Data for 2024

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2024

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2024
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2024, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2024 covers 182 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 76.494; Niger is lowest, at 0.391. The middle country reads 12.865. Against 2023, 181 values changed (113 up, 68 down), 2 left.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2024

HighestDjibouti

76.494

LowestNiger

0.391

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

182countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
182distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	76.494
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	60.248
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.370
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	50.586
5	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.296
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	41.851
7	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.581
8	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.053
9	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.850
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.240
11	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.758
12	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	36.459
13	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.283
14	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.137
15	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.768
16	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.172
17	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	31.829
18	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.726
19	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.884
20	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	29.863
21	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	28.656
22	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	28.100
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	27.334
24	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	26.740
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	26.698
26	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.659
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	26.631
28	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	25.582
29	Suriname`SUR`South America	24.942
30	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.743
31	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.742
32	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	24.336
33	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	23.952
34	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	23.630
35	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	23.049
36	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23.038
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22.375
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.372
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.766
40	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	21.689
41	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.448
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.307
43	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21.294
44	Chile`CHL`South America	20.988
45	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.638
46	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	20.481
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20.246
48	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.682
49	Colombia`COL`South America	19.411
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	19.256
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	19.228
52	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	19.062
53	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18.995
54	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18.680
55	France`FRA`Western Europe	18.603
56	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.553
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	18.291
58	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18.049
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	17.934
60	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	17.872
61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	17.343
62	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.291
63	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	17.235
64	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.555
65	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	16.499
66	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.479
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.287
68	India`IND`Southern Asia	15.746
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	15.674
70	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15.556
71	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.477
72	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15.429
73	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	15.145
74	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	15.133
75	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	15.088
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.044
77	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	14.809
78	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.556
79	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.316
80	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.039
81	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	13.699
82	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13.688
83	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.614
84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.544
85	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.524
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	13.393
87	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.276
88	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.084
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.075
90	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.876
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.872
92	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	12.857
93	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12.667
94	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.493
95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.250
96	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	12.131
97	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11.786
98	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.542
99	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11.502
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11.498
101	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.425
102	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	11.029
103	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.830
104	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.809
105	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.662
106	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.538
107	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.439
108	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.428
109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.383
110	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.158
111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.102
112	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.056
113	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9.991
114	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	9.967
115	Peru`PER`South America	9.704
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.581
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9.521
118	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.507
119	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.408
120	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.335
121	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9.200
122	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.119
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.097
124	United States`USA`Northern America	8.920
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.814
126	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8.780
127	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.778
128	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.574
129	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	8.560
130	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.420
131	Honduras`HND`Central America	8.301
132	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.256
133	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.238
134	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	7.993
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.951
136	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	7.764
137	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7.507
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.068
139	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6.964
140	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.889
141	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.692
142	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.618
143	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.604
144	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.525
145	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6.434
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.425
147	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.338
148	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	6.329
149	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.163
150	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.986
151	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.760
152	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.469
153	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.460
154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.449
155	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.347
156	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5.170
157	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.088
158	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4.660
159	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.624
160	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.496
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.283
162	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.249
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.211
164	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.930
165	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.868
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.841
167	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.816
168	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.782
169	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.492
170	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.400
171	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.220
172	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.089
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.936
174	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.826
175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.334
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.218
177	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.178
178	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.695
179	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.452
180	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.704
181	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.573
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.391

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti76.494
2South Africa60.248
3Eswatini54.370
4Libya50.586
5Botswana45.296

Lowest

182Niger0.391
181Qatar0.573
180Cambodia0.704
179Chad1.452
178Burundi1.695

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.865. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
181values changed, of 182 in both
113 · 68rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

New Zealand10.714 → 14.039+3.325
Bhutan14.939 → 17.934+2.995
Panama16.765 → 19.682+2.917
Luxembourg18.848 → 21.689+2.841
Finland16.106 → 18.680+2.574

Fell most

Saint Lucia30.261 → 21.294−8.967
Greece26.543 → 22.375−4.168
Costa Rica24.308 → 20.481−3.827
Cyprus16.220 → 12.857−3.363
Russia11.147 → 8.256−2.891

− Lebanon

− South 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

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2024.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2024). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2024

0635 held

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