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Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of youth labor force with low education) by country

Countries reporting
103
Highest
1.0%
Armenia
Lowest
0.0%
Ukraine
Median
0.8%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,416

What the numbers show

Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of youth labor force with low education) is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Armenia; the lowest is 0.0% in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 0.7%.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 119.2%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 100.0%).

Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 1.0% 2020 up 27.7% falling
1 Denmark 1.0% 2016 — rising
1 Iceland 1.0% 2015 unchanged falling
1 Kyrgyzstan 1.0% 2020 up 9.0% rising
1 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Lithuania 1.0% 2016 up 44.0% volatile
1 Republic of Moldova 1.0% 2021 up 11.6% falling
1 Norway 1.0% 2016 unchanged falling
9 China 1.0% 2013 up 12.1% rising
10 Togo 1.0% 2018 up 5.3% rising
11 Malawi 1.0% 2019 up 0.5% flat
12 Senegal 1.0% 2018 up 15.2% rising
13 Niger 1.0% 2018 up 19.0% rising
14 Madagascar 1.0% 2012 up 15.2% rising
15 Ecuador 1.0% 2021 up 8.2% flat
16 Guatemala 1.0% 2019 up 2.3% flat
17 Cambodia 1.0% 2012 up 2.2% flat
18 Nigeria 1.0% 2018 up 16.4% falling
19 Guinea 1.0% 2018 down 0.3% flat
20 Ghana 1.0% 2016 up 4.7% flat
21 Tajikistan 1.0% 2013 up 2.3% rising
22 Thailand 1.0% 2021 down 1.9% flat
23 Peru 1.0% 2021 down 0.7% flat
24 Mozambique 1.0% 2014 up 2.6% flat
25 Uganda 1.0% 2016 down 2.0% flat
26 Ethiopia 1.0% 2021 down 3.4% flat
27 Nepal 1.0% 2014 down 1.6% flat
28 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9% 2018 down 0.4% flat
29 Egypt 0.9% 2019 down 1.0% falling
30 Honduras 0.9% 2019 down 2.9% flat
31 El Salvador 0.9% 2019 down 0.0% rising
32 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 15.9% flat
33 Mexico 0.9% 2020 up 3.0% flat
34 Nicaragua 0.9% 2014 down 0.5% rising
35 Paraguay 0.9% 2021 down 0.3% flat
36 Pakistan 0.9% 2020 down 6.2% falling
37 France 0.9% 2016 up 46.7% flat
38 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9% 2020 down 5.6% flat
39 Dominican Republic 0.9% 2013 down 0.3% rising
40 Bangladesh 0.9% 2016 down 1.0% flat
41 Indonesia 0.9% 2019 up 4.0% falling
42 Philippines 0.9% 2019 up 0.9% rising
43 Panama 0.9% 2021 down 3.4% rising
44 Kenya 0.9% 2019 up 3.3% rising
45 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2006 up 2.5% falling
46 Netherlands 0.9% 2016 down 14.8% falling
47 Belize 0.9% 1999 down 5.7% falling
48 India 0.8% 2019 down 9.5% falling
49 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8% 2011 up 13.3% rising
50 Morocco 0.8% 2013 down 3.7% flat
51 Romania 0.8% 2018 up 9.3% rising
52 Mongolia 0.8% 2021 down 17.6% falling
53 Argentina 0.8% 2021 down 2.4% falling
54 Zambia 0.8% 2015 down 13.6% falling
55 Belarus 0.8% 2010 up 119.2% volatile
56 Colombia 0.8% 2021 down 1.6% flat
57 Uruguay 0.8% 2021 down 0.7% rising
58 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2019 up 14.3% rising
59 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 up 1.1% falling
60 Chile 0.8% 2017 down 2.8% falling
61 Costa Rica 0.8% 2021 down 6.8% falling
62 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 down 20.5% falling
63 Mauritius 0.7% 2017 down 7.1% rising
64 Namibia 0.7% 2015 up 15.0% rising
65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7% 2021 down 25.9% falling
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7% 2019 up 63.5% rising
67 Serbia 0.7% 2018 up 40.5% rising
68 Jamaica 0.7% 2002 up 11.3% rising
69 Palestine, State of 0.7% 2017 up 1.4% falling
70 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 17.1% falling
71 Luxembourg 0.6% 2016 down 14.2% falling
72 Poland 0.6% 2019 down 6.7% falling
73 Tunisia 0.6% 2015 down 11.8% falling
74 Belgium 0.6% 2003 down 26.9% falling
75 Jordan 0.6% 2016 down 13.7% flat
76 Puerto Rico 0.6% 2005 up 20.5% falling
77 Albania 0.6% 2019 down 30.2% falling
78 Sweden 0.6% 2016 down 22.0% volatile
79 North Macedonia 0.5% 2020 up 34.8% rising
80 Latvia 0.5% 2016 up 16.0% falling
81 Germany 0.5% 2011 down 37.7% falling
82 Montenegro 0.5% 2010 down 7.9% falling
83 Kosovo 0.4% 2017 down 34.3% volatile
83 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2017 down 34.3% volatile
85 Gambia 0.4% 2020 down 53.9% falling
86 Estonia 0.4% 2016 down 53.1% falling
87 South Africa 0.4% 2020 down 16.0% falling
88 Portugal 0.3% 2016 down 53.9% falling
89 Ireland 0.3% 2016 down 55.8% volatile
90 Djibouti 0.3% 2017 up 35.4% rising
91 Spain 0.3% 2016 down 60.7% falling
92 Greece 0.3% 2016 down 66.6% falling
93 Georgia 0.3% 2020 down 70.4% falling
94 Hungary 0.3% 2016 down 35.6% volatile
95 Cyprus 0.3% 2016 down 71.6% falling
96 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 down 66.3% falling
97 Slovenia 0.1% 2013 down 82.8% volatile
98 Italy 0.1% 2016 down 87.7% falling
99 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 down 99.6% rising
100 Czechia 0.0% 2011 down 100.0% volatile
100 Russian Federation 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% falling
100 Slovakia 0.0% 2016 — volatile
100 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of youth labor force with low education)
Unit
% of youth labor force with low education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
104 places, 1,416 data points, 1970–2021
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