Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
Countries reporting
187
Highest
76.1%
Djibouti
Lowest
0.2%
Qatar
Median
12.1%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,211
What the numbers show
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 76.1% in Djibouti; the lowest is 0.2% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.1%, and the mean is 14.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 314.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 628.1%), and the largest decrease in Saudi Arabia (down 66.7%).
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 76.1% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 2 | South Africa | 56.5% | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 3 | Eswatini | 50.9% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.3% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 5 | Libya | 41.9% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 6 | Congo | 41.6% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 7 | Botswana | 41.3% | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 8 | Tunisia | 39.0% | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 9 | Jordan | 37.9% | 2025 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 10 | Namibia | 36.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 33.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 12 | Somalia | 32.4% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 13 | Yemen | 32.0% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 14 | Palestine, State of | 31.6% | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 15 | Gabon | 31.6% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 16 | New Caledonia | 30.3% | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 17 | Haiti | 30.0% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 18 | Syrian Arab Republic | 29.5% | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 19 | Georgia | 29.2% | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 20 | North Macedonia | 28.9% | 2025 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 21 | Iraq | 28.1% | 2025 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 22 | Angola | 27.8% | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.5% | 2025 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 24 | Algeria | 26.5% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 25 | Albania | 25.4% | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 26 | Sweden | 25.2% | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 27 | Cape Verde | 24.8% | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 28 | Montenegro | 24.7% | 2025 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 29 | Romania | 24.4% | 2025 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 30 | Spain | 23.9% | 2025 | down 50.9% | rising |
| 31 | Armenia | 23.4% | 2025 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Lebanon | 23.3% | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 23.0% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 34 | Uruguay | 22.9% | 2025 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 35 | Finland | 22.2% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 36 | Morocco | 21.7% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 21.3% | 2025 | down 57.0% | rising |
| 38 | United States Virgin Islands | 20.6% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 39 | Serbia | 20.4% | 2025 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 40 | Guyana | 20.4% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 41 | Estonia | 20.0% | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 42 | Portugal | 19.7% | 2025 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 43 | Mauritania | 19.6% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 44 | Belgium | 19.6% | 2025 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 45 | Maldives | 19.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 46 | South Sudan | 19.4% | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 47 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 19.3% | 2025 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 48 | Italy | 19.3% | 2025 | down 50.2% | flat |
| 49 | Barbados | 19.3% | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 50 | Chile | 19.2% | 2025 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 51 | Nepal | 19.1% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 52 | France | 18.9% | 2025 | down 27.9% | flat |
| 53 | Bahamas | 18.9% | 2025 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 54 | Slovakia | 18.9% | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 18.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Greece | 18.5% | 2025 | down 59.2% | rising |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 18.5% | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 58 | Lesotho | 18.1% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 59 | Ukraine | 18.1% | 2021 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 60 | Suriname | 18.0% | 2025 | up 109.1% | falling |
| 61 | Argentina | 17.8% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 62 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 17.4% | 2025 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 63 | China | 17.1% | 2025 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 64 | Brunei Darussalam | 16.4% | 2025 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 65 | Lithuania | 16.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 66 | Afghanistan | 15.8% | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 67 | Bhutan | 15.8% | 2025 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Croatia | 15.6% | 2025 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 69 | India | 15.5% | 2025 | down 38.5% | flat |
| 70 | Puerto Rico | 15.5% | 2025 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 71 | Mauritius | 15.5% | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 72 | Canada | 15.4% | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 73 | Panama | 15.4% | 2025 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 15.3% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 15.0% | 2025 | up 109.9% | falling |
| 76 | New Zealand | 15.0% | 2025 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 77 | Equatorial Guinea | 14.7% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 78 | Rwanda | 14.6% | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 79 | Hungary | 14.5% | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 80 | Norway | 14.4% | 2025 | up 29.3% | falling |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 14.4% | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Colombia | 14.3% | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 83 | Channel Islands | 14.1% | 2025 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 84 | Guam | 13.4% | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 13.3% | 2025 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 86 | Indonesia | 13.1% | 2025 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 87 | Belize | 13.0% | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 88 | Egypt | 12.9% | 2025 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 89 | Türkiye | 12.8% | 2025 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 90 | Latvia | 12.8% | 2025 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 12.7% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 92 | Mongolia | 12.4% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 93 | Cyprus | 12.4% | 2025 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Denmark | 12.1% | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 95 | Brazil | 12.0% | 2025 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 96 | Kenya | 11.9% | 2025 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 97 | Mozambique | 11.9% | 2025 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 98 | Sudan | 11.8% | 2022 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 11.7% | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 100 | Oman | 11.4% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 101 | Austria | 11.2% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 102 | Ireland | 11.2% | 2025 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Malaysia | 11.1% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 104 | Zambia | 10.8% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 105 | Australia | 10.7% | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 106 | Poland | 10.6% | 2025 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 10.6% | 2025 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 108 | Myanmar | 10.6% | 2025 | up 628.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Gambia | 10.5% | 2025 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 110 | Belarus | 10.4% | 2025 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 111 | United States of America | 10.1% | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 112 | Hong Kong, China | 9.9% | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 113 | Vanuatu | 9.8% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 114 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9.8% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 115 | Slovenia | 9.5% | 2025 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 116 | Malta | 9.4% | 2025 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 117 | Pakistan | 9.4% | 2025 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Kuwait | 9.4% | 2025 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 9.3% | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 120 | Paraguay | 9.3% | 2025 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 9.3% | 2025 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 122 | Iceland | 9.2% | 2025 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 123 | Eritrea | 9.2% | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 124 | Netherlands | 9.1% | 2025 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 125 | Jamaica | 9.1% | 2025 | down 54.8% | rising |
| 126 | Switzerland | 9.0% | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 127 | Central African Republic | 9.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 128 | Czechia | 8.9% | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 129 | Macau, China | 8.8% | 2025 | up 67.2% | falling |
| 130 | Peru | 8.6% | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 131 | Samoa | 8.5% | 2025 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.3% | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 133 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.3% | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 8.3% | 2025 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 135 | Comoros | 8.2% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 136 | Germany | 7.7% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 137 | Uzbekistan | 7.5% | 2025 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 138 | Russian Federation | 7.4% | 2025 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 139 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.4% | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 7.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 141 | Saudi Arabia | 7.0% | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 142 | Korea | 6.7% | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 143 | Viet Nam | 6.7% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 144 | Malawi | 6.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 145 | Honduras | 6.6% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 146 | Ecuador | 6.6% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 147 | El Salvador | 6.4% | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 148 | Guinea | 6.3% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 149 | Cameroon | 6.1% | 2025 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 150 | Israel | 6.1% | 2025 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 151 | Philippines | 6.1% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 152 | Ghana | 5.9% | 2025 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 153 | Singapore | 5.5% | 2025 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 154 | Mexico | 5.4% | 2025 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 155 | Republic of Moldova | 5.2% | 2025 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Madagascar | 5.2% | 2025 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 5.1% | 2025 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | 4.9% | 2025 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 4.7% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 160 | Cuba | 4.6% | 2025 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 4.6% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 162 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.5% | 2025 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 163 | Nigeria | 4.4% | 2025 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 164 | Guatemala | 4.4% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 165 | Japan | 4.1% | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 166 | Ethiopia | 3.9% | 2025 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 167 | Mali | 3.8% | 2025 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 168 | Tonga | 3.7% | 2025 | up 21.2% | flat |
| 169 | Thailand | 3.7% | 2025 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 170 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.6% | 2025 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 171 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.6% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 172 | Timor-Leste | 3.5% | 2025 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 173 | Uganda | 3.3% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 174 | Togo | 3.3% | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 175 | Benin | 3.2% | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 176 | Kazakhstan | 2.9% | 2025 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Senegal | 2.8% | 2025 | down 61.6% | rising |
| 178 | Bahrain | 2.7% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 179 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.5% | 2025 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 2.4% | 2025 | up 134.1% | falling |
| 181 | Liberia | 2.4% | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 182 | Burundi | 2.2% | 2025 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 183 | Chad | 2.1% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 184 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.6% | 2025 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 185 | Cambodia | 0.9% | 2025 | up 77.9% | falling |
| 186 | Niger | 0.6% | 2025 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Qatar | 0.2% | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Other small states 24.9%
- Chagai 14.1%
- Arab World 22.1%
- Small states 20.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 17.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 17.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 16.6%
- Euro area 16.3%
- European Union 16.2%
- Caribbean Small States 15.9%
- IBRD only 15.4%
- South Asia 15.4%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 15.4%
- Upper middle income 15.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 14.7%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 14.6%
- Early-demographic dividend 14.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 14.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 13.9%
- Middle income 13.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 13.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 13.3%
- Low & middle income 13.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 13.3%
- World 13.1%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 12.7%
- Lower middle income 12.7%
- Post-demographic dividend 12.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 11.9%
- High income 11.7%
- OECD members 11.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 11.0%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 10.6%
- North America 10.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 10.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 10.2%
- Least developed countries 10.0%
- IDA only 9.9%
- Low income 9.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 9.4%
About this data
Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.