Unemployment with primary education (% of total unemployment) - Unemployment - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators



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Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
Unemployment with primary education (% of total unemployment) - Unemployment - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)95.7
2Dominica (1997)91.3
3Bahamas (2007)89.2
4Aruba (1997)89.2
5Montenegro (2005)89.1
6Barbados (2003)85
7Brunei Darussalam (2003)84.2
8Malta (2007)80.4
9Colombia (2007)76.6
10Syria (2002)75.2
11St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991)74.7
12Ecuador (2006)74
13Nicaragua (2006)72.8
14New Caledonia (1996)70.8
15Gabon (1993)70.2
16Netherlands Antilles (2007)68.7
17Portugal (2007)68.1
18Japan (2007)67.2
19Tajikistan (2007)66.5
20Botswana (2003)65.5
21Costa Rica (2007)65.2
22Honduras (1998)63.1
23Rwanda (2000)60.7
24Iceland (2002)60.4
25Bolivia (2000)60.2
26Algeria (2004)59.3
27Uruguay (2007)59.1
28Macau (2007)58.9
29Venezuela (1999)57.9
30Central African Republic (1995)57.4
31El Salvador (1998)57.1
32Albania (2002)56.4
33Trinidad and Tobago (2002)55.6
34Spain (2007)54.8
35West Bank and Gaza (2007)54.3
36St. Lucia (2000)53.5
37Belize (2005)52.7
38Turkey (2007)52.3
39Luxembourg (2007)51.8
40Fiji (2005)51.6
41Brazil (2006)51.6
42Latin America & Caribbean (2006)51.56
43Morocco (2005)51.1
44Mexico (2007)50.7
45Paraguay (2007)49.9
46Argentina (2008)48.07
47Australia (2007)48
48Burkina Faso (2000)47
49Italy (2007)46.5
50Chad (1993)45.6
51Sri Lanka (2007)45.4
52Indonesia (2007)44.4
53Mauritius (2007)44.2
54Madagascar (2005)43.86
55Oman (1996)43.7
56Cuba (2007)43
57Belgium (2006)42.1
58Iran (2005)41.8
59Bulgaria (2007)41.8
60Tunisia (2005)41.43
61Euro area (2007)41.37
62Netherlands (2007)41.3
63Hong Kong (2007)40.8
64Thailand (2007)40.5
65Senegal (2006)40.2
66France (2007)39.9
67Ireland (2007)39.8
68Austria (2007)37.9
69Upper middle income (2007)37.34
70United Kingdom (2007)37.3
71South Africa (2007)36.2
72Panama (2007)36
73Denmark (2007)35.9
74Ethiopia (2005)35.9
75High income: OECD (2007)35.75
76Finland (2007)35.5
77High income (2007)35.32
78Mongolia (2004)35.1
79Dominican Republic (2007)35
80Hungary (2007)33.1
81Germany (2007)33.1
82Bangladesh (2005)33
83Sweden (2007)32.2
84Singapore (2007)31
85New Zealand (2007)30.6
86Peru (2007)30
87Suriname (1997)29.7
88Greece (2007)29.3
89Slovakia (2007)29.2
90India (2005)29
91Switzerland (2007)28.8
92San Marino (2007)28.6
93Canada (2007)27.7
94South Asia (2004)27.56
95Czech Republic (2007)26.8
96Saudi Arabia (2007)26.2
97Cyprus (2007)26
98Romania (2007)25.8
99Europe & Central Asia (2007)25.73
100Norway (2007)25.4
101Slovenia (2007)25
102Qatar (1997)24.3
103Latvia (2007)24.3
104United Arab Emirates (2005)24.3
105Estonia (2007)23.1
106Bahrain (2007)22.7
107Croatia (2007)20.4
108Serbia (2008)20.32
109Kuwait (2006)19.4
110United States (2007)18.7
111Chile (2008)17.8
112Zimbabwe (1999)16.5
113Poland (2007)16.4
114North Korea (2007)15.2
115South Korea (2007)15.2
116Pakistan (2007)14.3
117Lithuania (2007)14.2
118Russia (2007)13.7
119Philippines (2007)13.6
120Kyrgyzstan (2006)13.3
121Malaysia (2007)13.3
122Israel (2007)12.2
123Belarus (2007)10
124Jamaica (2006)9.7
125Bermuda (2000)9.3
126Ukraine (2007)8.5
127Djibouti (1991)8.4
128Kazakhstan (2004)7.3
129Azerbaijan (2007)6.3
130Armenia (2007)5.2
131Georgia (2007)5.1
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