# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Benin

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Benin was 2.89% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `bj`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.
- Source: World Bank, Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/youth-unemployment-rate/benin
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=bj

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 2.89 |
| 2024 | 3.09 |
| 2023 | 3.09 |
| 2022 | 3.13 |
| 2021 | 3.24 |
| 2020 | 2.96 |
| 2019 | 2.3 |
| 2018 | 2.62 |
| 2017 | 2.98 |
| 2016 | 3.24 |
| 2015 | 3.42 |
| 2014 | 3.61 |
| 2013 | 3.96 |
| 2012 | 4.73 |
| 2011 | 5.45 |
| 2010 | 2.14 |
| 2009 | 1.9 |
| 2008 | 1.72 |
| 2007 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | 1.46 |
| 2005 | 1.31 |
| 2004 | 1.14 |
| 2003 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 0.83 |
| 2001 | 0.91 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 1.19 |
| 1997 | 1.26 |
| 1996 | 1.37 |
| 1995 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 1.57 |
| 1993 | 1.63 |
| 1992 | 1.69 |
| 1991 | 1.75 |