# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in São Tomé and Príncipe

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in São Tomé and Príncipe was 8.79% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `st`
- 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/sao-tome-and-principe
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=st

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 8.79 |
| 2024 | 8.56 |
| 2023 | 8.54 |
| 2022 | 8.49 |
| 2021 | 9.09 |
| 2020 | 9.42 |
| 2019 | 8.4 |
| 2018 | 8.31 |
| 2017 | 8.39 |
| 2016 | 10.61 |
| 2015 | 12.8 |
| 2014 | 14.85 |
| 2013 | 17.1 |
| 2012 | 19.4 |
| 2011 | 20.27 |
| 2010 | 20.84 |
| 2009 | 21.52 |
| 2008 | 21.91 |
| 2007 | 22.69 |
| 2006 | 23.47 |
| 2005 | 23.12 |
| 2004 | 22.48 |
| 2003 | 22.72 |
| 2002 | 24.25 |
| 2001 | 21.61 |
| 2000 | 19.65 |
| 1999 | 19.59 |
| 1998 | 19.65 |
| 1997 | 19.7 |
| 1996 | 19.64 |
| 1995 | 19.72 |
| 1994 | 19.83 |
| 1993 | 19.88 |
| 1992 | 20.08 |
| 1991 | 19.87 |