Annex table 8: Youth unemployment indicators continued Country or territory
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Year
Youth population (thousands)
Youth labour force (thousands)
Unemployed youth (thousands)
Female youth unemployment rate (percentage)
Male youth unemployment rate (percentage)
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment
Hong Kong, China SAR
2007
899
386
35
7
11
0.7
India
2004
177270
80119
8435
11
10
1.0
Indonesia
2007
..
22513
5660
27
24
1.1
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2007
16671
5264
1174
30
20
1.5
Israel
2007
1152
373
60
17
15
1.1
Japan
2007
13590
6100
470
7
8
0.9
Kazakhstan
2004
2713
1343
192
16
13
1.2
Korea, Republic of
2007
5937
1671
148
7
11
0.6
Kyrgyzstan
2006
1075
500
73
16
14
1.2
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
1995
820
608
30
4
6
0.6
Lebanon
2004
..
216
45
..
..
..
Macau, China SAR
2007
99
44
3
4
9
0.4
Malaysia
2007
..
2092
228
12
11
1.1
Maldives
2006
75
40
9
31
16
2.0
Mongolia
2003
457
199
40
21
20
1.1
Nepal
1999
3456
2818
84
2
4
0.6
Pakistan
2007
31957
14139
1057
9
7
1.3
Occupied Palestinian Territories
2007
..
194
68
43
34
1.3
Papua New Guinea
2000
1029
609
32
..
..
..
Philippines
2007
17366
7680
1145
17
14
1.2
Qatar
2004
102
43
5
30
8
3.9
Saudi Arabia
2007
..
..
236
..
..
..
Singapore
2007
487
180
16
11
7
1.6
Sri Lanka
2007
1195
254
28
17
1.6
Syrian Arab Republic
2003
3691
1499
292
33
16
2.1
Taiwan, Province of China
2007
..
973
103
..
..
..
Thailand
2007
10540
5214
233
4
5
0.9
Turkey
2008
11239
4152
752
18
18
1.0
United Arab Emirates
2005
666
332
27
13
7
2.0
Viet Nam
2004
15524
9276
428
5
4
1.1
Yemen
1999
..
..
227
..
..
..
Albania
2001
527
315
112
27
42
0.7
Austria
2008
994
604
49
8
8
1.0
Belgium
2008
1298
434
78
19
17
1.1
EUROPE