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Jamaica Youth Unemployment 2000s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
16.95% decade average (2000-2009)

Jamaica's youth unemployment during the 2000s ranged from 16.55% (2003) to 18.55% (2009), averaging 16.95% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 16.60% +0.04pp 107th
2001 16.55% −0.05pp 105th
2002 16.60% +0.05pp 105th
2003 16.55% −0.05pp 102nd
2004 16.71% +0.16pp 103rd
2005 16.84% +0.14pp 113th
2006 16.95% +0.11pp 113th
2007 17.01% +0.06pp 116th
2008 17.18% +0.17pp 118th
2009 18.55% +1.37pp 111th