Data for 2022

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2022

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2022
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2022, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2022 covers 186 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 76.609; Niger is lowest, at 0.397. The middle country reads 13.075. Against 2021, 186 values changed (22 up, 164 down), 1 left.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2022

HighestDjibouti

76.609

LowestNiger

0.397

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

186countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
186distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Youth Unemployment Rate, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	76.609
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.676
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.474
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	50.841
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	43.995
6	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	42.611
7	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.028
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	41.175
9	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.826
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.809
11	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	36.815
12	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.640
13	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.326
14	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	36.092
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.286
16	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	33.324
17	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	32.595
18	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.454
19	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.987
20	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.791
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	31.728
22	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.359
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	31.290
24	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	30.854
25	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.718
26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	30.136
27	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	29.795
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	29.713
29	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	28.651
30	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	27.177
31	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27.143
32	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.691
33	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	25.611
34	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.534
35	Uruguay`URY`South America	25.320
36	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	25.057
37	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.566
38	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	24.543
39	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	23.704
40	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23.509
41	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	23.270
42	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	22.900
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22.874
44	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.713
45	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.686
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.321
47	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	22.203
48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21.732
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.597
50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	21.026
51	Colombia`COL`South America	20.972
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.732
53	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.607
54	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	19.924
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.289
56	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.186
57	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.183
58	Argentina`ARG`South America	19.004
59	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.717
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.707
61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	18.694
62	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.422
63	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18.392
64	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	18.299
65	Chile`CHL`South America	18.287
66	France`FRA`Western Europe	17.856
67	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.744
68	India`IND`Southern Asia	17.732
69	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	17.599
70	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	17.539
71	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	16.984
72	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	16.410
73	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	16.342
74	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15.964
75	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15.810
76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	15.729
77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.488
78	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	15.270
79	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	15.190
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.673
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.601
82	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.562
83	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.479
84	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	14.388
85	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	14.270
86	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.138
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.054
88	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.684
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.616
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.571
91	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.245
92	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	13.183
93	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13.117
94	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	13.032
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.852
96	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.159
97	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12.000
98	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.873
99	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11.619
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.610
101	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.434
102	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11.030
103	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.985
104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10.914
105	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.853
106	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	10.596
107	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.589
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.582
109	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.580
110	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.560
111	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.541
112	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	10.533
113	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.327
114	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.283
115	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.186
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.163
117	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	10.148
118	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	10.140
119	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.082
120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.078
121	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9.992
122	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.908
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9.849
124	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.503
125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9.448
126	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9.389
127	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.362
128	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.109
129	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.064
130	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.884
131	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	8.487
132	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.468
133	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8.421
134	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.298
135	United States`USA`Northern America	8.105
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.100
137	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.924
138	Peru`PER`South America	7.681
139	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.647
140	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	7.610
141	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7.480
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.095
143	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.949
144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.848
145	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.835
146	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6.813
147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.722
148	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6.720
149	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.719
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.667
151	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6.638
152	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6.465
153	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.274
154	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.147
155	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.097
156	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.049
157	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.044
158	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	6.024
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.584
160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.450
161	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.402
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.330
163	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.208
164	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.434
165	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.336
166	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.335
167	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.304
168	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.902
169	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.822
170	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.811
171	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.513
172	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.417
173	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.212
174	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.205
175	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.130
176	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.945
177	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.905
178	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.835
179	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.344
180	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.232
181	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.184
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.705
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.459
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.687
185	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.559
186	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.397

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

186Niger0.397
185Qatar0.559
184Cambodia0.687
183Chad1.459
182Burundi1.705

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 13.075. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
186values changed, of 186 in both
22 · 164rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan20.609 → 27.177+6.568
Oman9.097 → 14.562+5.465
Kenya12.232 → 15.488+3.256
Guatemala3.789 → 6.274+2.485
China12.404 → 14.673+2.269

Fell most

Saint Lucia45.012 → 30.854−14.158
Costa Rica39.201 → 30.718−8.483
Montenegro37.399 → 29.795−7.604
Brazil28.311 → 20.732−7.579
Barbados28.250 → 21.026−7.224

− Ukraine

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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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2022). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2022

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