Countries by youth unemployment

Share of the labor force aged 15–24 without work but looking for it. 181 countries ranked for 2025 (%).

		Value
1	Djibouti	76.8%	+5.9%	=
2	South Africa	59.9%	+19.6%	▲ 2
3	Eswatini	54.3%	+12.2%	▲ 4
4	Libya	50.1%	-2.7%	▼ 1
5	Botswana	46%	+32.6%	▲ 21
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41.9%	-0.2%	▲ 6
7	Republic of the Congo	40.5%	-1.7%	▲ 6
8	Jordan	38.9%	+25.9%	▲ 26
9	Namibia	38.1%	-7.5%	▲ 5
10	Tunisia	38.1%	+8.9%	▲ 14
11	Haiti	37.5%	+9.6%	▲ 17
12	French Polynesia	36.6%	+2.8%	▲ 10
13	Gabon	36.3%	+1.1%	▲ 7
14	Somalia	34.2%	+2.4%	▲ 15
15	New Caledonia	33.1%	-12.0%	▲ 3
16	Syria	33.1%	-4.9%	▲ 9
17	Yemen	32.6%	-0.3%	▲ 13
18	Iraq	32%	+49.5%	▲ 41
19	Georgia	30.3%	-15.6%	▲ 2
20	Algeria	29.4%	-3.3%	▲ 15
21	North Macedonia	28.8%	-39.4%	▼ 13
22	Cabo Verde	28.4%	-0.7%	▲ 15
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.2%	-56.7%	▼ 21
24	Angola	27.2%	-22.5%	▼ 1
25	Armenia	26.2%	-17.9%	▲ 7
26	Albania	25.6%	-35.4%	▼ 10
27	Suriname	25.4%	+95.4%	▲ 72
28	Uruguay	25.1%	+9.6%	▲ 24
29	Guyana	24.9%	+2.9%	▲ 21
30	Spain	24.7%	-49.0%	▼ 24
31	Lesotho	24.7%	+2.9%	▲ 20
32	Romania	24.5%	+11.4%	▲ 25
33	Montenegro	24.4%	-35.3%	▼ 16
34	Sweden	24.3%	+19.1%	▲ 29
35	United States Virgin Islands	24.2%	-4.7%	▲ 10
36	Mauritania	22.9%	+23.8%	▲ 34
37	Iran	21.9%	-15.8%	▲ 4
38	Morocco	21.9%	+5.3%	▲ 22
39	Chile	21.6%	+36.7%	▲ 48
40	Finland	21.5%	-3.6%	▲ 15
41	Luxembourg	21.5%	+22.9%	▲ 32
42	Greece	21.4%	-56.9%	▼ 37
43	Republic of Serbia	20.9%	-51.6%	▼ 33
44	Nepal	20.6%	+6.2%	▲ 23
45	Italy	20.5%	-49.1%	▼ 30
46	Saint Lucia	20.3%	-56.8%	▼ 37
47	Portugal	20.2%	-36.5%	▼ 14
48	Costa Rica	19.9%	-11.2%	▲ 6
49	Panama	19.8%	+69.2%	▲ 59
50	Estonia	19.7%	+37.8%	▲ 42
51	Belize	19.3%	+17.0%	▲ 28
52	Argentina	19.2%	-5.4%	▲ 12
53	The Bahamas	19.2%	-22.6%	▼ 4
54	France	18.9%	-25.3%	▼ 8
55	Sri Lanka	18.6%	-3.1%	▲ 14
56	Barbados	18.5%	-36.0%	▼ 20
57	Slovakia	18.4%	-30.8%	▼ 17
58	Egypt	18.3%	-46.5%	▼ 31
59	Brunei	18.2%	-29.7%	▼ 17
60	Belgium	17.8%	-19.5%	▼ 4
61	Colombia	17.7%	+2.3%	▲ 13
62	Mauritius	17.4%	-32.0%	▼ 18
63	Bhutan	17.1%	+69.3%	▲ 59
64	Afghanistan	16.8%	+34.4%	▲ 40
65	Croatia	16.5%	-61.0%	▼ 54
66	Rwanda	16.4%	-1.2%	▲ 12
67	India	16%	-36.0%	▼ 19
68	Turkey	16%	-12.6%	▲ 3
69	China	15.8%	+47.7%	▲ 50
70	Equatorial Guinea	15.7%	+1.9%	▲ 18
71	Maldives	15.7%	-6.5%	▲ 6
72	Zimbabwe	15.5%	+93.8%	▲ 72
73	Fiji	15.2%	+4.1%	▲ 18
74	Kenya	15.2%	+108.2%	▲ 73
75	Kuwait	15.1%	-6.8%	▲ 11
76	United Kingdom	14.6%	-3.9%	▲ 13
77	Tajikistan	14.6%	+6.6%	▲ 18
78	New Zealand	14.4%	+3.6%	▲ 16
79	Hungary	14.2%	-17.9%	▼ 4
80	Brazil	14%	-28.2%	▼ 14
81	Puerto Rico	14%	-47.4%	▼ 42
82	Oman	13.9%	-8.6%	▲ 8
83	Canada	13.8%	+7.8%	▲ 17
84	Guam	13.8%	-15.9%	▼ 3
85	Lithuania	13.8%	-15.3%	▼ 2
86	Norway	13.4%	+36.7%	▲ 40
87	Azerbaijan	13.1%	-2.2%	▲ 9
88	Indonesia	13%	-24.4%	▼ 12
89	Latvia	13%	-20.2%	▼ 5
90	Samoa	13%	-28.2%	▼ 18
91	Cyprus	12.7%	-60.9%	▼ 60
92	Dominican Republic	12.3%	-25.0%	▼ 12
93	Malaysia	12%	+9.1%	▲ 22
94	Denmark	11.7%	-4.1%	▲ 12
95	Mongolia	11.7%	-7.9%	▲ 7
96	Paraguay	11.7%	+7.3%	▲ 21
97	Mozambique	11.6%	+63.4%	▲ 52
98	Uzbekistan	11.4%	-0.9%	▲ 12
99	Vanuatu	11.3%	+1.8%	▲ 13
100	Austria	11%	+0.9%	▲ 16
101	Gambia	10.9%	-0.9%	▲ 12
102	Jamaica	10.8%	-58.1%	▼ 59
103	Poland	10.7%	-48.3%	▼ 42
104	Ireland	10.5%	-48.0%	▼ 39
105	Zambia	10.5%	-15.3%	=
106	Venezuela	10.4%	-21.8%	▼ 9
107	Bulgaria	10.2%	-53.0%	▼ 49
108	Eritrea	10.2%	+2.0%	▲ 15
109	Central African Republic	10.1%	+3.1%	▲ 16
110	Saudi Arabia	10%	-64.5%	▼ 72
111	Turkmenistan	10%	+12.4%	▲ 19
112	Myanmar	9.8%	+512.5%	▲ 69
113	Australia	9.6%	-26.7%	▼ 15
114	Pakistan	9.6%	+43.3%	▲ 39
115	Nicaragua	9.5%	+8.0%	▲ 18
116	Peru	9.5%	+37.7%	▲ 35
117	Slovenia	9.5%	-41.7%	▼ 32
118	Bangladesh	9.4%	-11.3%	▲ 2
119	United States	9.3%	-19.8%	▼ 10
120	Belarus	9.2%	-14.8%	▼ 2
121	Czechia	9.2%	-27.0%	▼ 18
122	Switzerland	9%	+2.3%	▲ 9
123	Hong Kong S.A.R.	9%	-13.5%	▼ 2
124	Comoros	8.8%	-6.4%	▲ 3
125	Netherlands	8.8%	-20.7%	▼ 14
126	São Tomé and Principe	8.8%	-31.3%	▼ 25
127	Iceland	8.7%	+1.2%	▲ 8
128	Honduras	8.5%	-22.7%	▼ 14
129	Malta	8.4%	-28.2%	▼ 22
130	Ecuador	8.2%	-6.8%	▲ 2
131	Kyrgyzstan	8.2%	-3.5%	▲ 6
132	Trinidad and Tobago	8.2%	+39.0%	▲ 26
133	North Korea	7.9%	+1.3%	▲ 12
134	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7.8%	-4.9%	▲ 7
135	El Salvador	7.8%	-10.3%	▼ 1
136	Russia	7.6%	-53.7%	▼ 54
137	Guinea	7%	+11.1%	▲ 17
138	Philippines	7%	-17.6%	▲ 2
139	Germany	6.9%	-5.5%	▲ 7
140	Malawi	6.9%	+1.5%	▲ 12
141	Macao S.A.R	6.8%	+58.1%	▲ 23
142	Singapore	6.8%	-23.6%	▼ 13
143	South Korea	6.7%	-32.3%	▼ 19
144	United Arab Emirates	6.5%	+20.4%	▲ 18
145	Cameroon	6.5%	+4.8%	▲ 11
146	Burkina Faso	6.4%	-11.1%	▲ 2
147	Vietnam	6.2%	-1.6%	▲ 8
148	Israel	6%	-34.8%	▼ 20
149	Tonga	6%	+3.4%	▲ 10
150	Ghana	5.8%	-59.2%	▼ 57
151	Mexico	5.7%	-32.9%	▼ 13
152	Bahrain	5.4%	+0.0%	▲ 11
153	Ethiopia	5.4%	+42.1%	▲ 17
154	Nigeria	5.3%	-37.6%	▼ 15
155	Madagascar	5.2%	+57.6%	▲ 21
156	Bolivia	5%	-27.5%	▼ 6
157	Guatemala	4.8%	-14.3%	▲ 3
158	Thailand	4.5%	+45.2%	▲ 19
159	Cuba	4.3%	-28.3%	▼ 2
160	Moldova	4.2%	+27.3%	▲ 15
161	Uganda	4.2%	+7.7%	▲ 8
162	Ivory Coast	4%	+17.6%	▲ 11
163	Japan	3.9%	-29.1%	▼ 2
164	Mali	3.9%	+77.3%	▲ 15
165	Kazakhstan	3.8%	+0.0%	▲ 6
166	Papua New Guinea	3.8%	-11.6%	▼ 1
167	Sierra Leone	3.7%	-54.3%	▼ 25
168	Timor-Leste	3.7%	-57.0%	▼ 32
169	Senegal	3.6%	-55.0%	▼ 26
170	Togo	3.4%	-20.9%	▼ 4
171	Benin	2.9%	-14.7%	▲ 1
172	Guinea-Bissau	2.8%	-28.2%	▼ 5
173	Solomon Islands	2.8%	+115.4%	▲ 10
174	Laos	2.4%	-38.5%	▼ 6
175	United Republic of Tanzania	2.4%	-29.4%	▼ 1
176	Liberia	2.3%	+21.1%	▲ 4
177	Burundi	1.7%	-37.0%	▲ 1
178	Chad	1.5%	+7.1%	▲ 4
179	Cambodia	0.7%	+0.0%	▲ 5
180	Qatar	0.6%	+0.0%	▲ 6
181	Niger	0.5%	-28.6%	▲ 4

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Rankings · economy

Countries by youth unemployment

Share of the labor force aged 15–24 without work but looking for it. 181 countries ranked for 2025 (%).

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1Djibouti76.8%

2South Africa59.9%

3Eswatini54.3%

		Value
1	Djibouti	76.8%	+5.9%	=
2	South Africa	59.9%	+19.6%	▲ 2
3	Eswatini	54.3%	+12.2%	▲ 4
4	Libya	50.1%	-2.7%	▼ 1
5	Botswana	46%	+32.6%	▲ 21
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41.9%	-0.2%	▲ 6
7	Republic of the Congo	40.5%	-1.7%	▲ 6
8	Jordan	38.9%	+25.9%	▲ 26
9	Namibia	38.1%	-7.5%	▲ 5
10	Tunisia	38.1%	+8.9%	▲ 14
11	Haiti	37.5%	+9.6%	▲ 17
12	French Polynesia	36.6%	+2.8%	▲ 10
13	Gabon	36.3%	+1.1%	▲ 7
14	Somalia	34.2%	+2.4%	▲ 15
15	New Caledonia	33.1%	-12.0%	▲ 3
16	Syria	33.1%	-4.9%	▲ 9
17	Yemen	32.6%	-0.3%	▲ 13
18	Iraq	32%	+49.5%	▲ 41
19	Georgia	30.3%	-15.6%	▲ 2
20	Algeria	29.4%	-3.3%	▲ 15
21	North Macedonia	28.8%	-39.4%	▼ 13
22	Cabo Verde	28.4%	-0.7%	▲ 15
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.2%	-56.7%	▼ 21
24	Angola	27.2%	-22.5%	▼ 1
25	Armenia	26.2%	-17.9%	▲ 7
26	Albania	25.6%	-35.4%	▼ 10
27	Suriname	25.4%	+95.4%	▲ 72
28	Uruguay	25.1%	+9.6%	▲ 24
29	Guyana	24.9%	+2.9%	▲ 21
30	Spain	24.7%	-49.0%	▼ 24
31	Lesotho	24.7%	+2.9%	▲ 20
32	Romania	24.5%	+11.4%	▲ 25
33	Montenegro	24.4%	-35.3%	▼ 16
34	Sweden	24.3%	+19.1%	▲ 29
35	United States Virgin Islands	24.2%	-4.7%	▲ 10
36	Mauritania	22.9%	+23.8%	▲ 34
37	Iran	21.9%	-15.8%	▲ 4
38	Morocco	21.9%	+5.3%	▲ 22
39	Chile	21.6%	+36.7%	▲ 48
40	Finland	21.5%	-3.6%	▲ 15
41	Luxembourg	21.5%	+22.9%	▲ 32
42	Greece	21.4%	-56.9%	▼ 37
43	Republic of Serbia	20.9%	-51.6%	▼ 33
44	Nepal	20.6%	+6.2%	▲ 23
45	Italy	20.5%	-49.1%	▼ 30
46	Saint Lucia	20.3%	-56.8%	▼ 37
47	Portugal	20.2%	-36.5%	▼ 14
48	Costa Rica	19.9%	-11.2%	▲ 6
49	Panama	19.8%	+69.2%	▲ 59
50	Estonia	19.7%	+37.8%	▲ 42
51	Belize	19.3%	+17.0%	▲ 28
52	Argentina	19.2%	-5.4%	▲ 12
53	The Bahamas	19.2%	-22.6%	▼ 4
54	France	18.9%	-25.3%	▼ 8
55	Sri Lanka	18.6%	-3.1%	▲ 14
56	Barbados	18.5%	-36.0%	▼ 20
57	Slovakia	18.4%	-30.8%	▼ 17
58	Egypt	18.3%	-46.5%	▼ 31
59	Brunei	18.2%	-29.7%	▼ 17
60	Belgium	17.8%	-19.5%	▼ 4
61	Colombia	17.7%	+2.3%	▲ 13
62	Mauritius	17.4%	-32.0%	▼ 18
63	Bhutan	17.1%	+69.3%	▲ 59
64	Afghanistan	16.8%	+34.4%	▲ 40
65	Croatia	16.5%	-61.0%	▼ 54
66	Rwanda	16.4%	-1.2%	▲ 12
67	India	16%	-36.0%	▼ 19
68	Turkey	16%	-12.6%	▲ 3
69	China	15.8%	+47.7%	▲ 50
70	Equatorial Guinea	15.7%	+1.9%	▲ 18
71	Maldives	15.7%	-6.5%	▲ 6
72	Zimbabwe	15.5%	+93.8%	▲ 72
73	Fiji	15.2%	+4.1%	▲ 18
74	Kenya	15.2%	+108.2%	▲ 73
75	Kuwait	15.1%	-6.8%	▲ 11
76	United Kingdom	14.6%	-3.9%	▲ 13
77	Tajikistan	14.6%	+6.6%	▲ 18
78	New Zealand	14.4%	+3.6%	▲ 16
79	Hungary	14.2%	-17.9%	▼ 4
80	Brazil	14%	-28.2%	▼ 14
81	Puerto Rico	14%	-47.4%	▼ 42
82	Oman	13.9%	-8.6%	▲ 8
83	Canada	13.8%	+7.8%	▲ 17
84	Guam	13.8%	-15.9%	▼ 3
85	Lithuania	13.8%	-15.3%	▼ 2
86	Norway	13.4%	+36.7%	▲ 40
87	Azerbaijan	13.1%	-2.2%	▲ 9
88	Indonesia	13%	-24.4%	▼ 12
89	Latvia	13%	-20.2%	▼ 5
90	Samoa	13%	-28.2%	▼ 18
91	Cyprus	12.7%	-60.9%	▼ 60
92	Dominican Republic	12.3%	-25.0%	▼ 12
93	Malaysia	12%	+9.1%	▲ 22
94	Denmark	11.7%	-4.1%	▲ 12
95	Mongolia	11.7%	-7.9%	▲ 7
96	Paraguay	11.7%	+7.3%	▲ 21
97	Mozambique	11.6%	+63.4%	▲ 52
98	Uzbekistan	11.4%	-0.9%	▲ 12
99	Vanuatu	11.3%	+1.8%	▲ 13
100	Austria	11%	+0.9%	▲ 16
101	Gambia	10.9%	-0.9%	▲ 12
102	Jamaica	10.8%	-58.1%	▼ 59
103	Poland	10.7%	-48.3%	▼ 42
104	Ireland	10.5%	-48.0%	▼ 39
105	Zambia	10.5%	-15.3%	=
106	Venezuela	10.4%	-21.8%	▼ 9
107	Bulgaria	10.2%	-53.0%	▼ 49
108	Eritrea	10.2%	+2.0%	▲ 15
109	Central African Republic	10.1%	+3.1%	▲ 16
110	Saudi Arabia	10%	-64.5%	▼ 72
111	Turkmenistan	10%	+12.4%	▲ 19
112	Myanmar	9.8%	+512.5%	▲ 69
113	Australia	9.6%	-26.7%	▼ 15
114	Pakistan	9.6%	+43.3%	▲ 39
115	Nicaragua	9.5%	+8.0%	▲ 18
116	Peru	9.5%	+37.7%	▲ 35
117	Slovenia	9.5%	-41.7%	▼ 32
118	Bangladesh	9.4%	-11.3%	▲ 2
119	United States	9.3%	-19.8%	▼ 10
120	Belarus	9.2%	-14.8%	▼ 2
121	Czechia	9.2%	-27.0%	▼ 18
122	Switzerland	9%	+2.3%	▲ 9
123	Hong Kong S.A.R.	9%	-13.5%	▼ 2
124	Comoros	8.8%	-6.4%	▲ 3
125	Netherlands	8.8%	-20.7%	▼ 14
126	São Tomé and Principe	8.8%	-31.3%	▼ 25
127	Iceland	8.7%	+1.2%	▲ 8
128	Honduras	8.5%	-22.7%	▼ 14
129	Malta	8.4%	-28.2%	▼ 22
130	Ecuador	8.2%	-6.8%	▲ 2
131	Kyrgyzstan	8.2%	-3.5%	▲ 6
132	Trinidad and Tobago	8.2%	+39.0%	▲ 26
133	North Korea	7.9%	+1.3%	▲ 12
134	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7.8%	-4.9%	▲ 7
135	El Salvador	7.8%	-10.3%	▼ 1
136	Russia	7.6%	-53.7%	▼ 54
137	Guinea	7%	+11.1%	▲ 17
138	Philippines	7%	-17.6%	▲ 2
139	Germany	6.9%	-5.5%	▲ 7
140	Malawi	6.9%	+1.5%	▲ 12
141	Macao S.A.R	6.8%	+58.1%	▲ 23
142	Singapore	6.8%	-23.6%	▼ 13
143	South Korea	6.7%	-32.3%	▼ 19
144	United Arab Emirates	6.5%	+20.4%	▲ 18
145	Cameroon	6.5%	+4.8%	▲ 11
146	Burkina Faso	6.4%	-11.1%	▲ 2
147	Vietnam	6.2%	-1.6%	▲ 8
148	Israel	6%	-34.8%	▼ 20
149	Tonga	6%	+3.4%	▲ 10
150	Ghana	5.8%	-59.2%	▼ 57
151	Mexico	5.7%	-32.9%	▼ 13
152	Bahrain	5.4%	+0.0%	▲ 11
153	Ethiopia	5.4%	+42.1%	▲ 17
154	Nigeria	5.3%	-37.6%	▼ 15
155	Madagascar	5.2%	+57.6%	▲ 21
156	Bolivia	5%	-27.5%	▼ 6
157	Guatemala	4.8%	-14.3%	▲ 3
158	Thailand	4.5%	+45.2%	▲ 19
159	Cuba	4.3%	-28.3%	▼ 2
160	Moldova	4.2%	+27.3%	▲ 15
161	Uganda	4.2%	+7.7%	▲ 8
162	Ivory Coast	4%	+17.6%	▲ 11
163	Japan	3.9%	-29.1%	▼ 2
164	Mali	3.9%	+77.3%	▲ 15
165	Kazakhstan	3.8%	+0.0%	▲ 6
166	Papua New Guinea	3.8%	-11.6%	▼ 1
167	Sierra Leone	3.7%	-54.3%	▼ 25
168	Timor-Leste	3.7%	-57.0%	▼ 32
169	Senegal	3.6%	-55.0%	▼ 26
170	Togo	3.4%	-20.9%	▼ 4
171	Benin	2.9%	-14.7%	▲ 1
172	Guinea-Bissau	2.8%	-28.2%	▼ 5
173	Solomon Islands	2.8%	+115.4%	▲ 10
174	Laos	2.4%	-38.5%	▼ 6
175	United Republic of Tanzania	2.4%	-29.4%	▼ 1
176	Liberia	2.3%	+21.1%	▲ 4
177	Burundi	1.7%	-37.0%	▲ 1
178	Chad	1.5%	+7.1%	▲ 4
179	Cambodia	0.7%	+0.0%	▲ 5
180	Qatar	0.6%	+0.0%	▲ 6
181	Niger	0.5%	-28.6%	▲ 4

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