Jamaica - Youth Unemployment 2013
27.23%
+3.83pp from 2012
Jamaica's youth unemployment was 27.23% in 2013, increased +3.83pp from 23.40% in 2012. This was the 147th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2013▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cambodia | 0.76% | 11.7% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 1.11% | -24.8% |
| 3rd | Thailand | 1.23% | -55.4% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 1.27% | -29.9% |
| 5th | Chad | 1.36% | 4.0% |
| 6th | Myanmar | 1.57% | 1.0% |
| 7th | Madagascar | 1.78% | 76.4% |
| 8th | Liberia | 1.95% | -17.4% |
| 9th | Mali | 2.28% | 2.2% |
| 10th | Niger | 2.33% | -39.6% |
| 11th | Uganda | 2.59% | -50.9% |
| 12th | Burundi | 2.71% | 6.7% |
| 13th | Lao PDR | 2.94% | 19.0% |
| 14th | Moldova | 2.95% | -14.5% |
| 15th | Togo | 3.70% | 8.3% |
| 16th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.88% | 0.8% |
| 17th | Kazakhstan | 3.92% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Benin | 3.96% | -16.3% |
| 19th | Macao SAR, China | 4.13% | -24.7% |
| 20th | Papua New Guinea | 4.51% | 0.2% |
| 21st | Viet Nam | 4.56% | 25.6% |
| 22nd | Ghana | 4.72% | -29.2% |
| 23rd | Tonga | 5.05% | 7.4% |
| 24th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.39% | 60.4% |
| 25th | Bahrain | 5.44% | 0.3% |
| 26th | Guatemala | 5.51% | 19.4% |
| 27th | Senegal | 5.65% | 31.8% |
| 28th | Tanzania | 5.69% | -9.1% |
| 29th | Guinea | 5.90% | 0.9% |
| 30th | Pakistan | 5.98% | -20.9% |
| 31st | United Arab Emirates | 6.12% | -5.4% |
| 32nd | Cameroon | 6.24% | -0.6% |
| 33rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.27% | -36.6% |
| 34th | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.28% | -27.1% |
| 35th | Burkina Faso | 6.53% | 5.1% |
| 36th | Malawi | 6.75% | 0.6% |
| 37th | Japan | 6.81% | -17.3% |
| 38th | Mozambique | 6.99% | 0.8% |
| 39th | Peru | 7.01% | 2.3% |
| 40th | Kenya | 7.18% | 3.4% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 7.61% | -6.9% |
| 42nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 7.65% | 1.4% |
| 43rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 7.69% | 1.5% |
| 44th | Nigeria | 7.71% | -1.9% |
| 45th | Germany | 7.83% | -3.6% |
| 46th | Cuba | 8.07% | -4.5% |
| 47th | Ecuador | 8.33% | -2.4% |
| 48th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 8.38% | -0.9% |
| 49th | El Salvador | 8.51% | 0.9% |
| 50th | Sierra Leone | 8.74% | 3.5% |
| 51st | Switzerland | 8.74% | 5.0% |
| 52nd | Singapore | 8.90% | 4.4% |
| 53rd | Turkmenistan | 8.93% | 0.5% |
| 54th | Korea | 8.94% | 15.6% |
| 55th | Nicaragua | 9.01% | 10.6% |
| 56th | Norway | 9.04% | 7.9% |
| 57th | Timor-Leste | 9.08% | -1.2% |
| 58th | Philippines | 9.17% | -2.1% |
| 59th | Comoros | 9.28% | -1.3% |
| 60th | Bhutan | 9.39% | 34.5% |
| 61st | Mexico | 9.40% | 0.4% |
| 62nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 9.44% | 2.3% |
| 63rd | Paraguay | 9.50% | -5.5% |
| 64th | Bangladesh | 9.67% | 13.3% |
| 65th | Austria | 9.77% | 2.2% |
| 66th | Central African Republic | 9.80% | -1.7% |
| 67th | Honduras | 9.82% | 40.9% |
| 68th | Panama | 9.90% | 3.3% |
| 69th | Eritrea | 9.95% | -1.6% |
| 70th | Malaysia | 10.07% | -0.6% |
| 71st | Afghanistan | 10.10% | 0.3% |
| 72nd | China | 10.32% | 1.6% |
| 73rd | Israel | 10.40% | -13.3% |
| 74th | Iceland | 10.42% | -21.1% |
| 75th | Vanuatu | 10.47% | 3.4% |
| 76th | Mongolia | 10.58% | 26.5% |
| 77th | Uzbekistan | 10.76% | 0.7% |
| 78th | Belarus | 10.83% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Australia | 12.22% | 4.2% |
| 80th | Malta | 12.73% | -8.1% |
| 81st | Netherlands | 12.94% | 13.0% |
| 82nd | Canada | 13.24% | -5.6% |
| 83rd | Tajikistan | 13.44% | 1.0% |
| 84th | Azerbaijan | 13.48% | -3.5% |
| 85th | Kuwait | 13.64% | 13.7% |
| 86th | Gambia, The | 13.73% | -7.5% |
| 87th | Russian Federation | 14.20% | -5.1% |
| 88th | Fiji | 14.20% | 1.9% |
| 89th | Denmark | 14.77% | -6.3% |
| 90th | Equatorial Guinea | 15.25% | -1.1% |
| 91st | New Zealand | 15.30% | -15.0% |
| 92nd | Oman | 15.45% | -1.3% |
| 93rd | United States | 15.56% | -4.0% |
| 94th | Brazil | 15.70% | -1.0% |
| 95th | Zambia | 15.71% | -8.5% |
| 96th | Indonesia | 15.98% | 1.9% |
| 97th | Mauritania | 16.20% | 7.4% |
| 98th | Luxembourg | 16.29% | -1.7% |
| 99th | Rwanda | 16.42% | 1.0% |
| 100th | Chile | 16.68% | -1.4% |
| 101st | Belize | 16.90% | -0.1% |
| 102nd | São Tomé and Principe | 17.10% | -11.9% |
| 103rd | Dominican Republic | 17.39% | 17.3% |
| 104th | Samoa | 17.56% | 0.4% |
| 105th | Ukraine | 17.64% | -0.9% |
| 106th | Iraq | 17.91% | 11.3% |
| 107th | Sri Lanka | 17.94% | 6.8% |
| 108th | Türkiye | 18.44% | 6.3% |
| 109th | Estonia | 18.70% | -10.3% |
| 110th | Colombia | 18.73% | -6.8% |
| 111th | Czechia | 18.96% | -2.8% |
| 112th | Lebanon | 19.11% | 5.1% |
| 113th | Morocco | 19.16% | 2.8% |
| 114th | Uruguay | 19.30% | 4.0% |
| 115th | Suriname | 19.34% | -1.3% |
| 116th | Nepal | 19.38% | 0.4% |
| 117th | Argentina | 19.56% | 6.6% |
| 118th | Maldives | 19.64% | -5.7% |
| 119th | South Sudan | 19.73% | -0.9% |
| 120th | Finland | 19.82% | 5.0% |
| 121st | United Kingdom | 20.94% | -5.3% |
| 122nd | Costa Rica | 21.56% | -3.6% |
| 123rd | Channel Islands | 21.66% | 6.8% |
| 124th | Slovenia | 21.67% | 4.9% |
| 125th | Lithuania | 21.90% | -17.9% |
| 126th | Mauritius | 22.18% | -5.9% |
| 127th | Latvia | 23.24% | -18.6% |
| 128th | Guyana | 23.26% | 1.3% |
| 129th | Lesotho | 23.29% | 1.6% |
| 130th | Brunei Darussalam | 23.34% | 3.3% |
| 131st | Sweden | 23.52% | -0.4% |
| 132nd | Belgium | 23.69% | 20.0% |
| 133rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 23.87% | -11.2% |
| 134th | Romania | 24.02% | 5.3% |
| 135th | France | 24.36% | -2.3% |
| 136th | India | 24.47% | 1.4% |
| 137th | Yemen, Republic of | 24.56% | 3.1% |
| 138th | Cabo Verde | 25.30% | 6.1% |
| 139th | Algeria | 25.46% | -8.7% |
| 140th | Virgin Islands (US) | 26.18% | 5.0% |
| 141st | Hungary | 26.55% | -5.8% |
| 142nd | Ireland | 26.73% | -13.2% |
| 143rd | European Union | 26.94% | 3.8% |
| 144th | Saudi Arabia | 26.95% | 8.5% |
| 145th | Guam | 27.06% | -5.4% |
| 146th | Poland | 27.17% | 3.2% |
| 147th | Jamaica | 27.23% | 16.4% |
| 148th | Bulgaria | 28.37% | 0.9% |
| 149th | Barbados | 29.11% | 1.0% |
| 150th | Sudan | 29.16% | -5.4% |
| 151st | Jordan | 29.54% | 2.4% |
| 152nd | Albania | 31.21% | 8.1% |
| 153rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 31.59% | -1.2% |
| 154th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.66% | -0.5% |
| 155th | Slovak Republic | 33.71% | -1.1% |
| 156th | Haiti | 33.75% | -1.6% |
| 157th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 34.12% | -0.9% |
| 158th | Bahamas, The | 34.47% | 13.5% |
| 159th | Botswana | 34.60% | -0.1% |
| 160th | Tunisia | 34.83% | -9.4% |
| 161st | Armenia | 35.03% | 2.1% |
| 162nd | Gabon | 35.35% | 0.6% |
| 163rd | French Polynesia | 35.43% | 0.2% |
| 164th | Syrian Arab Republic | 35.45% | 4.9% |
| 165th | Angola | 36.73% | -2.6% |
| 166th | West Bank and Gaza | 37.14% | 7.2% |
| 167th | New Caledonia | 37.58% | 2.2% |
| 168th | Cyprus | 38.08% | 39.8% |
| 169th | Portugal | 38.45% | 1.2% |
| 170th | Italy | 40.02% | 13.4% |
| 171st | Georgia | 40.22% | 7.5% |
| 172nd | Namibia | 40.51% | 18.8% |
| 173rd | Congo, Republic of | 40.92% | 1.5% |
| 174th | Montenegro | 41.83% | -5.0% |
| 175th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.02% | -1.4% |
| 176th | St. Lucia | 48.48% | 18.8% |
| 177th | Serbia | 49.46% | -3.5% |
| 178th | Eswatini | 50.46% | -2.4% |
| 179th | Croatia | 50.49% | 18.8% |
| 180th | Libya | 50.58% | 1.4% |
| 181st | South Africa | 51.21% | -0.2% |
| 182nd | North Macedonia | 51.59% | -4.0% |
| 183rd | Spain | 55.44% | 4.9% |
| 184th | Greece | 58.49% | 5.1% |
| 185th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 60.92% | -6.3% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 71.34% | 0.8% |
FAQ
What was Jamaica's youth unemployment in 2013?▾
Jamaica's youth unemployment in 2013 was 27.23%. This ranked 147th globally.
How did Jamaica's youth unemployment change in 2013?▾
Jamaica's youth unemployment increased by 16.4% in 2013 compared to 2012.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2013?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2013 at 71.34%.
What is the youth unemployment of Jamaica in 2013?▾
The youth unemployment of Jamaica in 2013 was 27.23%. This ranked 147th globally.
How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Jamaica's youth unemployment?▾
Jamaica's youth unemployment went from 23.40% in 2012 to 27.23% in 2013, a 16.4% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Jamaica matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2013. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 3.7%. View full analysis →
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