Unemployment

Youth unemployment (% of labour force ages 15–24)

Every published economy, ranked by the latest year. Click a country in the list or the chart legend to show or hide it. Country desks cover a smaller set.

YearValue
202559.93%
202460.25%
202360.26%
202261.68%
202165.45%
202059.61%
201957.32%
201853.63%
201753.40%
201653.45%
201550.12%
201451.19%
201351.20%
201251.32%
201149.74%
201050.45%
200947.47%
200844.58%
200744.04%
200643.87%
200543.93%
200443.86%
200343.80%
200243.35%
#CountryYouthChangeYear
1Djibouti76.77%+0.27 pp2025
2South Africa59.93%−0.32 pp2025
3Eswatini54.33%−0.04 pp2025
4Libya50.06%−0.53 pp2025
5Botswana46.00%+0.71 pp2025
6St. Vincent and the Grenadines41.95%+0.10 pp2025
7Congo, Rep.40.50%−0.08 pp2025
8Jordan38.88%−0.18 pp2025
9Tunisia38.08%−0.77 pp2025
10Namibia38.05%+0.81 pp2025
11Haiti37.52%+0.76 pp2025
12French Polynesia36.57%+0.11 pp2025
13Gabon36.28%−0.00 pp2025
14West Bank and Gaza36.09%−5.54 pp2022
15Somalia, Fed. Rep.34.23%+0.09 pp2025
16New Caledonia33.11%+1.28 pp2025
17Syrian Arab Republic33.10%+0.33 pp2025
18Yemen, Rep.32.60%+0.43 pp2025
19Iraq32.01%+0.29 pp2025
20Georgia30.26%+0.39 pp2025
21Algeria29.44%−0.44 pp2025
22North Macedonia28.75%+0.09 pp2025
23Cabo Verde28.41%+0.31 pp2025
24Bosnia and Herzegovina28.20%+0.87 pp2025
25Angola27.23%+0.49 pp2025
26Armenia26.24%−0.41 pp2025
27Albania25.57%−0.02 pp2025
28Suriname25.44%+0.50 pp2025
29Uruguay25.15%−1.55 pp2025
30Guyana24.90%+0.15 pp2025
31Spain24.75%−1.89 pp2025
32Lesotho24.67%−0.07 pp2025
33Romania24.54%+0.91 pp2025
34Montenegro24.44%+0.49 pp2025
35Sweden24.31%−0.02 pp2025
36Virgin Islands (U.S.)24.20%+1.15 pp2025
37Mauritania22.92%−0.12 pp2025
38Lebanon22.74%−0.16 pp2023
39Iran, Islamic Rep.21.90%+0.59 pp2025
40Morocco21.88%−0.49 pp2025
41Chile21.64%+0.65 pp2025
42Finland21.48%+2.80 pp2025
43Luxembourg21.47%−0.22 pp2025
44Greece21.39%−0.99 pp2025
45Serbia20.93%−0.52 pp2025
46Nepal20.56%−0.08 pp2025
47Italy20.55%+0.30 pp2025
48St. Lucia20.25%−1.04 pp2025
49Portugal20.22%−1.54 pp2025
50Costa Rica19.95%−0.53 pp2025
51Panama19.77%+0.09 pp2025
52Estonia19.70%+0.44 pp2025
53Belize19.32%+0.77 pp2025
54Bahamas, The19.25%+0.96 pp2025
55Argentina19.19%−0.04 pp2025
56Ukraine19.14%−0.21 pp2021
57France18.89%+0.29 pp2025
58Sri Lanka18.58%−0.48 pp2025
59South Sudan18.52%−0.19 pp2023
60Barbados18.48%+0.43 pp2025
61Slovak Republic18.43%−0.57 pp2025
62Egypt, Arab Rep.18.29%+1.00 pp2025
63Brunei Darussalam18.23%+0.36 pp2025
64Belgium17.78%+0.43 pp2025
65Colombia17.65%−1.76 pp2025
66Mauritius17.37%+0.88 pp2025
67Bhutan17.05%−0.88 pp2025
68Afghanistan16.79%−0.45 pp2025
69Croatia16.47%−0.00 pp2025
70Rwanda16.41%−0.15 pp2025
71Euro area16.34%−0.09 pp2025
72Turkiye16.04%−0.24 pp2025
73India16.02%+0.28 pp2025
74China15.79%+0.75 pp2025
75Equatorial Guinea15.74%+0.18 pp2025
76Maldives15.69%+0.89 pp2025
77Zimbabwe15.55%+0.12 pp2025
78Kenya15.25%−0.23 pp2025
79Fiji15.21%+0.08 pp2025
80Kuwait15.06%−0.09 pp2025
81United Kingdom14.65%+0.33 pp2025
82Tajikistan14.59%+0.04 pp2025
83New Zealand14.36%+0.32 pp2025
84Hungary14.21%−0.88 pp2025
85Channel Islands14.13%+0.43 pp2025
86Puerto Rico (US)13.98%+0.90 pp2025
87Brazil13.98%−1.69 pp2025
88Oman13.88%+0.36 pp2025
89Guam13.81%+0.94 pp2025
90Canada13.80%+0.52 pp2025
91Lithuania13.76%+0.07 pp2025
92Norway13.42%+1.29 pp2025
93Azerbaijan13.09%−0.45 pp2025
94Indonesia12.98%−0.10 pp2025
95Samoa12.98%+0.31 pp2025
96Latvia12.95%−0.66 pp2025
97Cyprus12.71%−0.15 pp2025
98Dominican Republic12.31%−0.56 pp2025
99Sudan12.00%−5.41 pp2022
100Malaysia11.95%−0.30 pp2025
101Denmark11.74%−0.05 pp2025
102Mongolia11.71%+0.17 pp2025
103Paraguay11.69%−1.71 pp2025
104Mozambique11.61%+0.11 pp2025
105Uzbekistan11.38%+0.57 pp2025
106Vanuatu11.34%−0.08 pp2025
107Austria11.00%+0.57 pp2025
108Gambia, The10.86%+0.03 pp2025
109Jamaica10.81%+0.43 pp2025
110Poland10.70%+0.04 pp2025
111Ireland10.49%+0.05 pp2025
112Zambia10.47%+0.37 pp2025
113Venezuela, RB10.44%+0.29 pp2025
114Eritrea10.24%+0.19 pp2025
115Bulgaria10.15%−2.34 pp2025
116Central African Republic10.09%+0.10 pp2025
117Turkmenistan10.02%+0.69 pp2025
118Saudi Arabia10.01%−1.49 pp2025
119Myanmar9.81%−0.16 pp2025
120Australia9.61%+0.20 pp2025
121Pakistan9.59%+0.07 pp2025
122Nicaragua9.54%−0.04 pp2025
123Slovenia9.54%−1.49 pp2025
124Peru9.45%−0.25 pp2025
125Bangladesh9.38%+0.29 pp2025
126United States9.34%+0.42 pp2025
127Czechia9.22%+0.02 pp2025
128Belarus9.18%−1.36 pp2025
129Switzerland9.04%+0.80 pp2025
130Hong Kong SAR, China8.96%−0.55 pp2025
131Netherlands8.83%+0.05 pp2025
132Sao Tome and Principe8.79%+0.23 pp2025
133Comoros8.75%−0.06 pp2025
134Iceland8.67%−0.11 pp2025
135Honduras8.53%+0.22 pp2025
136Malta8.43%−0.69 pp2025
137Kyrgyz Republic8.23%−0.19 pp2025
138Trinidad and Tobago8.22%+0.22 pp2025
139Ecuador8.16%−0.41 pp2025
140Korea, Dem. People's Rep.7.90%+0.13 pp2025
141Congo, Dem. Rep.7.85%−0.10 pp2025
142El Salvador7.81%+0.30 pp2025
143Russian Federation7.61%−0.64 pp2025
144Philippines7.04%+0.08 pp2025
145Guinea7.02%−0.05 pp2025
146Malawi6.95%+0.06 pp2025
147Germany6.86%+0.26 pp2025148Singapore6.78%+0.45 pp2025
149Macao SAR, China6.78%+0.09 pp2025
150Korea, Rep.6.70%+0.26 pp2025
151Cameroon6.55%−0.07 pp2025
152United Arab Emirates6.45%+0.03 pp2025
153Burkina Faso6.44%−0.09 pp2025
154Viet Nam6.17%−0.17 pp2025
155Israel6.03%−0.13 pp2025
156Tonga6.03%+0.04 pp2025
157Ghana5.83%+0.48 pp2025
158Mexico5.71%−0.05 pp2025
159Bahrain5.42%−0.05 pp2025
160Ethiopia5.35%−0.10 pp2025
161Nigeria5.34%+0.25 pp2025
162Madagascar5.25%−0.21 pp2025
163Bolivia5.01%−0.16 pp2025
164Guatemala4.76%+0.14 pp2025
165Thailand4.53%−0.13 pp2025
166Cuba4.28%−0.01 pp2025
167Moldova4.20%−0.30 pp2025
168Uganda4.18%−0.03 pp2025
169Cote d'Ivoire4.01%−0.24 pp2025
170Japan3.90%−0.03 pp2025
171Mali3.88%+0.04 pp2025
172Kazakhstan3.81%−0.01 pp2025
173Papua New Guinea3.79%+0.00 pp2025
174Sierra Leone3.72%+0.23 pp2025
175Timor-Leste3.72%+0.50 pp2025
176Senegal3.62%−0.25 pp2025
177Togo3.44%+0.04 pp2025
178Benin2.89%−0.20 pp2025
179Guinea-Bissau2.84%+0.02 pp2025
180Solomon Islands2.76%−0.18 pp2025
181Lao PDR2.38%+0.21 pp2025
182Tanzania2.38%+0.05 pp2025
183Liberia2.30%+0.08 pp2025
184Burundi1.68%−0.02 pp2025
185Chad1.46%+0.01 pp2025
186Cambodia0.71%+0.01 pp2025
187Qatar0.56%−0.01 pp2025
188Niger0.46%+0.07 pp2025

What youth unemployment is

Youth unemployment, ages 15–24, World Bank SL.UEM.1524.ZS (ILO modelled). Ranked by each economy’s latest published year.

Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).