Global Rankings: Youth Unemployment % (2025)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Djibouti	76.77
2	South Africa	59.93
3	Eswatini	54.33
4	Libya	50.06
5	Botswana	46.00
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41.95
7	Congo	40.50
8	Jordan	38.88
9	Tunisia	38.08
10	Namibia	38.05
11	Haiti	37.52
12	French Polynesia	36.57
13	Gabon	36.28
14	Somalia	34.23
15	New Caledonia	33.11
16	Syrian Arab Republic	33.10
17	Yemen	32.60
18	Iraq	32.01
19	Georgia	30.26
20	Algeria	29.44
21	North Macedonia	28.75
22	Cabo Verde	28.41
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.20
24	Angola	27.23
25	Armenia	26.24
26	Albania	25.57
27	Suriname	25.44
28	Uruguay	25.15
29	Guyana	24.90
30	Spain	24.75
31	Lesotho	24.67
32	Romania	24.54
33	Montenegro	24.44
34	Sweden	24.31
35	Virgin Islands, U.S.	24.20
36	Mauritania	22.92
37	Iran, Islamic Republic of	21.90
38	Morocco	21.88
39	Chile	21.64
40	Finland	21.48
41	Luxembourg	21.47
42	Greece	21.39
43	Serbia	20.93
44	Nepal	20.56
45	Italy	20.55
46	Saint Lucia	20.25
47	Portugal	20.22
48	Costa Rica	19.95
49	Panama	19.77
50	Estonia	19.70
51	Belize	19.32
52	Bahamas	19.25
53	Argentina	19.19
54	France	18.89
55	Sri Lanka	18.58
56	Barbados	18.48
57	Slovakia	18.43
58	Egypt	18.29
59	Brunei Darussalam	18.23
60	Belgium	17.78
61	Colombia	17.65
62	Mauritius	17.37
63	Bhutan	17.05
64	Afghanistan	16.79
65	Croatia	16.47
66	Rwanda	16.41
67	Türkiye	16.04
68	India	16.02
69	China	15.79
70	Equatorial Guinea	15.74
71	Maldives	15.69
72	Zimbabwe	15.55
73	Kenya	15.25
74	Fiji	15.21
75	Kuwait	15.06
76	United Kingdom	14.65
77	Tajikistan	14.59
78	New Zealand	14.36
79	Hungary	14.21
80	Puerto Rico	13.98
81	Brazil	13.98
82	Oman	13.88
83	Guam	13.81
84	Canada	13.80
85	Lithuania	13.76
86	Norway	13.42
87	Azerbaijan	13.09
88	Indonesia	12.98
89	Samoa	12.98
90	Latvia	12.95
91	Cyprus	12.71
92	Dominican Republic	12.31
93	Malaysia	11.95
94	Denmark	11.74
95	Mongolia	11.71
96	Paraguay	11.69
97	Mozambique	11.61
98	Uzbekistan	11.38
99	Vanuatu	11.34
100	Austria	11.00
101	Gambia	10.86
102	Jamaica	10.81
103	Poland	10.70
104	Ireland	10.49
105	Zambia	10.47
106	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	10.44
107	Eritrea	10.24
108	Bulgaria	10.15
109	Central African Republic	10.09
110	Turkmenistan	10.02
111	Saudi Arabia	10.01
112	Myanmar	9.81
113	Australia	9.61
114	Pakistan	9.59
115	Nicaragua	9.54
116	Slovenia	9.54
117	Peru	9.45
118	Bangladesh	9.38
119	United States	9.34
120	Czechia	9.22
121	Belarus	9.18
122	Switzerland	9.04
123	Hong Kong	8.96
124	Netherlands	8.83
125	Sao Tome and Principe	8.79
126	Comoros	8.75
127	Iceland	8.67
128	Honduras	8.53
129	Malta	8.43
130	Kyrgyzstan	8.23
131	Trinidad and Tobago	8.22
132	Ecuador	8.16
133	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	7.90
134	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	7.85
135	El Salvador	7.81
136	Russian Federation	7.61
137	Philippines	7.04
138	Guinea	7.02
139	Malawi	6.95
140	Germany	6.86
141	Singapore	6.78
142	Macao	6.78
143	Korea, Republic of	6.70
144	Cameroon	6.55
145	United Arab Emirates	6.45
146	Burkina Faso	6.44
147	Viet Nam	6.17
148	Israel	6.03
149	Tonga	6.03
150	Ghana	5.83
151	Mexico	5.71
152	Bahrain	5.42
153	Ethiopia	5.35
154	Nigeria	5.34
155	Madagascar	5.25
156	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.01
157	Guatemala	4.76
158	Thailand	4.53
159	Cuba	4.28
160	Moldova, Republic of	4.20
161	Uganda	4.18
162	Côte d'Ivoire	4.01
163	Japan	3.90
164	Mali	3.88
165	Kazakhstan	3.81
166	Papua New Guinea	3.79
167	Sierra Leone	3.72
168	Timor-Leste	3.72
169	Senegal	3.62
170	Togo	3.44
171	Benin	2.89
172	Guinea-Bissau	2.84
173	Solomon Islands	2.76
174	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.38
175	Tanzania, United Republic of	2.38
176	Liberia	2.30
177	Burundi	1.68
178	Chad	1.46
179	Cambodia	0.71
180	Qatar	0.56
181	Niger	0.46

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