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Sri Lanka - Youth Unemployment 1991

Name: Sri Lanka Youth Unemployment 1991
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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

36.11% Global rank: 172nd

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment was 36.11% in 1991. This was the 172nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1991▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 1991
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Chad	0.94%	-
2nd	Pakistan	0.96%	-
3rd	Belarus	1.08%	-
4th	Myanmar	1.36%	-
5th	Cambodia	1.41%	-
6th	Kazakhstan	1.61%	-
7th	Azerbaijan	1.72%	-
8th	Benin	1.75%	-
9th	Maldives	1.77%	-
10th	Armenia	1.95%	-
11th	Lithuania	1.96%	-
12th	Kyrgyz Republic	1.98%	-
13th	Mali	2.19%	-
14th	Qatar	2.52%	-
15th	Luxembourg	2.64%	-
16th	Tajikistan	2.72%	-
17th	Turkmenistan	2.75%	-
18th	Senegal	2.96%	-
19th	Tonga	3.08%	-
20th	Kuwait	3.25%	-
21st	Switzerland	3.27%	-
22nd	Solomon Islands	3.28%	-
23rd	Niger	3.28%	-
24th	Guatemala	3.40%	-
25th	Estonia	3.40%	-
26th	Liberia	3.47%	-
27th	Ukraine	3.58%	-
28th	Moldova	3.64%	-
29th	Austria	3.72%	-
30th	Guinea-Bissau	3.74%	-
31st	Uzbekistan	3.80%	-
32nd	Burkina Faso	3.85%	-
33rd	Singapore	3.87%	-
34th	Burundi	3.89%	-
35th	United Arab Emirates	3.93%	-
36th	Bahrain	3.99%	-
37th	Viet Nam	4.18%	-
38th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4.20%	-
39th	Bhutan	4.24%	-
40th	Samoa	4.30%	-
41st	China	4.37%	-
42nd	Japan	4.46%	-
43rd	Georgia	4.47%	-
44th	Macao SAR, China	4.54%	-
45th	Czechia	4.68%	-
46th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.83%	-
47th	Iceland	4.85%	-
48th	Latvia	5.03%	-
49th	Thailand	5.09%	-
50th	Papua New Guinea	5.12%	-
51st	Uganda	5.12%	-
52nd	Lao PDR	5.20%	-
53rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.36%	-
54th	Germany	5.51%	-
55th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	5.54%	-
56th	Mexico	5.55%	-
57th	Ghana	5.56%	-
58th	Guinea	5.69%	-
59th	Mozambique	5.99%	-
60th	Peru	5.99%	-
61st	Bangladesh	6.04%	-
62nd	Kenya	6.21%	-
63rd	Tanzania	6.29%	-
64th	Malawi	6.70%	-
65th	Cyprus	6.71%	-
66th	Togo	7.11%	-
67th	Korea	7.16%	-
68th	Nigeria	7.43%	-
69th	Guam	7.57%	-
70th	Sierra Leone	7.66%	-
71st	Honduras	7.73%	-
72nd	Sweden	7.80%	-
73rd	Indonesia	7.84%	-
74th	Portugal	8.61%	-
75th	Mongolia	8.63%	-
76th	Madagascar	8.69%	-
77th	Côte d'Ivoire	8.77%	-
78th	Philippines	9.12%	-
79th	Ecuador	9.15%	-
80th	Eritrea	9.37%	-
81st	Timor-Leste	9.54%	-
82nd	Comoros	10.19%	-
83rd	Afghanistan	10.23%	-
84th	Fiji	10.44%	-
85th	Channel Islands	10.56%	-
86th	Zimbabwe	10.63%	-
87th	Malaysia	10.81%	-
88th	Netherlands	10.81%	-
89th	Central African Republic	10.96%	-
90th	Costa Rica	11.08%	-
91st	Paraguay	11.27%	-
92nd	Denmark	11.50%	-
93rd	Malta	11.59%	-
94th	Argentina	11.64%	-
95th	Chile	11.85%	-
96th	Norway	11.95%	-
97th	Nicaragua	12.01%	-
98th	Syrian Arab Republic	12.13%	-
99th	Dominican Republic	12.31%	-
100th	El Salvador	12.66%	-
101st	Brazil	12.75%	-
102nd	Oman	12.78%	-
103rd	Russian Federation	12.96%	-
104th	Cameroon	13.20%	-
105th	Panama	13.31%	-
106th	Vanuatu	13.40%	-
107th	United States	13.51%	-
108th	Equatorial Guinea	13.56%	-
109th	United Kingdom	13.85%	-
110th	Belgium	13.96%	-
111th	Brunei Darussalam	14.22%	-
112th	Gambia, The	14.35%	-
113th	Jamaica	14.46%	-
114th	Finland	14.94%	-
115th	Cuba	14.99%	-
116th	Mauritania	15.10%	-
117th	Türkiye	15.24%	-
118th	Albania	15.69%	-
119th	Iraq	15.71%	-
120th	West Bank and Gaza	15.74%	-
121st	Canada	15.83%	-
122nd	Rwanda	16.41%	-
123rd	Haiti	16.52%	-
124th	Hungary	16.78%	-
125th	Yemen, Republic of	17.08%	-
126th	Australia	17.48%	-
127th	South Sudan	18.28%	-
128th	Belize	18.75%	-
129th	Nepal	18.82%	-
130th	European Union	19.11%	-
131st	Colombia	19.11%	-
132nd	New Zealand	19.32%	-
133rd	France	19.49%	-
134th	Morocco	19.74%	-
135th	São Tomé and Principe	19.87%	-
136th	India	20.18%	-
137th	Lebanon	20.19%	-
138th	Lesotho	21.64%	-
139th	Ireland	21.84%	-
140th	Israel	22.11%	-
141st	Cabo Verde	22.25%	-
142nd	Bulgaria	22.62%	-
143rd	Mauritius	22.71%	-
144th	Slovenia	22.82%	-
145th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	23.01%	-
146th	Bahamas, The	23.04%	-
147th	Virgin Islands (US)	23.55%	-
148th	Greece	23.86%	-
149th	Slovak Republic	23.88%	-
150th	Sudan	24.29%	-
151st	Uruguay	24.68%	-
152nd	Botswana	25.71%	-
153rd	St. Lucia	26.14%	-
154th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	27.14%	-
155th	Romania	27.22%	-
156th	Poland	27.52%	-
157th	Guyana	27.84%	-
158th	Italy	28.46%	-
159th	Serbia	29.43%	-
160th	French Polynesia	30.23%	-
161st	Tunisia	30.38%	-
162nd	Spain	30.68%	-
163rd	Algeria	32.92%	-
164th	Saudi Arabia	33.03%	-
165th	Zambia	33.63%	-
166th	Puerto Rico (US)	34.13%	-
167th	Trinidad and Tobago	34.61%	-
168th	Namibia	34.68%	-
169th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.70%	-
170th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	34.87%	-
171st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	36.07%	-
172nd	Sri Lanka	36.11%	-
173rd	Congo, Republic of	38.36%	-
174th	Angola	39.84%	-
175th	Croatia	40.27%	-
176th	Barbados	40.92%	-
177th	Eswatini	40.99%	-
178th	Suriname	41.36%	-
179th	Gabon	41.56%	-
180th	New Caledonia	42.45%	-
181st	North Macedonia	42.91%	-
182nd	South Africa	43.49%	-
183rd	Jordan	43.91%	-
184th	Libya	43.99%	-
185th	Montenegro	54.70%	-
186th	Djibouti	58.71%	-

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's youth unemployment in 1991?▾

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment in 1991 was 36.11%. This ranked 172nd globally.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 1991?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 1991 at 58.71%.

What is the youth unemployment of Sri Lanka in 1991?▾

The youth unemployment of Sri Lanka in 1991 was 36.11%. This ranked 172nd globally.

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