Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
This entry gives the percent of the total labor force ages 15-24 unemployed during a specified year.
Afghanistan
total: 8.7%
male: 8.4%
female: 9.4% (2021 est.)Albania
total: 27%
male: 27.8%
female: 25.9% (2019 est.)Algeria
total: 39.3%
male: 33.1%
female: 82% (2017 est.)Angola
total: 17.3%
male: 17.9%
female: 16.7% (2014 est.)Argentina
total: 23.2%
male: 20.8%
female: 26.7% (2021 est.)Armenia
total: 24%
male: 25.4%
female: 22.1% (2020 est.)Australia
total: 11.3%
male: 12.6%
female: 9.8% (2021 est.)Austria
total: 11%
male: 10.7%
female: 11.3% (2021 est.)Azerbaijan
total: 12.4%
male: 10.9%
female: 14.2% (2019 est.)Bahamas, The
total: 25.8%
male: 20.8%
female: 31.6% (2016 est.)Bahrain
total: 5.3%
male: 2.6%
female: 12.2% (2012 est.)Bangladesh
total: 12.8%
male: 10.8%
female: 16.8% (2017 est.)Barbados
total: 26%
male: 30.3%
female: 21.2% (2019 est.)Belarus
total: 12%
male: 13.8%
female: 10.1% (2020 est.)Belgium
total: 18.2%
male: 19.9%
female: 16.2% (2021 est.)Belize
total: 19.3%
male: 12.7%
female: 28.5% (2019 est.)Benin
total: 3.9%
male: 3.2%
female: 4.5% (2018 est.)Bermuda
total: 29.3%
male: 29.7%
female: 29% (2014 est.)Bhutan
total: 10.7%
male: 8.2%
female: 12.7% (2015 est.)Bolivia
total: 16.1%
male: 15.7%
female: 16.6% (2020 est.)Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 35.1%
male: 31.7%
female: 40.7% (2021 est.)Botswana
total: 42%
male: 39.2%
female: 45.6% (2020 est.)Brazil
total: 28.5%
male: 24.4%
female: 33.9% (2021 est.)Brunei
total: 26.4%
male: 22.7%
female: 32.4% (2020 est.)Bulgaria
total: 15.8%
male: 16.1%
female: 15.3% (2021 est.)Burkina Faso
total: 8.6%
male: 8.9%
female: 8.4% (2018)Burma
total: 4.9%
male: 4.1%
female: 5.8% (2020 est.)Burundi
total: 2.9%
male: 4.4%
female: 2% (2014 est.)Cabo Verde
total: 50.4%
male: 41.4%
female: 65.3% (2019)Cambodia
total: 1.7%
male: 1.8%
female: 1.5% (2019 est.)Cameroon
total: 6.3%
male: 5.8%
female: 6.8% (2014 est.)Canada
total: 13.5%
male: 14.5%
female: 12.4% (2021 est.)Cayman Islands
total: 13.8%
male: 16.4%
female: 11.4% (2015 est.)Chad
total: 1.5%
male: 2.4%
female: 0.7% (2018)Chile
total: 20.6%
male: 19%
female: 22.7% (2021 est.)Colombia
total: 24.6%
male: 19.4%
female: 31.7% (2021 est.)Comoros
total: 19.5%
male: 20%
female: 18.8% (2014)Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 8.7%
male: 11.3%
female: 6.8% (2012 est.)Costa Rica
total: 38.8%
male: 32.7%
female: 47.9% (2021 est.)Cote d'Ivoire
total: 4.1%
male: 3.4%
female: 4.9% (2019 est.)Croatia
total: 21.9%
male: 18.9%
female: 26.4% (2021 est.)Curacao
total: 42.2%
male: 38.1%
female: 47.1% (2020 est.)Cyprus
total: 17.1%
male: 17.8%
female: 16.3% (2021 est.)Czechia
total: 8.2%
male: 7.6%
female: 9.1% (2021 est.)Denmark
total: 10.8%
male: 10.7%
female: 11% (2021 est.)Djibouti
total: 73%
male: 72%
female: 74.6% (2017)Dominican Republic
total: 14.9%
male: 11.6%
female: 20.7% (2020 est.)Ecuador
total: 9%
male: 6.9%
female: 12.9% (2021 est.)Egypt
total: 17.3%
male: 12.5%
female: 43.5% (2020 est.)El Salvador
total: 11.6%
male: 9.6%
female: 15.1% (2020)Estonia
total: 16.7%
male: 18.4%
female: 15% (2021 est.)Eswatini
total: 47.1%
male: 44.2%
female: 50% (2016)Ethiopia
total: 3.5%
male: 2.7%
female: 4.5% (2013 est.)European Union
total: 18.5%
male: 18.1%
female: 19.2% (2021 est.)Fiji
total: 15.4%
male: 11.9%
female: 22.4% (2016 est.)Finland
total: 17.1%
male: 17.8%
female: 16.4% (2021 est.)France
total: 18.9%
male: 19%
female: 18.8% (2021 est.)French Polynesia
total: 56.7%
male: 54.5%
female: 59.7% (2012 est.)Gambia, The
total: 7.1%
male: 8.1%
female: 6.2% (2018 est.)Gaza Strip
total: 41.7%
male: 37.3%
female: 64.5% (2021 est.)
note: includes the West BankGeorgia
total: 31.3%
male: 30.5%
female: 32.7% (2020 est.)Germany
total: 6.9%
male: 7.3%
female: 6.4% (2021 est.)Ghana
total: 6.2%
male: 6.4%
female: 6.1% (2017 est.)Greece
total: 35.5%
male: 31.1%
female: 40.9% (2021 est.)Guam
total: 29.4%
male: 29.7%
female: 28.9% (2011 est.)Guatemala
total: 4.6%
male: 4%
female: 5.7% (2019 est.)Guinea
total: 7.1%
male: 6.1%
female: 7.9% (2019 est.)Guinea-Bissau
total: 4%
male: 4%
female: 4.2% (2018)Guyana
total: 27.4%
male: 23%
female: 33.4% (2019 est.)Honduras
total: 17.6%
male: 10.9%
female: 27.6% (2020 est.)Hong Kong
total: 15.5%
male: 17.3%
female: 13.6% (2020 est.)Hungary
total: 13.5%
male: 12%
female: 15.5% (2021 est.)Iceland
total: 12%
male: 13.2%
female: 10.7% (2021 est.)India
total: 19.8%
male: 19.5%
female: 21% (2020 est.)Indonesia
total: 13.9%
male: 14.7%
female: 12.6% (2021 est.)Iran
total: 23.7%
male: 21.2%
female: 36% (2020 est.)Iraq
total: 25.6%
male: 22%
female: 63.3% (2017)Ireland
total: 14.5%
male: 14.5%
female: 14.6% (2021 est.)Isle of Man
total: 10.1%
male: 11.8%
female: 8.2% (2011 est.)Israel
total: 7.9%
male: 7.6%
female: 8.2% (2020 est.)Italy
total: 29.7%
male: 27.7%
female: 32.8% (2021 est.)Jamaica
total: 22.4%
male: 19%
female: 26.7% (2021 est.)Japan
total: 4.6%
male: 5.1%
female: 4.2% (2021 est.)Jordan
total: 43%
male: 40.5%
female: 54.5% (2020 est.)Kazakhstan
total: 3.8%
male: 3.4%
female: 4.2% (2020 est.)Kenya
total: 12.9%
male: 12%
female: 13.8% (2019)Kiribati
total: 22.5%
male: 21.2%
female: 24.6% (2019 est.)Korea, South
total: 8.1%
male: 9.1%
female: 7.4% (2021 est.)Kosovo
total: 48.8%
male: 44.9%
female: 57.3% (2020 est.)Kuwait
total: 15.4%
male: 9.4%
female: 30% (2016 est.)Kyrgyzstan
total: 8.5%
male: 7.6%
female: 10% (2020 est.)Laos
total: 5.9%
male: 6.5%
female: 5.4% (2017 est.)Latvia
total: 14.8%
male: 14.9%
female: 14.6% (2021 est.)Lebanon
total: 23.3%
male: 24.5%
female: 21.4% (2019)Lesotho
total: 25.6%
male: 18.6% NA
female: 38.1% (2019 est.) NALiberia
total: 8.9%
male: 8.8%
female: 9% (2017 est.)Libya
total: 48.7%
male: 40.8%
female: 67.8% (2012 est.)Lithuania
total: 14.3%
male: 14%
female: 14.7% (2021 est.)Luxembourg
total: 16.9%
male: 17.7%
female: 16.1% (2021 est.)Macau
total: 8.1%
male: 9.9%
female: 6.4% (2020 est.)Madagascar
total: 3.4%
male: 3.9%
female: 3% (2015 est.)Malawi
total: 1.2%
male: 1%
female: 1.4% (2020 est.)Malaysia
total: 12%
male: 11.4%
female: 13% (2020 est.)Maldives
total: 13.9%
male: 9.7%
female: 17.2% (2019 est.)Mali
total: 7.5%
male: 6.6%
female: 8.5% (2020 est.)Malta
total: 9.6%
male: 12.7%
female: 6% (2021 est.)Marshall Islands
total: 26%
male: 31%
female: 14.2% (2019 est.)Mauritania
total: 21.1%
male: 18.8%
female: 24.9% (2017 est.)Mauritius
total: 24.5%
male: 21.7%
female: 28% (2020 est.)Mexico
total: 7.9%
male: 7.5%
female: 8.6% (2021 est.)Micronesia, Federated States of
total: 18.9%
male: 10.4%
female: 29.9% (2014)Moldova
total: 9.2%
male: 9%
female: 9.6% (2021 est.)Monaco
total: 26.6%
male: 25.7%
female: 27.9% (2016 est.)Mongolia
total: 16.2%
male: 15.4%
female: 17.4% (2020 est.)Montenegro
total: 36%
male: 33.6%
female: 39.7% (2020 est.)Morocco
total: 22.2%
male: 22%
female: 22.8% (2016 est.)
note: does not include data from the former Western SaharaMozambique
total: 7.4%
male: 7.7%
female: 7.1% (2015 est.)Namibia
total: 38%
male: 37.5%
female: 38.5% (2018 est.)Nauru
total: 26.6%
male: 20.9%
female: 37.5% (2013)Nepal
total: 20.5%
male: 19.2%
female: 22.5% (2017 est.)Netherlands
total: 9.3%
male: 9.7%
female: 9% (2021 est.)New Caledonia
total: 46.2%
male: 44.5%
female: 48.2% (2020 est.)New Zealand
total: 10.5%
male: 10.8%
female: 10.2% (2021 est.)Nicaragua
total: 8.5%
male: 6.4%
female: 12.9% (2014 est.)Niger
total: 16.6%
male: 16.1%
female: 17.5% (2017 est.)Nigeria
total: 29.9%
male: 26.8% NA
female: 33.5% (2019 est.) NANorth Macedonia
total: 36.4%
male: 33.5%
female: 41.5% (2021 est.)Norway
total: 12.6%
male: 13.3%
female: 11.8% (2021 est.)Oman
total: 15.5%
male: 12.1%
female: 31.6% (2020)Pakistan
total: 11.1%
male: 10%
female: 14.4% (2021 est.)Palau
total: 5.6%
male: NA
female: (2014) NAPanama
total: 22.4%
male: 19.8%
female: 27.1% (2021 est.)Paraguay
total: 16.1%
male: 12.2%
female: 22.1% (2021 est.)Peru
total: 9.5%
male: 8.5%
female: 10.7% (2021 est.)Philippines
total: 7%
male: 6.1%
female: 8.5% (2020 est.)Poland
total: 11.9%
male: 11.6%
female: 12.5% (2021 est.)Portugal
total: 23.4%
male: 21%
female: 26.4% (2021 est.)Puerto Rico
total: 26.6%
male: 28.9%
female: 23.1% (2012 est.)Qatar
total: 0.5%
male: 0.2%
female: 1.7% (2020 est.)Romania
total: 21%
male: 20.9%
female: 21.2% (2021 est.)Russia
total: 17%
male: 16%
female: 18.2% (2020 est.)Rwanda
total: 17.2%
male: 15.5%
female: 19% (2020 est.)Saint Lucia
total: 44.7%
male: 46.4%
female: 42.6% (2021 est.)Samoa
total: 19.6%
male: 13.3%
female: 30% (2017 est.)San Marino
total: 27.4%
male: 21.4%
female: 36% (2016 est.)Sao Tome and Principe
total: 20.8%
male: NA
female: (2012 est.) NASaudi Arabia
total: 29.4%
male: 21.6%
female: 51.5% (2020 est.)Senegal
total: 4.1%
male: 2.9%
female: 6.7% (2019 est.)Serbia
total: 25.5%
male: 23.5%
female: 28.8% (2021 est.)Seychelles
total: 16.5%
male: 17.5%
female: 15.6% (2020 est.)Sierra Leone
total: 3.6%
male: 4.9%
female: 2.6% (2018 est.)Singapore
total: 7.5%
male: 5%
female: 10.2% (2021 est.)Slovakia
total: 20.6%
male: 19.8%
female: 22% (2021 est.)Slovenia
total: 12.8%
male: 11.5%
female: 14.4% (2021 est.)Solomon Islands
total: 1.3%
male: 1%
female: 1.6% (2013)Somalia
total: 33.8%
male: 31.9%
female: 36.7% (2019)South Africa
total: 49.6%
male: 45.5%
female: 54.3% (2021 est.)South Sudan
total: 38.6%
male: 39.5%
female: 37.4% (2017 est.)Spain
total: 34.8%
male: 34.1%
female: 35.6% (2021 est.)Sri Lanka
total: 21%
male: 17.1%
female: 28.1% (2019 est.)Sudan
total: 32.6%
male: 27.4%
female: 43.5% (2011 est.)Suriname
total: 26.5%
male: 18.7%
female: 39.9% (2016 est.)Sweden
total: 24.8%
male: 25.3%
female: 24.1% (2021 est.)Switzerland
total: 8.8%
male: 8.9%
female: 8.8% (2021 est.)Tanzania
total: 3.9%
male: 2.9%
female: 4.9% (2020 est.)Thailand
total: 5.2%
male: 4.6%
female: 5.9% (2020 est.)Timor-Leste
total: 13.2%
male: 10.9%
female: 15.9% (2016 est.)Togo
total: 9.5%
male: 12.3%
female: 7.4% (2017 est.)Tonga
total: 6.7%
male: 3.4%
female: 11.7% (2018)Trinidad and Tobago
total: 8.7%
male: 8.9%
female: 8.4% (2016 est.)Tunisia
total: 34.9%
male: 33.8%
female: 37.2% (2017 est.)Turkey (Turkiye)
total: 25.1%
male: 22.5%
female: 29.9% (2020 est.)Tuvalu
total: 20.6%
male: 9.8%
female: 45.9% (2016)Uganda
total: 5.8%
male: 5.6%
female: 5.9% (2017 est.)Ukraine
total: 19.3%
male: 19.8%
female: 18.5% (2020 est.)United Arab Emirates
total: 14%
male: 12.5%
female: 18.7% (2020 est.)United Kingdom
total: 11.2%
male: 13%
female: 9.2% (2019 est.)United States
total: 9.7%
male: 10.5%
female: 8.9% (2021 est.)Uruguay
total: 33.1%
male: 29%
female: 38.5% (2020 est.)Uzbekistan
total: 13.2%
male: 21.5%
female: 8.3% (2020)Vanuatu
total: 12.3%
male: 10.3%
female: 14.4% (2019 est.)Venezuela
total: 13.6%
male: 16.8% NA
female: 11.7% (2020 est.) NAVietnam
total: 7%
male: 7%
female: 7% (2021 est.)West Bank
total: 41.7%
male: 37.3%
female: 64.5% (2021 est.)
note: includes Gaza StripYemen
total: 24.5%
male: 23.5%
female: 34.6% (2014 est.)Zambia
total: 11%
male: 11.4%
female: 10.6% (2020 est.)Zimbabwe
total: 11.9%
male: 11.2%
female: 12.8% (2019 est.)