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Korea - Youth Unemployment 2000

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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

10.00% −3.89pp from 1999 Global rank: 65th

Korea's youth unemployment was 10.00% in 2000, decreased +3.89pp from 13.90% in 1999. This was the 65th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2000▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 2000
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.97%	-0.5%
2nd	Benin	1.00%	-8.1%
3rd	Chad	1.10%	3.2%
4th	Cambodia	1.22%	7.3%
5th	Myanmar	1.34%	-1.7%
6th	Mali	2.16%	2.5%
7th	Qatar	2.66%	-0.3%
8th	Senegal	2.81%	-0.4%
9th	Liberia	2.92%	0.4%
10th	Kuwait	2.99%	14.5%
11th	Niger	3.06%	1.7%
12th	Guatemala	3.34%	0.9%
13th	Solomon Islands	3.59%	3.3%
14th	Burundi	3.85%	-0.1%
15th	Guinea-Bissau	3.98%	1.6%
16th	Kyrgyz Republic	4.06%	7.3%
17th	Burkina Faso	4.17%	4.3%
18th	Bahrain	4.21%	1.3%
19th	Iceland	4.25%	1.4%
20th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.27%	7.1%
21st	Lao PDR	4.31%	-5.2%
22nd	Maldives	4.40%	13.0%
23rd	Viet Nam	4.73%	-1.1%
24th	Switzerland	4.81%	-15.0%
25th	Bhutan	4.90%	16.9%
26th	United Arab Emirates	5.14%	3.2%
27th	Netherlands	5.19%	-27.9%
28th	Uganda	5.19%	1.3%
29th	Mexico	5.23%	23.6%
30th	Papua New Guinea	5.29%	-0.7%
31st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.30%	0.2%
32nd	Tanzania	5.54%	-2.2%
33rd	Guinea	5.68%	0.9%
34th	Peru	5.95%	-0.8%
35th	Mozambique	6.04%	5.9%
36th	Tajikistan	6.11%	-7.6%
37th	Ireland	6.26%	-23.8%
38th	Austria	6.29%	6.1%
39th	Luxembourg	6.38%	-5.8%
40th	Côte d'Ivoire	6.47%	8.0%
41st	Honduras	6.59%	1.4%
42nd	Denmark	6.73%	-32.0%
43rd	Malawi	6.76%	0.4%
44th	Kenya	6.76%	0.4%
45th	Thailand	6.82%	-15.5%
46th	Singapore	6.83%	-25.8%
47th	China	6.84%	1.1%
48th	Togo	7.34%	4.3%
49th	Sierra Leone	7.55%	-2.5%
50th	Nigeria	7.57%	0.3%
51st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	8.01%	-0.5%
52nd	Portugal	8.25%	-10.1%
53rd	Madagascar	8.41%	-0.1%
54th	Germany	8.55%	-3.8%
55th	Cyprus	8.90%	-8.9%
56th	Japan	9.21%	-0.9%
57th	United States	9.28%	-6.2%
58th	Sweden	9.29%	-41.3%
59th	Mongolia	9.31%	2.4%
60th	Philippines	9.54%	0.6%
61st	Comoros	9.60%	-2.1%
62nd	Malaysia	9.60%	-11.6%
63rd	Bangladesh	9.74%	8.7%
64th	Ecuador	9.77%	1.7%
65th	Korea	10.00%	-28.0%
66th	Afghanistan	10.20%	0.2%
67th	Eritrea	10.22%	0.5%
68th	Timor-Leste	10.31%	1.8%
69th	Tonga	10.39%	9.2%
70th	Channel Islands	10.62%	-14.5%
71st	Macao SAR, China	10.91%	-6.8%
72nd	Central African Republic	10.96%	-1.1%
73rd	Samoa	11.00%	6.8%
74th	Norway	11.05%	-8.6%
75th	Hong Kong SAR, China	11.06%	-20.7%
76th	Fiji	11.10%	0.6%
77th	Cuba	11.12%	-11.7%
78th	Costa Rica	11.24%	-17.4%
79th	Cameroon	11.38%	-1.0%
80th	Nicaragua	11.41%	0.5%
81st	Malta	11.84%	0.5%
82nd	United Kingdom	11.87%	-3.4%
83rd	Zimbabwe	11.94%	-7.4%
84th	El Salvador	11.97%	-4.9%
85th	Australia	12.08%	-7.8%
86th	Armenia	12.19%	-0.2%
87th	Dominican Republic	12.40%	1.9%
88th	Canada	12.67%	-9.8%
89th	Hungary	12.86%	-0.1%
90th	Türkiye	12.94%	-13.3%
91st	New Zealand	13.50%	-4.6%
92nd	Panama	13.55%	0.8%
93rd	Oman	13.73%	0.2%
94th	Paraguay	13.96%	38.2%
95th	Vanuatu	14.11%	0.1%
96th	Gambia, The	14.29%	-0.2%
97th	Equatorial Guinea	14.79%	0.1%
98th	Belgium	15.25%	-32.5%
99th	Mauritania	15.30%	0.1%
100th	Rwanda	15.44%	1.8%
101st	Bahamas, The	15.46%	-2.5%
102nd	Iraq	15.51%	1.4%
103rd	West Bank and Gaza	15.82%	1.8%
104th	Moldova	16.00%	-23.4%
105th	Slovenia	16.37%	-11.7%
106th	Ghana	16.42%	3.5%
107th	Jamaica	16.60%	0.3%
108th	Czechia	16.97%	-0.3%
109th	Israel	17.32%	3.6%
110th	Brunei Darussalam	17.36%	1.9%
111th	Romania	17.95%	2.3%
112th	Syrian Arab Republic	18.24%	27.6%
113th	South Sudan	18.36%	1.6%
114th	Yemen, Republic of	18.61%	1.4%
115th	Nepal	18.88%	-0.2%
116th	Indonesia	19.15%	-0.7%
117th	Georgia	19.59%	-14.6%
118th	São Tomé and Principe	19.65%	0.3%
119th	India	20.20%	0.0%
120th	Brazil	20.33%	-1.5%
121st	Virgin Islands (US)	20.39%	-3.5%
122nd	Morocco	20.39%	-1.2%
123rd	France	20.48%	-21.4%
124th	Haiti	20.51%	18.0%
125th	Puerto Rico (US)	20.61%	-10.0%
126th	European Union	20.67%	-5.9%
127th	Russian Federation	20.72%	-13.5%
128th	Barbados	20.82%	-7.3%
129th	Estonia	21.11%	-4.2%
130th	Lebanon	21.17%	-1.2%
131st	Latvia	21.27%	-9.6%
132nd	Belarus	21.70%	-5.0%
133rd	Ukraine	21.90%	-1.3%
134th	Belize	22.04%	-14.6%
135th	Azerbaijan	22.12%	8.5%
136th	Turkmenistan	22.39%	-8.9%
137th	Lesotho	22.44%	0.1%
138th	Zambia	22.54%	3.3%
139th	Kazakhstan	22.71%	-4.9%
140th	Saudi Arabia	22.85%	0.3%
141st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	23.09%	4.2%
142nd	Cabo Verde	23.11%	0.3%
143rd	Trinidad and Tobago	23.40%	-8.2%
144th	Sri Lanka	23.79%	-9.4%
145th	Sudan	24.27%	1.0%
146th	Chile	24.75%	-2.4%
147th	Uzbekistan	24.82%	-7.9%
148th	Guyana	24.88%	-0.5%
149th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	25.00%	22.3%
150th	Spain	25.26%	-13.2%
151st	Mauritius	26.39%	1.8%
152nd	St. Lucia	27.19%	-7.0%
153rd	Serbia	28.03%	-7.6%
154th	Lithuania	28.54%	12.2%
155th	Greece	28.96%	-7.5%
156th	Uruguay	29.25%	19.6%
157th	Finland	29.33%	-1.1%
158th	Albania	30.43%	-8.4%
159th	Tunisia	30.73%	-1.0%
160th	Suriname	31.09%	-6.4%
161st	Italy	31.46%	-4.5%
162nd	Jordan	31.65%	0.2%
163rd	Botswana	32.13%	-9.0%
164th	Argentina	32.35%	6.0%
165th	French Polynesia	32.46%	-0.2%
166th	Poland	32.91%	14.4%
167th	Bulgaria	33.21%	16.5%
168th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.83%	-0.9%
169th	Guam	36.52%	10.7%
170th	Slovak Republic	36.61%	9.1%
171st	Gabon	36.99%	-0.7%
172nd	Colombia	37.39%	2.4%
173rd	Angola	39.01%	0.4%
174th	Namibia	39.24%	-5.9%
175th	Congo, Republic of	39.26%	-0.5%
176th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	40.77%	1.8%
177th	Croatia	41.87%	14.5%
178th	South Africa	43.19%	0.2%
179th	New Caledonia	44.18%	-0.9%
180th	Libya	46.66%	0.5%
181st	Eswatini	48.80%	3.2%
182nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.41%	4.4%
183rd	Algeria	50.66%	5.7%
184th	Montenegro	55.56%	-0.1%
185th	North Macedonia	58.35%	0.1%
186th	Djibouti	65.03%	0.9%

FAQ

What was Korea's youth unemployment in 2000?▾

Korea's youth unemployment in 2000 was 10.00%. This ranked 65th globally.

How did Korea's youth unemployment change in 2000?▾

Korea's youth unemployment decreased by 28.0% in 2000 compared to 1999.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2000?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2000 at 65.03%.

What is the youth unemployment of Korea in 2000?▾

The youth unemployment of Korea in 2000 was 10.00%. This ranked 65th globally.

How does 2000 compare to 1999 for Korea's youth unemployment?▾

Korea's youth unemployment went from 13.90% in 1999 to 10.00% in 2000, a 28.0% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2000. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 7.7%. View full analysis →

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