Unemployment rate for young people by country
Countries reporting
184
Highest
76.77
Djibouti
Lowest
0.457
Niger
Median
12.96
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
6,496
What the numbers show
Unemployment rate for young people is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 76.77 in Djibouti; the lowest is 0.457 in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.96, and the mean is 15.47.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 168.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 517.5%), and the largest decrease in Saudi Arabia (down 64.4%).
Unemployment rate for young people: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 76.77 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 3 | Eswatini | 54.33 | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 4 | Libya | 50.06 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 5 | Botswana | 46 | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.95 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 7 | Congo | 40.5 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 8 | Jordan | 38.88 | 2025 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 9 | Tunisia | 38.08 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 10 | Namibia | 38.05 | 2025 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 11 | Haiti | 37.52 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 12 | French Polynesia | 36.57 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 13 | Gabon | 36.28 | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 14 | Palestine | 36.09 | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 15 | Somalia | 34.23 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 16 | New Caledonia | 33.11 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 17 | Syria | 33.1 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 18 | Yemen | 32.6 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 19 | Iraq | 32.01 | 2025 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 20 | Georgia | 30.26 | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 21 | Algeria | 29.44 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 28.75 | 2025 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 23 | Cape Verde | 28.41 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.2 | 2025 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 25 | Angola | 27.23 | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 26 | Armenia | 26.24 | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Albania | 25.57 | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 28 | Suriname | 25.44 | 2025 | up 95.3% | falling |
| 29 | Uruguay | 25.15 | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 30 | Guyana | 24.9 | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 31 | Spain | 24.75 | 2025 | down 48.8% | rising |
| 32 | Lesotho | 24.67 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 24.54 | 2025 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 34 | Montenegro | 24.44 | 2025 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 35 | Sweden | 24.31 | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 36 | United States Virgin Islands | 24.2 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritania | 22.92 | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 38 | Lebanon | 22.74 | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 39 | Iran | 21.9 | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 40 | Morocco | 21.88 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 41 | Chile | 21.64 | 2025 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 42 | Finland | 21.48 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 21.47 | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 44 | Greece | 21.39 | 2025 | down 57.0% | rising |
| 45 | Serbia | 20.93 | 2025 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 46 | Nepal | 20.56 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 20.55 | 2025 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 20.25 | 2025 | down 56.9% | rising |
| 49 | Portugal | 20.22 | 2025 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 19.95 | 2025 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 19.77 | 2025 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 52 | Estonia | 19.7 | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 53 | Belize | 19.32 | 2025 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 54 | Bahamas | 19.25 | 2025 | down 22.3% | flat |
| 55 | Argentina | 19.19 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 56 | Ukraine | 19.14 | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 57 | France | 18.89 | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 18.58 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 59 | South Sudan | 18.52 | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 60 | Barbados | 18.48 | 2025 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 61 | Slovakia | 18.43 | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 62 | Egypt | 18.29 | 2025 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 63 | Brunei | 18.23 | 2025 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 64 | Belgium | 17.78 | 2025 | down 19.7% | flat |
| 65 | Colombia | 17.65 | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 66 | Mauritius | 17.37 | 2025 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 67 | Bhutan | 17.05 | 2025 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Afghanistan | 16.79 | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 69 | Croatia | 16.47 | 2025 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 70 | Rwanda | 16.41 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 71 | Turkey | 16.04 | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 72 | India | 16.02 | 2025 | down 35.8% | flat |
| 73 | China | 15.79 | 2025 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.74 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 75 | Maldives | 15.69 | 2025 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | 15.55 | 2025 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 77 | Kenya | 15.25 | 2025 | up 108.9% | rising |
| 78 | Fiji | 15.21 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 79 | Kuwait | 15.06 | 2025 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 80 | United Kingdom | 14.65 | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 14.59 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 82 | New Zealand | 14.36 | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 83 | Hungary | 14.21 | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 84 | Puerto Rico | 13.98 | 2025 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 85 | Brazil | 13.98 | 2025 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 86 | Oman | 13.88 | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 87 | Guam | 13.81 | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 88 | Canada | 13.8 | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 89 | Lithuania | 13.76 | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 90 | Norway | 13.42 | 2025 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 13.09 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 92 | Indonesia | 12.98 | 2025 | down 24.7% | flat |
| 92 | Samoa | 12.98 | 2025 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 94 | Latvia | 12.95 | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 95 | Cyprus | 12.71 | 2025 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 12.31 | 2025 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 97 | Sudan | 12 | 2022 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 98 | Malaysia | 11.95 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 99 | Denmark | 11.74 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 100 | Mongolia | 11.71 | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 101 | Paraguay | 11.69 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 102 | Mozambique | 11.61 | 2025 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 11.38 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 104 | Vanuatu | 11.34 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 105 | Austria | 11 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 106 | Gambia | 10.86 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 107 | Jamaica | 10.81 | 2025 | down 58.1% | rising |
| 108 | Poland | 10.7 | 2025 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 109 | Ireland | 10.49 | 2025 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 110 | Zambia | 10.47 | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 111 | Venezuela | 10.44 | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 112 | Eritrea | 10.24 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 10.15 | 2025 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 10.02 | 2025 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 10.01 | 2025 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 117 | Myanmar | 9.81 | 2025 | up 517.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Australia | 9.61 | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 119 | Pakistan | 9.59 | 2025 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 9.54 | 2025 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 121 | Slovenia | 9.54 | 2025 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 122 | Peru | 9.45 | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 123 | Bangladesh | 9.38 | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 124 | United States | 9.34 | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 125 | Czechia | 9.22 | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 126 | Belarus | 9.18 | 2025 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Switzerland | 9.04 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 128 | Hong Kong | 8.96 | 2025 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 129 | Netherlands | 8.83 | 2025 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 130 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.79 | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 131 | Comoros | 8.75 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 132 | Iceland | 8.67 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 133 | Honduras | 8.53 | 2025 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 134 | Malta | 8.43 | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.23 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.22 | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Ecuador | 8.16 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 138 | North Korea | 7.9 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 139 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.85 | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 140 | El Salvador | 7.81 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 141 | Russia | 7.61 | 2025 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 142 | Philippines | 7.04 | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 143 | Guinea | 7.02 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 144 | Malawi | 6.95 | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 145 | Germany | 6.86 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 146 | Singapore | 6.78 | 2025 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 147 | Macao | 6.78 | 2025 | up 56.3% | falling |
| 148 | South Korea | 6.7 | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 149 | Cameroon | 6.55 | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 6.45 | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 151 | Burkina Faso | 6.44 | 2025 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 152 | Vietnam | 6.17 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 153 | Israel | 6.03 | 2025 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 154 | Tonga | 6.03 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 155 | Ghana | 5.83 | 2025 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 156 | Mexico | 5.71 | 2025 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 157 | Bahrain | 5.42 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 158 | Ethiopia | 5.35 | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 159 | Nigeria | 5.34 | 2025 | down 36.9% | flat |
| 160 | Madagascar | 5.25 | 2025 | up 58.8% | falling |
| 161 | Bolivia | 5.01 | 2025 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 162 | Guatemala | 4.76 | 2025 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 163 | Thailand | 4.53 | 2025 | up 46.4% | flat |
| 164 | Cuba | 4.28 | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Moldova | 4.2 | 2025 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Uganda | 4.18 | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 167 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.01 | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 168 | Japan | 3.9 | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 169 | Mali | 3.88 | 2025 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 170 | Kazakhstan | 3.81 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 3.79 | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 172 | Sierra Leone | 3.72 | 2025 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 173 | East Timor | 3.72 | 2025 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 174 | Senegal | 3.62 | 2025 | down 55.1% | rising |
| 175 | Togo | 3.44 | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 176 | Benin | 2.89 | 2025 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.84 | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 178 | Solomon Islands | 2.76 | 2025 | up 112.7% | falling |
| 179 | Laos | 2.38 | 2025 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 180 | Tanzania | 2.38 | 2025 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 181 | Liberia | 2.3 | 2025 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 182 | Burundi | 1.68 | 2025 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 183 | Chad | 1.46 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 184 | Cambodia | 0.711 | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 185 | Qatar | 0.559 | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Niger | 0.457 | 2025 | down 35.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 59.93
- Central African Republic 10.09