Data for 2025

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2025

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2025
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2025, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2025 covers 182 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 76.766; Niger is lowest, at 0.457. The middle country reads 12.830. Against 2024, 182 values changed (100 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2025

HighestDjibouti

76.766

LowestNiger

0.457

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

182countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
181distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	76.766
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	59.930
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.329
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	50.057
5	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	46.004
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	41.947
7	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.501
8	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	38.876
9	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.075
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.050
11	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.518
12	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	36.566
13	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.281
14	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.230
15	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	33.109
16	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.101
17	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.598
18	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	32.012
19	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	30.258
20	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.444
21	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	28.750
22	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	28.415
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	28.201
24	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27.229
25	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.244
26	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	25.567
27	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.438
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	25.149
29	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.896
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	24.745
31	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.672
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	24.544
33	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	24.438
34	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	24.312
35	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	24.196
36	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	22.921
37	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.900
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	21.882
39	Chile`CHL`South America	21.635
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.479
41	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	21.467
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	21.389
43	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	20.926
44	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.559
45	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20.545
46	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	20.251
47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.221
48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	19.949
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.768
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	19.695
51	Belize`BLZ`Central America	19.321
52	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	19.248
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	19.188
54	France`FRA`Western Europe	18.890
55	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	18.578
56	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18.479
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18.427
58	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.293
59	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	18.230
60	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	17.777
61	Colombia`COL`South America	17.653
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.374
63	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	17.052
64	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	16.785
65	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.474
66	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.408
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.042
68	India`IND`Southern Asia	16.022
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.795
70	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15.736
71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	15.694
72	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15.548
73	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.246
74	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	15.208
75	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	15.058
76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.647
77	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.594
78	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.355
79	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	14.205
80	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	14.126
81	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.984
82	Brazil`BRA`South America	13.981
83	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.885
84	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	13.813
85	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.800
86	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13.756
87	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	13.423
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.091
=89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12.977
=89	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12.977
91	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.950
92	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	12.709
93	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.312
94	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11.953
95	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11.737
96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.710
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.687
98	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11.610
99	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11.381
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.343
101	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.998
102	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.863
103	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.809
104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.699
105	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.493
106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.470
107	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.444
108	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.241
109	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.152
110	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.086
111	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	10.023
112	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	10.010
113	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	9.806
114	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.610
115	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9.594
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.543
117	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9.536
118	Peru`PER`South America	9.453
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.385
120	United States`USA`Northern America	9.340
121	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9.219
122	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.183
123	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.041
124	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.958
125	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.833
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	8.794
127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.753
128	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8.671
129	Honduras`HND`Central America	8.526
130	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.431
131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.228
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8.216
133	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.160
134	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	7.899
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.848
136	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7.809
137	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.613
138	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7.041
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.017
140	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.947
141	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.862
142	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	6.781
143	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.779
144	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6.695
145	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.548
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.451
147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.438
148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.165
149	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.032
150	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.029
151	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.826
152	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.714
153	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.416
154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.353
155	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.340
156	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.247
157	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5.013
158	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.764
159	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4.531
160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.277
161	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.197
162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.183
163	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.011
164	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.898
165	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.877
166	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.806
167	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.785
168	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.720
169	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.717
170	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.616
171	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.436
172	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.887
173	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.844
174	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.759
175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.384
176	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.381
177	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.297
178	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.678
179	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.457
180	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.711
181	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.559
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.457

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti76.766
2South Africa59.930
3Eswatini54.329
4Libya50.057
5Botswana46.004

Lowest

182Niger0.457
181Qatar0.559
180Cambodia0.711
179Chad1.457
178Burundi1.678

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.830. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
100 · 82rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Finland18.680 → 21.479+2.799
Norway12.131 → 13.423+1.292
New Caledonia31.829 → 33.109+1.280
United States Virgin Islands23.049 → 24.196+1.147
Egypt17.291 → 18.293+1.002

Fell most

Bulgaria12.493 → 10.152−2.341
Spain26.631 → 24.745−1.886
Colombia19.411 → 17.653−1.758
Paraguay13.393 → 11.687−1.706
Brazil15.674 → 13.981−1.693

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 2025.
181 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 12.977. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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) (2025). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2025

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