Countries by youth unemployment rate, 2025

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment rate of 181 countries in 2025, at 76.77%. Niger had the lowest, at 0.46%. The median was 12.71% and the figure for the World was 13.41%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest76.77Djibouti

Lowest0.46Niger

Median12.71181 countries

World13.41History

Top 40 countries, 2025

%. Source: World Bank (modelled estimate), Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2025 (%)	Change on 2024
1	Djibouti	76.77	+0.27 pts
2	South Africa	59.93	-0.32 pts
3	Eswatini	54.33	-0.04 pts
4	Libya	50.06	-0.53 pts
5	Botswana	46	+0.71 pts
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41.95	+0.1 pts
7	Republic of the Congo	40.5	-0.08 pts
8	Jordan	38.88	-0.18 pts
9	Tunisia	38.08	-0.77 pts
10	Namibia	38.05	+0.81 pts
11	Haiti	37.52	+0.76 pts
12	French Polynesia	36.57	+0.11 pts
13	Gabon	36.28	-0 pts
14	Somalia	34.23	+0.09 pts
15	New Caledonia	33.11	+1.28 pts
16	Syria	33.1	+0.33 pts
17	Yemen	32.6	+0.43 pts
18	Iraq	32.01	+0.29 pts
19	Georgia	30.26	+0.39 pts
20	Algeria	29.44	-0.44 pts
21	North Macedonia	28.75	+0.09 pts
22	Cape Verde	28.42	+0.31 pts
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.2	+0.87 pts
24	Angola	27.23	+0.49 pts
25	Armenia	26.24	-0.41 pts
26	Albania	25.57	-0.02 pts
27	Suriname	25.44	+0.5 pts
28	Uruguay	25.15	-1.55 pts
29	Guyana	24.9	+0.15 pts
30	Spain	24.75	-1.89 pts
31	Lesotho	24.67	-0.07 pts
32	Romania	24.54	+0.91 pts
33	Montenegro	24.44	+0.49 pts
34	Sweden	24.31	-0.02 pts
35	U.S. Virgin Islands	24.2	+1.15 pts
36	Mauritania	22.92	-0.12 pts
37	Iran	21.9	+0.59 pts
38	Morocco	21.88	-0.49 pts
39	Chile	21.64	+0.65 pts
40	Finland	21.48	+2.8 pts
41	Luxembourg	21.47	-0.22 pts
42	Greece	21.39	-0.99 pts
43	Serbia	20.93	-0.52 pts
44	Nepal	20.56	-0.08 pts
45	Italy	20.55	+0.3 pts
46	Saint Lucia	20.25	-1.04 pts
47	Portugal	20.22	-1.54 pts
48	Costa Rica	19.95	-0.53 pts
49	Panama	19.77	+0.09 pts
50	Estonia	19.7	+0.44 pts
51	Belize	19.32	+0.77 pts
52	Bahamas	19.25	+0.96 pts
53	Argentina	19.19	-0.04 pts
54	France	18.89	+0.29 pts
55	Sri Lanka	18.58	-0.48 pts
56	Barbados	18.48	+0.43 pts
57	Slovakia	18.43	-0.57 pts
58	Egypt	18.29	+1 pts
59	Brunei	18.23	+0.36 pts
60	Belgium	17.78	+0.43 pts
61	Colombia	17.65	-1.76 pts
62	Mauritius	17.37	+0.88 pts
63	Bhutan	17.05	-0.88 pts
64	Afghanistan	16.79	-0.45 pts
65	Croatia	16.47	-0 pts
66	Rwanda	16.41	-0.15 pts
67	Türkiye	16.04	-0.24 pts
68	India	16.02	+0.28 pts
69	China	15.8	+0.75 pts
70	Equatorial Guinea	15.74	+0.18 pts
71	Maldives	15.69	+0.89 pts
72	Zimbabwe	15.55	+0.12 pts
73	Kenya	15.25	-0.23 pts
74	Fiji	15.21	+0.08 pts
75	Kuwait	15.06	-0.09 pts
76	United Kingdom	14.65	+0.33 pts
77	Tajikistan	14.59	+0.04 pts
78	New Zealand	14.36	+0.32 pts
79	Hungary	14.21	-0.88 pts
80	Puerto Rico	13.98	+0.9 pts
81	Brazil	13.98	-1.69 pts
82	Oman	13.89	+0.36 pts
83	Guam	13.81	+0.94 pts
84	Canada	13.8	+0.52 pts
85	Lithuania	13.76	+0.07 pts
86	Norway	13.42	+1.29 pts
87	Azerbaijan	13.09	-0.45 pts
88	Indonesia	12.98	-0.1 pts
88	Samoa	12.98	+0.31 pts
90	Latvia	12.95	-0.66 pts
91	Cyprus	12.71	-0.15 pts
92	Dominican Republic	12.31	-0.56 pts
93	Malaysia	11.95	-0.3 pts
94	Denmark	11.74	-0.05 pts
95	Mongolia	11.71	+0.17 pts
96	Paraguay	11.69	-1.71 pts
97	Mozambique	11.61	+0.11 pts
98	Uzbekistan	11.38	+0.57 pts
99	Vanuatu	11.34	-0.08 pts
100	Austria	11	+0.57 pts
101	Gambia	10.86	+0.03 pts
102	Jamaica	10.81	+0.43 pts
103	Poland	10.7	+0.04 pts
104	Ireland	10.49	+0.05 pts
105	Zambia	10.47	+0.37 pts
106	Venezuela	10.44	+0.29 pts
107	Eritrea	10.24	+0.19 pts
108	Bulgaria	10.15	-2.34 pts
109	Central African Republic	10.09	+0.1 pts
110	Turkmenistan	10.02	+0.69 pts
111	Saudi Arabia	10.01	-1.49 pts
112	Myanmar	9.81	-0.16 pts
113	Australia	9.61	+0.2 pts
114	Pakistan	9.59	+0.07 pts
115	Nicaragua	9.54	-0.04 pts
116	Slovenia	9.54	-1.49 pts
117	Peru	9.45	-0.25 pts
118	Bangladesh	9.39	+0.29 pts
119	United States	9.34	+0.42 pts
120	Czechia	9.22	+0.02 pts
121	Belarus	9.18	-1.36 pts
122	Switzerland	9.04	+0.8 pts
123	Hong Kong	8.96	-0.55 pts
124	Netherlands	8.83	+0.05 pts
125	São Tomé and Príncipe	8.79	+0.23 pts
126	Comoros	8.75	-0.06 pts
127	Iceland	8.67	-0.11 pts
128	Honduras	8.53	+0.22 pts
129	Malta	8.43	-0.69 pts
130	Kyrgyzstan	8.23	-0.19 pts
131	Trinidad and Tobago	8.22	+0.22 pts
132	Ecuador	8.16	-0.41 pts
133	North Korea	7.9	+0.13 pts
134	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7.85	-0.1 pts
135	El Salvador	7.81	+0.3 pts
136	Russia	7.61	-0.64 pts
137	Philippines	7.04	+0.08 pts
138	Guinea	7.02	-0.05 pts
139	Malawi	6.95	+0.06 pts
140	Germany	6.86	+0.26 pts
141	Singapore	6.78	+0.45 pts
142	Macao	6.78	+0.09 pts
143	South Korea	6.7	+0.26 pts
144	Cameroon	6.55	-0.07 pts
145	United Arab Emirates	6.45	+0.03 pts
146	Burkina Faso	6.44	-0.09 pts
147	Vietnam	6.17	-0.17 pts
148	Israel	6.03	-0.13 pts
149	Tonga	6.03	+0.04 pts
150	Ghana	5.83	+0.48 pts
151	Mexico	5.71	-0.05 pts
152	Bahrain	5.42	-0.05 pts
153	Ethiopia	5.35	-0.1 pts
154	Nigeria	5.34	+0.25 pts
155	Madagascar	5.25	-0.21 pts
156	Bolivia	5.01	-0.16 pts
157	Guatemala	4.76	+0.14 pts
158	Thailand	4.53	-0.13 pts
159	Cuba	4.28	-0.01 pts
160	Moldova	4.2	-0.3 pts
161	Uganda	4.18	-0.03 pts
162	Côte d’Ivoire	4.01	-0.24 pts
163	Japan	3.9	-0.03 pts
164	Mali	3.88	+0.04 pts
165	Kazakhstan	3.81	-0.01 pts
166	Papua New Guinea	3.79	0 pts
167	Sierra Leone	3.72	+0.23 pts
168	Timor-Leste	3.72	+0.5 pts
169	Senegal	3.62	-0.25 pts
170	Togo	3.44	+0.04 pts
171	Benin	2.89	-0.2 pts
172	Guinea-Bissau	2.84	+0.02 pts
173	Solomon Islands	2.76	-0.18 pts
174	Laos	2.38	+0.21 pts
175	Tanzania	2.38	+0.05 pts
176	Liberia	2.3	+0.08 pts
177	Burundi	1.68	-0.02 pts
178	Chad	1.46	+0.01 pts
179	Cambodia	0.71	+0.01 pts
180	Qatar	0.56	-0.01 pts
181	Niger	0.46	+0.07 pts

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About this ranking

Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 5 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2025 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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Which country has the highest youth unemployment rate?

Djibouti, with 76.77% in 2025, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest youth unemployment rate?

Niger, with 0.46% in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11. 5 countries have no value for 2025 and are not ranked.