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Countries by youth unemployment rate

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment rate of 186 countries in 2019, at 75.91%. Qatar had the lowest, at 0.3%. The median was 12.09% and the figure for the World was 15.25%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest75.91Djibouti
Lowest0.3Qatar
Median12.09186 countries
World15.25History

Top 40 countries, 2019

Djibouti: 75.91 %Djibouti75.91South Africa: 57.32 %South Africa57.32Eswatini: 51.2 %Eswatini51.2Libya: 50.57 %Libya50.57Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 43.59 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines43.59Republic of the Congo: 42.05 %Republic of the Congo42.05Palestine: 40.15 %Palestine40.15Namibia: 38.16 %Namibia38.16Tunisia: 37.87 %Tunisia37.87Jordan: 37.21 %Jordan37.21Gabon: 36.71 %Gabon36.71French Polynesia: 36.5 %French Polynesia36.5Saint Lucia: 35.88 %Saint Lucia35.88North Macedonia: 35.35 %North Macedonia35.35Bosnia and Herzegovina: 35.26 %Bosnia and Herzegovina35.26Haiti: 35.25 %Haiti35.25Greece: 34.75 %Greece34.75Botswana: 34.59 %Botswana34.59Somalia: 33.84 %Somalia33.84Armenia: 32.61 %Armenia32.61Spain: 32.56 %Spain32.56New Caledonia: 32.41 %New Caledonia32.41Yemen: 32.35 %Yemen32.35Syria: 32.06 %Syria32.06Angola: 31.83 %Angola31.83Algeria: 31.2 %Algeria31.2Costa Rica: 31.19 %Costa Rica31.19Georgia: 30.06 %Georgia30.06Iraq: 29.75 %Iraq29.75Italy: 29.1 %Italy29.1Uruguay: 28.47 %Uruguay28.47Cape Verde: 28.11 %Cape Verde28.11Serbia: 27.5 %Serbia27.5Brazil: 27.1 %Brazil27.1Albania: 26.94 %Albania26.94U.S. Virgin Islands: 26.51 %U.S. Virgin Islands26.51Guyana: 26.3 %Guyana26.3Iran: 25.95 %Iran25.95Argentina: 25.84 %Argentina25.84Barbados: 25.79 %Barbados25.79
%. 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

RankCountries2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Djibouti75.91+0.93 pts
2South Africa57.32+3.68 pts
3Eswatini51.2+1.27 pts
4Libya50.57+0.43 pts
5Saint Vincent and the Grenadines43.59+0.85 pts
6Republic of the Congo42.05-0.61 pts
7Palestine40.15-2.07 pts
8Namibia38.16+0.18 pts
9Tunisia37.87+2.99 pts
10Jordan37.21-1.74 pts
11Gabon36.71-0.09 pts
12French Polynesia36.5+0.3 pts
13Saint Lucia35.88-5.73 pts
14North Macedonia35.35-10.14 pts
15Bosnia and Herzegovina35.26-5.27 pts
16Haiti35.25+0.35 pts
17Greece34.75-5.26 pts
18Botswana34.59+0.18 pts
19Somalia33.84+0.24 pts
20Armenia32.61-1.01 pts
21Spain32.56-1.81 pts
22New Caledonia32.41-7.54 pts
23Yemen32.35-0.37 pts
24Syria32.06-0.36 pts
25Angola31.83-1.02 pts
26Algeria31.2+0.49 pts
27Costa Rica31.19+6.12 pts
28Georgia30.06+0.37 pts
29Iraq29.75+2.41 pts
30Italy29.1-3.08 pts
31Uruguay28.47+1.94 pts
32Cape Verde28.11+0.53 pts
33Serbia27.5-2.2 pts
34Brazil27.1-0.86 pts
35Albania26.94-1.17 pts
36U.S. Virgin Islands26.51+0.03 pts
37Guyana26.3+1.05 pts
38Iran25.95-1.55 pts
39Argentina25.84+2 pts
40Barbados25.79+1.58 pts
41Saudi Arabia25.48-4.74 pts
42Lesotho25.32+0.43 pts
43Montenegro25.31-4.3 pts
44Türkiye25.04+5.03 pts
45Suriname24.66-0.13 pts
46Mauritania23.37+1.17 pts
47Lebanon23.28+0.61 pts
48India22.95-3.06 pts
49Morocco22.48+0.04 pts
50Mauritius22.08-2.11 pts
51Mongolia21.13+4.67 pts
52Colombia20.66+1.21 pts
53Egypt20.63-5.62 pts
54Sri Lanka20.43-0.07 pts
55Brunei20.14-10.67 pts
56Sweden20.09+2.69 pts
57Belize19.93-2.07 pts
58France19.93-1.02 pts
59Nepal19.68+0.07 pts
60Sudan19.37-1.43 pts
61South Sudan19.26-0.29 pts
62Bahamas19.24-4.93 pts
63Chile18.95+0.81 pts
64Puerto Rico18.56-1.94 pts
65Portugal18.33-1.91 pts
66Samoa17.49-0.96 pts
67Romania17.14+0.54 pts
68Finland17.13+0.17 pts
68Panama17.13+3.03 pts
70Luxembourg16.98+2.8 pts
71Cyprus16.86-3.8 pts
72Croatia16.71-6.8 pts
73Slovakia16.12+1.15 pts
74Rwanda16.05-0.21 pts
75Jamaica15.96-2.1 pts
76Dominican Republic15.84+0.99 pts
77Afghanistan15.52-0.88 pts
78Ukraine15.48-2.48 pts
79Paraguay15.3+0.78 pts
80Fiji15.28+0.07 pts
81Kuwait15.22-0 pts
82Equatorial Guinea15.22+0.08 pts
83Russia15.21-1.78 pts
84Belgium14.24-1.51 pts
85Tajikistan14.16+0.1 pts
86Indonesia13.58-2.79 pts
87Maldives13.5-0.53 pts
88Guam13.13+0.01 pts
89Kyrgyzstan12.82+3.26 pts
90Kenya12.55+1.73 pts
91Ireland12.46-1.3 pts
92Latvia12.42+0.22 pts
93Vanuatu12.34+0.34 pts
94Lithuania11.85+0.73 pts
95Venezuela11.77-0.27 pts
96Bangladesh11.74-0.16 pts
97Zimbabwe11.72+1.03 pts
98Estonia11.62-0.45 pts
99Bhutan11.56-3.64 pts
100Azerbaijan11.48-0.16 pts
101Hungary11.47+1.36 pts
102Australia11.45-0.48 pts
103New Zealand11.29-0.54 pts
104Uzbekistan11.27-0.8 pts
105Malaysia11.21-0.18 pts
106Honduras10.77+0.28 pts
107Canada10.74+0.04 pts
108United Kingdom10.69-0.96 pts
109China10.68+1.01 pts
110Nigeria10.42+0.28 pts
111Zambia10.35+1.6 pts
112Belarus10.21-0.44 pts
113Malta10.07+0.71 pts
114Nicaragua10.06+0.34 pts
115Denmark10.04-0.48 pts
116Eritrea9.85+0.04 pts
117Poland9.84-1.85 pts
118South Korea9.83-0.29 pts
119Norway9.81+0.21 pts
120Central African Republic9.64+0.06 pts
121El Salvador9.6+0.32 pts
122Pakistan9.6+1.74 pts
123Trinidad and Tobago9.17+0.01 pts
124Comoros9.09-0.11 pts
125Oman9.02+1.16 pts
126Bulgaria8.78-3.9 pts
127Austria8.77-0.8 pts
128Ecuador8.73+0.78 pts
129Hong Kong8.53-0.2 pts
130Mozambique8.51+0.34 pts
131Turkmenistan8.48+0.03 pts
132Iceland8.45+2.55 pts
133São Tomé and Príncipe8.4+0.09 pts
134United States8.38-0.23 pts
135Democratic Republic of the Congo8.21-0.09 pts
136Slovenia8.14-0.68 pts
137Switzerland7.99+0.06 pts
138Timor-Leste7.97-1.81 pts
139Gambia7.81+0.66 pts
140Singapore7.63-0.81 pts
141North Korea7.61-0.16 pts
142Burkina Faso7.43-0.21 pts
143Peru7.41-0.94 pts
144United Arab Emirates7.33+0.58 pts
145Mexico7.16+0.34 pts
146Guinea6.99+0.37 pts
147Bolivia6.93+0.15 pts
148Malawi6.81-0.04 pts
149Philippines6.7+0.09 pts
150Netherlands6.61-0.44 pts
151Cameroon6.59+0.08 pts
152Israel6.53-0.5 pts
153Tonga6.47-0.21 pts
154Ghana5.88-0.23 pts
155Germany5.86-0.36 pts
156Bahrain5.66+0.02 pts
157Vietnam5.62+0.98 pts
158Czechia5.62-1.1 pts
159Macao4.94-0.12 pts
160Ethiopia4.75+0.24 pts
161Uganda4.69-0.19 pts
162Mali4.67+2.33 pts
163Madagascar4.49+0.3 pts
164Laos4.47-0.66 pts
165Guatemala4.46-0.22 pts
166Cuba4.25+0.01 pts
167Thailand4.19+0.18 pts
168Papua New Guinea4.12-0.07 pts
169Côte d’Ivoire4.04-0.62 pts
170Senegal4.04-0.88 pts
171Japan3.94+0.27 pts
172Kazakhstan3.77-0.01 pts
173Sierra Leone3.58+0.01 pts
174Moldova3.26+0.05 pts
175Togo3.08-3.16 pts
176Tanzania2.66-0.19 pts
177Benin2.3-0.32 pts
177Liberia2.30 pts
179Guinea-Bissau2.06-1.8 pts
180Burundi1.75-0.24 pts
181Chad1.49-0.02 pts
182Myanmar1.31-0.53 pts
183Solomon Islands1.3+0.01 pts
184Niger0.75+0.01 pts
185Cambodia0.38-0 pts
186Qatar0.3-0.01 pts

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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. Equal values share a rank.

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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 75.91% in 2019, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest youth unemployment rate?

Qatar, with 0.3% in 2019.

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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.

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