# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in China

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in China was 15.8% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 15.8 |
| 2024 | 15.04 |
| 2023 | 15.56 |
| 2022 | 14.67 |
| 2021 | 12.4 |
| 2020 | 12.65 |
| 2019 | 10.68 |
| 2018 | 9.67 |
| 2017 | 10.43 |
| 2016 | 10.57 |
| 2015 | 10.68 |
| 2014 | 10.51 |
| 2013 | 10.32 |
| 2012 | 10.15 |
| 2011 | 9.98 |
| 2010 | 9.82 |
| 2009 | 10.15 |
| 2008 | 9.8 |
| 2007 | 9.22 |
| 2006 | 9.33 |
| 2005 | 9.5 |
| 2004 | 9.43 |
| 2003 | 9.62 |
| 2002 | 8.92 |
| 2001 | 7.99 |
| 2000 | 6.84 |
| 1999 | 6.77 |
| 1998 | 6.67 |
| 1997 | 6.57 |
| 1996 | 6.26 |
| 1995 | 5.92 |
| 1994 | 5.62 |
| 1993 | 5.12 |
| 1992 | 4.43 |
| 1991 | 4.37 |