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Sri Lanka - Youth Unemployment 1993

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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

34.64% −0.57pp from 1992 Global rank: 164th

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment was 34.64% in 1993, decreased +0.57pp from 35.21% in 1992. This was the 164th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1993▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 1993
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Chad	0.95%	1.6%
2nd	Pakistan	0.97%	0.9%
3rd	Myanmar	1.34%	-0.4%
4th	Cambodia	1.47%	2.0%
5th	Benin	1.63%	-3.1%
6th	Maldives	1.84%	2.1%
7th	Kazakhstan	1.96%	10.2%
8th	Mali	2.20%	-3.0%
9th	Kyrgyz Republic	2.40%	12.3%
10th	Qatar	2.57%	1.3%
11th	Thailand	2.95%	9.7%
12th	Turkmenistan	2.96%	0.3%
13th	Senegal	2.97%	-1.1%
14th	Kuwait	3.06%	-4.4%
15th	Solomon Islands	3.18%	-0.5%
16th	Tonga	3.20%	0.4%
17th	Macao SAR, China	3.22%	-5.1%
18th	Niger	3.23%	-1.0%
19th	Guatemala	3.34%	-0.8%
20th	Liberia	3.45%	-0.4%
21st	Bahrain	3.52%	-8.6%
22nd	Ukraine	3.75%	5.0%
23rd	Burkina Faso	3.79%	-2.5%
24th	Guinea-Bissau	3.83%	1.0%
25th	Burundi	3.85%	-0.8%
26th	Tajikistan	3.92%	42.4%
27th	Viet Nam	4.07%	-2.0%
28th	United Arab Emirates	4.30%	5.8%
29th	Bhutan	4.30%	1.2%
30th	Luxembourg	4.34%	17.5%
31st	Hong Kong SAR, China	4.46%	3.6%
32nd	Austria	4.66%	12.9%
33rd	Papua New Guinea	4.73%	-4.5%
34th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.94%	0.5%
35th	Japan	5.11%	17.2%
36th	China	5.12%	15.5%
37th	Uganda	5.17%	-1.2%
38th	Honduras	5.27%	2.0%
39th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.54%	1.5%
40th	Mexico	5.57%	-0.2%
41st	Samoa	5.60%	11.8%
42nd	Lao PDR	5.61%	0.9%
43rd	Cyprus	5.65%	24.1%
44th	Guinea	5.69%	-0.3%
45th	Armenia	5.72%	190.7%
46th	Switzerland	5.84%	94.2%
47th	Peru	5.91%	-2.8%
48th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	5.98%	5.4%
49th	Mozambique	6.04%	-3.8%
50th	Bangladesh	6.27%	2.6%
51st	Tanzania	6.62%	3.9%
52nd	Kenya	6.67%	3.1%
53rd	Malawi	6.78%	-1.2%
54th	Moldova	7.03%	0.1%
55th	Singapore	7.12%	6.3%
56th	Nigeria	7.56%	4.3%
57th	Togo	7.58%	4.2%
58th	Germany	7.67%	28.5%
59th	Côte d'Ivoire	7.77%	-12.3%
60th	Sierra Leone	7.96%	0.2%
61st	Costa Rica	8.26%	8.1%
62nd	Ghana	8.31%	11.0%
63rd	Azerbaijan	8.37%	147.0%
64th	Czechia	8.42%	64.0%
65th	Indonesia	8.55%	4.0%
66th	Korea	8.79%	17.4%
67th	Mongolia	8.82%	0.1%
68th	Madagascar	8.83%	0.4%
69th	Georgia	8.92%	-0.1%
70th	Ecuador	9.26%	1.4%
71st	Timor-Leste	9.46%	-0.5%
72nd	Philippines	9.48%	0.9%
73rd	Eritrea	9.81%	1.8%
74th	Comoros	9.86%	0.6%
75th	Iceland	9.89%	1.2%
76th	Uzbekistan	10.02%	73.0%
77th	Netherlands	10.13%	27.5%
78th	Afghanistan	10.17%	-0.4%
79th	Chile	10.52%	2.8%
80th	Fiji	10.73%	1.4%
81st	Estonia	10.87%	47.1%
82nd	Zimbabwe	10.99%	0.6%
83rd	Paraguay	11.24%	1.8%
84th	Central African Republic	11.39%	1.5%
85th	Brazil	11.41%	-13.1%
86th	Malta	11.65%	0.3%
87th	Dominican Republic	11.77%	-3.2%
88th	Nicaragua	11.90%	0.1%
89th	Portugal	12.10%	26.3%
90th	Guam	12.23%	45.6%
91st	Malaysia	12.35%	12.4%
92nd	Norway	12.96%	0.2%
93rd	Oman	13.14%	-1.8%
94th	Panama	13.19%	0.6%
95th	Cameroon	13.33%	0.6%
96th	United States	13.43%	-6.2%
97th	Syrian Arab Republic	13.57%	7.2%
98th	Russian Federation	13.66%	5.9%
99th	Vanuatu	13.89%	3.7%
100th	Equatorial Guinea	14.23%	2.1%
101st	Gambia, The	14.51%	0.3%
102nd	Channel Islands	14.57%	22.9%
103rd	Denmark	14.59%	18.5%
104th	Jamaica	14.74%	-1.0%
105th	Colombia	14.87%	-17.6%
106th	Mauritania	15.04%	-1.3%
107th	Belarus	15.09%	172.3%
108th	Brunei Darussalam	15.19%	3.4%
109th	Iraq	15.37%	0.4%
110th	West Bank and Gaza	15.80%	0.2%
111th	Cuba	15.96%	2.9%
112th	Rwanda	16.19%	0.2%
113th	El Salvador	16.85%	25.1%
114th	Yemen, Republic of	16.89%	-0.4%
115th	Haiti	17.16%	2.4%
116th	Canada	17.19%	-0.1%
117th	United Kingdom	17.40%	11.5%
118th	Türkiye	17.72%	9.0%
119th	New Zealand	17.86%	-6.7%
120th	South Sudan	18.07%	-1.2%
121st	Belgium	18.43%	39.6%
122nd	Australia	18.54%	-3.8%
123rd	Nepal	18.83%	0.1%
124th	Belize	19.00%	0.8%
125th	Lebanon	19.86%	0.8%
126th	São Tomé and Principe	19.88%	-1.0%
127th	India	20.35%	0.5%
128th	Morocco	20.38%	1.5%
129th	Israel	20.68%	-8.6%
130th	Lesotho	21.71%	0.6%
131st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	21.82%	-1.4%
132nd	Argentina	22.21%	60.9%
133rd	Sweden	22.35%	66.2%
134th	Cabo Verde	22.35%	0.0%
135th	Ireland	23.19%	8.8%
136th	Mauritius	23.25%	1.7%
137th	Uruguay	23.27%	-3.4%
138th	Virgin Islands (US)	23.43%	-1.5%
139th	Bahamas, The	23.45%	-14.5%
140th	European Union	23.65%	17.0%
141st	Hungary	23.83%	21.8%
142nd	Sudan	24.18%	-0.8%
143rd	Slovak Republic	24.18%	0.4%
144th	Lithuania	24.39%	1,046.6%
145th	France	25.20%	17.8%
146th	Romania	25.61%	-5.2%
147th	St. Lucia	26.71%	1.5%
148th	Guyana	27.01%	-3.0%
149th	Serbia	29.41%	0.0%
150th	Poland	29.74%	8.1%
151st	Slovenia	29.85%	13.0%
152nd	Italy	30.11%	7.1%
153rd	Greece	30.39%	12.7%
154th	Puerto Rico (US)	30.56%	-10.5%
155th	Latvia	30.56%	152.4%
156th	Tunisia	30.69%	2.1%
157th	Finland	30.80%	25.8%
158th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	30.89%	21.7%
159th	French Polynesia	31.19%	1.3%
160th	Saudi Arabia	32.50%	-0.6%
161st	Botswana	33.14%	12.4%
162nd	Bulgaria	33.23%	7.2%
163rd	Trinidad and Tobago	33.61%	-4.5%
164th	Sri Lanka	34.64%	-1.6%
165th	Zambia	34.74%	0.5%
166th	Namibia	34.88%	1.3%
167th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	35.27%	-0.2%
168th	Croatia	36.07%	-5.5%
169th	Suriname	36.50%	-12.9%
170th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	36.58%	1.5%
171st	Congo, Republic of	38.70%	0.6%
172nd	Albania	38.82%	-14.9%
173rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.01%	5.7%
174th	Angola	41.10%	2.4%
175th	Algeria	41.92%	7.4%
176th	Spain	42.20%	27.8%
177th	Jordan	42.22%	0.5%
178th	Gabon	42.48%	0.0%
179th	Eswatini	43.62%	3.8%
180th	Barbados	43.80%	4.1%
181st	New Caledonia	44.13%	1.2%
182nd	South Africa	44.32%	0.6%
183rd	Libya	44.87%	0.9%
184th	North Macedonia	48.88%	5.7%
185th	Montenegro	55.03%	0.3%
186th	Djibouti	61.55%	3.2%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's youth unemployment in 1993?▾

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment in 1993 was 34.64%. This ranked 164th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's youth unemployment change in 1993?▾

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment decreased by 1.6% in 1993 compared to 1992.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 1993?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 1993 at 61.55%.

What is the youth unemployment of Sri Lanka in 1993?▾

The youth unemployment of Sri Lanka in 1993 was 34.64%. This ranked 164th globally.

How does 1993 compare to 1992 for Sri Lanka's youth unemployment?▾

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment went from 35.21% in 1992 to 34.64% in 1993, a 1.6% decrease.

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