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

Palestine, State of: Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below was 0.3% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.3%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
36th
of 104 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2002
All-time low
0.1%
in 2000
Years of data
16
1998–2017

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

0.10.20.30.40.51998200720171998: 0.234 % of youth labor force with low education1999: 0.144 % of youth labor force with low education2000: 0.138 % of youth labor force with low education2001: 0.361 % of youth labor force with low education2002: 0.457 % of youth labor force with low education2003: 0.43 % of youth labor force with low education2004: 0.374 % of youth labor force with low education2005: 0.389 % of youth labor force with low education2006: 0.351 % of youth labor force with low education2007: 0.319 % of youth labor force with low education2008: 0.388 % of youth labor force with low education2009: 0.313 % of youth labor force with low education2010: 0.273 % of youth labor force with low education2011: 0.339 % of youth labor force with low education2016: 0.31 % of youth labor force with low education2017: 0.31 % of youth labor force with low education

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

Analysis

In 2017, youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of stood at 0.3%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.5% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.

That places Palestine, State of 36th out of 104 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Youth unemployment 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 0.2%
1999 0.1% -38.2%
2000 0.1% -4.6%
2001 0.4% +162.5%
2002 0.5% +26.4%
2003 0.4% -5.8%
2004 0.4% -13.2%
2005 0.4% +4.0%
2006 0.4% -9.8%
2007 0.3% -8.9%
2008 0.4% +21.6%
2009 0.3% -19.4%
2010 0.3% -12.8%
2011 0.3% +24.2%
2016 0.3% -8.5%
2017 0.3% +0.0%

Palestine, State of compared with similar countries

  • Palestine, State of's 0.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 4.4× the median. (26 countries reporting)
  • Palestine, State of's 0.3% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.3%, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2001 +162.5% 0.1% 0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 2
2000s 0.4% 0.1% 0.5% 10
2010s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 4

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

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  3. 35 Brazil 0.3% compare
  4. 37 Jamaica 0.3% compare
  5. 38 Serbia 0.3% compare
  6. 39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of?
Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Palestine, State of was 0.3% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2002.
What is the lowest youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
How does Palestine, State of rank for youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below?
Palestine, State of ranks 36th out of 104 countries with data for 2017.
Is youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Youth unemployment 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 unemployment 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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