# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in United States

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in United States was 9.34% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 9.34 |
| 2024 | 8.92 |
| 2023 | 7.95 |
| 2022 | 8.11 |
| 2021 | 9.7 |
| 2020 | 14.89 |
| 2019 | 8.38 |
| 2018 | 8.61 |
| 2017 | 9.24 |
| 2016 | 10.43 |
| 2015 | 11.63 |
| 2014 | 13.41 |
| 2013 | 15.56 |
| 2012 | 16.21 |
| 2011 | 17.27 |
| 2010 | 18.36 |
| 2009 | 17.52 |
| 2008 | 12.76 |
| 2007 | 10.47 |
| 2006 | 10.43 |
| 2005 | 11.24 |
| 2004 | 11.79 |
| 2003 | 12.36 |
| 2002 | 11.94 |
| 2001 | 10.49 |
| 2000 | 9.28 |
| 1999 | 9.89 |
| 1998 | 10.42 |
| 1997 | 11.43 |
| 1996 | 12.09 |
| 1995 | 12.19 |
| 1994 | 12.55 |
| 1993 | 13.43 |
| 1992 | 14.31 |
| 1991 | 13.51 |