# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in World

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in World was 13.41% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 13.41 |
| 2024 | 13.3 |
| 2023 | 13.37 |
| 2022 | 14.13 |
| 2021 | 15.66 |
| 2020 | 17.1 |
| 2019 | 15.25 |
| 2018 | 15.89 |
| 2017 | 16.08 |
| 2016 | 16.04 |
| 2015 | 15.96 |
| 2014 | 15.6 |
| 2013 | 15.69 |
| 2012 | 15.68 |
| 2011 | 15.31 |
| 2010 | 15.23 |
| 2009 | 15.28 |
| 2008 | 14.34 |
| 2007 | 14.15 |
| 2006 | 14.51 |
| 2005 | 14.88 |
| 2004 | 14.84 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2002 | 14.88 |
| 2001 | 14.48 |
| 2000 | 14.27 |
| 1999 | 14.36 |
| 1998 | 14.08 |
| 1997 | 13.72 |
| 1996 | 13.58 |
| 1995 | 13.41 |
| 1994 | 12.98 |
| 1993 | 12.42 |
| 1992 | 11.81 |
| 1991 | 11.55 |