Data for 2021

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2021

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2021
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2021, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2021 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 79.377; Qatar is lowest, at 0.693. The middle country reads 14.675. Against 2020, 187 values changed (54 up, 133 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2021

HighestDjibouti

79.377

LowestQatar

0.693

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

187countries
1measure
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	79.377
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	65.451
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	56.669
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	52.086
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	46.040
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	45.012
7	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.676
8	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43.862
9	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43.355
10	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	41.630
11	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	40.100
12	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	39.309
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	39.201
14	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	38.858
15	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	38.244
16	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.806
17	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	37.399
18	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	36.097
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	35.816
20	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.653
21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	35.390
22	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.287
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34.999
24	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	34.645
25	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	34.404
26	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34.097
27	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.828
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	31.807
29	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	31.656
30	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	30.712
31	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	30.603
32	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30.171
33	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	30.095
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.665
35	Guyana`GUY`South America	29.122
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.311
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	28.250
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	27.463
39	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	27.188
40	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27.089
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	25.371
42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	25.369
43	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	25.203
44	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.053
45	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24.854
46	Colombia`COL`South America	24.757
47	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	24.555
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.498
49	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.752
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23.424
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.373
52	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	23.312
53	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.639
54	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	22.360
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	22.338
56	Belize`BLZ`Central America	21.819
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	21.768
58	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	21.542
59	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	21.211
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21.149
61	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.824
62	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	20.797
63	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	20.609
64	Chile`CHL`South America	20.477
65	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	19.772
66	France`FRA`Western Europe	19.252
67	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.145
68	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18.666
69	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.210
70	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	18.206
71	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	17.755
72	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17.406
73	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	17.201
74	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.173
75	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.058
76	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	16.976
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	16.874
78	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.837
79	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	16.622
80	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16.508
81	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.238
82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.203
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.146
84	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	16.144
85	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	16.034
86	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	16.013
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15.701
88	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	15.619
89	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15.612
90	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	15.319
91	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15.208
92	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	15.122
93	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	14.785
94	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14.675
95	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	14.353
96	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	14.304
97	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.269
98	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.800
99	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.557
100	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.549
101	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	13.145
102	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	13.031
103	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12.943
104	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.891
105	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	12.848
106	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	12.846
107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	12.818
108	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.790
109	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.720
110	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.404
111	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12.232
112	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.023
113	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.831
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	11.817
115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.649
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11.579
117	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.134
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.057
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.053
120	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.976
121	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.921
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.831
123	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	10.800
124	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.493
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.490
126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.444
127	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	10.227
128	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.871
129	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	9.836
130	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.804
131	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.798
132	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9.737
133	United States`USA`Northern America	9.704
134	Peru`PER`South America	9.586
135	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.499
136	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9.364
137	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.335
138	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.179
139	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.136
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	9.097
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.089
142	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.991
143	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.434
144	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.315
145	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8.199
146	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8.134
147	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	8.100
148	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.055
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.976
150	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.649
151	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.642
152	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.632
153	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.626
154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.225
155	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.903
156	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.665
157	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.393
158	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.375
159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.246
160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.056
161	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6.043
162	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.985
163	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.858
164	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.040
165	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.910
166	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	4.791
167	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.753
168	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.707
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.661
170	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.433
171	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.330
172	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4.216
173	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.902
174	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.789
175	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.778
176	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.326
177	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.242
178	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.941
179	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.820
180	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.752
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.018
182	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.797
183	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.772
184	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.370
185	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.830
186	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.718
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.693

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

187Qatar0.693
186Niger0.718
185Cambodia0.830
184Solomon Islands1.370
183Burundi1.772

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.675. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
54 · 133rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar4.955 → 12.818+7.863
Rwanda15.947 → 23.312+7.365
South Africa59.607 → 65.451+5.844
Romania17.584 → 21.149+3.565
Botswana40.436 → 43.355+2.919

Fell most

New Caledonia46.146 → 34.404−11.742
Panama33.033 → 22.338−10.695
Brunei26.852 → 16.238−10.614
Saudi Arabia29.627 → 19.772−9.855
Argentina30.429 → 23.373−7.056

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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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2021.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2021). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2021

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