Canada
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As of 2025 | % of labour force ages 15–24
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.80% |
| 2024 | 13.28% |
| 2023 | 10.81% |
| 2022 | 10.08% |
| 2021 | 13.56% |
| 2020 | 20.12% |
| 2019 | 10.74% |
| 2018 | 10.71% |
| 2017 | 11.24% |
| 2016 | 12.60% |
| 2015 | 12.76% |
| 2014 | 13.20% |
| 2013 | 13.24% |
| 2012 | 14.04% |
| 2011 | 13.91% |
| 2010 | 14.57% |
| 2009 | 15.06% |
| 2008 | 11.38% |
| 2007 | 11.02% |
| 2006 | 11.62% |
| 2005 | 12.39% |
| 2004 | 13.44% |
| 2003 | 13.62% |
| 2002 | 13.62% |
Youth unemployment is the same ILO definition restricted to ages 15–24 (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). It is usually higher than the all-ages rate. Latest: 13.80% in 2025.
It is a rate among young people in the labour force, not a share of all young people. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): mean 13.66%, median 13.56%; low 10.08% (2022), high 20.12% (2020).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).
This series is the unemployment rate restricted to people aged 15 to 24: those without work, available for and actively seeking it, as a share of the labour force in that age band. The source is World Bank Open Data indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS, an ILO modelled estimate using the same unemployment definition as the all-ages series. It is a rate among young people in the labour force, not a share of all young people: a country with few teenagers looking for work can post a high youth rate while most of its young population is in education.
The chart plots annual observations for the economies you select; the range buttons shorten the period and the legend or table adds and removes lines. The ranked ledger lists each economy’s latest published year, and those years differ. Because the series is modelled from national surveys and censuses, values are revised when inputs change, so a rebuild can print a different past reading. Youth rates are usually higher than all-ages rates.
The Canada desk puts Canada first and shows the United States, the United Kingdom, the euro area, Australia, Mexico and New Zealand alongside, as far as each series covers them. The values are the same World Bank ILO modelled estimates as the all-countries pages, filtered to this desk; nothing is recomputed. On the headline unemployment page Taiwan is also shown, using the IMF World Economic Outlook, because the World Bank does not publish a Taiwanese rate.
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