Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural youth labor force) by country

Countries reporting
94
Highest
0.7%
Gambia
Lowest
0.0%
China
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,311

What the numbers show

Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural youth labor force) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in Gambia; the lowest is 0.0% in China.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 1,638.1%), and the largest decrease in China (down 100.0%).

Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, rural: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gambia 0.7% 2020 up 1,638.1% volatile
2 South Africa 0.7% 2020 up 22.7% rising
3 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.6% 2017 down 23.9% falling
3 Kosovo 0.6% 2017 down 23.9% falling
5 Djibouti 0.6% 2017 down 32.0% falling
6 Spain 0.5% 2016 up 146.6% rising
7 Greece 0.5% 2016 up 71.8% rising
8 Georgia 0.5% 2020 up 114.6% volatile
9 Croatia 0.5% 2016 down 16.8% falling
10 Jordan 0.5% 2016 up 24.2% flat
11 Italy 0.5% 2016 up 74.2% rising
12 Bulgaria 0.4% 2016 up 96.2% rising
13 Tunisia 0.4% 2015 up 42.1% rising
14 Russian Federation 0.4% 2016 up 362.2% volatile
15 Ukraine 0.4% 2014 down 26.3% falling
16 Sri Lanka 0.4% 2019 down 20.4% falling
17 Finland 0.4% 2016 up 74.3% falling
18 Jamaica 0.3% 2002 down 18.4% falling
19 Cyprus 0.3% 2016 up 143.5% rising
20 Namibia 0.3% 2015 up 226.4% rising
21 North Macedonia 0.3% 2020 down 35.8% falling
22 Portugal 0.3% 2016 up 74.0% rising
23 Hungary 0.3% 2016 up 23.7% rising
24 Slovakia 0.3% 2016 down 8.3% rising
25 Rwanda 0.3% 2021 up 374.3% volatile
26 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3% 2002 up 134.1% rising
27 Serbia 0.3% 2018 down 35.2% falling
28 Armenia 0.2% 2020 down 40.9% falling
29 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 up 57.7% rising
30 Brazil 0.2% 2021 up 231.8% volatile
31 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 up 39.3% rising
32 Estonia 0.2% 2016 up 114.8% falling
33 India 0.2% 2019 up 149.7% volatile
34 Poland 0.2% 2019 up 9.8% falling
35 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 up 41.0% volatile
36 Latvia 0.2% 2016 up 14.8% rising
37 Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 81.5% volatile
38 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 40.3% rising
39 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 up 45.4% rising
40 France 0.2% 2016 up 8.9% rising
41 Morocco 0.2% 2013 up 189.9% rising
42 Romania 0.2% 2018 up 20.2% rising
43 Czechia 0.2% 2016 down 35.0% rising
44 Palestine, State of 0.2% 2017 down 57.1% falling
45 Zambia 0.2% 2015 up 397.6% volatile
46 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 1.9% rising
47 Egypt 0.1% 2019 down 17.9% rising
48 Belgium 0.1% 2003 down 13.9% falling
49 Türkiye 0.1% 2013 down 5.7% rising
50 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 down 28.5% volatile
51 Philippines 0.1% 2019 up 6.4% falling
52 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2017 down 23.3% falling
53 Bangladesh 0.1% 2016 up 40.9% rising
54 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 down 8.1% volatile
55 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 down 18.4% rising
56 Sweden 0.1% 2016 down 32.4% falling
57 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 162.5% rising
58 Belarus 0.1% 2010 up 272.7% volatile
59 Netherlands 0.1% 2004 down 2.8% falling
60 Korea 0.1% 2017 up 51.8% rising
61 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 up 30.1% volatile
62 Norway 0.1% 2016 down 20.8% falling
63 Germany 0.1% 2011 up 14.4% rising
64 Denmark 0.1% 2016 down 22.8% rising
65 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 87.2% falling
66 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 1,004.1% volatile
67 United States of America 0.1% 2018 down 57.7% rising
68 Paraguay 0.1% 2021 down 5.8% rising
69 Iceland 0.1% 2015 up 46.2% volatile
70 Mongolia 0.1% 2021 up 2.1% volatile
71 El Salvador 0.1% 2019 up 50.3% falling
72 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 798.1% volatile
73 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1% 2018 up 34.3% volatile
74 Honduras 0.1% 2019 up 82.1% rising
75 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 down 0.6% falling
76 Mexico 0.0% 2020 down 21.5% falling
77 Nigeria 0.0% 2018 down 73.8% volatile
78 Thailand 0.0% 2021 up 210.1% volatile
79 Ecuador 0.0% 2021 down 46.4% rising
80 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0% 2016 down 80.3% falling
81 Austria 0.0% 2003 down 6.6% falling
82 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 754.4% volatile
83 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 40.6% falling
84 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0% 2021 up 149.4% volatile
85 Ghana 0.0% 2016 down 39.7% volatile
86 Uganda 0.0% 2016 up 35.0% rising
87 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 145.1% volatile
88 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 down 46.4% rising
89 Tajikistan 0.0% 2013 down 55.3% volatile
90 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 down 83.0% volatile
91 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 down 60.7% volatile
92 Peru 0.0% 2021 down 33.8% falling
93 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 61.1% volatile
94 China 0.0% 2013 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural youth labor force)
Unit
% of rural youth labor force
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,311 data points, 1970–2021
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