Youth Unemployment - Ranking 1997
Year
In 1997, Cambodia (0.94%), Pakistan (0.97%), and Chad (1.03%) ranked highest in youth unemployment among all countries. North Macedonia ranked lowest at 63.84%.
| 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
Which country has the highest youth unemployment in 1997?▾
Cambodia has the highest youth unemployment in 1997 at 0.94%.
Which country has the lowest youth unemployment in 1997?▾
North Macedonia has the lowest youth unemployment in 1997 at 63.84%.
How many countries are ranked by youth unemployment?▾
186 countries have youth unemployment data for 1997.
What are the top 3 countries by youth unemployment?▾
1. Cambodia (0.94%), 2. Pakistan (0.97%), 3. Chad (1.03%).