Data for 2020

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2020

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2020
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2020, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2020 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 81.882; Cambodia is lowest, at 0.474. The middle country reads 15.241. Against 2019, 187 values changed (171 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2020

HighestDjibouti

81.882

LowestCambodia

0.474

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

187countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
187distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Youth Unemployment Rate, 2020, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Youth Unemployment Rate, 2020: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	81.882
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	59.607
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.611
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	53.562
5	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	51.641
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	47.708
7	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	46.705
8	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	46.146
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.458
10	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	42.053
11	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.505
12	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	41.469
13	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	41.242
14	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	40.436
15	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	40.110
16	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.702
17	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	39.534
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	38.312
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	37.924
20	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.288
21	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	36.216
22	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.910
23	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.767
24	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	35.622
25	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34.531
26	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	34.474
27	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.450
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	34.215
29	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	34.064
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	33.740
31	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	33.076
32	Panama`PAN`Central America	33.033
33	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	32.079
34	Guyana`GUY`South America	30.998
35	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	30.851
36	Argentina`ARG`South America	30.429
37	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.267
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	30.031
39	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.629
40	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	29.627
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	28.839
42	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	28.218
43	Colombia`COL`South America	27.248
44	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	26.852
45	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.795
46	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	26.608
47	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	26.576
48	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	26.422
49	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.518
50	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	25.449
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	25.032
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.919
53	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.666
54	Chile`CHL`South America	24.377
55	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.072
56	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	23.943
57	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	23.891
58	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.712
59	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	23.182
60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	22.460
61	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22.367
62	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	21.989
63	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	21.846
64	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.193
65	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	20.673
66	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.398
67	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20.125
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	20.087
69	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	19.783
70	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	19.574
71	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	19.556
72	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	19.438
73	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.355
74	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	19.059
75	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.491
76	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.463
77	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18.417
78	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17.834
79	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.584
80	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	17.393
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17.152
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.065
83	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	16.986
84	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.749
85	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.149
86	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	16.053
87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.947
88	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	15.857
89	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	15.660
90	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	15.533
91	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	15.401
92	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15.326
93	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15.263
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	15.241
95	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	15.129
96	United States`USA`Northern America	14.891
97	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14.889
98	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	14.868
99	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.773
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.766
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14.243
102	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	14.179
103	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.143
104	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14.142
105	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.619
106	Venezuela`VEN`South America	13.608
107	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.523
108	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	13.482
109	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.473
110	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.365
111	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.882
112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.838
113	Peru`PER`South America	12.659
114	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.650
115	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.442
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.365
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	12.046
118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.862
119	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	11.810
120	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11.634
121	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.536
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.424
123	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	11.215
124	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.100
125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.084
126	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.068
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11.042
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.863
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10.842
130	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.836
131	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.739
132	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10.558
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10.485
134	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.325
135	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	10.155
136	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.143
137	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.140
138	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	9.872
139	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	9.707
140	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.696
141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.595
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.417
143	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.879
144	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.603
145	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	8.510
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.414
147	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.053
148	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	7.992
149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.978
150	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.936
151	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.862
152	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.831
153	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.645
154	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.591
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.371
156	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6.987
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6.786
158	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.733
159	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.546
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6.389
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.356
162	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.319
163	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.874
164	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.688
165	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.199
166	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5.172
167	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.157
168	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.955
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.817
170	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.687
171	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.679
172	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.563
173	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.237
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.082
175	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.053
176	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.775
177	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.695
178	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.960
179	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.910
180	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.746
181	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.733
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.877
183	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.690
184	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.486
185	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.743
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.480
187	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.474

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti81.882
2South Africa59.607
3Eswatini58.611
4Libya53.562
5Saint Lucia51.641

Lowest

187Cambodia0.474
186Qatar0.480
185Niger0.743
184Solomon Islands1.486
183Burundi1.690

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.241. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
171 · 16rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Panama17.128 → 33.033+15.905
Saint Lucia35.883 → 51.641+15.758
New Caledonia32.409 → 46.146+13.737
Montenegro25.305 → 36.216+10.911
Bhutan11.560 → 21.989+10.429

Fell most

Mongolia21.128 → 14.889−6.239
Vanuatu12.336 → 9.696−2.640
Iran25.948 → 23.712−2.236
Egypt20.631 → 18.463−2.168
Timor-Leste7.968 → 6.786−1.182

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2020.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2020). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2020

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