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Youth unemployment by country 2025 | worldgovdata
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Youth unemployment
World Bank (WDI)
% ages 15-24
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187 countries · 1991–2025
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Data 2025 · Status unspecified
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2025
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
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Lower middle income
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Country
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Value
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1
Niger
0.46%
2
Qatar
0.56%
3
Cambodia
0.71%
4
Chad
1.5%
5
Burundi
1.7%
6
Liberia
2.3%
7
Tanzania
2.4%
8
Lao PDR
2.4%
9
Solomon Islands
2.8%
10
Guinea-Bissau
2.8%
11
Benin
2.9%
12
Togo
3.4%
13
Senegal
3.6%
14
Timor-Leste
3.7%
15
Sierra Leone
3.7%
16
Papua New Guinea
3.8%
17
Kazakhstan
3.8%
18
Mali
3.9%
19
Japan
3.9%
20
Cote d'Ivoire
4%
21
Uganda
4.2%
22
Moldova
4.2%
23
Cuba
4.3%
24
Thailand
4.5%
25
Guatemala
4.8%
26
Bolivia
5%
27
Madagascar
5.2%
28
Nigeria
5.3%
29
Ethiopia
5.4%
30
Bahrain
5.4%
31
Mexico
5.7%
32
Ghana
5.8%
33
Tonga
6%
34
Israel
6%
35
Viet Nam
6.2%
36
Burkina Faso
6.4%
37
United Arab Emirates
6.5%
38
Cameroon
6.5%
39
Korea, Rep.
6.7%
40
Macao SAR, China
6.8%
41
Singapore
6.8%
42
Germany
6.9%
43
Malawi
6.9%
44
Guinea
7%
45
Philippines
7%
46
Russian Federation
7.6%
47
El Salvador
7.8%
48
Congo, Dem. Rep.
7.8%
49
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
7.9%
50
Ecuador
8.2%
51
Trinidad and Tobago
8.2%
52
Kyrgyz Republic
8.2%
53
Malta
8.4%
54
Honduras
8.5%
55
Iceland
8.7%
56
Comoros
8.8%
57
Sao Tome and Principe
8.8%
58
Netherlands
8.8%
59
Hong Kong SAR, China
9%
60
Switzerland
9%
61
Belarus
9.2%
62
Czechia
9.2%
63
United States
9.3%
64
Bangladesh
9.4%
65
Peru
9.5%
66
Slovenia
9.5%
67
Nicaragua
9.5%
68
Pakistan
9.6%
69
Australia
9.6%
70
Myanmar
9.8%
71
Saudi Arabia
10%
72
Turkmenistan
10%
73
Central African Republic
10.1%
74
Bulgaria
10.2%
75
Eritrea
10.2%
76
Venezuela, RB
10.4%
77
Zambia
10.5%
78
Ireland
10.5%
79
Poland
10.7%
80
Jamaica
10.8%
81
Gambia, The
10.9%
82
Austria
11%
83
Vanuatu
11.3%
84
Uzbekistan
11.4%
85
Mozambique
11.6%
86
Paraguay
11.7%
87
Mongolia
11.7%
88
Denmark
11.7%
89
Malaysia
12%
90
Dominican Republic
12.3%
91
Cyprus
12.7%
92
Latvia
13%
93
Samoa
13%
94
Indonesia
13%
95
Azerbaijan
13.1%
96
Norway
13.4%
97
Lithuania
13.8%
98
Canada
13.8%
99
Guam
13.8%
100
Oman
13.9%
101
Brazil
14%
102
Puerto Rico (US)
14%
103
Channel Islands
14.1%
104
Hungary
14.2%
105
New Zealand
14.4%
106
Tajikistan
14.6%
107
United Kingdom
14.6%
108
Kuwait
15.1%
109
Fiji
15.2%
110
Kenya
15.2%
111
Zimbabwe
15.5%
112
Maldives
15.7%
113
Equatorial Guinea
15.7%
114
China
15.8%
115
India
16%
116
Turkiye
16%
117
Rwanda
16.4%
118
Croatia
16.5%
119
Afghanistan
16.8%
120
Bhutan
17.1%
121
Mauritius
17.4%
122
Colombia
17.7%
123
Belgium
17.8%
124
Brunei Darussalam
18.2%
125
Egypt, Arab Rep.
18.3%
126
Slovak Republic
18.4%
127
Barbados
18.5%
128
Sri Lanka
18.6%
129
France
18.9%
130
Argentina
19.2%
131
Bahamas, The
19.2%
132
Belize
19.3%
133
Estonia
19.7%
134
Panama
19.8%
135
Costa Rica
19.9%
136
Portugal
20.2%
137
St. Lucia
20.3%
138
Italy
20.5%
139
Nepal
20.6%
140
Serbia
20.9%
141
Greece
21.4%
142
Luxembourg
21.5%
143
Finland
21.5%
144
Chile
21.6%
145
Morocco
21.9%
146
Iran, Islamic Rep.
21.9%
147
Mauritania
22.9%
148
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
24.2%
149
Sweden
24.3%
150
Montenegro
24.4%
151
Romania
24.5%
152
Lesotho
24.7%
153
Spain
24.7%
154
Guyana
24.9%
155
Uruguay
25.1%
156
Suriname
25.4%
157
Albania
25.6%
158
Armenia
26.2%
159
Angola
27.2%
160
Bosnia and Herzegovina
28.2%
161
Cabo Verde
28.4%
162
North Macedonia
28.8%
163
Algeria
29.4%
164
Georgia
30.3%
165
Iraq
32%
166
Yemen, Rep.
32.6%
167
Syrian Arab Republic
33.1%
168
New Caledonia
33.1%
169
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
34.2%
170
Gabon
36.3%
171
French Polynesia
36.6%
172
Haiti
37.5%
173
Namibia
38.1%
174
Tunisia
38.1%
175
Jordan
38.9%
176
Congo, Rep.
40.5%
177
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
41.9%
178
Botswana
46%
179
Libya
50.1%
180
Eswatini
54.3%
181
South Africa
59.9%
182
Djibouti
76.8%
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