Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
77.7%
Djibouti
Lowest
0.3%
Niger
Median
13.1%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,176
What the numbers show
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 77.7% in Djibouti; the lowest is 0.3% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.1%, and the mean is 17.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 240.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 394.1%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 68.3%).
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 77.7% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 2 | Libya | 69.2% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 3 | Iraq | 66.4% | 2025 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 4 | South Africa | 64.1% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 5 | Eswatini | 57.7% | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 6 | Palestine | 56.6% | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 7 | Botswana | 51.7% | 2025 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 8 | Syria | 50.9% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Haiti | 47.9% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 10 | Algeria | 45.0% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 11 | Gabon | 42.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 12 | Jordan | 41.8% | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 14 | French Polynesia | 41.1% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 15 | Namibia | 39.5% | 2025 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 16 | Congo | 39.4% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 17 | Yemen | 39.2% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 18 | Egypt | 38.7% | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 19 | Somalia | 37.4% | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 20 | Suriname | 37.2% | 2025 | up 78.4% | falling |
| 21 | Lesotho | 37.1% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 22 | New Caledonia | 36.6% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 23 | Tunisia | 36.0% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 24 | Cape Verde | 33.9% | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 25 | Iran | 32.0% | 2025 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 26 | Georgia | 31.9% | 2025 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.4% | 2025 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 28 | Armenia | 30.6% | 2025 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Guyana | 30.2% | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 30 | Mauritania | 29.8% | 2025 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 31 | Belize | 29.5% | 2025 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 32 | Kuwait | 29.5% | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Oman | 29.0% | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 34 | North Macedonia | 28.5% | 2025 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 28.5% | 2025 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 36 | Uruguay | 28.0% | 2025 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 37 | United States Virgin Islands | 27.5% | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 38 | Angola | 26.7% | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 39 | Panama | 26.2% | 2025 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 40 | Albania | 25.9% | 2025 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 41 | Spain | 25.7% | 2025 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 42 | Greece | 25.0% | 2025 | down 54.6% | flat |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 24.8% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 44 | Chile | 24.7% | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 45 | Romania | 24.7% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 46 | Montenegro | 24.1% | 2025 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 47 | Sweden | 23.4% | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 48 | Nepal | 23.2% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 49 | Morocco | 22.6% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 22.6% | 2025 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 51 | Colombia | 22.3% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 22.2% | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 53 | Turkey | 21.8% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 54 | Serbia | 21.7% | 2025 | down 54.9% | flat |
| 55 | Brunei | 21.5% | 2025 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 56 | Samoa | 21.4% | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 57 | Lebanon | 21.3% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 58 | Argentina | 21.0% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 59 | Portugal | 20.8% | 2025 | down 38.9% | rising |
| 60 | Finland | 20.8% | 2025 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 61 | Ukraine | 20.4% | 2021 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 62 | Fiji | 19.7% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 63 | Mauritius | 19.7% | 2025 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 19.7% | 2025 | down 66.7% | rising |
| 65 | Bahamas | 19.6% | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 19.5% | 2025 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 67 | Estonia | 19.4% | 2025 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 68 | Saint Lucia | 19.0% | 2025 | down 57.1% | flat |
| 69 | Kenya | 19.0% | 2025 | up 160.9% | rising |
| 70 | France | 18.8% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 18.6% | 2025 | up 45.7% | falling |
| 72 | Rwanda | 18.4% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 73 | Bhutan | 18.4% | 2025 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Croatia | 17.8% | 2025 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 75 | South Sudan | 17.7% | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 76 | Slovakia | 17.6% | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 77 | Barbados | 17.6% | 2025 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 78 | India | 17.5% | 2025 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 79 | Equatorial Guinea | 17.1% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 16.9% | 2025 | down 30.5% | flat |
| 81 | Brazil | 16.6% | 2025 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 16.2% | 2025 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 83 | Belgium | 15.6% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 84 | Paraguay | 15.2% | 2025 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 14.7% | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 86 | Guam | 14.3% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 87 | China | 14.2% | 2025 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 13.9% | 2025 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 89 | New Zealand | 13.7% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 90 | Malaysia | 13.3% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 91 | Vanuatu | 13.3% | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 92 | Latvia | 13.2% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 93 | Venezuela | 13.1% | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 94 | Sudan | 13.1% | 2022 | down 68.3% | falling |
| 95 | Cyprus | 13.1% | 2025 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Jamaica | 13.0% | 2025 | down 61.4% | flat |
| 97 | Indonesia | 12.7% | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 98 | Bahrain | 12.5% | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 99 | Norway | 12.4% | 2025 | up 46.3% | falling |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 12.4% | 2025 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 101 | Honduras | 12.4% | 2025 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 12.4% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 103 | Canada | 12.1% | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 104 | United Kingdom | 11.7% | 2025 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 105 | Eritrea | 11.4% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 106 | Denmark | 11.4% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 107 | Mozambique | 11.3% | 2025 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 11.3% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 109 | Gambia | 11.3% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 110 | Puerto Rico | 11.3% | 2025 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 111 | Lithuania | 11.1% | 2025 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 112 | Poland | 10.8% | 2025 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 113 | Austria | 10.7% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 114 | Ecuador | 10.7% | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 115 | Peru | 10.5% | 2025 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 116 | El Salvador | 10.3% | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 117 | Mongolia | 10.2% | 2025 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 118 | Pakistan | 10.1% | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Zambia | 10.1% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 120 | Ireland | 9.8% | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 121 | Tonga | 9.7% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 122 | Czechia | 9.7% | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 123 | Slovenia | 9.6% | 2025 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 124 | Comoros | 9.5% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 125 | Bulgaria | 9.4% | 2025 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.4% | 2025 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Maldives | 9.4% | 2025 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.4% | 2025 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 129 | Switzerland | 9.0% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 130 | Myanmar | 8.7% | 2025 | up 394.1% | volatile |
| 131 | North Korea | 8.6% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 132 | Philippines | 8.6% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 133 | Singapore | 8.5% | 2025 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 134 | Netherlands | 8.5% | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 135 | United States | 8.5% | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 136 | Australia | 8.4% | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 8.4% | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 138 | Iceland | 8.1% | 2025 | up 22.2% | flat |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.1% | 2025 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 140 | Hong Kong | 8.0% | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 141 | Russia | 7.8% | 2025 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 142 | Belarus | 7.8% | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Guinea | 7.7% | 2025 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 144 | Malawi | 7.3% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 145 | Malta | 7.2% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 146 | Cameroon | 7.1% | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 147 | Ethiopia | 7.1% | 2025 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 148 | South Korea | 6.7% | 2025 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 149 | Mexico | 6.3% | 2025 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 150 | Nigeria | 6.3% | 2025 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 151 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.1% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 152 | Israel | 6.0% | 2025 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 153 | Germany | 5.9% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 5.8% | 2025 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 155 | Thailand | 5.8% | 2025 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 156 | Ghana | 5.7% | 2025 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 157 | Bolivia | 5.6% | 2025 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 158 | Vietnam | 5.6% | 2025 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 159 | Guatemala | 5.5% | 2025 | down 43.1% | rising |
| 160 | Senegal | 5.5% | 2025 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 161 | Bangladesh | 5.3% | 2025 | down 57.0% | rising |
| 162 | Madagascar | 5.3% | 2025 | up 82.1% | falling |
| 163 | Uganda | 5.1% | 2025 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 164 | Macao | 4.9% | 2025 | up 38.6% | flat |
| 165 | Kazakhstan | 4.9% | 2025 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.5% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 167 | Mali | 4.0% | 2025 | up 96.1% | rising |
| 168 | East Timor | 4.0% | 2025 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 169 | Cuba | 3.8% | 2025 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Tajikistan | 3.8% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 171 | Japan | 3.7% | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 172 | Togo | 3.5% | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 173 | Moldova | 3.2% | 2025 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Tanzania | 3.2% | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 3.1% | 2025 | up 99.0% | falling |
| 176 | Papua New Guinea | 3.0% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 177 | Benin | 2.6% | 2025 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Sierra Leone | 2.5% | 2025 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 179 | Laos | 2.2% | 2025 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 180 | Liberia | 2.2% | 2025 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.9% | 2025 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 182 | Qatar | 1.5% | 2025 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Burundi | 1.3% | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 184 | Chad | 0.6% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 185 | Cambodia | 0.5% | 2025 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 186 | Niger | 0.3% | 2025 | down 33.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Arab World 40.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 29.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 29.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 28.3%
- Other small states 27.1%
- Small states 24.3%
- Caribbean small states 23.8%
- IBRD only 18.0%
- Upper middle income 17.3%
- Early-demographic dividend 17.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 16.8%
- Euro area 16.5%
About this data
Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.