Annex table 8: Youth unemployment indicators continued Country or territory
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
17
10
1.6
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
150
Anguilla
2001
Antigua and Barbuda
2
1
0
2001
12
6
1
22
18
1.2
Argentina
2006
4282
1966
460
29
19
1.5
Aruba
1997
..
Bahamas
2007
Barbados
2003
Belize
2005
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil
5
1
25
17
1.5
32
6
22
17
1.3
36
21
5
29
24
1.2
58
29
6
29
14
2.1
2002
..
911
84
12
7
1.6
2006
..
..
3939
..
..
..
British Virgin Islands
1991
..
2
0
7
8
0.9
Cayman Islands
2007
5
3
0
11
11
1.0
Chile
2007
2880
963
180
23
16
1.4
Colombia
2007
10779
3928
827
28
16
1.7
Costa Rica
2007
903
464
50
15
8
1.8
Cuba
2007
..
..
37
..
..
..
Dominican Republic
2007
1816
953
289
45
21
2.1
Ecuador
2006
1767
907
148
23
12
1.9
El Salvador
2006
1346
640
79
10
14
0.7
French Guiana
2007
..
..
2
..
..
..
Grenada
1998
16
10
3
39
25
1.6
Guadeloupe
2006
..
..
8
..
..
..
Guatemala
1994
..
..
11
..
..
..
Guyana
2002
131
64
15
31
21
1.5
Haiti
1999
1554
497
89
21
15
1.4
Honduras
2005
1562
757
53
11
5
2.2
Jamaica
2006
..
..
46
..
..
..
Martinique
2007
..
..
8
..
..
..
Mexico
2007
19485
9239
618
8
6
1.2
Netherlands Antilles
2007
18
5
1
26
23
1.2
Nicaragua
2006
1237
591
51
10
8
1.2
Panama
2007
543
256
42
24
13
1.8
Paraguay
2007
1236
718
88
18
9
2.1
Peru
2007
1557
890
127
15
14
1.1
Puerto Rico
2007
525
167
37
19
24
0.8
Saint Lucia
2004
..
16
7
46
37
1.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1991
22
13
5
43
32
1.4