Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy by country

Countries reporting
72
Highest
3
El Salvador
Lowest
1
Kyrgyzstan
Median
3
Years covered
7
2019–2025
Data points
440

What the numbers show

Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy is currently reported for 72 countries. The highest value is 3 in El Salvador; the lowest is 1 in Kyrgyzstan.

The median across all reporting countries is 3, and the mean is 2.47.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 50.0%).

Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 El Salvador 3 2025 up 50.0% rising
1 Italy 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Lithuania 3 2025 flat
1 Luxembourg 3 2025 flat
1 Latvia 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Morocco 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Malta 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Montenegro 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Malaysia 3 2025 flat
1 Nigeria 3 2025 up 50.0% rising
1 New Zealand 3 2025 unchanged rising
1 Philippines 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Mexico 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Serbia 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Slovakia 3 2025 falling
1 Slovenia 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 3 2025 up 50.0% rising
1 Tunisia 3 2025 unchanged falling
1 Uruguay 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 South Africa 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Russian Federation 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Türkiye 3 2025 up 50.0% rising
1 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Armenia 3 2025 up 200.0% volatile
1 China 3 2025 up 50.0% rising
1 Belarus 3 2025 up 50.0% rising
1 Czechia 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Germany 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Ecuador 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Spain 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 3 2025 flat
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2025 volatile
1 Belgium 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Georgia 3 2025 up 200.0% rising
1 France 3 2025 flat
1 Guatemala 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 3 2025 unchanged flat
1 Azerbaijan 3 2025 up 50.0% rising
3 Timor-Leste 2 2025 unchanged falling
3 Viet Nam 2 2025 unchanged flat
40 Somalia 2 2025 rising
40 Thailand 2 2025 unchanged flat
40 Tajikistan 2 2025 unchanged flat
40 Turkmenistan 2 2025 unchanged flat
40 Chile 2 2025 unchanged volatile
40 Brazil 2 2025 unchanged flat
40 Australia 2 2025 down 33.3% falling
40 Zambia 2 2025 unchanged flat
40 Zimbabwe 2 2025 up 100.0% rising
40 Republic of Korea 2 2025 down 33.3% falling
40 Namibia 2 2025 unchanged flat
40 Japan 2 2025 down 33.3% falling
40 Cambodia 2 2025 unchanged flat
40 Madagascar 2 2025 unchanged flat
40 Argentina 2 2025 volatile
40 Mauritius 2 2025 up 100.0% rising
40 Peru 2 2025 unchanged flat
40 Costa Rica 2 2025 up 100.0% rising
40 Paraguay 2 2025 unchanged falling
40 Comoros 2 2025 unchanged flat
40 Indonesia 2 2025 unchanged rising
40 Colombia 2 2025 down 33.3% falling
40 Sao Tome and Principe 2 2025 unchanged falling
40 Congo 2 2025 unchanged flat
64 Cook Islands 1 2025 unchanged volatile
64 Cameroon 1 2025 down 50.0% falling
64 Ethiopia 1 2025 down 50.0% falling
64 Sri Lanka 1 2025 down 50.0% falling
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 2025 unchanged flat
64 Kyrgyzstan 1 2025 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
75 places, 440 data points, 2019–2025
Last refreshed