# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Laos

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Laos was 2.38% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 2.38 |
| 2024 | 2.18 |
| 2023 | 2.18 |
| 2022 | 2.18 |
| 2021 | 3.33 |
| 2020 | 4.24 |
| 2019 | 4.47 |
| 2018 | 5.13 |
| 2017 | 5.78 |
| 2016 | 4.84 |
| 2015 | 3.9 |
| 2014 | 3.41 |
| 2013 | 2.94 |
| 2012 | 2.47 |
| 2011 | 2.02 |
| 2010 | 1.58 |
| 2009 | 1.83 |
| 2008 | 2.06 |
| 2007 | 2.31 |
| 2006 | 2.57 |
| 2005 | 2.86 |
| 2004 | 3.17 |
| 2003 | 3.46 |
| 2002 | 3.75 |
| 2001 | 3.98 |
| 2000 | 4.31 |
| 1999 | 4.54 |
| 1998 | 4.82 |
| 1997 | 4.97 |
| 1996 | 5.17 |
| 1995 | 5.45 |
| 1994 | 5.48 |
| 1993 | 5.61 |
| 1992 | 5.55 |
| 1991 | 5.2 |