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Rank	Country	Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%)
1	Armenia	57.6
2	Macedonia	54.9
3	South Africa	48.2
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.3
5	West Bank	46.9
6	Serbia	42.5
7	Namibia	41.7
8	Saint Lucia	40.8
9	Spain	37.9
10	Albania	35.5
11	Georgia	35.5
12	Latvia	33.8
13	French Polynesia	33.2
14	Tunisia	30.7
15	Dominican Republic	30.3
16	Lithuania	29.4
17	Saudi Arabia	28.2
18	Slovakia	27.3
19	Estonia	27.3
20	Jamaica	27.1
21	Jordan	27
22	Hungary	26.5
23	Barbados	26.2
24	Dominica	26
25	Greece	25.8
26	Puerto Rico	25.5
27	Italy	25.4
28	Turkey	25.3
29	Sweden	25
30	Zimbabwe	24.9
31	Ethiopia	24.9
32	Egypt	24.8
33	Ireland	24.3
34	Algeria	24.3
35	Guyana	24.1
36	Aruba	23.2
37	Colombia	23
38	Iran	23
39	France	22.6
40	Chile	22.6
41	Indonesia	22.2
42	Maldives	22.2
43	Lebanon	22.1
44	Morocco	21.9
45	Croatia	21.9
46	Belgium	21.9
47	Suriname	21.5
48	Mauritius	21.4
49	Sri Lanka	21.3
50	Argentina	21.2
51	Romania	20.8
52	Poland	20.7
53	Finland	20.5
54	Seychelles	20.3
55	Bahrain	20.1
56	Portugal	20
57	Mongolia	20
58	Uruguay	20
59	Antigua and Barbuda	19.9
60	Belize	19.5
61	Syria	19.1
62	United Kingdom	18.9
63	Bahamas, The	18.9
64	Russia	18.3
65	Brazil	17.8
66	United States	17.6
67	Philippines	17.4
68	Luxembourg	17.2
69	New Zealand	16.6
70	Czech Republic	16.6
71	Bulgaria	16.1
72	Iceland	16
73	Moldova	15.4
74	Canada	15.3
75	Panama	14.9
76	Ukraine	14.9
77	Senegal	14.8
78	Israel	14.7
79	Kyrgyzstan	14.6
80	Azerbaijan	14.4
81	Ecuador	14.1
82	Peru	14
83	Slovenia	13.6
84	Venezuela	13.6
85	Cayman Islands	13.5
86	Malta	13.3
87	Singapore	12.9
88	Hong Kong	12.6
89	Samoa	12.2
90	United Arab Emirates	12.1
91	Tonga	11.9
92	Paraguay	11.8
93	Australia	11.6
94	El Salvador	11.4
95	Kiribati	11.3
96	Denmark	11.2
97	Costa Rica	11
98	Germany	11
99	Malaysia	10.9
100	Trinidad and Tobago	10.5
101	India	10.5
102	Austria	10
103	Mexico	10
104	Korea, South	9.8
105	Faroe Islands	9.4
106	Bangladesh	9.3
107	Bolivia	9.2
108	Norway	9.2
109	Japan	9.1
110	Tanzania	8.8
111	Nicaragua	8.6
112	Switzerland	8.2
113	Pakistan	7.7
114	Macau	7.5
115	Isle of Man	7.2
116	Honduras	7
117	Kazakhstan	6.7
118	Netherlands	6.6
119	Bhutan	6.3
120	Northern Mariana Islands	5.9
121	Sierra Leone	5.2
122	Liberia	4.7
123	Vietnam	4.6
124	Thailand	4.3
125	Niger	3.2
126	Cuba	3.1
127	Madagascar	2.3
128	Qatar	1.6
129	Benin	0.8

Definition: This entry gives the percent of the total labor force ages 15-24 unemployed during a specified year.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 map

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