# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Sri Lanka

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Sri Lanka was 18.58% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `lk`
- 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)
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- 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/sri-lanka
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=lk

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 18.58 |
| 2024 | 19.06 |
| 2023 | 20.34 |
| 2022 | 21.73 |
| 2021 | 25.37 |
| 2020 | 25.45 |
| 2019 | 20.43 |
| 2018 | 20.5 |
| 2017 | 17.39 |
| 2016 | 20.07 |
| 2015 | 19.23 |
| 2014 | 18.78 |
| 2013 | 17.94 |
| 2012 | 16.8 |
| 2011 | 16.76 |
| 2010 | 18.68 |
| 2009 | 21.16 |
| 2008 | 18.73 |
| 2007 | 21.47 |
| 2006 | 22.12 |
| 2005 | 27.7 |
| 2004 | 28.3 |
| 2003 | 27.59 |
| 2002 | 28.55 |
| 2001 | 25.01 |
| 2000 | 23.79 |
| 1999 | 26.26 |
| 1998 | 25.73 |
| 1997 | 31.52 |
| 1996 | 32.62 |
| 1995 | 33.78 |
| 1994 | 33.71 |
| 1993 | 34.64 |
| 1992 | 35.21 |
| 1991 | 36.11 |