Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below was 0.7% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.7%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
69th
of 104 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2000
All-time low
0.5%
in 2002
Years of data
16
1998–2017

Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

00.20.40.60.81998200720171998: 0.766 % of youth labor force with low education1999: 0.856 % of youth labor force with low education2000: 0.862 % of youth labor force with low education2001: 0.639 % of youth labor force with low education2002: 0.543 % of youth labor force with low education2003: 0.57 % of youth labor force with low education2004: 0.626 % of youth labor force with low education2005: 0.611 % of youth labor force with low education2006: 0.649 % of youth labor force with low education2007: 0.681 % of youth labor force with low education2008: 0.612 % of youth labor force with low education2009: 0.687 % of youth labor force with low education2010: 0.727 % of youth labor force with low education2011: 0.661 % of youth labor force with low education2016: 0.69 % of youth labor force with low education2017: 0.69 % of youth labor force with low education

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of youth labor force with low education.

Analysis

The most recent figure for youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of is 0.7%, measured in 2017.

That represents a change of up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2002.

Palestine, State of ranks 69th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of youth labor force with low education) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of youth labor force with low education Change
1998 0.8%
1999 0.9% +11.7%
2000 0.9% +0.8%
2001 0.6% -25.9%
2002 0.5% -15.0%
2003 0.6% +4.9%
2004 0.6% +9.9%
2005 0.6% -2.4%
2006 0.6% +6.2%
2007 0.7% +4.8%
2008 0.6% -10.1%
2009 0.7% +12.3%
2010 0.7% +5.8%
2011 0.7% -9.1%
2016 0.7% +4.3%
2017 0.7% +0.0%

Palestine, State of compared with similar countries

  • Palestine, State of's 0.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9%, 74% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
  • Palestine, State of's 0.7% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.7%, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 2
2000s 0.6% 0.5% 0.9% 10
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 4

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7% compare
  2. 67 Serbia 0.7% compare
  3. 68 Jamaica 0.7% compare
  4. 70 Brazil 0.7% compare
  5. 71 Luxembourg 0.6% compare
  6. 72 Poland 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of?
Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of was 0.7% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2000.
What is the lowest youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2002.
How does Palestine, State of rank for youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below?
Palestine, State of ranks 69th out of 104 countries with data for 2017.
Is youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of youth labor force with low education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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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