Unemployment, youth total (% of total 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
76.8%
Djibouti
Lowest
0.5%
Niger
Median
13.0%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,176
What the numbers show
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 76.8% in Djibouti; the lowest is 0.5% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.0%, and the mean is 15.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 168.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 517.5%), and the largest decrease in Saudi Arabia (down 64.4%).
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 76.8% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 2 | South Africa | 59.9% | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 3 | Eswatini | 54.3% | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 4 | Libya | 50.1% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 5 | Botswana | 46.0% | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.9% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 7 | Congo | 40.5% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 8 | Jordan | 38.9% | 2025 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 9 | Tunisia | 38.1% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 10 | Namibia | 38.0% | 2025 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 11 | Haiti | 37.5% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 12 | French Polynesia | 36.6% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 13 | Gabon | 36.3% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 14 | Palestine | 36.1% | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 15 | Somalia | 34.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 16 | New Caledonia | 33.1% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 17 | Syria | 33.1% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 18 | Yemen | 32.6% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 19 | Iraq | 32.0% | 2025 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 20 | Georgia | 30.3% | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 21 | Algeria | 29.4% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 28.8% | 2025 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 23 | Cape Verde | 28.4% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.2% | 2025 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 25 | Angola | 27.2% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 26 | Armenia | 26.2% | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Albania | 25.6% | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 28 | Suriname | 25.4% | 2025 | up 95.3% | falling |
| 29 | Uruguay | 25.1% | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 30 | Guyana | 24.9% | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 31 | Spain | 24.7% | 2025 | down 48.8% | rising |
| 32 | Lesotho | 24.7% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 24.5% | 2025 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 34 | Montenegro | 24.4% | 2025 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 35 | Sweden | 24.3% | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 36 | United States Virgin Islands | 24.2% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritania | 22.9% | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 38 | Lebanon | 22.7% | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 39 | Iran | 21.9% | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 40 | Morocco | 21.9% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 41 | Chile | 21.6% | 2025 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 42 | Finland | 21.5% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 21.5% | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 44 | Greece | 21.4% | 2025 | down 57.0% | rising |
| 45 | Serbia | 20.9% | 2025 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 46 | Nepal | 20.6% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 20.5% | 2025 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 20.3% | 2025 | down 56.9% | rising |
| 49 | Portugal | 20.2% | 2025 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 19.9% | 2025 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 19.8% | 2025 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 52 | Estonia | 19.7% | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 53 | Belize | 19.3% | 2025 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 54 | Bahamas | 19.2% | 2025 | down 22.3% | flat |
| 55 | Argentina | 19.2% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 56 | Ukraine | 19.1% | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 57 | France | 18.9% | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 18.6% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 59 | South Sudan | 18.5% | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 60 | Barbados | 18.5% | 2025 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 61 | Slovakia | 18.4% | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 62 | Egypt | 18.3% | 2025 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 63 | Brunei | 18.2% | 2025 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 64 | Belgium | 17.8% | 2025 | down 19.7% | flat |
| 65 | Colombia | 17.7% | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 66 | Mauritius | 17.4% | 2025 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 67 | Bhutan | 17.1% | 2025 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Afghanistan | 16.8% | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 69 | Croatia | 16.5% | 2025 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 70 | Rwanda | 16.4% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 71 | Turkey | 16.0% | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 72 | India | 16.0% | 2025 | down 35.8% | flat |
| 73 | China | 15.8% | 2025 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.7% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 75 | Maldives | 15.7% | 2025 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | 15.5% | 2025 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 77 | Kenya | 15.2% | 2025 | up 108.9% | rising |
| 78 | Fiji | 15.2% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 79 | Kuwait | 15.1% | 2025 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 80 | United Kingdom | 14.6% | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 14.6% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 82 | New Zealand | 14.4% | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 83 | Hungary | 14.2% | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 84 | Puerto Rico | 14.0% | 2025 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 85 | Brazil | 14.0% | 2025 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 86 | Oman | 13.9% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 87 | Guam | 13.8% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 88 | Canada | 13.8% | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 89 | Lithuania | 13.8% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 90 | Norway | 13.4% | 2025 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 13.1% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 92 | Indonesia | 13.0% | 2025 | down 24.7% | flat |
| 92 | Samoa | 13.0% | 2025 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 94 | Latvia | 12.9% | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 95 | Cyprus | 12.7% | 2025 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 12.3% | 2025 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 97 | Sudan | 12.0% | 2022 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 98 | Malaysia | 12.0% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 99 | Denmark | 11.7% | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 100 | Mongolia | 11.7% | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 101 | Paraguay | 11.7% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 102 | Mozambique | 11.6% | 2025 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 11.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 104 | Vanuatu | 11.3% | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 105 | Austria | 11.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 106 | Gambia | 10.9% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 107 | Jamaica | 10.8% | 2025 | down 58.1% | rising |
| 108 | Poland | 10.7% | 2025 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 109 | Ireland | 10.5% | 2025 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 110 | Zambia | 10.5% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 111 | Venezuela | 10.4% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 112 | Eritrea | 10.2% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 10.2% | 2025 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 114 | Central African Republic | 10.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 10.0% | 2025 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 10.0% | 2025 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 117 | Myanmar | 9.8% | 2025 | up 517.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Australia | 9.6% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 119 | Pakistan | 9.6% | 2025 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 9.5% | 2025 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 121 | Slovenia | 9.5% | 2025 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 122 | Peru | 9.5% | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 123 | Bangladesh | 9.4% | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 124 | United States | 9.3% | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 125 | Czechia | 9.2% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 126 | Belarus | 9.2% | 2025 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Switzerland | 9.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 128 | Hong Kong | 9.0% | 2025 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 129 | Netherlands | 8.8% | 2025 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 130 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.8% | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 131 | Comoros | 8.8% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 132 | Iceland | 8.7% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 133 | Honduras | 8.5% | 2025 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 134 | Malta | 8.4% | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.2% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.2% | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Ecuador | 8.2% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 138 | North Korea | 7.9% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 139 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.8% | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 140 | El Salvador | 7.8% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 141 | Russia | 7.6% | 2025 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 142 | Philippines | 7.0% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 143 | Guinea | 7.0% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 144 | Malawi | 6.9% | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 145 | Germany | 6.9% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 146 | Singapore | 6.8% | 2025 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 147 | Macao | 6.8% | 2025 | up 56.3% | falling |
| 148 | South Korea | 6.7% | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 149 | Cameroon | 6.5% | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 6.5% | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 151 | Burkina Faso | 6.4% | 2025 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 152 | Vietnam | 6.2% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 153 | Israel | 6.0% | 2025 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 154 | Tonga | 6.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 155 | Ghana | 5.8% | 2025 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 156 | Mexico | 5.7% | 2025 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 157 | Bahrain | 5.4% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 158 | Ethiopia | 5.4% | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 159 | Nigeria | 5.3% | 2025 | down 36.9% | flat |
| 160 | Madagascar | 5.2% | 2025 | up 58.8% | falling |
| 161 | Bolivia | 5.0% | 2025 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 162 | Guatemala | 4.8% | 2025 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 163 | Thailand | 4.5% | 2025 | up 46.4% | flat |
| 164 | Cuba | 4.3% | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Moldova | 4.2% | 2025 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Uganda | 4.2% | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 167 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.0% | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 168 | Japan | 3.9% | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 169 | Mali | 3.9% | 2025 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 170 | Kazakhstan | 3.8% | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 3.8% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 172 | Sierra Leone | 3.7% | 2025 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 173 | East Timor | 3.7% | 2025 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 174 | Senegal | 3.6% | 2025 | down 55.1% | rising |
| 175 | Togo | 3.4% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 176 | Benin | 2.9% | 2025 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.8% | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 178 | Solomon Islands | 2.8% | 2025 | up 112.7% | falling |
| 179 | Laos | 2.4% | 2025 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 180 | Tanzania | 2.4% | 2025 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 181 | Liberia | 2.3% | 2025 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 182 | Burundi | 1.7% | 2025 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 183 | Chad | 1.5% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 184 | Cambodia | 0.7% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 185 | Qatar | 0.6% | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Niger | 0.5% | 2025 | down 35.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Other small states 25.9%
- Arab World 25.5%
- Small states 22.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 19.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 19.4%
- Caribbean small states 19.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 18.7%
- Euro area 16.3%
- European Union 16.2%
- IBRD only 15.9%
- Upper middle income 15.6%
- South Asia 15.4%
About this data
Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.