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North Macedonia - Youth Unemployment 1997

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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

63.84% −5.04pp from 1996 Global rank: 186th

North Macedonia's youth unemployment was 63.84% in 1997, decreased +5.04pp from 68.88% in 1996. This was the 186th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1997▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 1997
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Cambodia	0.94%	-33.2%
2nd	Pakistan	0.97%	-0.1%
3rd	Chad	1.03%	3.2%
4th	Benin	1.26%	-8.6%
5th	Myanmar	1.36%	1.1%
6th	Mali	2.16%	-0.7%
7th	Thailand	2.24%	-11.3%
8th	Kuwait	2.75%	-4.6%
9th	Qatar	2.76%	0.3%
10th	Maldives	2.88%	21.3%
11th	Senegal	2.89%	-1.6%
12th	Liberia	3.07%	-4.9%
13th	Niger	3.17%	0.1%
14th	Kyrgyz Republic	3.30%	6.8%
15th	Guatemala	3.34%	-0.4%
16th	Solomon Islands	3.35%	3.2%
17th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.48%	-11.9%
18th	Guinea-Bissau	3.67%	-0.9%
19th	Burkina Faso	3.81%	-0.8%
20th	Burundi	3.86%	0.4%
21st	Bahrain	4.05%	-1.4%
22nd	Bhutan	4.21%	0.0%
23rd	United Arab Emirates	4.59%	2.0%
24th	Uganda	4.87%	0.8%
25th	Lao PDR	4.97%	-3.8%
26th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5.17%	-21.8%
27th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.24%	0.0%
28th	Papua New Guinea	5.27%	2.2%
29th	Singapore	5.29%	-37.3%
30th	Côte d'Ivoire	5.43%	-0.7%
31st	Guinea	5.61%	-0.5%
32nd	Honduras	5.66%	-23.4%
33rd	Mozambique	5.69%	-1.9%
34th	Peru	5.77%	-2.6%
35th	Tanzania	5.85%	-3.2%
36th	Viet Nam	5.99%	50.9%
37th	Switzerland	6.00%	28.9%
38th	Cyprus	6.17%	6.9%
39th	Tajikistan	6.25%	3.1%
40th	Malawi	6.44%	-3.9%
41st	Kenya	6.54%	1.9%
42nd	China	6.57%	4.9%
43rd	Japan	6.65%	-1.2%
44th	Togo	6.70%	0.5%
45th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	6.91%	4.5%
46th	Macao SAR, China	7.15%	7.1%
47th	Luxembourg	7.30%	-21.3%
48th	Tonga	7.32%	19.1%
49th	Bangladesh	7.41%	11.3%
50th	Nigeria	7.45%	-1.2%
51st	Korea	7.47%	24.3%
52nd	Austria	7.55%	10.4%
53rd	Mexico	7.65%	-20.2%
54th	Malaysia	7.79%	-0.6%
55th	Iceland	7.84%	-5.9%
56th	Sierra Leone	7.86%	0.6%
57th	Denmark	8.10%	-23.5%
58th	Czechia	8.40%	17.4%
59th	Samoa	8.45%	9.6%
60th	Madagascar	8.53%	-1.2%
61st	Mongolia	8.71%	1.7%
62nd	Philippines	9.18%	0.2%
63rd	Ecuador	9.48%	0.9%
64th	Netherlands	9.51%	-14.4%
65th	Comoros	9.82%	-3.2%
66th	Eritrea	9.90%	1.3%
67th	Timor-Leste	10.02%	0.8%
68th	Afghanistan	10.15%	-0.1%
69th	Germany	10.67%	10.8%
70th	Fiji	10.97%	2.2%
71st	Central African Republic	11.19%	-0.6%
72nd	Nicaragua	11.19%	0.1%
73rd	Paraguay	11.28%	-31.7%
74th	Armenia	11.39%	16.1%
75th	United States	11.43%	-5.5%
76th	Malta	11.73%	0.7%
77th	Costa Rica	11.84%	-3.0%
78th	Cameroon	11.87%	-2.2%
79th	Ghana	12.01%	7.8%
80th	Dominican Republic	12.04%	-1.1%
81st	Oman	13.21%	-2.6%
82nd	United Kingdom	13.46%	-9.2%
83rd	Syrian Arab Republic	13.50%	1.9%
84th	New Zealand	13.61%	11.1%
85th	El Salvador	13.80%	3.9%
86th	Panama	13.91%	-0.7%
87th	Vanuatu	14.01%	1.4%
88th	Cuba	14.20%	-5.1%
89th	Portugal	14.21%	-16.9%
90th	Türkiye	14.32%	6.1%
91st	Rwanda	14.43%	-3.1%
92nd	Norway	14.44%	-1.7%
93rd	Equatorial Guinea	14.53%	0.6%
94th	Channel Islands	14.58%	-4.7%
95th	Gambia, The	14.63%	-1.4%
96th	Ireland	14.92%	-11.6%
97th	Indonesia	14.94%	0.1%
98th	Mauritania	14.96%	0.1%
99th	Moldova	14.97%	0.5%
100th	Israel	15.03%	10.9%
101st	Zimbabwe	15.34%	12.9%
102nd	Iraq	15.47%	-1.9%
103rd	West Bank and Gaza	15.66%	-1.3%
104th	Australia	15.84%	1.3%
105th	Jamaica	16.01%	1.6%
106th	Canada	16.25%	5.5%
107th	Brunei Darussalam	16.39%	1.2%
108th	Slovenia	16.49%	-2.4%
109th	Brazil	16.62%	13.6%
110th	Ukraine	16.73%	16.9%
111th	Haiti	16.74%	-2.4%
112th	Azerbaijan	16.85%	12.9%
113th	Hungary	17.48%	-12.5%
114th	Chile	17.59%	-1.7%
115th	Yemen, Republic of	17.80%	1.8%
116th	South Sudan	17.87%	-1.6%
117th	Romania	17.98%	-17.9%
118th	Estonia	18.44%	16.9%
119th	Nepal	18.88%	0.5%
120th	Georgia	19.24%	0.5%
121st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	19.61%	5.7%
122nd	São Tomé and Principe	19.70%	0.3%
123rd	India	20.19%	0.3%
124th	Morocco	20.61%	3.6%
125th	Turkmenistan	20.96%	6.9%
126th	Lebanon	21.11%	2.4%
127th	Sweden	21.21%	1.5%
128th	Belgium	21.28%	3.8%
129th	Uzbekistan	21.94%	1.9%
130th	Lesotho	21.98%	0.6%
131st	Virgin Islands (US)	22.22%	0.3%
132nd	Poland	22.38%	-20.3%
133rd	Colombia	22.47%	2.7%
134th	Guam	22.50%	17.9%
135th	Slovak Republic	22.54%	7.2%
136th	Cabo Verde	22.67%	1.9%
137th	Bahamas, The	23.00%	-6.3%
138th	Kazakhstan	23.01%	1.0%
139th	European Union	23.29%	-4.6%
140th	Zambia	23.36%	-12.9%
141st	Russian Federation	23.56%	21.9%
142nd	Sudan	23.95%	-1.5%
143rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	24.01%	-6.1%
144th	Mauritius	24.69%	1.6%
145th	Belize	25.04%	-5.7%
146th	Lithuania	25.29%	-13.6%
147th	Guyana	25.39%	-1.3%
148th	Suriname	26.01%	4.3%
149th	Albania	26.61%	20.6%
150th	Saudi Arabia	26.68%	-7.0%
151st	Puerto Rico (US)	27.28%	-2.2%
152nd	Trinidad and Tobago	27.42%	-4.2%
153rd	Latvia	27.64%	-27.7%
154th	Bulgaria	27.85%	8.6%
155th	Croatia	28.15%	-3.2%
156th	Uruguay	28.25%	-5.6%
157th	France	28.57%	4.9%
158th	Barbados	30.25%	7.7%
159th	Belarus	30.26%	-29.3%
160th	Serbia	30.83%	5.6%
161st	Jordan	31.08%	1.2%
162nd	Sri Lanka	31.52%	-3.3%
163rd	Tunisia	31.87%	0.6%
164th	Greece	32.10%	1.8%
165th	Argentina	32.27%	-12.8%
166th	French Polynesia	32.38%	0.6%
167th	St. Lucia	32.49%	25.3%
168th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.34%	-2.6%
169th	Italy	34.59%	-0.5%
170th	Finland	35.19%	-14.6%
171st	Botswana	37.42%	1.6%
172nd	Gabon	37.86%	-2.7%
173rd	Angola	37.99%	-0.8%
174th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	38.76%	0.1%
175th	Congo, Republic of	38.85%	-0.7%
176th	Spain	39.02%	-6.6%
177th	Algeria	41.79%	-9.0%
178th	South Africa	42.09%	-0.1%
179th	Eswatini	44.19%	2.0%
180th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.72%	3.7%
181st	New Caledonia	44.78%	-0.6%
182nd	Libya	45.72%	0.2%
183rd	Namibia	46.56%	8.4%
184th	Montenegro	55.35%	0.2%
185th	Djibouti	63.41%	1.4%
186th	North Macedonia	63.84%	-7.3%

FAQ

What was North Macedonia's youth unemployment in 1997?▾

North Macedonia's youth unemployment in 1997 was 63.84%. This ranked 186th globally.

How did North Macedonia's youth unemployment change in 1997?▾

North Macedonia's youth unemployment decreased by 7.3% in 1997 compared to 1996.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 1997?▾

North Macedonia had the highest youth unemployment in 1997 at 63.84%.

What is the youth unemployment of North Macedonia in 1997?▾

The youth unemployment of North Macedonia in 1997 was 63.84%. This ranked 186th globally.

How does 1997 compare to 1996 for North Macedonia's youth unemployment?▾

North Macedonia's youth unemployment went from 68.88% in 1996 to 63.84% in 1997, a 7.3% decrease.

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