | 0.3% |
| 157th | Yemen, Republic of | 33.51% | 2.5% |
| 158th | Syrian Arab Republic | 33.63% | -3.4% |
| 159th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 33.66% | -1.5% |
| 160th | Angola | 34.48% | -1.8% |
| 161st | Haiti | 34.54% | 1.0% |
| 162nd | Botswana | 34.85% | 0.3% |
| 163rd | Serbia | 34.96% | -19.1% |
| 164th | Georgia | 35.02% | -2.3% |
| 165th | Tunisia | 35.12% | 0.4% |
| 166th | Jordan | 35.61% | 15.2% |
| 167th | Armenia | 35.66% | 11.9% |
| 168th | French Polynesia | 35.78% | 0.5% |
| 169th | Albania | 35.92% | -9.4% |
| 170th | Montenegro | 36.06% | -4.4% |
| 171st | Gabon | 36.19% | 0.9% |
| 172nd | New Caledonia | 37.05% | -1.4% |
| 173rd | Italy | 37.76% | -6.3% |
| 174th | West Bank and Gaza | 38.51% | 3.5% |
| 175th | Congo, Republic of | 41.71% | 1.2% |
| 176th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.09% | 0.1% |
| 177th | Namibia | 44.21% | 7.2% |
| 178th | Spain | 44.45% | -8.1% |
| 179th | St. Lucia | 45.88% | -2.4% |
| 180th | Eswatini | 46.97% | -2.9% |
| 181st | Greece | 47.22% | -5.0% |
| 182nd | North Macedonia | 48.48% | 2.1% |
| 183rd | Libya | 51.38% | -0.3% |
| 184th | South Africa | 53.45% | 6.7% |
| 185th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.26% | -13.8% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 73.01% | 0.7% |
FAQ
What was Brunei Darussalam's youth unemployment in 2016?▾
Brunei Darussalam's youth unemployment in 2016 was 27.63%. This ranked 150th globally.
How did Brunei Darussalam's youth unemployment change in 2016?▾
Brunei Darussalam's youth unemployment increased by 6.7% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2016?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2016 at 73.01%.
What is the youth unemployment of Brunei Darussalam in 2016?▾
The youth unemployment of Brunei Darussalam in 2016 was 27.63%. This ranked 150th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Brunei Darussalam's youth unemployment?▾
Brunei Darussalam's youth unemployment went from 25.89% in 2015 to 27.63% in 2016, a 6.7% increase.
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