New Zealand - Youth Unemployment 2017
12.97%
−0.51pp from 2016
New Zealand's youth unemployment was 12.97% in 2017, decreased +0.51pp from 13.47% in 2016. This was the 91st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cambodia | 0.38% | -66.4% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 0.51% | 4.8% |
| 3rd | Niger | 0.73% | 2.5% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 1.29% | -0.5% |
| 5th | Chad | 1.49% | 2.1% |
| 6th | Burundi | 2.23% | -9.4% |
| 7th | Mali | 2.23% | 4.7% |
| 8th | Liberia | 2.30% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Benin | 2.98% | -7.9% |
| 10th | Tanzania | 3.04% | -6.3% |
| 11th | Myanmar | 3.59% | 40.6% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 3.79% | -0.4% |
| 13th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.84% | -0.8% |
| 14th | Madagascar | 3.88% | 8.2% |
| 15th | Moldova | 3.93% | 30.0% |
| 16th | Papua New Guinea | 4.21% | 0.5% |
| 17th | Cuba | 4.29% | -13.6% |
| 18th | Thailand | 4.37% | 17.7% |
| 19th | Japan | 4.61% | -9.9% |
| 20th | Guatemala | 4.94% | -11.5% |
| 21st | Uganda | 5.05% | 14.5% |
| 22nd | Sierra Leone | 5.09% | -24.1% |
| 23rd | Macao SAR, China | 5.10% | 2.4% |
| 24th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.26% | 157.7% |
| 25th | Bahrain | 5.59% | 1.2% |
| 26th | Lao PDR | 5.78% | 19.5% |
| 27th | Senegal | 5.84% | -8.4% |
| 28th | Nicaragua | 6.25% | -14.8% |
| 29th | Tonga | 6.32% | 5.1% |
| 30th | Ghana | 6.38% | -39.9% |
| 31st | Cameroon | 6.41% | 1.7% |
| 32nd | Guinea | 6.44% | 1.4% |
| 33rd | Pakistan | 6.52% | 26.2% |
| 34th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.65% | -1.7% |
| 35th | Germany | 6.77% | -4.4% |
| 36th | Mexico | 6.85% | -10.1% |
| 37th | Malawi | 6.87% | 0.7% |
| 38th | Viet Nam | 7.12% | 5.3% |
| 39th | Israel | 7.15% | -16.0% |
| 40th | Philippines | 7.38% | -3.3% |
| 41st | United Arab Emirates | 7.47% | 46.3% |
| 42nd | Burkina Faso | 7.53% | 2.0% |
| 43rd | Iceland | 7.54% | 19.4% |
| 44th | Mozambique | 7.80% | 5.4% |
| 45th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 7.92% | -2.1% |
| 46th | Czechia | 7.94% | -24.3% |
| 47th | Switzerland | 8.06% | -6.1% |
| 48th | Peru | 8.32% | 0.6% |
| 49th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 8.33% | 0.7% |
| 50th | São Tomé and Principe | 8.39% | -20.9% |
| 51st | Gambia, The | 8.42% | -14.3% |
| 52nd | Ecuador | 8.47% | -18.2% |
| 53rd | Zambia | 8.51% | -19.0% |
| 54th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 8.53% | -12.3% |
| 55th | Turkmenistan | 8.56% | -2.6% |
| 56th | Netherlands | 8.72% | -18.1% |
| 57th | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.03% | 3.5% |
| 58th | Kenya | 9.10% | 24.1% |
| 59th | United States | 9.24% | -11.4% |
| 60th | Togo | 9.28% | 36.2% |
| 61st | Kyrgyz Republic | 9.30% | 4.2% |
| 62nd | Singapore | 9.34% | 7.1% |
| 63rd | Belarus | 9.35% | -12.9% |
| 64th | Comoros | 9.36% | -1.5% |
| 65th | Nigeria | 9.71% | 6.7% |
| 66th | Central African Republic | 9.73% | -0.2% |
| 67th | El Salvador | 9.75% | 2.6% |
| 68th | Korea | 9.78% | -3.6% |
| 69th | Zimbabwe | 9.83% | 9.9% |
| 70th | Austria | 9.97% | -12.7% |
| 71st | Eritrea | 9.99% | -0.1% |
| 72nd | Norway | 10.28% | -7.0% |
| 73rd | China | 10.43% | -1.4% |
| 74th | Malta | 10.59% | -1.2% |
| 75th | Hungary | 10.70% | -17.2% |
| 76th | Honduras | 10.75% | -14.6% |
| 77th | Oman | 11.06% | -22.1% |
| 78th | Canada | 11.24% | -10.8% |
| 79th | Slovenia | 11.24% | -26.3% |
| 80th | Malaysia | 11.28% | 4.1% |
| 81st | Timor-Leste | 11.49% | -12.0% |
| 82nd | Vanuatu | 11.61% | 2.6% |
| 83rd | Bangladesh | 12.10% | 10.5% |
| 84th | Estonia | 12.18% | -13.8% |
| 85th | Denmark | 12.38% | 2.0% |
| 86th | Azerbaijan | 12.39% | -4.1% |
| 87th | United Kingdom | 12.52% | -5.2% |
| 88th | Australia | 12.59% | -0.4% |
| 89th | Uzbekistan | 12.89% | 12.4% |
| 90th | Bulgaria | 12.93% | -24.9% |
| 91st | New Zealand | 12.97% | -3.8% |
| 92nd | Guam | 13.00% | 0.9% |
| 93rd | Lithuania | 13.27% | -8.2% |
| 94th | Bhutan | 13.36% | 15.0% |
| 95th | Dominican Republic | 13.44% | -19.7% |
| 96th | Tajikistan | 13.96% | 0.7% |
| 97th | Paraguay | 14.28% | 23.9% |
| 98th | Ireland | 14.40% | -14.3% |
| 99th | Indonesia | 14.55% | -9.0% |
| 100th | Maldives | 14.59% | -3.6% |
| 101st | Poland | 14.76% | -16.1% |
| 102nd | Panama | 14.82% | 20.5% |
| 103rd | Fiji | 15.12% | 0.8% |
| 104th | Kuwait | 15.26% | 0.7% |
| 105th | Equatorial Guinea | 15.39% | 0.1% |
| 106th | Luxembourg | 15.47% | -29.6% |
| 107th | Belize | 15.69% | -5.2% |
| 108th | Channel Islands | 15.81% | -10.3% |
| 109th | Russian Federation | 16.33% | -2.2% |
| 110th | Rwanda | 16.73% | 0.8% |
| 111th | Latvia | 16.97% | -1.7% |
| 112th | Afghanistan | 17.31% | 15.9% |
| 113th | Sri Lanka | 17.39% | -13.3% |
| 114th | Mongolia | 17.44% | -13.4% |
| 115th | Chile | 17.73% | 12.2% |
| 116th | Sweden | 17.87% | -5.4% |
| 117th | Colombia | 18.47% | 1.1% |
| 118th | Romania | 18.73% | -10.9% |
| 119th | Slovak Republic | 18.96% | -14.9% |
| 120th | Ukraine | 18.96% | -18.0% |
| 121st | Belgium | 19.24% | -4.3% |
| 122nd | Samoa | 19.38% | 4.2% |
| 123rd | Nepal | 19.57% | 0.1% |
| 124th | South Sudan | 19.85% | 0.0% |
| 125th | Finland | 20.04% | -0.1% |
| 126th | European Union | 20.09% | -10.3% |
| 127th | Türkiye | 20.47% | 5.7% |
| 128th | Costa Rica | 20.74% | -4.2% |
| 129th | Mauritania | 20.97% | 5.8% |
| 130th | Bahamas, The | 21.55% | -16.6% |
| 131st | Jamaica | 21.69% | -12.1% |
| 132nd | Lebanon | 22.04% | 3.1% |
| 133rd | Morocco | 22.17% | -0.4% |
| 134th | Sudan | 22.20% | -6.0% |
| 135th | France | 22.57% | -9.5% |
| 136th | Argentina | 22.84% | 4.8% |
| 137th | Portugal | 23.80% | -14.4% |
| 138th | Puerto Rico (US) | 24.05% | -8.2% |
| 139th | Mauritius | 24.23% | 5.4% |
| 140th | Lesotho | 24.48% | 1.8% |
| 141st | Suriname | 24.91% | -0.2% |
| 142nd | Guyana | 24.96% | 1.5% |
| 143rd | Cyprus | 25.01% | -13.5% |
| 144th | Uruguay | 25.25% | 4.6% |
| 145th | Iraq | 25.28% | 12.6% |
| 146th | India | 25.59% | 1.4% |
| 147th | Virgin Islands (US) | 26.04% | -2.6% |
| 148th | Barbados | 26.21% | 0.1% |
| 149th | Croatia | 27.43% | -11.4% |
| 150th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 28.21% | -3.0% |
| 151st | Brazil | 28.59% | 7.5% |
| 152nd | Georgia | 28.69% | -18.1% |
| 153rd | Brunei Darussalam | 29.26% | 5.9% |
| 154th | Algeria | 30.30% | 15.5% |
| 155th | Albania | 31.18% | -13.2% |
| 156th | Saudi Arabia | 31.50% | 29.8% |
| 157th | Montenegro | 31.85% | -11.7% |
| 158th | Cabo Verde | 31.89% | 5.6% |
| 159th | Serbia | 31.91% | -8.7% |
| 160th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 32.64% | -3.0% |
| 161st | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.89% | -2.2% |
| 162nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.20% | -0.8% |
| 163rd | Angola | 33.73% | -2.2% |
| 164th | Yemen, Republic of | 33.90% | 1.2% |
| 165th | Italy | 34.73% | -8.0% |
| 166th | Haiti | 34.75% | 0.6% |
| 167th | Botswana | 34.87% | 0.1% |
| 168th | Tunisia | 35.32% | 0.6% |
| 169th | Jordan | 35.44% | -0.5% |
| 170th | French Polynesia | 35.87% | 0.2% |
| 171st | New Caledonia | 36.41% | -1.7% |
| 172nd | Gabon | 36.53% | 0.9% |
| 173rd | Armenia | 37.73% | 5.8% |
| 174th | Spain | 38.59% | -13.2% |
| 175th | Namibia | 41.47% | -6.2% |
| 176th | West Bank and Gaza | 41.87% | 8.7% |
| 177th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.39% | 0.7% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | 42.48% | 1.9% |
| 179th | Greece | 43.39% | -8.1% |
| 180th | St. Lucia | 45.00% | -1.9% |
| 181st | North Macedonia | 46.76% | -3.5% |
| 182nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.93% | -14.8% |
| 183rd | Eswatini | 48.37% | 3.0% |
| 184th | Libya | 50.47% | -1.8% |
| 185th | South Africa | 53.40% | -0.1% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 73.95% | 1.3% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's youth unemployment in 2017?▾
New Zealand's youth unemployment in 2017 was 12.97%. This ranked 91st globally.
How did New Zealand's youth unemployment change in 2017?▾
New Zealand's youth unemployment decreased by 3.8% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2017?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2017 at 73.95%.
What is the youth unemployment of New Zealand in 2017?▾
The youth unemployment of New Zealand in 2017 was 12.97%. This ranked 91st globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for New Zealand's youth unemployment?▾
New Zealand's youth unemployment went from 13.47% in 2016 to 12.97% in 2017, a 3.8% decrease.
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