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