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Korea Youth Unemployment 1990s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
8.87% decade average (1990-1999)

Korea's youth unemployment during the 1990s ranged from 6.01% (1996) to 15.72% (1998), averaging 8.87% over 9 years of data.

1990s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1991 7.16% 67th
1992 7.49% +0.33pp 65th
1993 8.79% +1.30pp 66th
1994 7.12% −1.66pp 49th
1995 6.16% −0.96pp 42nd
1996 6.01% −0.16pp 35th
1997 7.47% +1.46pp 51st
1998 15.72% +8.25pp 103rd
1999 13.90% −1.82pp 89th