# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Japan

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Japan was 3.9% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.93 |
| 2023 | 4.12 |
| 2022 | 4.43 |
| 2021 | 4.71 |
| 2020 | 4.68 |
| 2019 | 3.94 |
| 2018 | 3.67 |
| 2017 | 4.61 |
| 2016 | 5.12 |
| 2015 | 5.47 |
| 2014 | 6.3 |
| 2013 | 6.81 |
| 2012 | 8.24 |
| 2011 | 8.33 |
| 2010 | 9.46 |
| 2009 | 9.21 |
| 2008 | 7.31 |
| 2007 | 7.87 |
| 2006 | 8.3 |
| 2005 | 8.71 |
| 2004 | 9.57 |
| 2003 | 10.2 |
| 2002 | 10.06 |
| 2001 | 9.6 |
| 2000 | 9.21 |
| 1999 | 9.3 |
| 1998 | 7.73 |
| 1997 | 6.65 |
| 1996 | 6.73 |
| 1995 | 6.1 |
| 1994 | 5.45 |
| 1993 | 5.11 |
| 1992 | 4.35 |
| 1991 | 4.46 |