Global Rankings: Youth Unemployment % (2024)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Djibouti	76.32
2	South Africa	60.89
3	Eswatini	58.18
4	Libya	49.52
5	Botswana	43.86
6	Jordan	41.72
7	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41.42
8	Tunisia	40.05
9	Congo	39.99
10	Haiti	37.49
11	Namibia	37.27
12	French Polynesia	36.90
13	Gabon	35.99
14	Somalia	33.92
15	New Caledonia	32.71
16	Yemen	32.39
17	Iraq	32.09
18	Syrian Arab Republic	31.48
19	North Macedonia	30.33
20	Georgia	29.91
21	Algeria	29.76
22	Saint Lucia	29.03
23	Cabo Verde	28.17
24	Angola	27.94
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27.28
26	Tajikistan	27.06
27	Spain	27.01
28	Uruguay	26.40
29	Armenia	26.25
30	Montenegro	25.92
31	Virgin Islands, U.S.	25.30
32	Albania	25.06
33	Greece	24.73
34	Lesotho	24.22
35	Suriname	24.17
36	Sweden	23.77
37	Barbados	23.73
38	Mauritania	23.22
39	Costa Rica	23.05
40	Iran, Islamic Republic of	22.75
41	Serbia	22.72
42	Sri Lanka	22.32
43	Guyana	22.32
44	Chile	22.30
45	Morocco	22.08
46	Italy	21.80
47	Romania	21.33
48	Portugal	21.20
49	Argentina	21.19
50	Estonia	20.90
51	Nepal	20.82
52	Luxembourg	20.17
53	Colombia	19.76
54	Finland	19.17
55	Egypt	18.71
56	Brunei Darussalam	18.49
57	Slovakia	18.19
58	Brazil	17.95
59	Bahamas	17.80
60	Rwanda	17.54
61	Belgium	16.75
62	Panama	16.75
63	Afghanistan	16.69
64	Mauritius	16.61
65	France	16.57
66	Croatia	16.56
67	Belize	16.32
68	Maldives	16.14
69	India	16.03
70	Cyprus	15.64
71	Türkiye	15.57
72	Fiji	15.50
73	Kuwait	15.45
74	China	15.23
75	Equatorial Guinea	14.71
76	Jamaica	14.46
77	New Zealand	14.28
78	Paraguay	14.11
79	Hungary	14.07
80	Lithuania	14.07
81	Zimbabwe	13.99
82	Oman	13.92
83	Mongolia	13.80
84	Saudi Arabia	13.77
85	Bhutan	13.77
86	Azerbaijan	13.72
87	Guam	13.68
88	Indonesia	13.14
89	Canada	12.96
90	Latvia	12.52
91	Puerto Rico	12.50
92	United Kingdom	12.44
93	Malaysia	12.28
94	Bulgaria	12.14
95	Denmark	12.12
96	Kenya	11.93
97	Samoa	11.92
98	Austria	11.69
99	Dominican Republic	11.68
100	Norway	11.59
101	Vanuatu	11.57
102	Bangladesh	11.46
103	Ireland	11.10
104	Trinidad and Tobago	11.06
105	Uzbekistan	10.94
106	Gambia	10.92
107	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	10.55
108	Honduras	10.53
109	Belarus	10.14
110	Ecuador	10.10
111	Myanmar	10.04
112	Zambia	9.89
113	Poland	9.88
114	Pakistan	9.86
115	Turkmenistan	9.59
116	Central African Republic	9.49
117	Australia	9.47
118	Eritrea	9.43
119	United States	9.39
120	Slovenia	9.36
121	Russian Federation	9.25
122	Nicaragua	9.04
123	Comoros	8.87
124	Peru	8.81
125	Sao Tome and Principe	8.59
126	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	8.48
127	Czechia	8.38
128	Hong Kong	8.38
129	Netherlands	8.17
130	Burkina Faso	8.10
131	Switzerland	7.94
132	Malta	7.83
133	Singapore	7.82
134	Iceland	7.65
135	Mozambique	7.37
136	Macao	7.23
137	Guinea	7.08
138	Viet Nam	6.82
139	Kyrgyzstan	6.80
140	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	6.76
141	Malawi	6.76
142	Germany	6.70
143	El Salvador	6.70
144	Philippines	6.59
145	United Arab Emirates	6.43
146	Tonga	6.34
147	Cameroon	6.23
148	Israel	6.08
149	Korea, Republic of	5.90
150	Mexico	5.54
151	Ethiopia	5.43
152	Ghana	5.41
153	Madagascar	5.39
154	Bahrain	5.23
155	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.21
156	Nigeria	5.05
157	Uganda	4.46
158	Thailand	4.31
159	Guatemala	4.22
160	Senegal	4.14
161	Mali	3.98
162	Japan	3.92
163	Côte d'Ivoire	3.92
164	Cuba	3.87
165	Kazakhstan	3.83
166	Papua New Guinea	3.80
167	Sierra Leone	3.60
168	Timor-Leste	3.43
169	Togo	3.43
170	Tanzania, United Republic of	3.35
171	Moldova, Republic of	3.33
172	Benin	3.25
173	Solomon Islands	2.98
174	Guinea-Bissau	2.77
175	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.25
176	Liberia	2.13
177	Burundi	1.62
178	Chad	1.47
179	Cambodia	0.76
180	Qatar	0.38
181	Niger	0.30

About This Indicator

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators