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Maldives - Youth Unemployment 2006

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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

17.71% +2.11pp from 2005 Global rank: 117th

Maldives's youth unemployment was 17.71% in 2006, increased +2.11pp from 15.60% in 2005. This was the 117th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2006▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 2006
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.94%	0.1%
2nd	Chad	1.10%	8.4%
3rd	Myanmar	1.39%	1.6%
4th	Benin	1.46%	11.4%
5th	Cambodia	1.89%	8.6%
6th	Mali	2.16%	1.4%
7th	Lao PDR	2.57%	-10.3%
8th	Madagascar	2.62%	15.0%
9th	Qatar	2.73%	-3.4%
10th	Senegal	2.90%	1.9%
11th	Tonga	2.91%	-57.1%
12th	Liberia	3.15%	-3.0%
13th	Solomon Islands	3.40%	1.4%
14th	Uganda	3.42%	20.0%
15th	Guinea-Bissau	3.83%	-0.7%
16th	Burundi	3.90%	0.6%
17th	Bahrain	3.93%	2.5%
18th	Papua New Guinea	4.14%	-4.1%
19th	Cuba	4.20%	-0.6%
20th	Thailand	4.84%	0.7%
21st	Niger	5.02%	-18.8%
22nd	Guatemala	5.16%	-3.6%
23rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.35%	2.5%
24th	Viet Nam	5.40%	8.8%
25th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.44%	10.2%
26th	Cameroon	5.60%	-15.5%
27th	Kyrgyz Republic	5.63%	5.0%
28th	Burkina Faso	5.78%	-8.2%
29th	Kuwait	5.86%	-10.9%
30th	Guinea	5.86%	0.5%
31st	Tanzania	6.02%	3.3%
32nd	Sierra Leone	6.14%	7.8%
33rd	Honduras	6.19%	-29.2%
34th	Mozambique	6.53%	0.0%
35th	Kenya	6.57%	-1.2%
36th	Malawi	6.64%	0.4%
37th	Tajikistan	6.74%	15.9%
38th	Mexico	6.98%	1.5%
39th	Peru	7.15%	-15.1%
40th	Macao SAR, China	7.16%	-13.3%
41st	Bangladesh	7.26%	-17.5%
42nd	Togo	7.49%	1.3%
43rd	Denmark	7.69%	-10.7%
44th	Nigeria	7.69%	2.0%
45th	Switzerland	7.70%	-12.1%
46th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	7.82%	-0.8%
47th	Ireland	7.91%	1.1%
48th	United Arab Emirates	7.92%	-1.6%
49th	Iceland	7.92%	12.3%
50th	Ecuador	7.93%	0.8%
51st	Côte d'Ivoire	8.12%	1.1%
52nd	Zimbabwe	8.24%	1.7%
53rd	Japan	8.30%	-4.6%
54th	Nicaragua	8.61%	-0.8%
55th	Norway	8.63%	-23.5%
56th	Singapore	8.63%	-16.8%
57th	Korea	8.92%	-4.3%
58th	China	9.33%	-1.7%
59th	Ghana	9.49%	-11.0%
60th	Bhutan	9.54%	1.1%
61st	Netherlands	9.76%	-15.4%
62nd	Moldova	9.80%	-33.1%
63rd	Comoros	9.80%	-0.5%
64th	Cyprus	9.87%	-27.1%
65th	New Zealand	9.95%	2.0%
66th	Timor-Leste	9.95%	-0.4%
67th	Lithuania	9.98%	-36.7%
68th	Philippines	10.02%	8.3%
69th	Australia	10.03%	-5.6%
70th	Austria	10.05%	-10.1%
71st	Eritrea	10.14%	-0.9%
72nd	Afghanistan	10.18%	0.1%
73rd	Fiji	10.26%	6.4%
74th	Central African Republic	10.34%	-2.1%
75th	Hong Kong SAR, China	10.37%	-2.8%
76th	United States	10.43%	-7.2%
77th	Malaysia	10.68%	-5.7%
78th	Dominican Republic	10.78%	-20.1%
79th	Paraguay	11.08%	7.2%
80th	Kazakhstan	11.18%	-12.1%
81st	El Salvador	11.57%	-8.7%
82nd	Canada	11.62%	-6.3%
83rd	Mongolia	11.69%	3.6%
84th	Armenia	11.95%	-0.2%
85th	Estonia	12.12%	-19.9%
86th	Uzbekistan	12.36%	-14.7%
87th	Channel Islands	12.59%	-6.1%
88th	Turkmenistan	12.68%	-12.6%
89th	Trinidad and Tobago	13.03%	-21.2%
90th	Panama	13.29%	-1.5%
91st	Germany	13.40%	-13.3%
92nd	Samoa	13.51%	3.1%
93rd	Vanuatu	13.54%	-0.7%
94th	Latvia	13.62%	-10.1%
95th	Slovenia	13.89%	-13.0%
96th	Oman	13.99%	-4.1%
97th	United Kingdom	14.23%	9.0%
98th	Ukraine	14.25%	-6.3%
99th	Costa Rica	14.27%	-8.1%
100th	Mauritania	14.37%	-2.4%
101st	Belarus	14.38%	-7.7%
102nd	Azerbaijan	14.69%	-4.2%
103rd	Equatorial Guinea	14.70%	-1.0%
104th	Gambia, The	14.74%	2.3%
105th	Malta	15.46%	-4.1%
106th	Rwanda	15.77%	-1.4%
107th	Luxembourg	15.97%	17.1%
108th	Bahamas, The	16.40%	-19.1%
109th	Russian Federation	16.41%	5.7%
110th	Morocco	16.47%	4.8%
111th	Portugal	16.50%	1.8%
112th	Iraq	16.76%	-0.9%
113th	Jamaica	16.95%	0.7%
114th	Guam	17.02%	4.5%
115th	Czechia	17.45%	-9.4%
116th	Syrian Arab Republic	17.65%	-2.9%
117th	Maldives	17.71%	13.6%
118th	Spain	17.89%	-8.9%
119th	Israel	18.41%	3.1%
120th	South Sudan	18.84%	0.4%
121st	Türkiye	18.89%	-4.0%
122nd	Belize	19.03%	-14.1%
123rd	Nepal	19.13%	0.4%
124th	Hungary	19.36%	-1.5%
125th	European Union	19.55%	-8.7%
126th	Bulgaria	19.58%	-12.6%
127th	Brazil	19.88%	-7.1%
128th	Brunei Darussalam	19.93%	2.7%
129th	Virgin Islands (US)	20.21%	-6.0%
130th	Belgium	20.51%	-4.5%
131st	Yemen, Republic of	20.55%	1.8%
132nd	Barbados	20.58%	-3.2%
133rd	Suriname	20.82%	-2.2%
134th	Lebanon	21.26%	3.8%
135th	Guyana	21.36%	-3.8%
136th	India	21.47%	1.7%
137th	Sweden	21.48%	-5.9%
138th	Romania	21.75%	5.8%
139th	Italy	21.79%	-9.6%
140th	Chile	22.11%	-5.5%
141st	Sri Lanka	22.12%	-20.1%
142nd	Colombia	22.33%	-1.2%
143rd	France	22.45%	5.8%
144th	Puerto Rico (US)	22.50%	-4.3%
145th	Lesotho	22.56%	0.4%
146th	Mauritius	23.25%	-9.4%
147th	São Tomé and Principe	23.47%	1.5%
148th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	23.53%	0.6%
149th	Argentina	23.78%	-9.3%
150th	Sudan	24.12%	0.0%
151st	Algeria	24.40%	-21.9%
152nd	Indonesia	24.62%	-6.4%
153rd	Greece	24.66%	-4.5%
154th	Cabo Verde	24.80%	0.5%
155th	Finland	25.77%	-3.8%
156th	Albania	25.88%	-1.4%
157th	Saudi Arabia	26.46%	2.6%
158th	Zambia	26.77%	-14.9%
159th	Slovak Republic	26.85%	-11.3%
160th	Georgia	27.30%	4.4%
161st	Tunisia	27.91%	-0.7%
162nd	Uruguay	28.09%	-3.4%
163rd	Croatia	29.10%	-10.6%
164th	Poland	29.54%	-20.0%
165th	West Bank and Gaza	29.84%	-6.5%
166th	St. Lucia	29.88%	-13.1%
167th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	30.52%	-2.3%
168th	Botswana	31.91%	-13.3%
169th	Jordan	33.02%	-5.6%
170th	Gabon	33.34%	3.5%
171st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.62%	0.0%
172nd	French Polynesia	33.86%	1.1%
173rd	Angola	37.64%	-1.0%
174th	Haiti	37.96%	9.1%
175th	New Caledonia	38.61%	-2.9%
176th	Congo, Republic of	39.80%	-0.5%
177th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	40.00%	-0.4%
178th	Namibia	43.02%	-0.6%
179th	South Africa	43.87%	-0.1%
180th	Montenegro	45.85%	-17.6%
181st	Libya	47.01%	1.3%
182nd	Serbia	48.00%	1.8%
183rd	Eswatini	55.64%	1.7%
184th	North Macedonia	60.11%	-3.0%
185th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	63.98%	3.8%
186th	Djibouti	67.67%	0.5%

FAQ

What was Maldives's youth unemployment in 2006?▾

Maldives's youth unemployment in 2006 was 17.71%. This ranked 117th globally.

How did Maldives's youth unemployment change in 2006?▾

Maldives's youth unemployment increased by 13.6% in 2006 compared to 2005.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2006?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2006 at 67.67%.

What is the youth unemployment of Maldives in 2006?▾

The youth unemployment of Maldives in 2006 was 17.71%. This ranked 117th globally.

How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Maldives's youth unemployment?▾

Maldives's youth unemployment went from 15.60% in 2005 to 17.71% in 2006, a 13.6% increase.

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