Home → Korea → Youth Unemployment → 2004

Korea - Youth Unemployment 2004

Name: Korea Youth Unemployment 2004
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

9.80% +0.37pp from 2003 Global rank: 54th

Korea's youth unemployment was 9.80% in 2004, increased +0.37pp from 9.42% in 2003. This was the 54th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2004▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 2004
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.94%	-0.5%
2nd	Chad	1.04%	-5.4%
3rd	Benin	1.14%	15.3%
4th	Myanmar	1.36%	0.5%
5th	Cambodia	1.61%	9.0%
6th	Mali	2.17%	7.2%
7th	Qatar	2.83%	1.4%
8th	Senegal	2.91%	-0.1%
9th	Lao PDR	3.17%	-8.5%
10th	Liberia	3.26%	0.2%
11th	Solomon Islands	3.42%	-3.4%
12th	Burundi	3.88%	0.7%
13th	Guinea-Bissau	3.89%	1.1%
14th	Bahrain	3.91%	-3.4%
15th	Cuba	3.91%	-17.6%
16th	Uganda	4.04%	-24.3%
17th	Papua New Guinea	4.54%	-4.0%
18th	Viet Nam	4.57%	-3.1%
19th	Thailand	4.60%	-11.4%
20th	Madagascar	4.65%	-32.4%
21st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	4.97%	-2.0%
22nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.08%	2.5%
23rd	Kyrgyz Republic	5.11%	5.6%
24th	Sierra Leone	5.11%	-29.1%
25th	Tajikistan	5.35%	-3.1%
26th	Guatemala	5.35%	20.9%
27th	Burkina Faso	5.42%	24.9%
28th	Niger	5.54%	22.3%
29th	Tanzania	5.67%	2.2%
30th	Guinea	5.75%	1.0%
31st	Mozambique	6.38%	2.7%
32nd	Malawi	6.65%	-2.9%
33rd	Kenya	6.82%	-0.2%
34th	Togo	7.22%	0.7%
35th	Nigeria	7.23%	-0.1%
36th	Kuwait	7.33%	40.4%
37th	United Arab Emirates	7.36%	7.8%
38th	Bhutan	7.49%	39.2%
39th	Cameroon	7.70%	-13.7%
40th	Switzerland	7.71%	-9.3%
41st	Peru	7.74%	21.6%
42nd	Bangladesh	7.76%	17.4%
43rd	Denmark	7.78%	-20.7%
44th	Côte d'Ivoire	7.84%	2.1%
45th	Zimbabwe	7.84%	-12.4%
46th	Ireland	7.87%	2.2%
47th	Netherlands	7.91%	21.2%
48th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	7.96%	-1.0%
49th	Mexico	8.20%	15.5%
50th	Philippines	9.06%	1.5%
51st	China	9.43%	-2.0%
52nd	Japan	9.57%	-6.1%
53rd	New Zealand	9.66%	-7.9%
54th	Korea	9.80%	4.0%
55th	Comoros	9.90%	0.5%
56th	Afghanistan	10.11%	-0.5%
57th	Timor-Leste	10.14%	1.9%
58th	Ecuador	10.20%	-5.9%
59th	Cyprus	10.21%	18.6%
60th	Eritrea	10.23%	-1.8%
61st	Nicaragua	10.29%	-14.4%
62nd	Tonga	10.40%	-25.0%
63rd	Macao SAR, China	10.49%	-11.2%
64th	Singapore	10.51%	6.8%
65th	Honduras	10.55%	14.7%
66th	United Kingdom	10.62%	-5.5%
67th	Central African Republic	10.68%	-2.4%
68th	Mongolia	10.90%	2.8%
69th	Austria	10.99%	47.9%
70th	Malaysia	11.36%	-1.2%
71st	Australia	11.37%	-5.0%
72nd	Iceland	11.49%	-2.8%
73rd	Fiji	11.58%	0.5%
74th	United States	11.79%	-4.6%
75th	El Salvador	11.83%	-0.6%
76th	Ghana	11.85%	-9.2%
77th	Paraguay	11.93%	-10.7%
78th	Armenia	12.01%	-0.3%
79th	Hong Kong SAR, China	12.07%	-18.6%
80th	Samoa	12.73%	3.9%
81st	Norway	12.79%	8.1%
82nd	Dominican Republic	12.90%	-3.9%
83rd	Germany	12.98%	17.8%
84th	Channel Islands	13.00%	5.6%
85th	Maldives	13.26%	19.3%
86th	Canada	13.44%	-1.3%
87th	Panama	13.59%	-2.1%
88th	Vanuatu	14.00%	-2.4%
89th	Portugal	14.05%	4.1%
90th	Slovenia	14.10%	-8.1%
91st	Kazakhstan	14.12%	-1.6%
92nd	Gambia, The	14.46%	-0.4%
93rd	Costa Rica	14.53%	-3.5%
94th	Hungary	14.60%	10.9%
95th	Equatorial Guinea	14.89%	-1.4%
96th	Oman	14.94%	2.5%
97th	Mauritania	14.95%	-1.2%
98th	Morocco	15.44%	-9.4%
99th	Moldova	15.49%	4.3%
100th	Rwanda	15.78%	0.6%
101st	Ukraine	16.00%	-5.3%
102nd	Turkmenistan	16.49%	-8.3%
103rd	Jamaica	16.71%	1.0%
104th	Uzbekistan	16.78%	-11.2%
105th	Luxembourg	16.81%	54.3%
106th	Belarus	16.81%	-7.0%
107th	Iraq	17.02%	-1.4%
108th	Trinidad and Tobago	17.19%	-19.8%
109th	Russian Federation	17.24%	-1.8%
110th	Belgium	17.50%	-7.8%
111th	Guam	18.15%	-20.6%
112th	Azerbaijan	18.24%	-3.8%
113th	Sweden	18.52%	29.4%
114th	Malta	18.59%	5.8%
115th	South Sudan	18.67%	0.6%
116th	Syrian Arab Republic	18.78%	-3.4%
117th	Brunei Darussalam	18.83%	2.7%
118th	Nepal	19.10%	0.2%
119th	France	19.67%	14.5%
120th	Lebanon	19.79%	-1.8%
121st	Yemen, Republic of	19.90%	1.5%
122nd	Brazil	20.03%	-6.3%
123rd	Lithuania	20.25%	-24.8%
124th	Türkiye	20.33%	0.4%
125th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	20.35%	-10.3%
126th	Czechia	20.38%	16.1%
127th	Israel	20.66%	-7.8%
128th	India	20.99%	0.6%
129th	European Union	21.35%	1.9%
130th	Puerto Rico (US)	21.45%	-8.1%
131st	Belize	21.52%	2.5%
132nd	Virgin Islands (US)	21.66%	-2.0%
133rd	Bahamas, The	21.75%	-11.8%
134th	Latvia	21.80%	6.8%
135th	Suriname	21.83%	-9.6%
136th	São Tomé and Principe	22.48%	-1.1%
137th	Spain	22.48%	0.7%
138th	Lesotho	22.55%	0.7%
139th	Barbados	22.61%	-12.6%
140th	Guyana	22.73%	-2.5%
141st	Romania	23.16%	17.7%
142nd	Indonesia	23.62%	10.2%
143rd	Sudan	24.13%	0.1%
144th	Italy	24.42%	-9.5%
145th	Cabo Verde	24.48%	-0.1%
146th	Bulgaria	24.50%	-9.5%
147th	Chile	24.52%	-0.8%
148th	Mauritius	24.66%	-2.3%
149th	Saudi Arabia	25.08%	2.6%
150th	Georgia	25.35%	11.3%
151st	Estonia	25.60%	-4.2%
152nd	Colombia	26.32%	4.7%
153rd	Greece	26.57%	0.3%
154th	Albania	26.61%	-3.3%
155th	Finland	27.40%	-2.5%
156th	Sri Lanka	28.30%	2.6%
157th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	28.35%	-3.6%
158th	Argentina	29.54%	-10.3%
159th	Zambia	29.63%	6.8%
160th	Tunisia	30.53%	-0.4%
161st	Haiti	32.12%	10.0%
162nd	Croatia	32.83%	-9.0%
163rd	Slovak Republic	33.00%	-1.2%
164th	Uruguay	33.07%	-13.2%
165th	Gabon	33.15%	-1.9%
166th	French Polynesia	33.24%	-0.1%
167th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.62%	-0.1%
168th	Jordan	34.09%	2.4%
169th	Algeria	34.21%	-22.0%
170th	West Bank and Gaza	35.61%	0.5%
171st	St. Lucia	38.05%	3.4%
172nd	Angola	38.09%	-0.8%
173rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	39.96%	-1.0%
174th	Poland	39.98%	-6.3%
175th	Congo, Republic of	40.01%	0.5%
176th	New Caledonia	41.01%	-1.8%
177th	Botswana	41.68%	-11.4%
178th	Serbia	41.73%	19.0%
179th	Namibia	43.01%	0.3%
180th	South Africa	43.86%	0.2%
181st	Libya	46.67%	-0.1%
182nd	Eswatini	53.67%	1.9%
183rd	Montenegro	55.56%	0.1%
184th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.29%	3.8%
185th	North Macedonia	64.16%	-2.4%
186th	Djibouti	66.90%	0.4%

FAQ

What was Korea's youth unemployment in 2004?▾

Korea's youth unemployment in 2004 was 9.80%. This ranked 54th globally.

How did Korea's youth unemployment change in 2004?▾

Korea's youth unemployment increased by 4.0% in 2004 compared to 2003.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2004?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2004 at 66.90%.

What is the youth unemployment of Korea in 2004?▾

The youth unemployment of Korea in 2004 was 9.80%. This ranked 54th globally.

How does 2004 compare to 2003 for Korea's youth unemployment?▾

Korea's youth unemployment went from 9.42% in 2003 to 9.80% in 2004, a 4.0% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2004. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 5.2%. View full analysis →

← 2003

View all years

2005 →