Youth unemployment
% of labour force aged 15-24 · lower ranks first
186 of 216 countries report a figure for youth unemployment
World average: 15.7%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Niger | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Qatar | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Cambodia | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Chad | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Burundi | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Liberia | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Tanzania | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Laos | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Solomon Islands | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Benin | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Togo | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Senegal | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Timor-Leste | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Sierra Leone | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Papua New Guinea | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Kazakhstan | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Mali | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Japan | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Ivory Coast | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Uganda | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Moldova | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Cuba | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Thailand | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Guatemala | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Bolivia | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Madagascar | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Nigeria | 5.3% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Ethiopia | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Bahrain | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Mexico | 5.7% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Ghana | 5.8% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Tonga | 6.0% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Israel | 6.0% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Vietnam | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Burkina Faso | 6.4% | 2025 | |
| #37 | United Arab Emirates | 6.5% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Cameroon | 6.5% | 2025 | |
| #39 | South Korea | 6.7% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Macau | 6.8% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Singapore | 6.8% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Germany | 6.9% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Malawi | 6.9% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Guinea | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Philippines | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Russia | 7.6% | 2025 | |
| #47 | El Salvador | 7.8% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.8% | 2025 | |
| #49 | North Korea | 7.9% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Ecuador | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Malta | 8.4% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Honduras | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Iceland | 8.7% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Comoros | 8.8% | 2025 | |
| #57 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 8.8% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 8.8% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Hong Kong | 9.0% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Switzerland | 9.0% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Belarus | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Czech Republic | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| #63 | United States | 9.3% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Bangladesh | 9.4% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Peru | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Slovenia | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Nicaragua | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Pakistan | 9.6% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Australia | 9.6% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Myanmar | 9.8% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Saudi Arabia | 10.0% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Turkmenistan | 10.0% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Central African Republic | 10.1% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Bulgaria | 10.2% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Eritrea | 10.2% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Venezuela | 10.4% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Zambia | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Ireland | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Poland | 10.7% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Jamaica | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| #81 | The Gambia | 10.9% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Austria | 11.0% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Vanuatu | 11.3% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Uzbekistan | 11.4% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Mozambique | 11.6% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Paraguay | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| #87 | Mongolia | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Denmark | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Malaysia | 12.0% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Sudan | 12.0% | 2022 | |
| #91 | Dominican Republic | 12.3% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Cyprus | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Latvia | 13.0% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Indonesia | 13.0% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Samoa | 13.0% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Azerbaijan | 13.1% | 2025 | |
| #97 | Norway | 13.4% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Lithuania | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Canada | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Guam | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Oman | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Brazil | 14.0% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Puerto Rico | 14.0% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Hungary | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| #105 | New Zealand | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Tajikistan | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| #107 | United Kingdom | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Kuwait | 15.1% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Fiji | 15.2% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Kenya | 15.2% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Zimbabwe | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Maldives | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| #114 | People's Republic of China | 15.8% | 2025 | |
| #115 | India | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Turkey | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Rwanda | 16.4% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Croatia | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Afghanistan | 16.8% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Bhutan | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Mauritius | 17.4% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Colombia | 17.7% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Belgium | 17.8% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Brunei | 18.2% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Egypt | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Slovakia | 18.4% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Barbados | 18.5% | 2025 | |
| #128 | South Sudan | 18.5% | 2023 | |
| #129 | Sri Lanka | 18.6% | 2025 | |
| #130 | France | 18.9% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Ukraine | 19.1% | 2021 | |
| #132 | Argentina | 19.2% | 2025 | |
| #133 | The Bahamas | 19.2% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Belize | 19.3% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Estonia | 19.7% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Panama | 19.8% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Costa Rica | 19.9% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Portugal | 20.2% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Saint Lucia | 20.3% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Italy | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Nepal | 20.6% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Serbia | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Greece | 21.4% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Luxembourg | 21.5% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Finland | 21.5% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Chile | 21.6% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Morocco | 21.9% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Iran | 21.9% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Lebanon | 22.7% | 2023 | |
| #150 | Mauritania | 22.9% | 2025 | |
| #151 | United States Virgin Islands | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Sweden | 24.3% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Montenegro | 24.4% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Romania | 24.5% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Lesotho | 24.7% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Spain | 24.7% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Guyana | 24.9% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Uruguay | 25.1% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Suriname | 25.4% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Albania | 25.6% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Armenia | 26.2% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Angola | 27.2% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.2% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Cape Verde | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| #165 | North Macedonia | 28.8% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Algeria | 29.4% | 2025 | |
| #167 | Georgia | 30.3% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Iraq | 32.0% | 2025 | |
| #169 | Yemen | 32.6% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Syria | 33.1% | 2025 | |
| #171 | New Caledonia | 33.1% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Somalia | 34.2% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Palestine | 36.1% | 2022 | |
| #174 | Gabon | 36.3% | 2025 | |
| #175 | French Polynesia | 36.6% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Haiti | 37.5% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Namibia | 38.1% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Tunisia | 38.1% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Jordan | 38.9% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Republic of the Congo | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.9% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Botswana | 46.0% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Libya | 50.1% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Eswatini | 54.3% | 2025 | |
| #185 | South Africa | 59.9% | 2025 | |
| #186 | Djibouti | 76.8% | 2025 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Kiribati | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | Seychelles | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)