New Zealand - Youth Unemployment 2015
13.87%
−0.24pp from 2014
New Zealand's youth unemployment was 13.87% in 2015, decreased +0.24pp from 14.11% in 2014. This was the 91st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.57% | -22.8% |
| 2nd | Niger | 0.70% | 4.5% |
| 3rd | Cambodia | 0.74% | -29.5% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 1.30% | 0.2% |
| 5th | Chad | 1.43% | 2.6% |
| 6th | Myanmar | 1.59% | 0.8% |
| 7th | Liberia | 1.92% | 23.7% |
| 8th | Mali | 2.17% | -3.2% |
| 9th | Burundi | 2.68% | -8.4% |
| 10th | Thailand | 3.09% | -0.6% |
| 11th | Madagascar | 3.31% | 30.2% |
| 12th | Moldova | 3.34% | 45.4% |
| 13th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.38% | -28.2% |
| 14th | Benin | 3.42% | -5.3% |
| 15th | Tanzania | 3.44% | -6.8% |
| 16th | Kazakhstan | 3.76% | -2.0% |
| 17th | Uganda | 3.87% | 16.5% |
| 18th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.88% | -2.0% |
| 19th | Lao PDR | 3.90% | 14.2% |
| 20th | Papua New Guinea | 4.27% | -1.7% |
| 21st | Togo | 4.32% | 8.0% |
| 22nd | Macao SAR, China | 4.34% | 11.6% |
| 23rd | Bahrain | 5.43% | 0.5% |
| 24th | United Arab Emirates | 5.44% | -6.5% |
| 25th | Japan | 5.47% | -13.1% |
| 26th | Guatemala | 5.58% | -1.9% |
| 27th | Tonga | 5.83% | 6.1% |
| 28th | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.87% | -0.2% |
| 29th | Cuba | 5.97% | -9.6% |
| 30th | Cameroon | 6.23% | 0.6% |
| 31st | Guinea | 6.27% | 4.9% |
| 32nd | Viet Nam | 6.27% | 34.3% |
| 33rd | Pakistan | 6.68% | 64.9% |
| 34th | Malawi | 6.75% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.85% | 43.5% |
| 36th | Peru | 6.88% | -8.9% |
| 37th | Mozambique | 7.10% | 1.0% |
| 38th | Burkina Faso | 7.16% | 4.8% |
| 39th | Kenya | 7.30% | 0.6% |
| 40th | Germany | 7.33% | -3.7% |
| 41st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 7.76% | 1.7% |
| 42nd | Zimbabwe | 8.02% | 15.4% |
| 43rd | Senegal | 8.05% | 17.9% |
| 44th | Sierra Leone | 8.14% | -13.8% |
| 45th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 8.22% | -0.7% |
| 46th | Nigeria | 8.46% | 5.1% |
| 47th | Kyrgyz Republic | 8.51% | 4.7% |
| 48th | Philippines | 8.51% | -10.1% |
| 49th | Mexico | 8.52% | -9.6% |
| 50th | Timor-Leste | 8.57% | -3.1% |
| 51st | Iceland | 8.58% | -10.3% |
| 52nd | El Salvador | 8.66% | -9.8% |
| 53rd | Nicaragua | 8.79% | 4.2% |
| 54th | Switzerland | 8.82% | 2.5% |
| 55th | Ecuador | 8.82% | -2.3% |
| 56th | Singapore | 8.89% | 6.2% |
| 57th | Turkmenistan | 8.92% | -1.7% |
| 58th | Israel | 9.20% | -11.8% |
| 59th | Comoros | 9.40% | 0.4% |
| 60th | Norway | 9.80% | 25.9% |
| 61st | Central African Republic | 9.81% | 0.9% |
| 62nd | Korea | 9.90% | 15.2% |
| 63rd | Eritrea | 10.03% | 1.4% |
| 64th | Bhutan | 10.12% | 12.1% |
| 65th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 10.42% | 13.3% |
| 66th | Bangladesh | 10.56% | 4.3% |
| 67th | China | 10.68% | 1.6% |
| 68th | Belarus | 10.77% | -0.2% |
| 69th | Austria | 10.91% | 3.8% |
| 70th | Paraguay | 10.92% | -1.6% |
| 71st | Malaysia | 10.98% | 12.4% |
| 72nd | Gambia, The | 11.02% | -9.7% |
| 73rd | Honduras | 11.04% | -6.9% |
| 74th | Vanuatu | 11.07% | 2.3% |
| 75th | Netherlands | 11.10% | -11.4% |
| 76th | Uzbekistan | 11.46% | 0.7% |
| 77th | United States | 11.63% | -13.3% |
| 78th | Malta | 11.65% | -0.4% |
| 79th | Panama | 11.68% | 1.3% |
| 80th | Denmark | 12.15% | -14.4% |
| 81st | Zambia | 12.36% | -11.7% |
| 82nd | Afghanistan | 12.53% | 24.2% |
| 83rd | Czechia | 12.58% | -20.6% |
| 84th | Mongolia | 12.74% | 6.5% |
| 85th | Canada | 12.76% | -3.4% |
| 86th | São Tomé and Principe | 12.80% | -13.8% |
| 87th | Suriname | 13.03% | -16.5% |
| 88th | Australia | 13.11% | -1.5% |
| 89th | Azerbaijan | 13.36% | -0.4% |
| 90th | Tajikistan | 13.72% | 1.1% |
| 91st | New Zealand | 13.87% | -1.7% |
| 92nd | Ghana | 14.24% | 53.0% |
| 93rd | Estonia | 14.34% | -4.2% |
| 94th | Fiji | 14.63% | 1.4% |
| 95th | Oman | 15.15% | -1.1% |
| 96th | United Kingdom | 15.18% | -13.3% |
| 97th | Equatorial Guinea | 15.40% | 1.3% |
| 98th | Chile | 15.81% | -6.9% |
| 99th | Kuwait | 16.18% | 4.6% |
| 100th | Slovenia | 16.30% | -19.5% |
| 101st | Lithuania | 16.30% | -15.3% |
| 102nd | Latvia | 16.32% | -16.7% |
| 103rd | Russian Federation | 16.39% | 16.6% |
| 104th | Guam | 16.41% | -8.9% |
| 105th | Dominican Republic | 16.43% | 23.1% |
| 106th | Belize | 16.48% | -9.8% |
| 107th | Rwanda | 16.60% | 0.3% |
| 108th | Maldives | 16.83% | -8.4% |
| 109th | Indonesia | 17.22% | 7.8% |
| 110th | Hungary | 17.27% | -15.2% |
| 111th | Colombia | 17.32% | -5.1% |
| 112th | Luxembourg | 17.50% | -27.9% |
| 113th | Samoa | 18.06% | 3.0% |
| 114th | Türkiye | 18.30% | 3.4% |
| 115th | Mauritania | 18.50% | 6.6% |
| 116th | Channel Islands | 18.88% | -8.1% |
| 117th | Sri Lanka | 19.23% | 2.4% |
| 118th | Nepal | 19.40% | 0.3% |
| 119th | South Sudan | 19.42% | -0.8% |
| 120th | Brazil | 19.49% | 25.8% |
| 121st | Ireland | 20.24% | -13.6% |
| 122nd | Argentina | 20.27% | 5.9% |
| 123rd | Sweden | 20.36% | -10.8% |
| 124th | Lebanon | 20.59% | 4.1% |
| 125th | Poland | 20.69% | -12.8% |
| 126th | Morocco | 20.83% | 4.3% |
| 127th | Iraq | 21.39% | 7.4% |
| 128th | Bulgaria | 21.65% | -8.9% |
| 129th | Romania | 22.03% | -9.6% |
| 130th | Belgium | 22.13% | -4.7% |
| 131st | Finland | 22.30% | 9.0% |
| 132nd | Costa Rica | 22.36% | -7.7% |
| 133rd | Ukraine | 22.61% | -4.1% |
| 134th | Uruguay | 22.88% | 17.8% |
| 135th | Lesotho | 24.00% | 1.5% |
| 136th | Guyana | 24.21% | 2.2% |
| 137th | European Union | 24.22% | -6.7% |
| 138th | Bahamas, The | 24.78% | -14.5% |
| 139th | India | 24.96% | 1.0% |
| 140th | Sudan | 25.23% | -7.5% |
| 141st | France | 25.26% | 1.7% |
| 142nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 25.43% | -3.3% |
| 143rd | Mauritius | 25.56% | 3.4% |
| 144th | Jamaica | 25.78% | -2.2% |
| 145th | Brunei Darussalam | 25.89% | 7.4% |
| 146th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 25.96% | 4.0% |
| 147th | Slovak Republic | 26.57% | -0.7% |
| 148th | Puerto Rico (US) | 26.57% | -13.5% |
| 149th | Saudi Arabia | 28.16% | -1.6% |
| 150th | Cabo Verde | 28.57% | 6.1% |
| 151st | Barbados | 28.86% | -12.7% |
| 152nd | Algeria | 30.38% | 18.4% |
| 153rd | Jordan | 30.91% | 12.0% |
| 154th | Portugal | 31.79% | -8.3% |
| 155th | Armenia | 31.85% | -12.4% |
| 156th | Cyprus | 32.54% | -8.4% |
| 157th | Yemen, Republic of | 32.70% | 32.1% |
| 158th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.35% | -0.6% |
| 159th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 34.16% | 6.1% |
| 160th | Haiti | 34.18% | 0.3% |
| 161st | Botswana | 34.74% | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 34.81% | -3.3% |
| 163rd | Tunisia | 34.97% | -5.3% |
| 164th | Angola | 35.12% | -1.7% |
| 165th | French Polynesia | 35.58% | 0.4% |
| 166th | Georgia | 35.85% | -4.1% |
| 167th | Gabon | 35.86% | 0.6% |
| 168th | West Bank and Gaza | 37.22% | 2.4% |
| 169th | New Caledonia | 37.59% | -1.6% |
| 170th | Montenegro | 37.72% | 4.8% |
| 171st | Albania | 39.63% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Italy | 40.32% | -5.5% |
| 173rd | Congo, Republic of | 41.21% | 1.4% |
| 174th | Namibia | 41.22% | 6.4% |
| 175th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.03% | 0.0% |
| 176th | Croatia | 42.31% | -7.4% |
| 177th | Serbia | 43.23% | -9.2% |
| 178th | St. Lucia | 46.99% | -1.8% |
| 179th | North Macedonia | 47.48% | -10.5% |
| 180th | Spain | 48.35% | -9.1% |
| 181st | Eswatini | 48.35% | -1.9% |
| 182nd | Greece | 49.73% | -5.5% |
| 183rd | South Africa | 50.12% | -2.1% |
| 184th | Libya | 51.54% | 1.7% |
| 185th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.24% | 1.0% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 72.49% | 0.6% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's youth unemployment in 2015?▾
New Zealand's youth unemployment in 2015 was 13.87%. This ranked 91st globally.
How did New Zealand's youth unemployment change in 2015?▾
New Zealand's youth unemployment decreased by 1.7% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2015?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2015 at 72.49%.
What is the youth unemployment of New Zealand in 2015?▾
The youth unemployment of New Zealand in 2015 was 13.87%. This ranked 91st globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for New Zealand's youth unemployment?▾
New Zealand's youth unemployment went from 14.11% in 2014 to 13.87% in 2015, a 1.7% decrease.
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