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Sri Lanka - Youth Unemployment 2003

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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

27.59% −0.96pp from 2002 Global rank: 155th

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment was 27.59% in 2003, decreased +0.96pp from 28.55% in 2002. This was the 155th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2003▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 2003
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.95%	-0.2%
2nd	Benin	0.98%	19.1%
3rd	Chad	1.10%	-1.8%
4th	Myanmar	1.35%	1.3%
5th	Cambodia	1.48%	6.1%
6th	Mali	2.02%	-4.2%
7th	Qatar	2.79%	2.4%
8th	Senegal	2.91%	-0.9%
9th	Liberia	3.25%	4.9%
10th	Lao PDR	3.46%	-7.6%
11th	Solomon Islands	3.54%	-4.2%
12th	Guinea-Bissau	3.85%	0.5%
13th	Burundi	3.85%	-0.4%
14th	Bahrain	4.04%	-2.8%
15th	Burkina Faso	4.34%	-1.7%
16th	Guatemala	4.43%	28.6%
17th	Niger	4.53%	18.2%
18th	Viet Nam	4.72%	6.8%
19th	Papua New Guinea	4.73%	-4.4%
20th	Cuba	4.74%	-30.6%
21st	Kyrgyz Republic	4.84%	5.8%
22nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.96%	4.5%
23rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.07%	-2.7%
24th	Thailand	5.19%	-9.9%
25th	Kuwait	5.22%	23.6%
26th	Uganda	5.33%	3.6%
27th	Bhutan	5.38%	-2.0%
28th	Tajikistan	5.52%	-3.4%
29th	Tanzania	5.54%	1.7%
30th	Guinea	5.69%	1.0%
31st	Mozambique	6.22%	-0.5%
32nd	Peru	6.36%	7.2%
33rd	Netherlands	6.53%	43.8%
34th	Bangladesh	6.61%	-15.1%
35th	Kenya	6.83%	-0.8%
36th	United Arab Emirates	6.83%	10.4%
37th	Malawi	6.85%	-1.3%
38th	Madagascar	6.88%	-10.1%
39th	Mexico	7.10%	16.5%
40th	Togo	7.17%	-1.7%
41st	Sierra Leone	7.21%	-0.6%
42nd	Nigeria	7.23%	0.2%
43rd	Austria	7.43%	4.1%
44th	Côte d'Ivoire	7.68%	5.5%
45th	Ireland	7.71%	4.7%
46th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	8.04%	0.6%
47th	Switzerland	8.49%	52.1%
48th	Cyprus	8.61%	15.6%
49th	Cameroon	8.92%	-11.8%
50th	Philippines	8.92%	-2.7%
51st	Zimbabwe	8.95%	-9.5%
52nd	Honduras	9.20%	32.1%
53rd	Korea	9.42%	19.3%
54th	China	9.62%	7.9%
55th	Denmark	9.80%	39.2%
56th	Singapore	9.85%	-8.5%
57th	Comoros	9.85%	3.1%
58th	Timor-Leste	9.95%	2.4%
59th	Afghanistan	10.16%	-0.2%
60th	Japan	10.20%	1.4%
61st	Eritrea	10.42%	-0.1%
62nd	New Zealand	10.49%	-10.6%
63rd	Mongolia	10.61%	9.8%
64th	Ecuador	10.85%	14.1%
65th	Luxembourg	10.89%	56.7%
66th	Central African Republic	10.95%	-0.6%
67th	Germany	11.02%	18.7%
68th	Maldives	11.12%	24.3%
69th	United Kingdom	11.24%	4.2%
70th	Malaysia	11.49%	2.7%
71st	Fiji	11.51%	0.6%
72nd	Macao SAR, China	11.81%	8.9%
73rd	Iceland	11.82%	91.9%
74th	Norway	11.83%	-9.3%
75th	El Salvador	11.90%	10.4%
76th	Australia	11.96%	-6.5%
77th	Nicaragua	12.02%	1.2%
78th	Armenia	12.04%	-0.5%
79th	Samoa	12.25%	3.0%
80th	Channel Islands	12.31%	11.9%
81st	United States	12.36%	3.6%
82nd	Ghana	13.05%	-8.5%
83rd	Hungary	13.17%	12.1%
84th	Paraguay	13.35%	-19.2%
85th	Dominican Republic	13.42%	5.5%
86th	Portugal	13.49%	29.1%
87th	Canada	13.62%	0.0%
88th	Tonga	13.87%	10.8%
89th	Panama	13.88%	0.2%
90th	Sweden	14.31%	10.7%
91st	Vanuatu	14.34%	-0.2%
92nd	Kazakhstan	14.35%	-14.1%
93rd	Gambia, The	14.52%	-0.5%
94th	Oman	14.57%	7.7%
95th	Hong Kong SAR, China	14.84%	0.2%
96th	Moldova	14.85%	-3.2%
97th	Costa Rica	15.05%	4.1%
98th	Equatorial Guinea	15.10%	0.2%
99th	Mauritania	15.13%	-2.3%
100th	Slovenia	15.35%	3.0%
101st	Rwanda	15.68%	2.1%
102nd	Jamaica	16.55%	-0.3%
103rd	Ukraine	16.88%	-10.8%
104th	Morocco	17.04%	-3.2%
105th	France	17.18%	-8.9%
106th	Iraq	17.27%	3.8%
107th	Czechia	17.56%	9.8%
108th	Russian Federation	17.56%	12.8%
109th	Malta	17.57%	13.9%
110th	Turkmenistan	17.97%	-9.0%
111th	Belarus	18.07%	-6.3%
112th	Brunei Darussalam	18.33%	2.4%
113th	South Sudan	18.55%	0.6%
114th	Uzbekistan	18.88%	-10.0%
115th	Azerbaijan	18.96%	-12.2%
116th	Belgium	18.98%	21.3%
117th	Nepal	19.05%	0.5%
118th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.43%	-6.0%
119th	Yemen, Republic of	19.60%	1.9%
120th	Romania	19.68%	-13.3%
121st	Lebanon	20.15%	-1.6%
122nd	Türkiye	20.25%	6.9%
123rd	Latvia	20.42%	-19.1%
124th	India	20.86%	0.5%
125th	European Union	20.95%	-0.2%
126th	Belize	21.00%	3.1%
127th	Brazil	21.38%	3.8%
128th	Trinidad and Tobago	21.43%	2.4%
129th	Indonesia	21.44%	0.0%
130th	Virgin Islands (US)	22.11%	4.1%
131st	Spain	22.33%	3.6%
132nd	Lesotho	22.39%	0.0%
133rd	Israel	22.41%	7.5%
134th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	22.68%	-9.9%
135th	São Tomé and Principe	22.72%	-6.3%
136th	Georgia	22.77%	-9.2%
137th	Guam	22.85%	-15.6%
138th	Guyana	23.30%	-2.5%
139th	Puerto Rico (US)	23.33%	0.0%
140th	Sudan	24.10%	0.0%
141st	Suriname	24.14%	-8.7%
142nd	Saudi Arabia	24.44%	2.3%
143rd	Cabo Verde	24.51%	2.2%
144th	Bahamas, The	24.65%	21.0%
145th	Chile	24.73%	-1.0%
146th	Colombia	25.15%	-6.5%
147th	Mauritius	25.25%	-1.9%
148th	Barbados	25.87%	12.5%
149th	Greece	26.50%	-0.8%
150th	Estonia	26.72%	32.3%
151st	Lithuania	26.93%	31.9%
152nd	Italy	26.98%	-0.7%
153rd	Bulgaria	27.06%	-24.0%
154th	Albania	27.52%	-4.4%
155th	Sri Lanka	27.59%	-3.4%
156th	Zambia	27.74%	6.8%
157th	Finland	28.10%	-2.4%
158th	Haiti	29.20%	10.2%
159th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	29.40%	11.4%
160th	Tunisia	30.66%	0.9%
161st	Argentina	32.92%	-20.4%
162nd	French Polynesia	33.26%	0.7%
163rd	Jordan	33.29%	-5.8%
164th	Slovak Republic	33.41%	-10.7%
165th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.65%	-0.2%
166th	Gabon	33.80%	-3.0%
167th	Serbia	35.06%	11.9%
168th	West Bank and Gaza	35.43%	-8.5%
169th	Croatia	36.09%	-1.2%
170th	St. Lucia	36.81%	9.9%
171st	Uruguay	38.09%	0.5%
172nd	Angola	38.40%	-0.1%
173rd	Congo, Republic of	39.80%	1.4%
174th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	40.35%	-1.8%
175th	New Caledonia	41.77%	-1.8%
176th	Poland	42.66%	-1.5%
177th	Namibia	42.87%	2.7%
178th	South Africa	43.80%	1.0%
179th	Algeria	43.86%	-4.7%
180th	Libya	46.70%	-0.4%
181st	Botswana	47.04%	8.2%
182nd	Eswatini	52.66%	2.1%
183rd	Montenegro	55.51%	0.1%
184th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	57.11%	4.1%
185th	North Macedonia	65.75%	12.5%
186th	Djibouti	66.64%	0.4%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's youth unemployment in 2003?▾

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment in 2003 was 27.59%. This ranked 155th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's youth unemployment change in 2003?▾

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment decreased by 3.4% in 2003 compared to 2002.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2003?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2003 at 66.64%.

What is the youth unemployment of Sri Lanka in 2003?▾

The youth unemployment of Sri Lanka in 2003 was 27.59%. This ranked 155th globally.

How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Sri Lanka's youth unemployment?▾

Sri Lanka's youth unemployment went from 28.55% in 2002 to 27.59% in 2003, a 3.4% decrease.

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