Data for 2023

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2023

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2023
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2023, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2023 covers 184 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 76.393; Niger is lowest, at 0.398. The middle country reads 12.235. Against 2022, 183 values changed (51 up, 132 down), 2 left.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2023

HighestDjibouti

76.393

LowestNiger

0.398

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

184countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
184distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	76.393
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	60.259
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.239
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	49.864
5	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44.361
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	42.333
7	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.717
8	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	38.837
9	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.484
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.129
11	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.407
12	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	36.378
13	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.326
14	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.091
15	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.260
16	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.104
17	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	31.752
18	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.514
19	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	30.261
20	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.995
21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	29.931
22	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	29.685
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	28.747
24	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	28.045
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	27.270
26	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	26.834
27	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.736
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26.543
29	Uruguay`URY`South America	26.221
30	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	25.410
31	Suriname`SUR`South America	24.982
32	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.738
33	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.705
34	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.308
35	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.129
36	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	23.588
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	23.335
38	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23.240
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	22.744
40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	22.727
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	21.974
42	Chile`CHL`South America	21.973
43	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.941
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21.701
45	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.265
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.463
47	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.430
48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20.342
49	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	19.867
50	Colombia`COL`South America	19.365
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	18.910
52	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18.848
53	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.524
54	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18.264
55	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	18.172
56	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	17.955
57	Argentina`ARG`South America	17.946
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	17.938
59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	17.833
60	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	17.696
61	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	17.494
62	France`FRA`Western Europe	17.419
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.306
64	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17.207
65	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.153
66	Panama`PAN`Central America	16.765
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	16.448
68	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.220
69	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	16.119
70	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.106
71	India`IND`Southern Asia	15.595
72	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.562
73	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15.457
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15.332
75	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	15.296
76	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.164
77	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	15.091
78	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.939
79	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.511
80	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	14.124
81	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13.712
82	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.594
83	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.581
84	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	13.474
85	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	13.382
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	13.185
87	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.178
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.015
89	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12.900
90	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.852
91	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.779
92	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.323
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.146
94	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.049
95	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.944
96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.605
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.559
98	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11.499
99	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.489
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11.471
101	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	11.176
102	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11.147
103	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.980
104	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	10.975
105	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.811
106	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.806
107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.762
108	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.714
109	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.596
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	10.478
111	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.274
112	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.161
113	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	10.069
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.038
115	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.992
116	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.965
117	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9.948
118	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9.861
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9.423
120	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.323
121	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.203
122	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.198
123	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.973
124	Peru`PER`South America	8.846
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.829
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	8.540
127	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.515
128	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8.507
129	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8.488
130	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.451
131	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.388
132	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.272
133	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8.041
134	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.011
135	United States`USA`Northern America	7.953
136	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.905
137	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.865
138	Ecuador`ECU`South America	7.782
139	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	7.577
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.071
141	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7.031
142	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6.912
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.842
144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.621
145	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.569
146	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.557
147	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.441
148	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.351
149	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.020
150	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.873
151	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.844
152	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.455
153	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.430
154	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.405
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.381
156	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.352
157	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.131
158	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.968
159	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.632
160	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4.491
161	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.326
162	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.247
163	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.243
164	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.208
165	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.116
166	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.031
167	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.861
168	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.859
169	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.814
170	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.792
171	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.484
172	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.395
173	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.198
174	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.090
175	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.927
176	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.817
177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.339
178	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.215
179	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.176
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.700
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.452
182	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.703
183	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.574
184	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.398

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti76.393
2South Africa60.259
3Eswatini54.239
4Libya49.864
5Botswana44.361

Lowest

184Niger0.398
183Qatar0.574
182Cambodia0.703
181Chad1.452
180Burundi1.700

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.235. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
183values changed, of 184 in both
51 · 132rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Chile18.287 → 21.973+3.686
Hungary10.541 → 12.779+2.238
Finland14.138 → 16.106+1.968
Lithuania11.873 → 13.712+1.839
Czechia6.720 → 8.507+1.787

Fell most

Bhutan27.177 → 14.939−12.238
Montenegro29.795 → 23.335−6.460
Costa Rica30.718 → 24.308−6.410
Mauritius22.321 → 16.448−5.873
Greece31.290 → 26.543−4.747

− Palestine

− Sudan

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.

How values are stored

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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 2023.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 184 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2023

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