# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Malaysia

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Malaysia was 11.95% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 11.95 |
| 2024 | 12.25 |
| 2023 | 12.15 |
| 2022 | 12.16 |
| 2021 | 11.58 |
| 2020 | 12.37 |
| 2019 | 11.21 |
| 2018 | 11.4 |
| 2017 | 11.28 |
| 2016 | 10.84 |
| 2015 | 10.98 |
| 2014 | 9.77 |
| 2013 | 10.07 |
| 2012 | 10.14 |
| 2011 | 9.82 |
| 2010 | 10.87 |
| 2009 | 11.24 |
| 2008 | 10.59 |
| 2007 | 10.76 |
| 2006 | 10.68 |
| 2005 | 11.33 |
| 2004 | 11.36 |
| 2003 | 11.49 |
| 2002 | 11.19 |
| 2001 | 11.4 |
| 2000 | 9.6 |
| 1999 | 10.86 |
| 1998 | 10.09 |
| 1997 | 7.79 |
| 1996 | 7.84 |
| 1995 | 9.75 |
| 1994 | 11.1 |
| 1993 | 12.35 |
| 1992 | 10.99 |
| 1991 | 10.81 |