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Youth unemployment by country

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15–24) · % of labour force ages 15–24 · 183 countries ranked · 2025

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  1. 1NigerWorld rank 1st of 183
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  2. 2QatarWorld rank 2nd of 183
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  3. 3CambodiaWorld rank 3rd of 183
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  4. 4ChadWorld rank 4th of 183
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  5. 5BurundiWorld rank 5th of 183
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  6. 6LiberiaWorld rank 6th of 183
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  7. 7TanzaniaWorld rank 7th of 183
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  8. 8LaosWorld rank 8th of 183
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  9. 9Solomon IslandsWorld rank 9th of 183
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  10. 10Guinea-BissauWorld rank 10th of 183
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  11. 11BeninWorld rank 11th of 183
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  12. 12TogoWorld rank 12th of 183
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  13. 13SenegalWorld rank 13th of 183
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  14. 14Timor-LesteWorld rank 14th of 183
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  15. 15Sierra LeoneWorld rank 15th of 183
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  16. 16Papua New GuineaWorld rank 16th of 183
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  17. 17KazakhstanWorld rank 17th of 183
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  18. 18MaliWorld rank 18th of 183
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  19. 19JapanWorld rank 19th of 183
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  20. 20Côte d'IvoireWorld rank 20th of 183
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  21. 21UgandaWorld rank 21st of 183
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  22. 22MoldovaWorld rank 22nd of 183
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  23. 23CubaWorld rank 23rd of 183
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  24. 24ThailandWorld rank 24th of 183
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  25. 25GuatemalaWorld rank 25th of 183
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Youth unemployment, 2025. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15–24), 2025World map of Youth unemployment rate (ages 15–24) (2025) for 183 countries, from 0.5 % to 76.8 %.Fiji: 15.2 %Tanzania: 2.4 %W. Sahara: —Canada: 13.8 %United States: 9.3 %Kazakhstan: 3.8 %Uzbekistan: 11.4 %Papua New Guinea: 3.8 %Indonesia: 13.0 %Argentina: 19.2 %Chile: 21.6 %DR Congo: 7.8 %Somalia: 34.2 %Kenya: 15.2 %Sudan: —Chad: 1.5 %Haiti: 37.5 %Dominican Republic: 12.3 %Russia: 7.6 %Bahamas: 19.2 %Falkland Is.: —Norway: 13.4 %Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 3.7 %South Africa: 59.9 %Lesotho: 24.7 %Mexico: 5.7 %Uruguay: 25.1 %Brazil: 14.0 %Bolivia: 5.0 %Peru: 9.5 %Colombia: 17.7 %Panama: 19.8 %Costa Rica: 19.9 %Nicaragua: 9.5 %Honduras: 8.5 %El Salvador: 7.8 %Guatemala: 4.8 %Belize: 19.3 %Venezuela: 10.4 %Guyana: 24.9 %Suriname: 25.4 %France: 18.9 %Ecuador: 8.2 %Puerto Rico: 14.0 %Jamaica: 10.8 %Cuba: 4.3 %Zimbabwe: 15.5 %Botswana: 46.0 %Namibia: 38.1 %Senegal: 3.6 %Mali: 3.9 %Mauritania: 22.9 %Benin: 2.9 %Niger: 0.5 %Nigeria: 5.3 %Cameroon: 6.5 %Togo: 3.4 %Ghana: 5.8 %Côte d'Ivoire: 4.0 %Guinea: 7.0 %Guinea-Bissau: 2.8 %Liberia: 2.3 %Sierra Leone: 3.7 %Burkina Faso: 6.4 %Central African Republic: 10.1 %Republic of the Congo: 40.5 %Gabon: 36.3 %Equatorial Guinea: 15.7 %Zambia: 10.5 %Malawi: 6.9 %Mozambique: 11.6 %Eswatini: 54.3 %Angola: 27.2 %Burundi: 1.7 %Israel: 6.0 %Lebanon: —Madagascar: 5.2 %Palestine: —Gambia: 10.9 %Tunisia: 38.1 %Algeria: 29.4 %Jordan: 38.9 %United Arab Emirates: 6.5 %Qatar: 0.6 %Kuwait: 15.1 %Iraq: 32.0 %Oman: 13.9 %Vanuatu: 11.3 %Cambodia: 0.7 %Thailand: 4.5 %Laos: 2.4 %Myanmar: 9.8 %Vietnam: 6.2 %North Korea: 7.9 %South Korea: 6.7 %Mongolia: 11.7 %India: 16.0 %Bangladesh: 9.4 %Bhutan: 17.1 %Nepal: 20.6 %Pakistan: 9.6 %Afghanistan: 16.8 %Tajikistan: 14.6 %Kyrgyzstan: 8.2 %Turkmenistan: 10.0 %Iran: 21.9 %Syria: 33.1 %Armenia: 26.2 %Sweden: 24.3 %Belarus: 9.2 %Ukraine: —Poland: 10.7 %Austria: 11.0 %Hungary: 14.2 %Moldova: 4.2 %Romania: 24.5 %Lithuania: 13.8 %Latvia: 13.0 %Estonia: 19.7 %Germany: 6.9 %Bulgaria: 10.2 %Greece: 21.4 %Türkiye: 16.0 %Albania: 25.6 %Croatia: 16.5 %Switzerland: 9.0 %Luxembourg: 21.5 %Belgium: 17.8 %Netherlands: 8.8 %Portugal: 20.2 %Spain: 24.7 %Ireland: 10.5 %New Caledonia: 33.1 %Solomon Islands: 2.8 %New Zealand: 14.4 %Australia: 9.6 %Sri Lanka: 18.6 %China: 15.8 %Taiwan: 11.9 %Italy: 20.5 %Denmark: 11.7 %United Kingdom: 14.6 %Iceland: 8.7 %Azerbaijan: 13.1 %Georgia: 30.3 %Philippines: 7.0 %Malaysia: 12.0 %Brunei: 18.2 %Slovenia: 9.5 %Finland: 21.5 %Slovakia: 18.4 %Czechia: 9.2 %Eritrea: 10.2 %Japan: 3.9 %Paraguay: 11.7 %Yemen: 32.6 %Saudi Arabia: 10.0 %N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 12.7 %Morocco: 21.9 %Egypt: 18.3 %Libya: 50.1 %Ethiopia: 5.4 %Djibouti: 76.8 %Somaliland: —Uganda: 4.2 %Rwanda: 16.4 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 28.2 %North Macedonia: 28.8 %Serbia: 20.9 %Montenegro: 24.4 %Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: 8.2 %South Sudan: —
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  • 5.8 % – 9.2 %
  • 9.2 % – 12.7 %
  • 12.7 % – 17.5 %
  • 17.5 % – 24.6 %
  • 24.6 % – 76.8 %
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Rank by year for Niger, Qatar, Cambodia, 2000–2024.