Norway - Youth Unemployment 2019
9.81%
+0.21pp from 2018
Norway's youth unemployment was 9.81% in 2019, increased +0.21pp from 9.60% in 2018. This was the 67th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.30% | -4.5% |
| 2nd | Cambodia | 0.38% | -0.5% |
| 3rd | Niger | 0.75% | 1.5% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 1.30% | 0.9% |
| 5th | Myanmar | 1.31% | -28.8% |
| 6th | Chad | 1.49% | -1.2% |
| 7th | Burundi | 1.75% | -12.0% |
| 8th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.06% | -46.7% |
| 9th | Benin | 2.30% | -12.2% |
| 10th | Liberia | 2.30% | 0.2% |
| 11th | Tanzania | 2.66% | -6.6% |
| 12th | Togo | 3.08% | -50.6% |
| 13th | Moldova | 3.26% | 1.5% |
| 14th | Sierra Leone | 3.58% | 0.3% |
| 15th | Kazakhstan | 3.77% | -0.3% |
| 16th | Japan | 3.94% | 7.4% |
| 17th | Senegal | 4.04% | -17.9% |
| 18th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.04% | -13.4% |
| 19th | Papua New Guinea | 4.12% | -1.6% |
| 20th | Thailand | 4.19% | 4.5% |
| 21st | Cuba | 4.25% | 0.3% |
| 22nd | Guatemala | 4.46% | -4.7% |
| 23rd | Lao PDR | 4.47% | -12.8% |
| 24th | Madagascar | 4.49% | 7.2% |
| 25th | Mali | 4.67% | 100.0% |
| 26th | Uganda | 4.69% | -4.0% |
| 27th | Macao SAR, China | 4.94% | -2.3% |
| 28th | Czechia | 5.62% | -16.4% |
| 29th | Viet Nam | 5.62% | 21.0% |
| 30th | Bahrain | 5.66% | 0.4% |
| 31st | Germany | 5.86% | -5.8% |
| 32nd | Ghana | 5.88% | -3.8% |
| 33rd | Tonga | 6.47% | -3.1% |
| 34th | Israel | 6.53% | -7.1% |
| 35th | Cameroon | 6.59% | 1.3% |
| 36th | Netherlands | 6.61% | -6.2% |
| 37th | Philippines | 6.70% | 1.4% |
| 38th | Malawi | 6.81% | -0.6% |
| 39th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.93% | 2.2% |
| 40th | Guinea | 6.99% | 5.6% |
| 41st | Mexico | 7.16% | 5.1% |
| 42nd | United Arab Emirates | 7.33% | 8.6% |
| 43rd | Peru | 7.41% | -11.2% |
| 44th | Burkina Faso | 7.43% | -2.7% |
| 45th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 7.61% | -2.1% |
| 46th | Singapore | 7.63% | -9.6% |
| 47th | Gambia, The | 7.81% | 9.2% |
| 48th | Timor-Leste | 7.97% | -18.5% |
| 49th | Switzerland | 7.99% | 0.7% |
| 50th | Slovenia | 8.14% | -7.7% |
| 51st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 8.21% | -1.1% |
| 52nd | United States | 8.38% | -2.7% |
| 53rd | São Tomé and Principe | 8.40% | 1.1% |
| 54th | Iceland | 8.45% | 43.2% |
| 55th | Turkmenistan | 8.48% | 0.3% |
| 56th | Mozambique | 8.51% | 4.1% |
| 57th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 8.53% | -2.3% |
| 58th | Ecuador | 8.73% | 9.8% |
| 59th | Austria | 8.77% | -8.4% |
| 60th | Bulgaria | 8.78% | -30.8% |
| 61st | Oman | 9.02% | 14.8% |
| 62nd | Comoros | 9.09% | -1.2% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.17% | 0.1% |
| 64th | Pakistan | 9.60% | 22.1% |
| 65th | El Salvador | 9.60% | 3.5% |
| 66th | Central African Republic | 9.64% | 0.7% |
| 67th | Norway | 9.81% | 2.2% |
| 68th | Korea | 9.83% | -2.9% |
| 69th | Poland | 9.84% | -15.8% |
| 70th | Eritrea | 9.85% | 0.4% |
| 71st | Denmark | 10.04% | -4.6% |
| 72nd | Nicaragua | 10.06% | 3.5% |
| 73rd | Malta | 10.07% | 7.6% |
| 74th | Belarus | 10.21% | -4.2% |
| 75th | Zambia | 10.35% | 18.3% |
| 76th | Nigeria | 10.42% | 2.8% |
| 77th | China | 10.68% | 10.4% |
| 78th | United Kingdom | 10.69% | -8.2% |
| 79th | Canada | 10.74% | 0.3% |
| 80th | Honduras | 10.77% | 2.7% |
| 81st | Malaysia | 11.21% | -1.6% |
| 82nd | Uzbekistan | 11.27% | -6.7% |
| 83rd | New Zealand | 11.29% | -4.5% |
| 84th | Australia | 11.45% | -4.0% |
| 85th | Hungary | 11.47% | 13.4% |
| 86th | Azerbaijan | 11.48% | -1.4% |
| 87th | Bhutan | 11.56% | -23.9% |
| 88th | Estonia | 11.62% | -3.8% |
| 89th | Zimbabwe | 11.72% | 9.6% |
| 90th | Bangladesh | 11.74% | -1.4% |
| 91st | Lithuania | 11.85% | 6.6% |
| 92nd | Vanuatu | 12.34% | 2.9% |
| 93rd | Latvia | 12.42% | 1.8% |
| 94th | Ireland | 12.46% | -9.4% |
| 95th | Kenya | 12.55% | 16.0% |
| 96th | Kyrgyz Republic | 12.82% | 34.1% |
| 97th | Guam | 13.13% | 0.0% |
| 98th | Maldives | 13.50% | -3.8% |
| 99th | Indonesia | 13.58% | -17.1% |
| 100th | Channel Islands | 13.75% | -1.9% |
| 101st | Tajikistan | 14.16% | 0.7% |
| 102nd | Belgium | 14.24% | -9.6% |
| 103rd | Russian Federation | 15.21% | -10.5% |
| 104th | Equatorial Guinea | 15.22% | 0.5% |
| 105th | Kuwait | 15.22% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Fiji | 15.28% | 0.5% |
| 107th | Paraguay | 15.30% | 5.4% |
| 108th | Ukraine | 15.48% | -13.8% |
| 109th | Afghanistan | 15.52% | -5.4% |
| 110th | Dominican Republic | 15.84% | 6.7% |
| 111th | Jamaica | 15.96% | -11.6% |
| 112th | Rwanda | 16.05% | -1.3% |
| 113th | Slovak Republic | 16.12% | 7.7% |
| 114th | Croatia | 16.71% | -28.9% |
| 115th | Cyprus | 16.86% | -18.4% |
| 116th | Luxembourg | 16.98% | 19.7% |
| 117th | European Union | 16.98% | -6.3% |
| 118th | Finland | 17.13% | 1.0% |
| 119th | Panama | 17.13% | 21.5% |
| 120th | Romania | 17.14% | 3.2% |
| 121st | Samoa | 17.49% | -5.2% |
| 122nd | Portugal | 18.33% | -9.4% |
| 123rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 18.56% | -9.4% |
| 124th | Chile | 18.95% | 4.5% |
| 125th | Bahamas, The | 19.24% | -20.4% |
| 126th | South Sudan | 19.26% | -1.5% |
| 127th | Sudan | 19.37% | -6.9% |
| 128th | Nepal | 19.68% | 0.4% |
| 129th | France | 19.93% | -4.9% |
| 130th | Belize | 19.93% | -9.4% |
| 131st | Sweden | 20.09% | 15.5% |
| 132nd | Brunei Darussalam | 20.14% | -34.6% |
| 133rd | Sri Lanka | 20.43% | -0.3% |
| 134th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 20.63% | -21.4% |
| 135th | Colombia | 20.66% | 6.2% |
| 136th | Mongolia | 21.13% | 28.4% |
| 137th | Mauritius | 22.08% | -8.7% |
| 138th | Morocco | 22.48% | 0.2% |
| 139th | India | 22.95% | -11.8% |
| 140th | Lebanon | 23.28% | 2.7% |
| 141st | Mauritania | 23.37% | 5.3% |
| 142nd | Suriname | 24.66% | -0.5% |
| 143rd | Türkiye | 25.04% | 25.1% |
| 144th | Montenegro | 25.31% | -14.5% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 25.32% | 1.7% |
| 146th | Saudi Arabia | 25.48% | -15.7% |
| 147th | Barbados | 25.79% | 6.5% |
| 148th | Argentina | 25.84% | 8.4% |
| 149th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 25.95% | -5.7% |
| 150th | Guyana | 26.30% | 4.2% |
| 151st | Virgin Islands (US) | 26.51% | 0.1% |
| 152nd | Albania | 26.94% | -4.2% |
| 153rd | Brazil | 27.10% | -3.1% |
| 154th | Serbia | 27.50% | -7.4% |
| 155th | Cabo Verde | 28.11% | 1.9% |
| 156th | Uruguay | 28.47% | 7.3% |
| 157th | Italy | 29.10% | -9.6% |
| 158th | Iraq | 29.75% | 8.8% |
| 159th | Georgia | 30.06% | 1.2% |
| 160th | Costa Rica | 31.19% | 24.4% |
| 161st | Algeria | 31.20% | 1.6% |
| 162nd | Angola | 31.83% | -3.1% |
| 163rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.06% | -1.1% |
| 164th | Yemen, Republic of | 32.35% | -1.1% |
| 165th | New Caledonia | 32.41% | -18.9% |
| 166th | Spain | 32.56% | -5.3% |
| 167th | Armenia | 32.61% | -3.0% |
| 168th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.84% | 0.7% |
| 169th | Botswana | 34.59% | 0.5% |
| 170th | Greece | 34.75% | -13.1% |
| 171st | Haiti | 35.25% | 1.0% |
| 172nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.26% | -13.0% |
| 173rd | North Macedonia | 35.35% | -22.3% |
| 174th | St. Lucia | 35.88% | -13.8% |
| 175th | French Polynesia | 36.50% | 0.8% |
| 176th | Gabon | 36.71% | -0.3% |
| 177th | Jordan | 37.21% | -4.5% |
| 178th | Tunisia | 37.87% | 8.6% |
| 179th | Namibia | 38.16% | 0.5% |
| 180th | West Bank and Gaza | 40.15% | -4.9% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | 42.05% | -1.4% |
| 182nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 43.59% | 2.0% |
| 183rd | Libya | 50.57% | 0.9% |
| 184th | Eswatini | 51.20% | 2.6% |
| 185th | South Africa | 57.32% | 6.9% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 75.91% | 1.2% |
FAQ
What was Norway's youth unemployment in 2019?▾
Norway's youth unemployment in 2019 was 9.81%. This ranked 67th globally.
How did Norway's youth unemployment change in 2019?▾
Norway's youth unemployment increased by 2.2% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2019?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2019 at 75.91%.
What is the youth unemployment of Norway in 2019?▾
The youth unemployment of Norway in 2019 was 9.81%. This ranked 67th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Norway's youth unemployment?▾
Norway's youth unemployment went from 9.60% in 2018 to 9.81% in 2019, a 2.2% increase.
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