# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in New Zealand

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in New Zealand was 14.36% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 14.36 |
| 2024 | 14.04 |
| 2023 | 10.71 |
| 2022 | 9.36 |
| 2021 | 10.49 |
| 2020 | 12.44 |
| 2019 | 11.29 |
| 2018 | 11.83 |
| 2017 | 12.97 |
| 2016 | 13.47 |
| 2015 | 13.87 |
| 2014 | 14.11 |
| 2013 | 15.3 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2011 | 17.51 |
| 2010 | 17.42 |
| 2009 | 16.76 |
| 2008 | 11.41 |
| 2007 | 10.1 |
| 2006 | 9.95 |
| 2005 | 9.75 |
| 2004 | 9.66 |
| 2003 | 10.49 |
| 2002 | 11.73 |
| 2001 | 12.09 |
| 2000 | 13.5 |
| 1999 | 14.16 |
| 1998 | 15.01 |
| 1997 | 13.61 |
| 1996 | 12.25 |
| 1995 | 12.27 |
| 1994 | 15.46 |
| 1993 | 17.86 |
| 1992 | 19.15 |
| 1991 | 19.32 |