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Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
This entry gives the percent of the total labor force ages 15-24 unemployed during a specified year.
Country Comparison Ranking
Afghanistan
total: 17.6%
male: 16.3%
female: 21.4% (2017)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: 25.9%
male: 23.9%
female: 28.8% (2019 est.)Armenia
total: 32.6%
male: 31.2%
female: 34.4% (2019 est.)Australia
total: 14.3%
male: 15.3%
female: 13.2% (2020 est.)Austria
total: 8.5%
male: 9.2%
female: 7.8% (2019 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: 10.2%
male: 12.9%
female: 7.3% (2019 est.)Belgium
total: 14.2%
male: 16%
female: 12.3% (2019 est.)Belize
total: 15.3%
male: 9.5%
female: 24.8% (2017 est.)Benin
total: 5.6%
male: 5.2%
female: 5.9% (2011 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: 8.8%
male: 8.2%
female: 9.7% (2019 est.)Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 33.8%
male: 31.3%
female: 37.9% (2019 est.)Botswana
total: 37.8%
male: 39%
female: 36.4% (2019 est.)Brazil
total: 27.8%
male: 24.1%
female: 32.6% (2019 est.)Brunei
total: 21.4%
male: 19%
female: 25.8% (2019 est.)Bulgaria
total: 8.9%
male: 9.3%
female: 8.3% (2019 est.)Burkina Faso
total: 8.6%
male: 8.9%
female: 8.4% (2019)Burma
total: 1.5%
male: 1.4%
female: 1.6% (2019 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: 1.1%
male: 1%
female: 1.2% (2016 est.)Cameroon
total: 6.3%
male: 5.8%
female: 6.8% (2014 est.)Canada
total: 20.2%
male: 20.9%
female: 19.4% (2020 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: 19.6%
male: 19.1%
female: 20.3% (2019 est.)Colombia
total: 20%
male: 15.9%
female: 25.4% (2019 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: 31.5%
male: 28%
female: 37.1% (2019 est.)Cote d'Ivoire
total: 5.5%
male: 4.7%
female: 6.5% (2017 est.)Croatia
total: 16.6%
male: 14.5%
female: 19.8% (2019 est.)Cuba
total: 6.1%
male: 6.4%
female: 5.6% (2010 est.)Curacao
total: 29.3%
male: 25.4%
female: 34.5% (2018 est.)Cyprus
total: 16.6%
male: 19.3%
female: 14.3% (2019 est.)Czechia
total: 5.6%
male: 5.3%
female: 6% (2019 est.)Denmark
total: 10.1%
male: 10.4%
female: 9.7% (2019 est.)Djibouti
total: 73%
male: 72%
female: 74.6% (2017)Dominican Republic
total: 16%
male: 11.8%
female: 22.8% (2019 est.)Ecuador
total: 8.8%
male: 6.9%
female: 12% (2019 est.)Egypt
total: 24.7%
male: 17.1%
female: 51.6% (2018 est.)El Salvador
total: 9.9%
male: 8.3%
female: 12.8% (2019)Estonia
total: 11.1%
male: 10.5%
female: 11.7% (2019 est.)Eswatini
total: 47.1%
male: 44.2%
female: 50% (2016)Ethiopia
total: 25.2%
male: 17.1%
female: 30.9% (2016 est.)European Union
total: 16.8%
male: 16.8%
female: 16.9% (2019 est.)Fiji
total: 15.4%
male: 11.9%
female: 22.4% (2016 est.)Finland
total: 17.2%
male: 18.7%
female: 15.6% (2019 est.)France
total: 19.6%
male: 20.8%
female: 18.2% (2019 est.)French Polynesia
total: 56.7%
male: 54.5%
female: 59.7% (2012 est.)Gabon
total: 35.7%
male: 30.5%
female: 41.9% (2010 est.)Gambia, The
total: 25.8%
male: 21%
female: 32.3% (2018 est.)Gaza Strip
total: 40.2%
male: 34.8%
female: 67.2% (2019 est.)
note: includes the West BankGeorgia
total: 30.4%
male: 28.9%
female: 32.9% (2019 est.)Germany
total: 5.8%
male: 6.6%
female: 4.8% (2019 est.)Ghana
total: 9.1%
male: 9.4%
female: 8.7% (2017 est.)Greece
total: 35.2%
male: 33.5%
female: 37.2% (2019 est.)Guam
total: 29.4%
male: 29.7%
female: 28.9% (2011 est.)Guatemala
total: 5%
male: 3.7%
female: 8.1% (2017 est.)Guinea
total: 1%
male: 1.5%
female: 0.6% (2012 est.)Guyana
total: 26.5%
male: 20.7%
female: 34.6% (2018 est.)Honduras
total: 10.9%
male: 7.6%
female: 17.6% (2019 est.)Hong Kong
total: 8.6%
male: 10.4%
female: 6.8% (2019 est.)Hungary
total: 11.4%
male: 11.9%
female: 10.6% (2019 est.)Iceland
total: 8.7%
male: 11.8%
female: 5.6% (2019 est.)India
total: 22.3%
male: 21.9%
female: 23.8% (2019 est.)Indonesia
total: 13.5%
male: 13.8%
female: 13.2% (2019 est.)Iran
total: 27.7%
male: 24.4%
female: 40% (2018 est.)Iraq
total: 25.6%
male: 22%
female: 63.3% (2017)Ireland
total: 12.5%
male: 14.2%
female: 10.6% (2019 est.)Isle of Man
total: 10.1%
male: 11.8%
female: 8.2% (2011 est.)Israel
total: 6.7%
male: 6.1%
female: 7.2% (2019 est.)Italy
total: 29.2%
male: 27.8%
female: 31.2% (2019 est.)Jamaica
total: 20.6%
male: 16.8%
female: 25.4% (2019 est.)Japan
total: 3.8%
male: 3.9%
female: 3.7% (2019 est.)Jordan
total: 37.3%
male: 34.8%
female: 49.4% (2019 est.)Kazakhstan
total: 3.8%
male: 3.6%
female: 4% (2017 est.)Kenya
total: 7.4%
male: 7.3%
female: 7.4% (2016)Kiribati
total: 17.1%
male: 22.2%
female: 7.4% (2015 est.)Korea, South
total: 10.3%
male: 11%
female: 9.7% (2020 est.)Kosovo
total: 49.5%
male: 44.2%
female: 60.4% (2019 est.)Kuwait
total: 15.4%
male: 9.4%
female: 30% (2016 est.)Kyrgyzstan
total: 9.6%
male: 7.8%
female: 13.4% (2018 est.)Laos
total: 18.2%
male: 20.8%
female: 15.5% (2017 est.)Latvia
total: 12.4%
male: 14.2%
female: 10.1% (2019 est.)Lebanon
total: 23.4%
male: 24.5%
female: 21.4% (2019)Lesotho
total: 34.4%
male: NA
female: NA (2013 est.)Liberia
total: 2.3%
male: 2.4%
female: 2.2% (2016 est.)Libya
total: 48.7%
male: 40.8%
female: 67.8% (2012 est.)Lithuania
total: 11.9%
male: 14.1%
female: 9.3% (2019 est.)Luxembourg
total: 17%
male: 17.8%
female: 16% (2019 est.)Macau
total: 4.9%
male: 5.5%
female: 4.2% (2019 est.)Madagascar
total: 3.4%
male: 3.9%
female: 3% (2015 est.)Malawi
total: 40.5%
male: 33.1%
female: 47.7% (2017 est.)Malaysia
total: 10.5%
male: 9.6%
female: 12% (2019 est.)Maldives
total: 15.9%
male: 19.1%
female: 12.1% (2016 est.)Mali
total: 2.4%
male: 2.6%
female: 2.3% (2018 est.)Malta
total: 9.1%
male: 10.5%
female: 7.6% (2019 est.)Marshall Islands
male: 12.2%
female: 8.7%Mauritania
total: 21.1%
male: 18.8%
female: 24.9% (2017 est.)Mauritius
total: 21.8%
male: 16.8%
female: 28.4% (2019 est.)Mexico
total: 7.2%
male: 6.7%
female: 8% (2019 est.)Micronesia, Federated States of
total: 18.9%
male: 10.4%
female: 29.9% (2014)Moldova
total: 10.4%
male: 11.1%
female: 9.4% (2019 est.)Monaco
total: 26.6%
male: 25.7%
female: 27.9% (2016 est.)Mongolia
total: 25.3%
male: 24.9%
female: 25.9% (2019 est.)Montenegro
total: 25.2%
male: 25.8%
female: 24.3% (2019 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: 21.4%
male: 19.7%
female: 23.9% (2017 est.)Netherlands
total: 6.7%
male: 7.3%
female: 6.2% (2019 est.)New Caledonia
total: 38.4%
male: 37.1%
female: 40% (2014 est.)New Zealand
total: 11.3%
male: 11.1%
female: 11.5% (2019 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: 18.3%
male: 18.4% NA
female: 18.2% NA (2019 est.)North Macedonia
total: 35.6%
male: 33.4%
female: 38.9% (2019 est.)Norway
total: 10%
male: 10.4%
female: 9.5% (2019 est.)Oman
total: 13.7%
male: 10.3%
female: 33.9% (2016)Pakistan
total: 7.8%
male: 8.2%
female: 6.8% (2018 est.)Palau
total: 5.6%
Panama
total: 12.8%
male: 10.2%
female: 17.5% (2019 est.)Papua New Guinea
total: 3.6%
male: 4.3%
female: 3% (2010 est.)Paraguay
total: 15.3%
male: 12.1%
female: 20.1% (2019 est.)Peru
total: 7.3%
male: 6.9%
female: 7.9% (2019 est.)Philippines
total: 6.8%
male: 5.9%
female: 8.3% (2019 est.)Poland
total: 9.9%
male: 9.6%
female: 10.3% (2019 est.)Portugal
total: 18.3%
male: 15.5%
female: 21.4% (2019 est.)Puerto Rico
total: 26.6%
male: 28.9%
female: 23.1% (2012 est.)Qatar
total: 0.4%
male: 0.2%
female: 1.5% (2018 est.)Romania
total: 16.8%
male: 16.3%
female: 17.5% (2019 est.)Russia
total: 15.2%
male: 14.8%
female: 15.6% (2019 est.)Rwanda
total: 20.5%
male: 18.8%
female: 22.4% (2019 est.)Saint Lucia
total: 37.2%
male: 39.6%
female: 34.3% (2019 est.)Samoa
total: 31.9%
male: 24.6%
female: 43.4% (2017 est.)San Marino
total: 27.4%
male: 21.4%
female: 36% (2016 est.)Sao Tome and Principe
total: 20.8%
male: NA
female: NA (2012 est.)Saudi Arabia
total: 28.8%
male: 19.9%
female: 62.6% (2018 est.)Senegal
total: 4.8%
male: 5%
female: 4.7% (2017 est.)Serbia
total: 27.5%
male: 26.1%
female: 29.9% (2019 est.)Seychelles
total: 9.7%
male: 10.3%
female: 9% (2019 est.)Sierra Leone
total: 9.4%
male: 14.8%
female: 6.1% (2014 est.)Singapore
total: 9.1%
male: 6.2%
female: 12.5% (2016 est.)Slovakia
total: 16.1%
male: 14%
female: 19.7% (2019 est.)Slovenia
total: 8.1%
male: 7.4%
female: 9.2% (2019 est.)Solomon Islands
total: 1.3%
male: 1%
female: 1.6% (2013)South Africa
total: 57%
male: 53.2%
female: 61.7% (2019 est.)South Sudan
total: 38.6%
male: 39.5%
female: 37.4% (2017 est.)Spain
total: 32.5%
male: 30.9%
female: 34.5% (2019 est.)Sri Lanka
total: 21.1%
male: 16.6%
female: 29.4% (2018 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: 20.1%
male: 20.5%
female: 19.7% (2019 est.)Switzerland
total: 8%
male: 8.8%
female: 7.2% (2019 est.)Syria
total: 35.8%
male: 26.6%
female: 71.1% (2011 est.)Tanzania
total: 3.9%
male: 3.1%
female: 4.6% (2014 est.)Thailand
total: 4.2%
male: 3.4%
female: 5.3% (2019 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: 8.9%
male: 5.7%
female: 13.1% (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
total: 25.2%
male: 22.4%
female: 30.3% (2019 est.)Tuvalu
total: 20.6%
male: 9.8%
female: 45.8% (2016)Uganda
total: 14.8%
male: 12.7%
female: 17.3% (2017 est.)Ukraine
total: 15.4%
male: 15.5%
female: 15.3% (2019 est.)United Arab Emirates
total: 7.2%
male: 4.9%
female: 15% (2019 est.)United Kingdom
total: 11.2%
male: 13%
female: 9.2% (2019 est.)United States
total: 14.9%
male: 15%
female: 14.8% (2020 est.)Uruguay
total: 28.7%
male: 24.8%
female: 33.9% (2019 est.)Venezuela
total: 12.1%
male: 10.5% NA
female: 14.9% NA (2017 est.)Vietnam
total: 7.6%
male: 6.6%
female: 8.9% (2020 est.)West Bank
total: 40.2%
male: 34.8%
female: 67.2% (2019 est.)
note: includes Gaza StripYemen
total: 24.5%
male: 23.5%
female: 34.6% (2014 est.)Zambia
total: 26%
male: 24.7%
female: 27.6% (2018 est.)Zimbabwe
total: 27.5%
male: 25%
female: 31.4% (2019 est.)