Libya - Youth Unemployment 2012
49.88%
−0.49pp from 2011
Libya's youth unemployment was 49.88% in 2012, decreased +0.49pp from 50.37% in 2011. This was the 178th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cambodia | 0.68% | 13.4% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 1.01% | -68.6% |
| 3rd | Chad | 1.31% | -0.6% |
| 4th | Qatar | 1.48% | 12.9% |
| 5th | Myanmar | 1.56% | 1.4% |
| 6th | Solomon Islands | 1.82% | -23.4% |
| 7th | Mali | 2.23% | 2.5% |
| 8th | Liberia | 2.37% | -14.5% |
| 9th | Lao PDR | 2.47% | 22.1% |
| 10th | Burundi | 2.54% | 5.6% |
| 11th | Thailand | 2.76% | -6.4% |
| 12th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.36% | -36.9% |
| 13th | Togo | 3.41% | 8.4% |
| 14th | Moldova | 3.45% | -29.0% |
| 15th | Viet Nam | 3.63% | 12.5% |
| 16th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.85% | 1.3% |
| 17th | Niger | 3.85% | 727.0% |
| 18th | Kazakhstan | 3.94% | -13.9% |
| 19th | Senegal | 4.29% | 44.1% |
| 20th | Papua New Guinea | 4.50% | -0.7% |
| 21st | Guatemala | 4.62% | -7.5% |
| 22nd | Tonga | 4.71% | 4.9% |
| 23rd | Benin | 4.73% | -13.3% |
| 24th | Uganda | 5.28% | 3.5% |
| 25th | Bahrain | 5.43% | 2.7% |
| 26th | Macao SAR, China | 5.48% | -4.8% |
| 27th | Guinea | 5.84% | -2.0% |
| 28th | Burkina Faso | 6.21% | 1.6% |
| 29th | Tanzania | 6.26% | -7.4% |
| 30th | Cameroon | 6.27% | -0.6% |
| 31st | United Arab Emirates | 6.47% | -5.7% |
| 32nd | Ghana | 6.66% | -24.3% |
| 33rd | Malawi | 6.71% | 2.0% |
| 34th | Peru | 6.85% | -2.2% |
| 35th | Mozambique | 6.93% | 0.1% |
| 36th | Kenya | 6.95% | 0.3% |
| 37th | Honduras | 6.97% | -13.5% |
| 38th | Bhutan | 6.98% | -21.6% |
| 39th | Kyrgyz Republic | 7.55% | 6.5% |
| 40th | Pakistan | 7.56% | 339.6% |
| 41st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 7.58% | -1.0% |
| 42nd | Korea | 7.74% | -6.7% |
| 43rd | Nigeria | 7.86% | -0.4% |
| 44th | Germany | 8.12% | -9.1% |
| 45th | Nicaragua | 8.14% | -20.1% |
| 46th | Zimbabwe | 8.17% | -8.8% |
| 47th | Japan | 8.24% | -1.1% |
| 48th | Switzerland | 8.33% | 7.8% |
| 49th | Mongolia | 8.37% | -18.6% |
| 50th | Norway | 8.38% | -0.4% |
| 51st | El Salvador | 8.44% | -1.2% |
| 52nd | Sierra Leone | 8.44% | 3.5% |
| 53rd | Cuba | 8.45% | 10.2% |
| 54th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 8.46% | 5.6% |
| 55th | Singapore | 8.53% | -3.8% |
| 56th | Bangladesh | 8.54% | 14.9% |
| 57th | Ecuador | 8.54% | -4.1% |
| 58th | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.61% | 0.3% |
| 59th | Turkmenistan | 8.89% | 4.2% |
| 60th | Timor-Leste | 9.20% | -0.9% |
| 61st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 9.23% | -0.4% |
| 62nd | Mexico | 9.36% | -4.2% |
| 63rd | Philippines | 9.36% | -1.2% |
| 64th | Comoros | 9.40% | 0.0% |
| 65th | Austria | 9.56% | 4.2% |
| 66th | Panama | 9.58% | -13.7% |
| 67th | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.89% | 2.2% |
| 68th | Central African Republic | 9.97% | -2.2% |
| 69th | Paraguay | 10.05% | -11.6% |
| 70th | Afghanistan | 10.07% | 0.3% |
| 71st | Eritrea | 10.10% | -2.2% |
| 72nd | Vanuatu | 10.12% | 3.7% |
| 73rd | Malaysia | 10.14% | 3.2% |
| 74th | China | 10.15% | 1.8% |
| 75th | Uzbekistan | 10.68% | 0.9% |
| 76th | Belarus | 10.83% | -0.4% |
| 77th | Netherlands | 11.45% | 17.2% |
| 78th | Australia | 11.73% | 3.1% |
| 79th | Israel | 11.99% | 1.4% |
| 80th | Kuwait | 11.99% | 16.5% |
| 81st | Iceland | 13.20% | -6.7% |
| 82nd | Tajikistan | 13.31% | 0.9% |
| 83rd | Malta | 13.85% | 3.8% |
| 84th | Fiji | 13.93% | 1.8% |
| 85th | Azerbaijan | 13.97% | -3.8% |
| 86th | Canada | 14.04% | 0.9% |
| 87th | Dominican Republic | 14.82% | 6.2% |
| 88th | Gambia, The | 14.85% | 0.6% |
| 89th | Russian Federation | 14.97% | -3.5% |
| 90th | Mauritania | 15.09% | -0.9% |
| 91st | Equatorial Guinea | 15.43% | -0.9% |
| 92nd | Oman | 15.66% | 2.9% |
| 93rd | Indonesia | 15.67% | -14.8% |
| 94th | Denmark | 15.78% | -3.3% |
| 95th | Brazil | 15.85% | -6.3% |
| 96th | Iraq | 16.09% | -2.2% |
| 97th | United States | 16.21% | -6.1% |
| 98th | Rwanda | 16.25% | -0.2% |
| 99th | Luxembourg | 16.58% | -8.1% |
| 100th | Sri Lanka | 16.80% | 0.2% |
| 101st | Belize | 16.91% | -0.2% |
| 102nd | Chile | 16.93% | -6.0% |
| 103rd | Zambia | 17.16% | -26.1% |
| 104th | Türkiye | 17.34% | -4.8% |
| 105th | Samoa | 17.49% | 17.5% |
| 106th | Ukraine | 17.80% | -0.1% |
| 107th | New Zealand | 18.00% | 2.8% |
| 108th | Lebanon | 18.19% | 6.2% |
| 109th | Argentina | 18.34% | -2.0% |
| 110th | Uruguay | 18.57% | 2.8% |
| 111th | Morocco | 18.64% | 4.0% |
| 112th | Finland | 18.87% | -5.3% |
| 113th | Nepal | 19.31% | 0.1% |
| 114th | São Tomé and Principe | 19.40% | -4.3% |
| 115th | Czechia | 19.51% | 7.9% |
| 116th | Suriname | 19.60% | 2.0% |
| 117th | Belgium | 19.74% | 5.4% |
| 118th | South Sudan | 19.91% | 1.5% |
| 119th | Colombia | 20.09% | -5.1% |
| 120th | Channel Islands | 20.28% | 12.0% |
| 121st | Slovenia | 20.65% | 31.0% |
| 122nd | Maldives | 20.82% | -5.9% |
| 123rd | Estonia | 20.86% | -6.8% |
| 124th | United Kingdom | 22.11% | 1.9% |
| 125th | Costa Rica | 22.37% | 1.5% |
| 126th | Brunei Darussalam | 22.60% | 2.5% |
| 127th | Romania | 22.81% | -5.2% |
| 128th | Lesotho | 22.92% | -1.2% |
| 129th | Guyana | 22.96% | 1.0% |
| 130th | Jamaica | 23.40% | 14.9% |
| 131st | Mauritius | 23.57% | 9.2% |
| 132nd | Sweden | 23.61% | 3.6% |
| 133rd | Yemen, Republic of | 23.83% | 2.9% |
| 134th | Cabo Verde | 23.85% | 5.4% |
| 135th | India | 24.14% | 2.1% |
| 136th | Saudi Arabia | 24.84% | -1.1% |
| 137th | Virgin Islands (US) | 24.92% | 2.3% |
| 138th | France | 24.95% | 8.4% |
| 139th | European Union | 25.95% | 9.3% |
| 140th | Poland | 26.32% | 3.1% |
| 141st | Lithuania | 26.68% | -18.1% |
| 142nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 26.89% | 0.9% |
| 143rd | Cyprus | 27.24% | 28.8% |
| 144th | Algeria | 27.87% | 22.2% |
| 145th | Bulgaria | 28.11% | 12.2% |
| 146th | Hungary | 28.19% | 8.6% |
| 147th | Latvia | 28.56% | -8.1% |
| 148th | Guam | 28.61% | -10.5% |
| 149th | Barbados | 28.83% | 7.4% |
| 150th | Jordan | 28.85% | -6.3% |
| 151st | Albania | 28.87% | 27.2% |
| 152nd | Bahamas, The | 30.36% | 12.4% |
| 153rd | Ireland | 30.79% | 4.1% |
| 154th | Sudan | 30.83% | -4.2% |
| 155th | Puerto Rico (US) | 31.95% | -7.5% |
| 156th | Syrian Arab Republic | 33.81% | 60.2% |
| 157th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.83% | 0.2% |
| 158th | Namibia | 34.09% | -13.4% |
| 159th | Slovak Republic | 34.10% | 1.8% |
| 160th | Haiti | 34.30% | -3.0% |
| 161st | Armenia | 34.30% | -9.9% |
| 162nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 34.44% | 17.0% |
| 163rd | West Bank and Gaza | 34.64% | 11.0% |
| 164th | Botswana | 34.65% | -1.5% |
| 165th | Gabon | 35.12% | -0.6% |
| 166th | Italy | 35.29% | 21.1% |
| 167th | French Polynesia | 35.35% | -0.5% |
| 168th | New Caledonia | 36.78% | 1.3% |
| 169th | Georgia | 37.43% | -8.1% |
| 170th | Angola | 37.70% | -3.4% |
| 171st | Portugal | 37.98% | 25.3% |
| 172nd | Tunisia | 38.44% | -9.8% |
| 173rd | Congo, Republic of | 40.30% | 0.3% |
| 174th | St. Lucia | 40.82% | 3.2% |
| 175th | Croatia | 42.51% | 15.9% |
| 176th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.63% | -0.3% |
| 177th | Montenegro | 44.04% | 18.9% |
| 178th | Libya | 49.88% | -1.0% |
| 179th | Serbia | 51.24% | 0.1% |
| 180th | South Africa | 51.32% | 3.2% |
| 181st | Eswatini | 51.69% | -2.9% |
| 182nd | Spain | 52.83% | 14.5% |
| 183rd | North Macedonia | 53.71% | -2.5% |
| 184th | Greece | 55.66% | 23.8% |
| 185th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.02% | 9.2% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 70.78% | 0.4% |
FAQ
What was Libya's youth unemployment in 2012?▾
Libya's youth unemployment in 2012 was 49.88%. This ranked 178th globally.
How did Libya's youth unemployment change in 2012?▾
Libya's youth unemployment decreased by 1.0% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2012?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2012 at 70.78%.
What is the youth unemployment of Libya in 2012?▾
The youth unemployment of Libya in 2012 was 49.88%. This ranked 178th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Libya's youth unemployment?▾
Libya's youth unemployment went from 50.37% in 2011 to 49.88% in 2012, a 1.0% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Libya matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2012. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: -23.0%. View full analysis →
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