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Youth unemployment rate

Where is youth unemployment worst?

Djibouti leads with 76.8 %; 187 countries have data.

No data for 24 of 211 countries

#CountryValue · %Year
1Djibouti76.82025
2South Africa59.92025
3Eswatini54.32025
4Libya50.12025
5Botswana46.02025
6St. Vincent and the Grenadines41.92025
7Congo, Rep.40.52025
8Jordan38.92025
9Tunisia38.12025
10Namibia38.02025
11Haiti37.52025
12French Polynesia36.62025
13Gabon36.32025
14West Bank and Gaza36.12022
15Somalia, Fed. Rep.34.22025
16New Caledonia33.12025
17Syrian Arab Republic33.12025
18Yemen, Rep.32.62025
19Iraq32.02025
20Georgia30.32025
21Algeria29.42025
22North Macedonia28.82025
23Cabo Verde28.42025
24Bosnia and Herzegovina28.22025
25Angola27.22025
26Armenia26.22025
27Albania25.62025
28Suriname25.42025
29Uruguay25.12025
30Guyana24.92025
31Spain24.72025
32Lesotho24.72025
33Romania24.52025
34Montenegro24.42025
35Sweden24.32025
36Virgin Islands (U.S.)24.22025
37Mauritania22.92025
38Lebanon22.72023
39Iran, Islamic Rep.21.92025
40Morocco21.92025
41Chile21.62025
42Finland21.52025
43Luxembourg21.52025
44Greece21.42025
45Serbia20.92025
46Nepal20.62025
47Italy20.52025
48St. Lucia20.32025
49Portugal20.22025
50Costa Rica19.92025
51Panama19.82025
52Estonia19.72025
53Belize19.32025
54Bahamas, The19.22025
55Argentina19.22025
56Ukraine19.12021
57France18.92025
58Sri Lanka18.62025
59South Sudan18.52023
60Barbados18.52025
61Slovak Republic18.42025
62Egypt, Arab Rep.18.32025
63Brunei Darussalam18.22025
64Belgium17.82025
65Colombia17.72025
66Mauritius17.42025
67Bhutan17.12025
68Afghanistan16.82025
69Croatia16.52025
70Rwanda16.42025
71Turkiye16.02025
72India16.02025
73China15.82025
74Equatorial Guinea15.72025
75Maldives15.72025
76Zimbabwe15.52025
77Kenya15.22025
78Fiji15.22025
79Kuwait15.12025
80United Kingdom14.62025
81Tajikistan14.62025
82New Zealand14.42025
83Hungary14.22025
84Channel Islands14.12025
85Puerto Rico (US)14.02025
86Brazil14.02025
87Oman13.92025
88Guam13.82025
89Canada13.82025
90Lithuania13.82025
91Norway13.42025
92Azerbaijan13.12025
93Indonesia13.02025
94Samoa13.02025
95Latvia12.92025
96Cyprus12.72025
97Dominican Republic12.32025
98Sudan12.02022
99Malaysia12.02025
100Denmark11.72025
101Mongolia11.72025
102Paraguay11.72025
103Mozambique11.62025
104Uzbekistan11.42025
105Vanuatu11.32025
106Austria11.02025
107Gambia, The10.92025
108Jamaica10.82025
109Poland10.72025
110Ireland10.52025
111Zambia10.52025
112Venezuela, RB10.42025
113Eritrea10.22025
114Bulgaria10.22025
115Central African Republic10.12025
116Turkmenistan10.02025
117Saudi Arabia10.02025
118Myanmar9.82025
119Australia9.62025
120Pakistan9.62025
121Nicaragua9.52025
122Slovenia9.52025
123Peru9.52025
124Bangladesh9.42025
125United States9.32025
126Czechia9.22025
127Belarus9.22025
128Switzerland9.02025
129Hong Kong SAR, China9.02025
130Netherlands8.82025
131Sao Tome and Principe8.82025
132Comoros8.82025
133Iceland8.72025
134Honduras8.52025
135Malta8.42025
136Kyrgyz Republic8.22025
137Trinidad and Tobago8.22025
138Ecuador8.22025
139Korea, Dem. People's Rep.7.92025
140Congo, Dem. Rep.7.82025
141El Salvador7.82025
142Russian Federation7.62025
143Philippines7.02025
144Guinea7.02025
145Malawi6.92025
146Germany6.92025
147Singapore6.82025
148Macao SAR, China6.82025
149Korea, Rep.6.72025
150Cameroon6.52025
151United Arab Emirates6.52025
152Burkina Faso6.42025
153Viet Nam6.22025
154Israel6.02025
155Tonga6.02025
156Ghana5.82025
157Mexico5.72025
158Bahrain5.42025
159Ethiopia5.42025
160Nigeria5.32025
161Madagascar5.22025
162Bolivia5.02025
163Guatemala4.82025
164Thailand4.52025
165Cuba4.32025
166Moldova4.22025
167Uganda4.22025
168Cote d'Ivoire4.02025
169Japan3.92025
170Mali3.92025
171Kazakhstan3.82025
172Papua New Guinea3.82025
173Sierra Leone3.72025
174Timor-Leste3.72025
175Senegal3.62025
176Togo3.42025
177Benin2.92025
178Guinea-Bissau2.82025
179Solomon Islands2.82025
180Lao PDR2.42025
181Tanzania2.42025
182Liberia2.32025
183Burundi1.72025
184Chad1.52025
185Cambodia0.72025
186Qatar0.62025
187Niger0.52025

By region

Europe & Central Asia

Georgia

30.3%

49 countries

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa

59.9%

47 countries

Latin America & Caribbean

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

41.9%

31 countries

East Asia & Pacific

French Polynesia

36.6%

29 countries

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Djibouti

76.8%

23 countries

South Asia

Nepal

20.6%

6 countries

North America

Canada

13.8%

2 countries

What changed

Fell the most

  1. Montenegro-30 pts1991 to 2025
  2. Trinidad and Tobago-26 pts1991 to 2025
  3. Croatia-24 pts1991 to 2025
  4. Zambia-23 pts1991 to 2025
  5. Saudi Arabia-23 pts1991 to 2025

Rose the most

  1. Georgia+26 pts1991 to 2025
  2. Armenia+24 pts1991 to 2025
  3. Haiti+21 pts1991 to 2025
  4. Syrian Arab Republic+21 pts1991 to 2025
  5. West Bank and Gaza+20 pts1991 to 2022

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.
Source: World Bank Open Data · 2021–2025