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Sri Lanka - Youth Unemployment 2002

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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

28.55% +3.54pp from 2001 Global rank: 156th

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment was 28.55% in 2002, increased +3.54pp from 25.01% in 2001. This was the 156th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2002▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 2002
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Benin	0.83%	-9.1%
2nd	Pakistan	0.95%	-0.8%
3rd	Chad	1.12%	0.3%
4th	Myanmar	1.33%	0.7%
5th	Cambodia	1.40%	7.4%
6th	Mali	2.11%	1.4%
7th	Qatar	2.73%	1.8%
8th	Senegal	2.94%	3.6%
9th	Liberia	3.10%	3.3%
10th	Guatemala	3.44%	0.1%
11th	Solomon Islands	3.70%	0.7%
12th	Lao PDR	3.75%	-5.9%
13th	Guinea-Bissau	3.83%	3.9%
14th	Niger	3.83%	23.3%
15th	Burundi	3.87%	0.2%
16th	Bahrain	4.16%	-2.4%
17th	Kuwait	4.22%	41.9%
18th	Burkina Faso	4.41%	3.6%
19th	Viet Nam	4.42%	-21.0%
20th	Netherlands	4.54%	5.0%
21st	Kyrgyz Republic	4.58%	5.9%
22nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.74%	3.3%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	4.94%	-2.7%
24th	Uganda	5.15%	-0.6%
25th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.21%	-1.6%
26th	Tanzania	5.45%	1.8%
27th	Bhutan	5.49%	-1.8%
28th	Switzerland	5.59%	-0.7%
29th	Guinea	5.64%	-0.7%
30th	Tajikistan	5.71%	4.4%
31st	Thailand	5.76%	-26.9%
32nd	Peru	5.94%	-2.2%
33rd	Mexico	6.09%	22.5%
34th	Iceland	6.16%	26.7%
35th	United Arab Emirates	6.18%	9.9%
36th	Mozambique	6.25%	2.5%
37th	Cuba	6.83%	-19.7%
38th	Kenya	6.89%	1.6%
39th	Malawi	6.94%	0.3%
40th	Luxembourg	6.95%	9.8%
41st	Honduras	6.96%	2.2%
42nd	Denmark	7.04%	-14.4%
43rd	Austria	7.14%	18.9%
44th	Nigeria	7.22%	-4.2%
45th	Sierra Leone	7.25%	-5.4%
46th	Côte d'Ivoire	7.28%	5.5%
47th	Togo	7.30%	-0.1%
48th	Ireland	7.36%	25.6%
49th	Cyprus	7.45%	-6.6%
50th	Madagascar	7.65%	-2.0%
51st	Bangladesh	7.78%	-11.8%
52nd	Korea	7.90%	-15.6%
53rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	8.00%	-0.8%
54th	China	8.92%	11.6%
55th	Maldives	8.95%	33.4%
56th	Philippines	9.17%	-2.6%
57th	Germany	9.29%	19.2%
58th	Ecuador	9.51%	11.2%
59th	Comoros	9.56%	-0.1%
60th	Mongolia	9.66%	1.7%
61st	Timor-Leste	9.72%	-2.6%
62nd	Zimbabwe	9.89%	-9.0%
63rd	Japan	10.06%	4.8%
64th	Cameroon	10.12%	-10.1%
65th	Afghanistan	10.18%	-0.9%
66th	Eritrea	10.43%	0.5%
67th	Portugal	10.45%	16.7%
68th	Singapore	10.77%	45.6%
69th	El Salvador	10.78%	-11.2%
70th	United Kingdom	10.78%	5.8%
71st	Macao SAR, China	10.84%	9.9%
72nd	Channel Islands	11.00%	4.6%
73rd	Central African Republic	11.02%	-0.2%
74th	Malaysia	11.19%	-1.8%
75th	Fiji	11.45%	2.3%
76th	New Zealand	11.73%	-3.0%
77th	Hungary	11.75%	6.5%
78th	Nicaragua	11.88%	3.2%
79th	Samoa	11.89%	2.1%
80th	United States	11.94%	13.8%
81st	Armenia	12.10%	-0.5%
82nd	Tonga	12.51%	8.6%
83rd	Dominican Republic	12.72%	-5.5%
84th	Australia	12.79%	-5.1%
85th	Sweden	12.92%	10.8%
86th	Norway	13.04%	7.3%
87th	Oman	13.53%	1.4%
88th	Canada	13.62%	5.8%
89th	Panama	13.85%	0.6%
90th	Ghana	14.26%	-7.3%
91st	Vanuatu	14.37%	0.8%
92nd	Costa Rica	14.46%	4.7%
93rd	Gambia, The	14.59%	2.9%
94th	Hong Kong SAR, China	14.81%	32.3%
95th	Slovenia	14.90%	-5.3%
96th	Equatorial Guinea	15.06%	0.5%
97th	Moldova	15.33%	-7.0%
98th	Rwanda	15.37%	-1.5%
99th	Malta	15.43%	-13.0%
100th	Mauritania	15.49%	0.5%
101st	Russian Federation	15.56%	-13.6%
102nd	Belgium	15.65%	2.1%
103rd	Czechia	15.98%	-3.5%
104th	Paraguay	16.53%	47.3%
105th	Jamaica	16.60%	0.3%
106th	Iraq	16.64%	4.3%
107th	Kazakhstan	16.70%	-10.8%
108th	Morocco	17.60%	-6.7%
109th	Brunei Darussalam	17.89%	2.4%
110th	South Sudan	18.45%	0.2%
111th	France	18.85%	5.2%
112th	Ukraine	18.93%	-8.5%
113th	Türkiye	18.94%	18.0%
114th	Nepal	18.96%	0.7%
115th	Yemen, Republic of	19.24%	1.5%
116th	Belarus	19.30%	-6.0%
117th	Turkmenistan	19.76%	-6.9%
118th	Estonia	20.19%	-15.3%
119th	Belize	20.36%	9.7%
120th	Bahamas, The	20.38%	34.0%
121st	Lithuania	20.42%	-35.2%
122nd	Lebanon	20.47%	-2.1%
123rd	Brazil	20.60%	2.9%
124th	Syrian Arab Republic	20.68%	-5.9%
125th	India	20.76%	1.7%
126th	Israel	20.85%	11.5%
127th	Trinidad and Tobago	20.93%	-2.2%
128th	European Union	20.99%	4.0%
129th	Uzbekistan	20.99%	-8.7%
130th	Virgin Islands (US)	21.23%	2.1%
131st	Indonesia	21.43%	12.6%
132nd	Spain	21.54%	4.0%
133rd	Azerbaijan	21.60%	-2.3%
134th	Lesotho	22.38%	0.1%
135th	Romania	22.69%	27.6%
136th	Barbados	22.99%	0.3%
137th	Puerto Rico (US)	23.33%	2.3%
138th	Saudi Arabia	23.89%	6.5%
139th	Guyana	23.90%	-1.6%
140th	Cabo Verde	23.98%	1.6%
141st	Sudan	24.12%	-0.4%
142nd	São Tomé and Principe	24.25%	12.2%
143rd	Chile	24.98%	1.7%
144th	Georgia	25.09%	33.6%
145th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	25.17%	3.7%
146th	Latvia	25.25%	4.5%
147th	Mauritius	25.74%	-7.6%
148th	Zambia	25.98%	8.1%
149th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	26.40%	-4.5%
150th	Suriname	26.45%	-8.1%
151st	Haiti	26.49%	12.7%
152nd	Greece	26.71%	-4.0%
153rd	Colombia	26.90%	-2.2%
154th	Guam	27.07%	-14.1%
155th	Italy	27.17%	-2.3%
156th	Sri Lanka	28.55%	14.1%
157th	Albania	28.77%	-3.5%
158th	Finland	28.80%	5.4%
159th	Tunisia	30.40%	1.7%
160th	Serbia	31.33%	9.3%
161st	French Polynesia	33.02%	0.7%
162nd	St. Lucia	33.51%	9.8%
163rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.70%	-0.2%
164th	Gabon	34.85%	-3.9%
165th	Jordan	35.35%	4.3%
166th	Bulgaria	35.61%	-8.9%
167th	Croatia	36.53%	-8.0%
168th	Slovak Republic	37.43%	-3.7%
169th	Uruguay	37.89%	10.0%
170th	Angola	38.43%	-1.4%
171st	West Bank and Gaza	38.74%	23.8%
172nd	Congo, Republic of	39.25%	-0.8%
173rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	41.07%	-1.2%
174th	Argentina	41.35%	11.7%
175th	Namibia	41.74%	2.7%
176th	New Caledonia	42.55%	-1.5%
177th	Poland	43.32%	7.3%
178th	South Africa	43.35%	0.3%
179th	Botswana	43.49%	10.8%
180th	Algeria	46.03%	-1.9%
181st	Libya	46.89%	0.5%
182nd	Eswatini	51.56%	2.4%
183rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54.88%	4.3%
184th	Montenegro	55.43%	-0.4%
185th	North Macedonia	58.44%	5.2%
186th	Djibouti	66.37%	1.1%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's youth unemployment in 2002?▾

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment in 2002 was 28.55%. This ranked 156th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's youth unemployment change in 2002?▾

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment increased by 14.1% in 2002 compared to 2001.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2002?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2002 at 66.37%.

What is the youth unemployment of Sri Lanka in 2002?▾

The youth unemployment of Sri Lanka in 2002 was 28.55%. This ranked 156th globally.

How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Sri Lanka's youth unemployment?▾

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment went from 25.01% in 2001 to 28.55% in 2002, a 14.1% increase.

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