# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Cape Verde

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Cape Verde was 28.42% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `cv`
- 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/cape-verde
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=cv

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 28.42 |
| 2024 | 28.1 |
| 2023 | 28.05 |
| 2022 | 28.65 |
| 2021 | 31.66 |
| 2020 | 34.47 |
| 2019 | 28.11 |
| 2018 | 27.58 |
| 2017 | 31.89 |
| 2016 | 30.18 |
| 2015 | 28.57 |
| 2014 | 26.93 |
| 2013 | 25.3 |
| 2012 | 23.85 |
| 2011 | 22.62 |
| 2010 | 21.32 |
| 2009 | 25.82 |
| 2008 | 25.2 |
| 2007 | 24.91 |
| 2006 | 24.8 |
| 2005 | 24.67 |
| 2004 | 24.48 |
| 2003 | 24.51 |
| 2002 | 23.98 |
| 2001 | 23.6 |
| 2000 | 23.11 |
| 1999 | 23.05 |
| 1998 | 22.89 |
| 1997 | 22.67 |
| 1996 | 22.25 |
| 1995 | 22.15 |
| 1994 | 22.04 |
| 1993 | 22.35 |
| 1992 | 22.35 |
| 1991 | 22.25 |