Costa Rica - Youth Unemployment 2002
14.46%
+0.65pp from 2001
Costa Rica's youth unemployment was 14.46% in 2002, increased +0.65pp from 13.81% in 2001. This was the 92nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Benin | 0.83% | -9.1% |
| 2nd | Pakistan | 0.95% | -0.8% |
| 3rd | Chad | 1.12% | 0.3% |
| 4th | Myanmar | 1.33% | 0.7% |
| 5th | Cambodia | 1.40% | 7.4% |
| 6th | Mali | 2.11% | 1.4% |
| 7th | Qatar | 2.73% | 1.8% |
| 8th | Senegal | 2.94% | 3.6% |
| 9th | Liberia | 3.10% | 3.3% |
| 10th | Guatemala | 3.44% | 0.1% |
| 11th | Solomon Islands | 3.70% | 0.7% |
| 12th | Lao PDR | 3.75% | -5.9% |
| 13th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.83% | 3.9% |
| 14th | Niger | 3.83% | 23.3% |
| 15th | Burundi | 3.87% | 0.2% |
| 16th | Bahrain | 4.16% | -2.4% |
| 17th | Kuwait | 4.22% | 41.9% |
| 18th | Burkina Faso | 4.41% | 3.6% |
| 19th | Viet Nam | 4.42% | -21.0% |
| 20th | Netherlands | 4.54% | 5.0% |
| 21st | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.58% | 5.9% |
| 22nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.74% | 3.3% |
| 23rd | Papua New Guinea | 4.94% | -2.7% |
| 24th | Uganda | 5.15% | -0.6% |
| 25th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 5.21% | -1.6% |
| 26th | Tanzania | 5.45% | 1.8% |
| 27th | Bhutan | 5.49% | -1.8% |
| 28th | Switzerland | 5.59% | -0.7% |
| 29th | Guinea | 5.64% | -0.7% |
| 30th | Tajikistan | 5.71% | 4.4% |
| 31st | Thailand | 5.76% | -26.9% |
| 32nd | Peru | 5.94% | -2.2% |
| 33rd | Mexico | 6.09% | 22.5% |
| 34th | Iceland | 6.16% | 26.7% |
| 35th | United Arab Emirates | 6.18% | 9.9% |
| 36th | Mozambique | 6.25% | 2.5% |
| 37th | Cuba | 6.83% | -19.7% |
| 38th | Kenya | 6.89% | 1.6% |
| 39th | Malawi | 6.94% | 0.3% |
| 40th | Luxembourg | 6.95% | 9.8% |
| 41st | Honduras | 6.96% | 2.2% |
| 42nd | Denmark | 7.04% | -14.4% |
| 43rd | Austria | 7.14% | 18.9% |
| 44th | Nigeria | 7.22% | -4.2% |
| 45th | Sierra Leone | 7.25% | -5.4% |
| 46th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.28% | 5.5% |
| 47th | Togo | 7.30% | -0.1% |
| 48th | Ireland | 7.36% | 25.6% |
| 49th | Cyprus | 7.45% | -6.6% |
| 50th | Madagascar | 7.65% | -2.0% |
| 51st | Bangladesh | 7.78% | -11.8% |
| 52nd | Korea | 7.90% | -15.6% |
| 53rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.00% | -0.8% |
| 54th | China | 8.92% | 11.6% |
| 55th | Maldives | 8.95% | 33.4% |
| 56th | Philippines | 9.17% | -2.6% |
| 57th | Germany | 9.29% | 19.2% |
| 58th | Ecuador | 9.51% | 11.2% |
| 59th | Comoros | 9.56% | -0.1% |
| 60th | Mongolia | 9.66% | 1.7% |
| 61st | Timor-Leste | 9.72% | -2.6% |
| 62nd | Zimbabwe | 9.89% | -9.0% |
| 63rd | Japan | 10.06% | 4.8% |
| 64th | Cameroon | 10.12% | -10.1% |
| 65th | Afghanistan | 10.18% | -0.9% |
| 66th | Eritrea | 10.43% | 0.5% |
| 67th | Portugal | 10.45% | 16.7% |
| 68th | Singapore | 10.77% | 45.6% |
| 69th | El Salvador | 10.78% | -11.2% |
| 70th | United Kingdom | 10.78% | 5.8% |
| 71st | Macao SAR, China | 10.84% | 9.9% |
| 72nd | Channel Islands | 11.00% | 4.6% |
| 73rd | Central African Republic | 11.02% | -0.2% |
| 74th | Malaysia | 11.19% | -1.8% |
| 75th | Fiji | 11.45% | 2.3% |
| 76th | New Zealand | 11.73% | -3.0% |
| 77th | Hungary | 11.75% | 6.5% |
| 78th | Nicaragua | 11.88% | 3.2% |
| 79th | Samoa | 11.89% | 2.1% |
| 80th | United States | 11.94% | 13.8% |
| 81st | Armenia | 12.10% | -0.5% |
| 82nd | Tonga | 12.51% | 8.6% |
| 83rd | Dominican Republic | 12.72% | -5.5% |
| 84th | Australia | 12.79% | -5.1% |
| 85th | Sweden | 12.92% | 10.8% |
| 86th | Norway | 13.04% | 7.3% |
| 87th | Oman | 13.53% | 1.4% |
| 88th | Canada | 13.62% | 5.8% |
| 89th | Panama | 13.85% | 0.6% |
| 90th | Ghana | 14.26% | -7.3% |
| 91st | Vanuatu | 14.37% | 0.8% |
| 92nd | Costa Rica | 14.46% | 4.7% |
| 93rd | Gambia, The | 14.59% | 2.9% |
| 94th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 14.81% | 32.3% |
| 95th | Slovenia | 14.90% | -5.3% |
| 96th | Equatorial Guinea | 15.06% | 0.5% |
| 97th | Moldova | 15.33% | -7.0% |
| 98th | Rwanda | 15.37% | -1.5% |
| 99th | Malta | 15.43% | -13.0% |
| 100th | Mauritania | 15.49% | 0.5% |
| 101st | Russian Federation | 15.56% | -13.6% |
| 102nd | Belgium | 15.65% | 2.1% |
| 103rd | Czechia | 15.98% | -3.5% |
| 104th | Paraguay | 16.53% | 47.3% |
| 105th | Jamaica | 16.60% | 0.3% |
| 106th | Iraq | 16.64% | 4.3% |
| 107th | Kazakhstan | 16.70% | -10.8% |
| 108th | Morocco | 17.60% | -6.7% |
| 109th | Brunei Darussalam | 17.89% | 2.4% |
| 110th | South Sudan | 18.45% | 0.2% |
| 111th | France | 18.85% | 5.2% |
| 112th | Ukraine | 18.93% | -8.5% |
| 113th | Türkiye | 18.94% | 18.0% |
| 114th | Nepal | 18.96% | 0.7% |
| 115th | Yemen, Republic of | 19.24% | 1.5% |
| 116th | Belarus | 19.30% | -6.0% |
| 117th | Turkmenistan | 19.76% | -6.9% |
| 118th | Estonia | 20.19% | -15.3% |
| 119th | Belize | 20.36% | 9.7% |
| 120th | Bahamas, The | 20.38% | 34.0% |
| 121st | Lithuania | 20.42% | -35.2% |
| 122nd | Lebanon | 20.47% | -2.1% |
| 123rd | Brazil | 20.60% | 2.9% |
| 124th | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.68% | -5.9% |
| 125th | India | 20.76% | 1.7% |
| 126th | Israel | 20.85% | 11.5% |
| 127th | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.93% | -2.2% |
| 128th | European Union | 20.99% | 4.0% |
| 129th | Uzbekistan | 20.99% | -8.7% |
| 130th | Virgin Islands (US) | 21.23% | 2.1% |
| 131st | Indonesia | 21.43% | 12.6% |
| 132nd | Spain | 21.54% | 4.0% |
| 133rd | Azerbaijan | 21.60% | -2.3% |
| 134th | Lesotho | 22.38% | 0.1% |
| 135th | Romania | 22.69% | 27.6% |
| 136th | Barbados | 22.99% | 0.3% |
| 137th | Puerto Rico (US) | 23.33% | 2.3% |
| 138th | Saudi Arabia | 23.89% | 6.5% |
| 139th | Guyana | 23.90% | -1.6% |
| 140th | Cabo Verde | 23.98% | 1.6% |
| 141st | Sudan | 24.12% | -0.4% |
| 142nd | São Tomé and Principe | 24.25% | 12.2% |
| 143rd | Chile | 24.98% | 1.7% |
| 144th | Georgia | 25.09% | 33.6% |
| 145th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 25.17% | 3.7% |
| 146th | Latvia | 25.25% | 4.5% |
| 147th | Mauritius | 25.74% | -7.6% |
| 148th | Zambia | 25.98% | 8.1% |
| 149th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 26.40% | -4.5% |
| 150th | Suriname | 26.45% | -8.1% |
| 151st | Haiti | 26.49% | 12.7% |
| 152nd | Greece | 26.71% | -4.0% |
| 153rd | Colombia | 26.90% | -2.2% |
| 154th | Guam | 27.07% | -14.1% |
| 155th | Italy | 27.17% | -2.3% |
| 156th | Sri Lanka | 28.55% | 14.1% |
| 157th | Albania | 28.77% | -3.5% |
| 158th | Finland | 28.80% | 5.4% |
| 159th | Tunisia | 30.40% | 1.7% |
| 160th | Serbia | 31.33% | 9.3% |
| 161st | French Polynesia | 33.02% | 0.7% |
| 162nd | St. Lucia | 33.51% | 9.8% |
| 163rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.70% | -0.2% |
| 164th | Gabon | 34.85% | -3.9% |
| 165th | Jordan | 35.35% | 4.3% |
| 166th | Bulgaria | 35.61% | -8.9% |
| 167th | Croatia | 36.53% | -8.0% |
| 168th | Slovak Republic | 37.43% | -3.7% |
| 169th | Uruguay | 37.89% | 10.0% |
| 170th | Angola | 38.43% | -1.4% |
| 171st | West Bank and Gaza | 38.74% | 23.8% |
| 172nd | Congo, Republic of | 39.25% | -0.8% |
| 173rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.07% | -1.2% |
| 174th | Argentina | 41.35% | 11.7% |
| 175th | Namibia | 41.74% | 2.7% |
| 176th | New Caledonia | 42.55% | -1.5% |
| 177th | Poland | 43.32% | 7.3% |
| 178th | South Africa | 43.35% | 0.3% |
| 179th | Botswana | 43.49% | 10.8% |
| 180th | Algeria | 46.03% | -1.9% |
| 181st | Libya | 46.89% | 0.5% |
| 182nd | Eswatini | 51.56% | 2.4% |
| 183rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.88% | 4.3% |
| 184th | Montenegro | 55.43% | -0.4% |
| 185th | North Macedonia | 58.44% | 5.2% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 66.37% | 1.1% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's youth unemployment in 2002?▾
Costa Rica's youth unemployment in 2002 was 14.46%. This ranked 92nd globally.
How did Costa Rica's youth unemployment change in 2002?▾
Costa Rica's youth unemployment increased by 4.7% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2002?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2002 at 66.37%.
What is the youth unemployment of Costa Rica in 2002?▾
The youth unemployment of Costa Rica in 2002 was 14.46%. This ranked 92nd globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Costa Rica's youth unemployment?▾
Costa Rica's youth unemployment went from 13.81% in 2001 to 14.46% in 2002, a 4.7% increase.
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