# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Iran

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Iran was 21.9% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 21.9 |
| 2024 | 21.31 |
| 2023 | 21.27 |
| 2022 | 22.69 |
| 2021 | 23.75 |
| 2020 | 23.71 |
| 2019 | 25.95 |
| 2018 | 27.5 |
| 2017 | 28.21 |
| 2016 | 29.09 |
| 2015 | 25.96 |
| 2014 | 24.97 |
| 2013 | 23.87 |
| 2012 | 26.89 |
| 2011 | 26.65 |
| 2010 | 28.7 |
| 2009 | 24.72 |
| 2008 | 23.14 |
| 2007 | 22.35 |
| 2006 | 23.53 |
| 2005 | 23.4 |
| 2004 | 20.35 |
| 2003 | 22.68 |
| 2002 | 25.17 |
| 2001 | 24.28 |
| 2000 | 23.09 |
| 1999 | 22.15 |
| 1998 | 20.78 |
| 1997 | 19.61 |
| 1996 | 18.55 |
| 1995 | 20.16 |
| 1994 | 21.36 |
| 1993 | 21.82 |
| 1992 | 22.14 |
| 1991 | 23.01 |