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Uzbekistan - Youth Unemployment 1998

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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

26.79% +4.84pp from 1997 Global rank: 153rd

Uzbekistan's youth unemployment was 26.79% in 1998, increased +4.84pp from 21.94% in 1997. This was the 153rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.97%	0.4%
2nd	Cambodia	1.04%	9.9%
3rd	Chad	1.04%	1.2%
4th	Benin	1.19%	-5.7%
5th	Myanmar	1.37%	0.9%
6th	Mali	2.09%	-3.2%
7th	Kuwait	2.67%	-2.8%
8th	Qatar	2.70%	-2.0%
9th	Senegal	2.89%	-0.1%
10th	Liberia	2.96%	-3.7%
11th	Niger	3.01%	-5.2%
12th	Guatemala	3.34%	0.0%
13th	Maldives	3.39%	17.8%
14th	Solomon Islands	3.45%	2.9%
15th	Kyrgyz Republic	3.53%	7.0%
16th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.67%	5.5%
17th	Burkina Faso	3.86%	1.3%
18th	Burundi	3.88%	0.5%
19th	Guinea-Bissau	3.97%	8.0%
20th	Bahrain	4.08%	0.7%
21st	Bhutan	4.22%	0.2%
22nd	Viet Nam	4.77%	-20.5%
23rd	United Arab Emirates	4.79%	4.3%
24th	Lao PDR	4.82%	-3.2%
25th	Uganda	5.09%	4.6%
26th	Papua New Guinea	5.25%	-0.3%
27th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.25%	0.3%
28th	Côte d'Ivoire	5.60%	3.1%
29th	Guinea	5.62%	0.2%
30th	Mozambique	5.63%	-1.1%
31st	Tanzania	5.76%	-1.5%
32nd	Switzerland	5.77%	-3.7%
33rd	Cyprus	5.89%	-4.4%
34th	Peru	6.02%	4.3%
35th	Luxembourg	6.43%	-11.9%
36th	Kenya	6.62%	1.3%
37th	Malawi	6.66%	3.4%
38th	China	6.67%	1.6%
39th	Mexico	6.70%	-12.5%
40th	Iceland	6.78%	-13.5%
41st	Honduras	6.84%	20.8%
42nd	Togo	6.90%	3.0%
43rd	Tajikistan	6.96%	11.4%
44th	Denmark	7.17%	-11.5%
45th	Nigeria	7.41%	-0.6%
46th	Austria	7.49%	-0.9%
47th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	7.51%	8.6%
48th	Thailand	7.66%	242.1%
49th	Singapore	7.67%	45.0%
50th	Sierra Leone	7.70%	-2.0%
51st	Japan	7.73%	16.3%
52nd	Bangladesh	8.18%	10.5%
53rd	Madagascar	8.48%	-0.7%
54th	Tonga	8.52%	16.4%
55th	Netherlands	8.53%	-10.3%
56th	Mongolia	8.93%	2.5%
57th	Macao SAR, China	9.14%	27.7%
58th	Ecuador	9.26%	-2.3%
59th	Samoa	9.36%	10.8%
60th	Philippines	9.36%	2.0%
61st	Paraguay	9.48%	-16.0%
62nd	Portugal	9.49%	-33.2%
63rd	Germany	9.79%	-8.2%
64th	Comoros	9.90%	0.7%
65th	Eritrea	10.03%	1.3%
66th	Malaysia	10.09%	29.6%
67th	Armenia	10.12%	-11.2%
68th	Timor-Leste	10.16%	1.4%
69th	Afghanistan	10.17%	0.1%
70th	Hong Kong SAR, China	10.42%	101.5%
71st	United States	10.42%	-8.8%
72nd	Ireland	10.87%	-27.2%
73rd	Fiji	11.06%	0.8%
74th	Central African Republic	11.12%	-0.6%
75th	Nicaragua	11.34%	1.4%
76th	Cameroon	11.65%	-1.9%
77th	Malta	11.74%	0.1%
78th	Costa Rica	11.86%	0.2%
79th	Dominican Republic	12.09%	0.4%
80th	El Salvador	12.20%	-11.6%
81st	United Kingdom	12.32%	-8.5%
82nd	Czechia	12.44%	48.1%
83rd	Norway	12.49%	-13.5%
84th	Cuba	12.56%	-11.6%
85th	Ghana	12.90%	7.4%
86th	Channel Islands	13.13%	-10.0%
87th	Oman	13.55%	2.6%
88th	Syrian Arab Republic	13.73%	1.7%
89th	Panama	13.74%	-1.2%
90th	Zimbabwe	13.97%	-9.0%
91st	Vanuatu	14.02%	0.1%
92nd	Türkiye	14.11%	-1.5%
93rd	Australia	14.46%	-8.7%
94th	Gambia, The	14.51%	-0.8%
95th	Equatorial Guinea	14.63%	0.7%
96th	Rwanda	14.69%	1.8%
97th	Estonia	14.84%	-19.5%
98th	New Zealand	15.01%	10.3%
99th	Canada	15.14%	-6.9%
100th	Mauritania	15.20%	1.6%
101st	Iraq	15.29%	-1.2%
102nd	West Bank and Gaza	15.60%	-0.3%
103rd	Korea	15.72%	110.5%
104th	Hungary	15.94%	-8.8%
105th	Bahamas, The	16.10%	-30.0%
106th	Jamaica	16.39%	2.4%
107th	Indonesia	16.75%	12.1%
108th	Brunei Darussalam	16.83%	2.7%
109th	Israel	16.94%	12.7%
110th	Sweden	17.02%	-19.7%
111th	Haiti	17.17%	2.6%
112th	Romania	17.31%	-3.7%
113th	Slovenia	17.64%	7.0%
114th	Chile	17.86%	1.5%
115th	South Sudan	17.95%	0.4%
116th	Yemen, Republic of	18.06%	1.5%
117th	Guam	18.16%	-19.3%
118th	Azerbaijan	18.65%	10.7%
119th	Moldova	18.80%	25.6%
120th	Nepal	18.89%	0.1%
121st	Brazil	19.25%	15.9%
122nd	São Tomé and Principe	19.65%	-0.2%
123rd	Morocco	20.00%	-3.0%
124th	India	20.22%	0.2%
125th	Belgium	20.39%	-4.2%
126th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	20.78%	6.0%
127th	Poland	20.90%	-6.6%
128th	Zambia	21.02%	-10.0%
129th	Lebanon	21.04%	-0.3%
130th	Ukraine	21.19%	26.7%
131st	Virgin Islands (US)	21.43%	-3.5%
132nd	European Union	21.81%	-6.4%
133rd	Lesotho	22.10%	0.6%
134th	Uruguay	22.88%	-19.0%
135th	Cabo Verde	22.89%	1.0%
136th	Kazakhstan	23.26%	1.1%
137th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	23.27%	-3.1%
138th	Turkmenistan	23.33%	11.3%
139th	Sudan	23.98%	0.1%
140th	Suriname	24.15%	-7.1%
141st	Georgia	24.32%	26.4%
142nd	Barbados	24.47%	-19.1%
143rd	Saudi Arabia	24.52%	-8.1%
144th	Slovak Republic	24.73%	9.7%
145th	Bulgaria	24.94%	-10.4%
146th	Belarus	24.96%	-17.5%
147th	Mauritius	25.10%	1.7%
148th	Puerto Rico (US)	25.11%	-8.0%
149th	Guyana	25.23%	-0.6%
150th	Lithuania	25.24%	-0.2%
151st	Sri Lanka	25.73%	-18.4%
152nd	France	25.90%	-9.3%
153rd	Uzbekistan	26.79%	22.1%
154th	Latvia	26.95%	-2.5%
155th	Trinidad and Tobago	26.98%	-1.6%
156th	Russian Federation	27.14%	15.2%
157th	Colombia	27.61%	22.8%
158th	Argentina	27.74%	-14.0%
159th	Belize	28.26%	12.9%
160th	Serbia	30.64%	-0.6%
161st	Tunisia	31.29%	-1.8%
162nd	Jordan	31.53%	1.4%
163rd	Albania	31.78%	19.4%
164th	Croatia	31.85%	13.2%
165th	Greece	32.18%	0.3%
166th	French Polynesia	32.50%	0.4%
167th	Italy	33.80%	-2.3%
168th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.17%	-0.5%
169th	Finland	34.36%	-2.4%
170th	St. Lucia	34.70%	6.8%
171st	Spain	35.40%	-9.3%
172nd	Gabon	37.11%	-2.0%
173rd	Angola	38.40%	1.1%
174th	Botswana	38.70%	3.4%
175th	Congo, Republic of	38.91%	0.1%
176th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	39.72%	2.5%
177th	South Africa	42.64%	1.3%
178th	Namibia	44.20%	-5.1%
179th	Algeria	44.59%	6.7%
180th	New Caledonia	45.08%	0.7%
181st	Eswatini	45.76%	3.6%
182nd	Libya	46.04%	0.7%
183rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.43%	3.8%
184th	Montenegro	55.39%	0.1%
185th	North Macedonia	61.62%	-3.5%
186th	Djibouti	64.15%	1.2%

FAQ

What was Uzbekistan's youth unemployment in 1998?▾

Uzbekistan's youth unemployment in 1998 was 26.79%. This ranked 153rd globally.

How did Uzbekistan's youth unemployment change in 1998?▾

Uzbekistan's youth unemployment increased by 22.1% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 1998?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 1998 at 64.15%.

What is the youth unemployment of Uzbekistan in 1998?▾

The youth unemployment of Uzbekistan in 1998 was 26.79%. This ranked 153rd globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Uzbekistan's youth unemployment?▾

Uzbekistan's youth unemployment went from 21.94% in 1997 to 26.79% in 1998, a 22.1% increase.

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