# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in North Korea

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in North Korea was 7.9% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 7.9 |
| 2024 | 7.76 |
| 2023 | 7.58 |
| 2022 | 7.61 |
| 2021 | 8.1 |
| 2020 | 8.51 |
| 2019 | 7.61 |
| 2018 | 7.77 |
| 2017 | 7.92 |
| 2016 | 8.09 |
| 2015 | 7.76 |
| 2014 | 7.63 |
| 2013 | 7.69 |
| 2012 | 7.58 |
| 2011 | 7.65 |
| 2010 | 7.46 |
| 2009 | 7.58 |
| 2008 | 7.56 |
| 2007 | 7.73 |
| 2006 | 7.82 |
| 2005 | 7.89 |
| 2004 | 7.96 |
| 2003 | 8.04 |
| 2002 | 8 |
| 2001 | 8.06 |
| 2000 | 8.01 |
| 1999 | 8.05 |
| 1998 | 7.51 |
| 1997 | 6.91 |
| 1996 | 6.62 |
| 1995 | 6.45 |
| 1994 | 6.32 |
| 1993 | 5.98 |
| 1992 | 5.67 |
| 1991 | 5.54 |