Korea - Youth Unemployment 2003
9.42%
+1.52pp from 2002
Korea's youth unemployment was 9.42% in 2003, increased +1.52pp from 7.90% in 2002. This was the 53rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | 0.95% | -0.2% |
| 2nd | Benin | 0.98% | 19.1% |
| 3rd | Chad | 1.10% | -1.8% |
| 4th | Myanmar | 1.35% | 1.3% |
| 5th | Cambodia | 1.48% | 6.1% |
| 6th | Mali | 2.02% | -4.2% |
| 7th | Qatar | 2.79% | 2.4% |
| 8th | Senegal | 2.91% | -0.9% |
| 9th | Liberia | 3.25% | 4.9% |
| 10th | Lao PDR | 3.46% | -7.6% |
| 11th | Solomon Islands | 3.54% | -4.2% |
| 12th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.85% | 0.5% |
| 13th | Burundi | 3.85% | -0.4% |
| 14th | Bahrain | 4.04% | -2.8% |
| 15th | Burkina Faso | 4.34% | -1.7% |
| 16th | Guatemala | 4.43% | 28.6% |
| 17th | Niger | 4.53% | 18.2% |
| 18th | Viet Nam | 4.72% | 6.8% |
| 19th | Papua New Guinea | 4.73% | -4.4% |
| 20th | Cuba | 4.74% | -30.6% |
| 21st | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.84% | 5.8% |
| 22nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.96% | 4.5% |
| 23rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 5.07% | -2.7% |
| 24th | Thailand | 5.19% | -9.9% |
| 25th | Kuwait | 5.22% | 23.6% |
| 26th | Uganda | 5.33% | 3.6% |
| 27th | Bhutan | 5.38% | -2.0% |
| 28th | Tajikistan | 5.52% | -3.4% |
| 29th | Tanzania | 5.54% | 1.7% |
| 30th | Guinea | 5.69% | 1.0% |
| 31st | Mozambique | 6.22% | -0.5% |
| 32nd | Peru | 6.36% | 7.2% |
| 33rd | Netherlands | 6.53% | 43.8% |
| 34th | Bangladesh | 6.61% | -15.1% |
| 35th | Kenya | 6.83% | -0.8% |
| 36th | United Arab Emirates | 6.83% | 10.4% |
| 37th | Malawi | 6.85% | -1.3% |
| 38th | Madagascar | 6.88% | -10.1% |
| 39th | Mexico | 7.10% | 16.5% |
| 40th | Togo | 7.17% | -1.7% |
| 41st | Sierra Leone | 7.21% | -0.6% |
| 42nd | Nigeria | 7.23% | 0.2% |
| 43rd | Austria | 7.43% | 4.1% |
| 44th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.68% | 5.5% |
| 45th | Ireland | 7.71% | 4.7% |
| 46th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.04% | 0.6% |
| 47th | Switzerland | 8.49% | 52.1% |
| 48th | Cyprus | 8.61% | 15.6% |
| 49th | Cameroon | 8.92% | -11.8% |
| 50th | Philippines | 8.92% | -2.7% |
| 51st | Zimbabwe | 8.95% | -9.5% |
| 52nd | Honduras | 9.20% | 32.1% |
| 53rd | Korea | 9.42% | 19.3% |
| 54th | China | 9.62% | 7.9% |
| 55th | Denmark | 9.80% | 39.2% |
| 56th | Singapore | 9.85% | -8.5% |
| 57th | Comoros | 9.85% | 3.1% |
| 58th | Timor-Leste | 9.95% | 2.4% |
| 59th | Afghanistan | 10.16% | -0.2% |
| 60th | Japan | 10.20% | 1.4% |
| 61st | Eritrea | 10.42% | -0.1% |
| 62nd | New Zealand | 10.49% | -10.6% |
| 63rd | Mongolia | 10.61% | 9.8% |
| 64th | Ecuador | 10.85% | 14.1% |
| 65th | Luxembourg | 10.89% | 56.7% |
| 66th | Central African Republic | 10.95% | -0.6% |
| 67th | Germany | 11.02% | 18.7% |
| 68th | Maldives | 11.12% | 24.3% |
| 69th | United Kingdom | 11.24% | 4.2% |
| 70th | Malaysia | 11.49% | 2.7% |
| 71st | Fiji | 11.51% | 0.6% |
| 72nd | Macao SAR, China | 11.81% | 8.9% |
| 73rd | Iceland | 11.82% | 91.9% |
| 74th | Norway | 11.83% | -9.3% |
| 75th | El Salvador | 11.90% | 10.4% |
| 76th | Australia | 11.96% | -6.5% |
| 77th | Nicaragua | 12.02% | 1.2% |
| 78th | Armenia | 12.04% | -0.5% |
| 79th | Samoa | 12.25% | 3.0% |
| 80th | Channel Islands | 12.31% | 11.9% |
| 81st | United States | 12.36% | 3.6% |
| 82nd | Ghana | 13.05% | -8.5% |
| 83rd | Hungary | 13.17% | 12.1% |
| 84th | Paraguay | 13.35% | -19.2% |
| 85th | Dominican Republic | 13.42% | 5.5% |
| 86th | Portugal | 13.49% | 29.1% |
| 87th | Canada | 13.62% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Tonga | 13.87% | 10.8% |
| 89th | Panama | 13.88% | 0.2% |
| 90th | Sweden | 14.31% | 10.7% |
| 91st | Vanuatu | 14.34% | -0.2% |
| 92nd | Kazakhstan | 14.35% | -14.1% |
| 93rd | Gambia, The | 14.52% | -0.5% |
| 94th | Oman | 14.57% | 7.7% |
| 95th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 14.84% | 0.2% |
| 96th | Moldova | 14.85% | -3.2% |
| 97th | Costa Rica | 15.05% | 4.1% |
| 98th | Equatorial Guinea | 15.10% | 0.2% |
| 99th | Mauritania | 15.13% | -2.3% |
| 100th | Slovenia | 15.35% | 3.0% |
| 101st | Rwanda | 15.68% | 2.1% |
| 102nd | Jamaica | 16.55% | -0.3% |
| 103rd | Ukraine | 16.88% | -10.8% |
| 104th | Morocco | 17.04% | -3.2% |
| 105th | France | 17.18% | -8.9% |
| 106th | Iraq | 17.27% | 3.8% |
| 107th | Czechia | 17.56% | 9.8% |
| 108th | Russian Federation | 17.56% | 12.8% |
| 109th | Malta | 17.57% | 13.9% |
| 110th | Turkmenistan | 17.97% | -9.0% |
| 111th | Belarus | 18.07% | -6.3% |
| 112th | Brunei Darussalam | 18.33% | 2.4% |
| 113th | South Sudan | 18.55% | 0.6% |
| 114th | Uzbekistan | 18.88% | -10.0% |
| 115th | Azerbaijan | 18.96% | -12.2% |
| 116th | Belgium | 18.98% | 21.3% |
| 117th | Nepal | 19.05% | 0.5% |
| 118th | Syrian Arab Republic | 19.43% | -6.0% |
| 119th | Yemen, Republic of | 19.60% | 1.9% |
| 120th | Romania | 19.68% | -13.3% |
| 121st | Lebanon | 20.15% | -1.6% |
| 122nd | Türkiye | 20.25% | 6.9% |
| 123rd | Latvia | 20.42% | -19.1% |
| 124th | India | 20.86% | 0.5% |
| 125th | European Union | 20.95% | -0.2% |
| 126th | Belize | 21.00% | 3.1% |
| 127th | Brazil | 21.38% | 3.8% |
| 128th | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.43% | 2.4% |
| 129th | Indonesia | 21.44% | 0.0% |
| 130th | Virgin Islands (US) | 22.11% | 4.1% |
| 131st | Spain | 22.33% | 3.6% |
| 132nd | Lesotho | 22.39% | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Israel | 22.41% | 7.5% |
| 134th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 22.68% | -9.9% |
| 135th | São Tomé and Principe | 22.72% | -6.3% |
| 136th | Georgia | 22.77% | -9.2% |
| 137th | Guam | 22.85% | -15.6% |
| 138th | Guyana | 23.30% | -2.5% |
| 139th | Puerto Rico (US) | 23.33% | 0.0% |
| 140th | Sudan | 24.10% | 0.0% |
| 141st | Suriname | 24.14% | -8.7% |
| 142nd | Saudi Arabia | 24.44% | 2.3% |
| 143rd | Cabo Verde | 24.51% | 2.2% |
| 144th | Bahamas, The | 24.65% | 21.0% |
| 145th | Chile | 24.73% | -1.0% |
| 146th | Colombia | 25.15% | -6.5% |
| 147th | Mauritius | 25.25% | -1.9% |
| 148th | Barbados | 25.87% | 12.5% |
| 149th | Greece | 26.50% | -0.8% |
| 150th | Estonia | 26.72% | 32.3% |
| 151st | Lithuania | 26.93% | 31.9% |
| 152nd | Italy | 26.98% | -0.7% |
| 153rd | Bulgaria | 27.06% | -24.0% |
| 154th | Albania | 27.52% | -4.4% |
| 155th | Sri Lanka | 27.59% | -3.4% |
| 156th | Zambia | 27.74% | 6.8% |
| 157th | Finland | 28.10% | -2.4% |
| 158th | Haiti | 29.20% | 10.2% |
| 159th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 29.40% | 11.4% |
| 160th | Tunisia | 30.66% | 0.9% |
| 161st | Argentina | 32.92% | -20.4% |
| 162nd | French Polynesia | 33.26% | 0.7% |
| 163rd | Jordan | 33.29% | -5.8% |
| 164th | Slovak Republic | 33.41% | -10.7% |
| 165th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.65% | -0.2% |
| 166th | Gabon | 33.80% | -3.0% |
| 167th | Serbia | 35.06% | 11.9% |
| 168th | West Bank and Gaza | 35.43% | -8.5% |
| 169th | Croatia | 36.09% | -1.2% |
| 170th | St. Lucia | 36.81% | 9.9% |
| 171st | Uruguay | 38.09% | 0.5% |
| 172nd | Angola | 38.40% | -0.1% |
| 173rd | Congo, Republic of | 39.80% | 1.4% |
| 174th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 40.35% | -1.8% |
| 175th | New Caledonia | 41.77% | -1.8% |
| 176th | Poland | 42.66% | -1.5% |
| 177th | Namibia | 42.87% | 2.7% |
| 178th | South Africa | 43.80% | 1.0% |
| 179th | Algeria | 43.86% | -4.7% |
| 180th | Libya | 46.70% | -0.4% |
| 181st | Botswana | 47.04% | 8.2% |
| 182nd | Eswatini | 52.66% | 2.1% |
| 183rd | Montenegro | 55.51% | 0.1% |
| 184th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 57.11% | 4.1% |
| 185th | North Macedonia | 65.75% | 12.5% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 66.64% | 0.4% |
FAQ
What was Korea's youth unemployment in 2003?▾
Korea's youth unemployment in 2003 was 9.42%. This ranked 53rd globally.
How did Korea's youth unemployment change in 2003?▾
Korea's youth unemployment increased by 19.3% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2003?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2003 at 66.64%.
What is the youth unemployment of Korea in 2003?▾
The youth unemployment of Korea in 2003 was 9.42%. This ranked 53rd globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Korea's youth unemployment?▾
Korea's youth unemployment went from 7.90% in 2002 to 9.42% in 2003, a 19.3% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2003. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.4%. View full analysis →
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