Countries by youth unemployment rate

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment rate of 186 countries in 2021, at 79.38%. Qatar had the lowest, at 0.69%. The median was 14.51% and the figure for the World was 15.66%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest79.38Djibouti

Lowest0.69Qatar

Median14.51186 countries

World15.66History

Top 40 countries, 2021

%. 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	2021 (%)	Change on 2020
1	Djibouti	79.38	-2.51 pts
2	South Africa	65.45	+5.84 pts
3	Eswatini	56.67	-1.94 pts
4	Libya	52.09	-1.48 pts
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	46.04	-1.67 pts
6	Saint Lucia	45.01	-6.63 pts
7	Republic of the Congo	44.68	-2.03 pts
8	Jordan	43.86	+1.4 pts
9	Botswana	43.36	+2.92 pts
10	Palestine	41.63	-0.42 pts
11	Namibia	40.1	-1.41 pts
12	Tunisia	39.31	-1.93 pts
13	Costa Rica	39.2	-0.91 pts
14	French Polynesia	38.86	-2.61 pts
15	Gabon	38.24	-1.46 pts
16	Haiti	37.81	-1.73 pts
17	Montenegro	37.4	+1.18 pts
18	North Macedonia	36.1	+0.48 pts
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35.82	-2.11 pts
20	Iraq	35.65	+1.2 pts
21	Greece	35.39	+1.65 pts
22	Somalia	35.29	-0.62 pts
23	Spain	35	-3.31 pts
24	Syria	34.65	-1.64 pts
25	New Caledonia	34.4	-11.74 pts
26	Yemen	34.1	-0.43 pts
27	Algeria	33.83	-1.94 pts
28	Uruguay	31.81	-2.41 pts
29	Cape Verde	31.66	-2.82 pts
30	U.S. Virgin Islands	30.71	-3.35 pts
31	Georgia	30.6	-0.25 pts
32	Angola	30.17	-2.91 pts
33	Armenia	30.1	-1.98 pts
34	Italy	29.67	+0.04 pts
35	Guyana	29.12	-1.88 pts
36	Brazil	28.31	-1.96 pts
37	Barbados	28.25	-1.78 pts
38	Suriname	27.46	-1.38 pts
39	Lesotho	27.19	-1.03 pts
40	Albania	27.09	+0.67 pts
41	Sri Lanka	25.37	-0.08 pts
42	Mauritius	25.37	+0.34 pts
43	Lebanon	25.2	-1.37 pts
44	Morocco	25.05	-1.74 pts
45	Mauritania	24.85	-0.66 pts
46	Colombia	24.76	-2.49 pts
47	Sweden	24.56	+0.66 pts
48	Serbia	24.5	-2.11 pts
49	Iran	23.75	+0.04 pts
50	Portugal	23.42	+0.96 pts
51	Argentina	23.37	-7.06 pts
52	Rwanda	23.31	+7.37 pts
53	Nepal	22.64	-1.43 pts
54	Türkiye	22.36	-2.56 pts
55	Panama	22.34	-10.7 pts
56	Belize	21.82	-0.55 pts
57	Bahamas	21.77	-2.18 pts
58	Croatia	21.54	+0.87 pts
59	Slovakia	21.21	+1.77 pts
60	Romania	21.15	+3.57 pts
61	India	20.82	-3.84 pts
62	South Sudan	20.8	-1.05 pts
63	Bhutan	20.61	-1.38 pts
64	Chile	20.48	-3.9 pts
65	Saudi Arabia	19.77	-9.86 pts
66	France	19.25	-1.15 pts
67	Ukraine	19.15	-0.21 pts
68	Luxembourg	18.67	-4.52 pts
69	Egypt	18.21	-0.25 pts
70	Belgium	18.21	+2.88 pts
71	Kuwait	17.76	-1.3 pts
72	Sudan	17.41	-2.38 pts
73	Puerto Rico	17.2	-2.37 pts
74	Cyprus	17.17	-1.32 pts
75	Finland	17.06	-4.14 pts
76	Equatorial Guinea	16.98	-0.42 pts
77	Dominican Republic	16.87	+2.11 pts
78	Jamaica	16.84	-3.25 pts
79	Estonia	16.62	-1.8 pts
80	Mongolia	16.51	+1.62 pts
81	Brunei	16.24	-10.61 pts
82	Paraguay	16.2	-0.95 pts
83	Fiji	16.15	-0.6 pts
84	Russia	16.14	-0.84 pts
85	Samoa	16.03	-1.8 pts
86	Afghanistan	16.01	-0.04 pts
87	Bulgaria	15.7	+1.56 pts
88	Ireland	15.61	+0.35 pts
89	Maldives	15.32	-0.83 pts
90	Zimbabwe	15.21	+0.96 pts
91	Tajikistan	15.12	-0.54 pts
92	Latvia	14.79	-0.08 pts
93	Azerbaijan	14.68	-0.45 pts
94	Guam	14.35	-1.05 pts
95	Lithuania	14.3	-5.25 pts
96	Honduras	14.27	-2.8 pts
97	Indonesia	13.8	-0.97 pts
98	Canada	13.56	-6.57 pts
99	Hungary	13.55	+0.67 pts
100	Trinidad and Tobago	13.15	+1.33 pts
101	Uzbekistan	13.03	+0.19 pts
102	Venezuela	12.94	-0.67 pts
103	United Kingdom	12.89	-0.47 pts
104	Norway	12.85	+1.63 pts
105	Slovenia	12.85	-1.33 pts
106	Myanmar	12.82	+7.86 pts
107	Hong Kong	12.79	-2.74 pts
108	Bangladesh	12.72	-0.75 pts
109	China	12.4	-0.25 pts
110	Kenya	12.23	-1.39 pts
111	Austria	12.02	+1.7 pts
112	Iceland	11.83	+1.96 pts
113	Poland	11.82	+0.98 pts
114	Kyrgyzstan	11.65	-0.21 pts
115	Malaysia	11.58	-0.79 pts
116	Australia	11.13	-3.01 pts
117	Nicaragua	11.06	-0.37 pts
118	Pakistan	11.05	+0.31 pts
119	Eritrea	10.98	-0.12 pts
120	Vanuatu	10.92	+1.22 pts
121	Central African Republic	10.83	-0.03 pts
122	Denmark	10.8	-0.83 pts
123	Belarus	10.49	-1.55 pts
124	New Zealand	10.49	-1.95 pts
125	Gambia	10.44	+0.3 pts
126	Turkmenistan	10.23	+0.07 pts
127	Malta	9.87	-1.66 pts
128	Mozambique	9.84	+0.13 pts
129	El Salvador	9.8	-1.28 pts
130	Comoros	9.8	-0.69 pts
131	United Arab Emirates	9.74	-3.74 pts
132	United States	9.7	-5.19 pts
133	Peru	9.59	-3.07 pts
134	Singapore	9.5	-1.06 pts
135	Zambia	9.36	-1.68 pts
136	Netherlands	9.34	+0.46 pts
137	Democratic Republic of the Congo	9.18	-0.42 pts
138	Ecuador	9.14	-1.93 pts
139	Oman	9.1	-4.43 pts
140	São Tomé and Príncipe	9.09	-0.33 pts
141	Nigeria	8.99	-1.85 pts
142	Philippines	8.43	+1.45 pts
143	Switzerland	8.32	-0.29 pts
144	Bolivia	8.2	-7.04 pts
145	Czechia	8.13	+0.2 pts
146	North Korea	8.1	-0.41 pts
147	South Korea	8.06	-2.09 pts
148	Guinea	7.98	-0.44 pts
149	Israel	7.65	0 pts
150	Burkina Faso	7.64	-0.34 pts
151	Malawi	7.63	-0.2 pts
152	Mexico	7.63	-0.43 pts
153	Cameroon	7.23	-0.15 pts
154	Vietnam	6.9	+0.36 pts
155	Germany	6.67	-1.2 pts
156	Macao	6.39	-1.2 pts
157	Tonga	6.38	-1.62 pts
158	Ethiopia	6.25	-0.11 pts
159	Madagascar	6.06	+0.18 pts
160	Bahrain	6.04	-0.35 pts
161	Ghana	5.99	-0.33 pts
162	Thailand	5.86	+0.66 pts
163	Uganda	5.04	-0.65 pts
164	Cuba	4.91	-0.26 pts
165	Timor-Leste	4.79	-1.99 pts
166	Côte d’Ivoire	4.75	+0.07 pts
167	Japan	4.71	+0.03 pts
168	Senegal	4.66	-0.16 pts
169	Mali	4.43	-2.3 pts
170	Papua New Guinea	4.33	-0.23 pts
171	Kazakhstan	4.22	+0.44 pts
172	Sierra Leone	3.9	-0.18 pts
173	Guatemala	3.79	-1.37 pts
174	Togo	3.78	+0.08 pts
175	Laos	3.33	-0.91 pts
176	Benin	3.24	+0.28 pts
177	Guinea-Bissau	2.94	+0.21 pts
178	Liberia	2.82	-0.09 pts
179	Tanzania	2.75	+0.01 pts
180	Chad	2.02	+0.14 pts
181	Moldova	1.8	-2.26 pts
182	Burundi	1.77	+0.08 pts
183	Solomon Islands	1.37	-0.12 pts
184	Cambodia	0.83	+0.36 pts
185	Niger	0.72	-0.03 pts
186	Qatar	0.69	+0.21 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 79.38% in 2021, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest youth unemployment rate?

Qatar, with 0.69% in 2021.

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.