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Countries by Youth unemployment (15-24) (2025)

Youth unemployment (15-24) in 2025: highest in Djibouti (76.77%), lowest in Niger (0.46%), median 12.83% across the 182 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Youth unemployment (15-24) (measured in %) across 231 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %231 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1991–2025

Highest Youth unemployment (15-24), 2025

  1. 1.Djibouti76.77%
  2. 2.South Africa59.93%
  3. 3.Eswatini54.33%
  4. 4.Libya50.06%
  5. 5.Botswana46%
  6. 6.St. Vincent and the Grenadines41.95%
  7. 7.Republic of the Congo40.5%
  8. 8.Jordan38.88%
  9. 9.Tunisia38.08%
  10. 10.Namibia38.05%

Lowest Youth unemployment (15-24), 2025

  1. 173.Guinea-Bissau2.84%
  2. 174.Solomon Islands2.76%
  3. 175.Lao PDR2.38%
  4. 176.Tanzania2.38%
  5. 177.Liberia2.3%
  6. 178.Burundi1.68%
  7. 179.Chad1.46%
  8. 180.Cambodia0.71%
  9. 181.Qatar0.56%
  10. 182.Niger0.46%

All 182 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Youth unemployment (15-24) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

DjiboutiRank 1 of 182South AfricaRank 2 of 182EswatiniRank 3 of 182LibyaRank 4 of 182BotswanaRank 5 of 182St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 6 of 182Republic of the CongoRank 7 of 182JordanRank 8 of 182TunisiaRank 9 of 182NamibiaRank 10 of 182HaitiRank 11 of 182French PolynesiaRank 12 of 182GabonRank 13 of 182SomaliaRank 14 of 182New CaledoniaRank 15 of 182Syrian Arab RepublicRank 16 of 182YemenRank 17 of 182IraqRank 18 of 182GeorgiaRank 19 of 182AlgeriaRank 20 of 182North MacedoniaRank 21 of 182Cabo VerdeRank 22 of 182Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 23 of 182AngolaRank 24 of 182ArmeniaRank 25 of 182AlbaniaRank 26 of 182SurinameRank 27 of 182UruguayRank 28 of 182GuyanaRank 29 of 182SpainRank 30 of 182LesothoRank 31 of 182RomaniaRank 32 of 182MontenegroRank 33 of 182SwedenRank 34 of 182US Virgin IslandsRank 35 of 182MauritaniaRank 36 of 182IranRank 37 of 182MoroccoRank 38 of 182ChileRank 39 of 182FinlandRank 40 of 182LuxembourgRank 41 of 182GreeceRank 42 of 182SerbiaRank 43 of 182NepalRank 44 of 182ItalyRank 45 of 182St. LuciaRank 46 of 182PortugalRank 47 of 182Costa RicaRank 48 of 182PanamaRank 49 of 182EstoniaRank 50 of 182BelizeRank 51 of 182The BahamasRank 52 of 182ArgentinaRank 53 of 182FranceRank 54 of 182Sri LankaRank 55 of 182BarbadosRank 56 of 182SlovakiaRank 57 of 182EgyptRank 58 of 182Brunei DarussalamRank 59 of 182BelgiumRank 60 of 182ColombiaRank 61 of 182MauritiusRank 62 of 182BhutanRank 63 of 182AfghanistanRank 64 of 182CroatiaRank 65 of 182RwandaRank 66 of 182TurkeyRank 67 of 182IndiaRank 68 of 182ChinaRank 69 of 182Equatorial GuineaRank 70 of 182MaldivesRank 71 of 182ZimbabweRank 72 of 182KenyaRank 73 of 182FijiRank 74 of 182KuwaitRank 75 of 182United KingdomRank 76 of 182TajikistanRank 77 of 182New ZealandRank 78 of 182HungaryRank 79 of 182Channel IslandsRank 80 of 182Puerto RicoRank 81 of 182BrazilRank 82 of 182OmanRank 83 of 182GuamRank 84 of 182CanadaRank 85 of 182LithuaniaRank 86 of 182NorwayRank 87 of 182AzerbaijanRank 88 of 182IndonesiaRank 89 of 182SamoaRank 90 of 182LatviaRank 91 of 182CyprusRank 92 of 182Dominican RepublicRank 93 of 182MalaysiaRank 94 of 182DenmarkRank 95 of 182MongoliaRank 96 of 182ParaguayRank 97 of 182MozambiqueRank 98 of 182UzbekistanRank 99 of 182VanuatuRank 100 of 182AustriaRank 101 of 182The GambiaRank 102 of 182JamaicaRank 103 of 182PolandRank 104 of 182IrelandRank 105 of 182ZambiaRank 106 of 182VenezuelaRank 107 of 182EritreaRank 108 of 182BulgariaRank 109 of 182Central African RepublicRank 110 of 182TurkmenistanRank 111 of 182Saudi ArabiaRank 112 of 182MyanmarRank 113 of 182AustraliaRank 114 of 182PakistanRank 115 of 182NicaraguaRank 116 of 182SloveniaRank 117 of 182PeruRank 118 of 182BangladeshRank 119 of 182United StatesRank 120 of 182Czech RepublicRank 121 of 182BelarusRank 122 of 182SwitzerlandRank 123 of 182Hong KongRank 124 of 182NetherlandsRank 125 of 182Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 126 of 182ComorosRank 127 of 182IcelandRank 128 of 182HondurasRank 129 of 182MaltaRank 130 of 182Kyrgyz RepublicRank 131 of 182Trinidad and TobagoRank 132 of 182EcuadorRank 133 of 182North KoreaRank 134 of 182DR CongoRank 135 of 182El SalvadorRank 136 of 182RussiaRank 137 of 182PhilippinesRank 138 of 182GuineaRank 139 of 182MalawiRank 140 of 182GermanyRank 141 of 182SingaporeRank 142 of 182MacaoRank 143 of 182South KoreaRank 144 of 182CameroonRank 145 of 182United Arab EmiratesRank 146 of 182Burkina FasoRank 147 of 182VietnamRank 148 of 182IsraelRank 149 of 182TongaRank 150 of 182GhanaRank 151 of 182MexicoRank 152 of 182BahrainRank 153 of 182EthiopiaRank 154 of 182NigeriaRank 155 of 182MadagascarRank 156 of 182BoliviaRank 157 of 182GuatemalaRank 158 of 182ThailandRank 159 of 182CubaRank 160 of 182MoldovaRank 161 of 182UgandaRank 162 of 182Cote d'IvoireRank 163 of 182JapanRank 164 of 182MaliRank 165 of 182KazakhstanRank 166 of 182Papua New GuineaRank 167 of 182Sierra LeoneRank 168 of 182Timor-LesteRank 169 of 182SenegalRank 170 of 182TogoRank 171 of 182BeninRank 172 of 182Guinea-BissauRank 173 of 182Solomon IslandsRank 174 of 182Lao PDRRank 175 of 182TanzaniaRank 176 of 182LiberiaRank 177 of 182BurundiRank 178 of 182ChadRank 179 of 182CambodiaRank 180 of 182QatarRank 181 of 182NigerRank 182 of 182

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Youth unemployment (15-24) Data Coverage

This page lists 231 countries with available Youth unemployment (15-24) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.