Countries by youth unemployment rate

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment rate of 186 countries in 2015, at 72.49%. Qatar had the lowest, at 0.57%. The median was 14.06% and the figure for the World was 15.96%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest72.49Djibouti

Lowest0.57Qatar

Median14.06186 countries

World15.96History

Top 40 countries, 2015

%. 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	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Djibouti	72.49	+0.46 pts
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	65.24	+0.64 pts
3	Libya	51.54	+0.86 pts
4	South Africa	50.12	-1.08 pts
5	Greece	49.73	-2.91 pts
6	Eswatini	48.35	-0.96 pts
6	Spain	48.35	-4.82 pts
8	North Macedonia	47.48	-5.59 pts
9	Saint Lucia	46.99	-0.86 pts
10	Serbia	43.23	-4.4 pts
11	Croatia	42.31	-3.39 pts
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	42.03	+0.02 pts
13	Namibia	41.22	+2.49 pts
14	Republic of the Congo	41.21	+0.57 pts
15	Italy	40.32	-2.35 pts
16	Albania	39.63	+0.07 pts
17	Montenegro	37.72	+1.71 pts
18	New Caledonia	37.59	-0.62 pts
19	Palestine	37.22	+0.89 pts
20	Gabon	35.86	+0.2 pts
21	Georgia	35.85	-1.52 pts
22	French Polynesia	35.58	+0.13 pts
23	Angola	35.12	-0.62 pts
24	Tunisia	34.97	-1.95 pts
25	Syria	34.81	-1.17 pts
26	Botswana	34.74	+0.14 pts
27	Haiti	34.18	+0.09 pts
28	Egypt	34.16	+1.96 pts
29	Somalia	33.35	-0.2 pts
30	Yemen	32.7	+7.94 pts
31	Cyprus	32.54	-2.98 pts
32	Armenia	31.85	-4.52 pts
33	Portugal	31.79	-2.88 pts
34	Jordan	30.91	+3.3 pts
35	Algeria	30.38	+4.71 pts
36	Barbados	28.86	-4.2 pts
37	Cape Verde	28.57	+1.64 pts
38	Saudi Arabia	28.16	-0.45 pts
39	Puerto Rico	26.57	-4.13 pts
40	Slovakia	26.57	-0.17 pts
41	Iran	25.96	+0.99 pts
42	Brunei	25.89	+1.79 pts
43	Jamaica	25.78	-0.57 pts
44	Mauritius	25.56	+0.84 pts
45	U.S. Virgin Islands	25.43	-0.87 pts
46	France	25.26	+0.43 pts
47	Sudan	25.23	-2.05 pts
48	India	24.96	+0.25 pts
49	Bahamas	24.78	-4.21 pts
50	Guyana	24.21	+0.52 pts
51	Lesotho	24	+0.36 pts
52	Uruguay	22.88	+3.45 pts
53	Ukraine	22.61	-0.96 pts
54	Costa Rica	22.36	-1.87 pts
55	Finland	22.3	+1.85 pts
56	Belgium	22.13	-1.1 pts
57	Romania	22.03	-2.34 pts
58	Bulgaria	21.65	-2.12 pts
59	Iraq	21.39	+1.48 pts
60	Morocco	20.83	+0.86 pts
61	Poland	20.69	-3.05 pts
62	Lebanon	20.59	+0.82 pts
63	Sweden	20.36	-2.46 pts
64	Argentina	20.27	+1.13 pts
65	Ireland	20.24	-3.18 pts
66	Brazil	19.49	+4 pts
67	South Sudan	19.42	-0.16 pts
68	Nepal	19.4	+0.05 pts
69	Sri Lanka	19.23	+0.45 pts
70	Mauritania	18.5	+1.14 pts
71	Türkiye	18.3	+0.6 pts
72	Samoa	18.06	+0.53 pts
73	Luxembourg	17.5	-6.78 pts
74	Colombia	17.32	-0.93 pts
75	Hungary	17.27	-3.11 pts
76	Indonesia	17.22	+1.25 pts
77	Maldives	16.83	-1.54 pts
78	Rwanda	16.6	+0.05 pts
79	Belize	16.48	-1.79 pts
80	Dominican Republic	16.43	+3.08 pts
81	Guam	16.41	-1.59 pts
82	Russia	16.39	+2.34 pts
83	Latvia	16.32	-3.28 pts
84	Lithuania	16.3	-2.96 pts
85	Slovenia	16.3	-3.94 pts
86	Kuwait	16.18	+0.72 pts
87	Chile	15.81	-1.16 pts
88	Equatorial Guinea	15.4	+0.19 pts
89	United Kingdom	15.18	-2.34 pts
90	Oman	15.15	-0.18 pts
91	Fiji	14.63	+0.2 pts
92	Estonia	14.34	-0.63 pts
93	Ghana	14.24	+4.93 pts
94	New Zealand	13.87	-0.24 pts
95	Tajikistan	13.72	+0.14 pts
96	Azerbaijan	13.36	-0.05 pts
97	Venezuela	13.33	-1.43 pts
98	Australia	13.11	-0.2 pts
99	Suriname	13.03	-2.58 pts
100	São Tomé and Príncipe	12.8	-2.06 pts
101	Canada	12.76	-0.44 pts
102	Mongolia	12.74	+0.78 pts
103	Czechia	12.58	-3.26 pts
104	Afghanistan	12.53	+2.44 pts
105	Zambia	12.36	-1.64 pts
106	Denmark	12.15	-2.04 pts
107	Panama	11.68	+0.15 pts
108	Malta	11.65	-0.04 pts
109	United States	11.63	-1.78 pts
110	Uzbekistan	11.46	+0.08 pts
111	Netherlands	11.1	-1.43 pts
112	Vanuatu	11.07	+0.25 pts
113	Honduras	11.04	-0.82 pts
114	Gambia	11.02	-1.19 pts
115	Malaysia	10.98	+1.21 pts
116	Paraguay	10.92	-0.17 pts
117	Austria	10.91	+0.4 pts
118	Belarus	10.77	-0.03 pts
119	China	10.68	+0.17 pts
120	Bangladesh	10.56	+0.44 pts
121	Hong Kong	10.42	+1.22 pts
122	Bhutan	10.12	+1.09 pts
123	Eritrea	10.03	+0.14 pts
124	South Korea	9.9	+1.3 pts
125	Central African Republic	9.81	+0.08 pts
126	Norway	9.8	+2.02 pts
127	Comoros	9.4	+0.04 pts
128	Israel	9.2	-1.23 pts
129	Turkmenistan	8.92	-0.15 pts
130	Singapore	8.89	+0.52 pts
131	Ecuador	8.82	-0.21 pts
132	Switzerland	8.82	+0.22 pts
133	Nicaragua	8.79	+0.36 pts
134	El Salvador	8.66	-0.94 pts
135	Iceland	8.58	-0.99 pts
136	Timor-Leste	8.57	-0.27 pts
137	Mexico	8.52	-0.9 pts
138	Philippines	8.51	-0.96 pts
139	Kyrgyzstan	8.51	+0.38 pts
140	Nigeria	8.46	+0.41 pts
141	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.22	-0.05 pts
142	Sierra Leone	8.14	-1.31 pts
143	Senegal	8.05	+1.22 pts
144	Zimbabwe	8.02	+1.07 pts
145	North Korea	7.76	+0.13 pts
146	Germany	7.33	-0.28 pts
147	Kenya	7.3	+0.05 pts
148	Burkina Faso	7.16	+0.33 pts
149	Mozambique	7.1	+0.07 pts
150	Peru	6.88	-0.67 pts
151	Bolivia	6.85	+2.08 pts
152	Malawi	6.75	-0 pts
153	Pakistan	6.68	+2.63 pts
154	Vietnam	6.27	+1.6 pts
155	Guinea	6.27	+0.29 pts
156	Cameroon	6.23	+0.03 pts
157	Cuba	5.97	-0.63 pts
158	Trinidad and Tobago	5.87	-0.01 pts
159	Tonga	5.83	+0.33 pts
160	Guatemala	5.58	-0.11 pts
161	Japan	5.47	-0.83 pts
162	United Arab Emirates	5.44	-0.38 pts
163	Bahrain	5.43	+0.03 pts
164	Macao	4.34	+0.45 pts
165	Togo	4.32	+0.32 pts
166	Papua New Guinea	4.27	-0.08 pts
167	Laos	3.9	+0.48 pts
168	Guinea-Bissau	3.88	-0.08 pts
169	Uganda	3.87	+0.55 pts
170	Ethiopia	3.81	+0.18 pts
171	Kazakhstan	3.76	-0.08 pts
172	Tanzania	3.44	-0.25 pts
173	Benin	3.42	-0.19 pts
174	Côte d’Ivoire	3.38	-1.32 pts
175	Moldova	3.34	+1.04 pts
176	Madagascar	3.31	+0.77 pts
177	Thailand	3.09	-0.02 pts
178	Burundi	2.68	-0.25 pts
179	Mali	2.17	-0.07 pts
180	Liberia	1.92	+0.37 pts
181	Myanmar	1.59	+0.01 pts
182	Chad	1.43	+0.04 pts
183	Solomon Islands	1.3	0 pts
184	Cambodia	0.74	-0.31 pts
185	Niger	0.7	+0.03 pts
186	Qatar	0.57	-0.17 pts

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

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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 72.49% in 2015, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest youth unemployment rate?

Qatar, with 0.57% in 2015.

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.