# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Uganda

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Uganda was 4.18% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 4.18 |
| 2024 | 4.21 |
| 2023 | 4.21 |
| 2022 | 4.34 |
| 2021 | 5.04 |
| 2020 | 5.69 |
| 2019 | 4.69 |
| 2018 | 4.88 |
| 2017 | 5.05 |
| 2016 | 4.41 |
| 2015 | 3.87 |
| 2014 | 3.32 |
| 2013 | 2.59 |
| 2012 | 5.28 |
| 2011 | 5.1 |
| 2010 | 5.36 |
| 2009 | 5.38 |
| 2008 | 4.6 |
| 2007 | 4.03 |
| 2006 | 3.42 |
| 2005 | 2.85 |
| 2004 | 4.04 |
| 2003 | 5.33 |
| 2002 | 5.15 |
| 2001 | 5.18 |
| 2000 | 5.19 |
| 1999 | 5.13 |
| 1998 | 5.09 |
| 1997 | 4.87 |
| 1996 | 4.83 |
| 1995 | 4.86 |
| 1994 | 5.14 |
| 1993 | 5.17 |
| 1992 | 5.23 |
| 1991 | 5.12 |