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Gambia, The - Youth Unemployment 1999

Name: Gambia, The Youth Unemployment 1999
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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

14.32% −0.19pp from 1998 Global rank: 95th

Gambia, The's youth unemployment was 14.32% in 1999, decreased +0.19pp from 14.51% in 1998. This was the 95th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.97%	0.2%
2nd	Chad	1.07%	2.7%
3rd	Benin	1.09%	-7.9%
4th	Cambodia	1.14%	10.1%
5th	Myanmar	1.36%	-0.6%
6th	Mali	2.11%	0.7%
7th	Kuwait	2.61%	-2.2%
8th	Qatar	2.67%	-1.3%
9th	Senegal	2.82%	-2.3%
10th	Liberia	2.91%	-1.7%
11th	Niger	3.01%	0.0%
12th	Guatemala	3.31%	-0.9%
13th	Solomon Islands	3.48%	0.8%
14th	Kyrgyz Republic	3.79%	7.4%
15th	Burundi	3.86%	-0.6%
16th	Maldives	3.90%	15.0%
17th	Guinea-Bissau	3.91%	-1.4%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.98%	8.5%
19th	Burkina Faso	4.00%	3.8%
20th	Bahrain	4.16%	1.8%
21st	Iceland	4.19%	-38.3%
22nd	Bhutan	4.19%	-0.8%
23rd	Mexico	4.23%	-36.8%
24th	Lao PDR	4.54%	-5.7%
25th	Viet Nam	4.79%	0.4%
26th	United Arab Emirates	4.98%	4.0%
27th	Uganda	5.13%	0.7%
28th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.29%	0.6%
29th	Papua New Guinea	5.33%	1.6%
30th	Guinea	5.63%	0.2%
31st	Switzerland	5.65%	-2.1%
32nd	Tanzania	5.67%	-1.6%
33rd	Mozambique	5.71%	1.4%
34th	Austria	5.92%	-20.9%
35th	Côte d'Ivoire	5.99%	7.0%
36th	Peru	5.99%	-0.5%
37th	Honduras	6.50%	-4.9%
38th	Tajikistan	6.62%	-4.9%
39th	Malawi	6.73%	1.0%
40th	Kenya	6.74%	1.8%
41st	Luxembourg	6.77%	5.3%
42nd	China	6.77%	1.5%
43rd	Togo	7.04%	2.0%
44th	Netherlands	7.20%	-15.5%
45th	Nigeria	7.55%	1.9%
46th	Sierra Leone	7.75%	0.6%
47th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	8.05%	7.2%
48th	Thailand	8.07%	5.2%
49th	Ireland	8.21%	-24.4%
50th	Madagascar	8.42%	-0.7%
51st	Germany	8.88%	-9.3%
52nd	Bangladesh	8.97%	9.6%
53rd	Mongolia	9.10%	1.8%
54th	Portugal	9.17%	-3.3%
55th	Singapore	9.20%	19.9%
56th	Japan	9.30%	20.3%
57th	Philippines	9.48%	1.2%
58th	Tonga	9.51%	11.5%
59th	Ecuador	9.60%	3.7%
60th	Cyprus	9.78%	65.9%
61st	Comoros	9.80%	-1.0%
62nd	Denmark	9.89%	37.9%
63rd	United States	9.89%	-5.1%
64th	Paraguay	10.11%	6.6%
65th	Timor-Leste	10.12%	-0.3%
66th	Eritrea	10.17%	1.4%
67th	Afghanistan	10.18%	0.1%
68th	Samoa	10.30%	10.0%
69th	Malaysia	10.86%	7.6%
70th	Fiji	11.03%	-0.3%
71st	Central African Republic	11.09%	-0.3%
72nd	Nicaragua	11.36%	0.2%
73rd	Cameroon	11.49%	-1.3%
74th	Macao SAR, China	11.70%	28.1%
75th	Malta	11.78%	0.4%
76th	Norway	12.08%	-3.3%
77th	Dominican Republic	12.17%	0.7%
78th	Armenia	12.22%	20.8%
79th	United Kingdom	12.29%	-0.2%
80th	Channel Islands	12.43%	-5.3%
81st	El Salvador	12.59%	3.2%
82nd	Cuba	12.59%	0.3%
83rd	Hungary	12.87%	-19.2%
84th	Zimbabwe	12.89%	-7.7%
85th	Australia	13.11%	-9.3%
86th	Panama	13.45%	-2.2%
87th	Costa Rica	13.60%	14.6%
88th	Oman	13.71%	1.2%
89th	Korea	13.90%	-11.6%
90th	Hong Kong SAR, China	13.95%	33.9%
91st	Canada	14.05%	-7.2%
92nd	Vanuatu	14.10%	0.6%
93rd	New Zealand	14.16%	-5.7%
94th	Syrian Arab Republic	14.29%	4.1%
95th	Gambia, The	14.32%	-1.3%
96th	Equatorial Guinea	14.78%	1.0%
97th	Türkiye	14.93%	5.8%
98th	Rwanda	15.16%	3.3%
99th	Mauritania	15.28%	0.6%
100th	Iraq	15.29%	0.0%
101st	West Bank and Gaza	15.54%	-0.4%
102nd	Sweden	15.83%	-7.0%
103rd	Bahamas, The	15.85%	-1.5%
104th	Ghana	15.87%	23.1%
105th	Jamaica	16.55%	1.0%
106th	Israel	16.72%	-1.3%
107th	Czechia	17.02%	36.8%
108th	Brunei Darussalam	17.03%	1.2%
109th	Haiti	17.38%	1.2%
110th	Romania	17.55%	1.4%
111th	South Sudan	18.06%	0.6%
112th	Yemen, Republic of	18.36%	1.6%
113th	Slovenia	18.53%	5.1%
114th	Nepal	18.91%	0.1%
115th	Indonesia	19.28%	15.1%
116th	São Tomé and Principe	19.59%	-0.3%
117th	India	20.19%	-0.2%
118th	Azerbaijan	20.39%	9.3%
119th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	20.45%	-12.1%
120th	Brazil	20.64%	7.2%
121st	Morocco	20.64%	3.2%
122nd	Moldova	20.90%	11.2%
123rd	Virgin Islands (US)	21.13%	-1.4%
124th	Lebanon	21.43%	1.8%
125th	Zambia	21.82%	3.8%
126th	European Union	21.96%	0.7%
127th	Estonia	22.05%	48.6%
128th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	22.15%	6.6%
129th	Ukraine	22.20%	4.7%
130th	Lesotho	22.42%	1.4%
131st	Barbados	22.47%	-8.2%
132nd	Belgium	22.58%	10.7%
133rd	Saudi Arabia	22.78%	-7.1%
134th	Belarus	22.83%	-8.5%
135th	Puerto Rico (US)	22.89%	-8.8%
136th	Georgia	22.95%	-5.6%
137th	Cabo Verde	23.05%	0.7%
138th	Latvia	23.53%	-12.7%
139th	Kazakhstan	23.87%	2.6%
140th	Russian Federation	23.96%	-11.7%
141st	Sudan	24.03%	0.2%
142nd	Uruguay	24.47%	6.9%
143rd	Turkmenistan	24.58%	5.3%
144th	Guyana	25.01%	-0.9%
145th	Chile	25.34%	41.9%
146th	Lithuania	25.44%	0.8%
147th	Trinidad and Tobago	25.48%	-5.6%
148th	Belize	25.80%	-8.7%
149th	Mauritius	25.93%	3.3%
150th	France	26.07%	0.7%
151st	Sri Lanka	26.26%	2.1%
152nd	Uzbekistan	26.95%	0.6%
153rd	Bulgaria	28.50%	14.3%
154th	Poland	28.76%	37.6%
155th	Spain	29.10%	-17.8%
156th	St. Lucia	29.25%	-15.7%
157th	Finland	29.65%	-13.7%
158th	Serbia	30.33%	-1.0%
159th	Argentina	30.52%	10.0%
160th	Tunisia	31.02%	-0.9%
161st	Greece	31.32%	-2.7%
162nd	Jordan	31.60%	0.2%
163rd	French Polynesia	32.54%	0.1%
164th	Italy	32.96%	-2.5%
165th	Guam	32.98%	81.6%
166th	Suriname	33.21%	37.5%
167th	Albania	33.21%	4.5%
168th	Slovak Republic	33.54%	35.6%
169th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.14%	-0.1%
170th	Botswana	35.30%	-8.8%
171st	Colombia	36.50%	32.2%
172nd	Croatia	36.58%	14.8%
173rd	Gabon	37.24%	0.3%
174th	Angola	38.87%	1.2%
175th	Congo, Republic of	39.44%	1.4%
176th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	40.07%	0.9%
177th	Namibia	41.71%	-5.6%
178th	South Africa	43.11%	1.1%
179th	New Caledonia	44.60%	-1.1%
180th	Libya	46.40%	0.8%
181st	Eswatini	47.26%	3.3%
182nd	Algeria	47.92%	7.5%
183rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.30%	4.0%
184th	Montenegro	55.59%	0.4%
185th	North Macedonia	58.29%	-5.4%
186th	Djibouti	64.43%	0.4%

FAQ

What was Gambia, The's youth unemployment in 1999?▾

Gambia, The's youth unemployment in 1999 was 14.32%. This ranked 95th globally.

How did Gambia, The's youth unemployment change in 1999?▾

Gambia, The's youth unemployment decreased by 1.3% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 1999?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 1999 at 64.43%.

What is the youth unemployment of Gambia, The in 1999?▾

The youth unemployment of Gambia, The in 1999 was 14.32%. This ranked 95th globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Gambia, The's youth unemployment?▾

Gambia, The's youth unemployment went from 14.51% in 1998 to 14.32% in 1999, a 1.3% decrease.

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