Countries by youth unemployment rate
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment rate of 185 countries in 2022, at 76.61%. Niger had the lowest, at 0.4%. The median was 13.03% and the figure for the World was 14.13%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 76.61 | -2.77 pts |
| 2 | South Africa | 61.68 | -3.77 pts |
| 3 | Eswatini | 58.47 | +1.8 pts |
| 4 | Libya | 50.84 | -1.24 pts |
| 5 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 44 | -2.05 pts |
| 6 | Botswana | 42.61 | -0.74 pts |
| 7 | Jordan | 42.03 | -1.83 pts |
| 8 | Republic of the Congo | 41.18 | -3.5 pts |
| 9 | Tunisia | 37.83 | -1.48 pts |
| 10 | Namibia | 37.81 | -2.29 pts |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 36.82 | -2.04 pts |
| 12 | Gabon | 36.64 | -1.6 pts |
| 13 | Haiti | 36.33 | -1.48 pts |
| 14 | Palestine | 36.09 | -5.54 pts |
| 15 | Somalia | 34.29 | -1 pts |
| 16 | New Caledonia | 33.32 | -1.08 pts |
| 17 | North Macedonia | 32.6 | -3.5 pts |
| 18 | Yemen | 32.45 | -1.64 pts |
| 19 | Syria | 31.99 | -2.66 pts |
| 20 | Iraq | 31.79 | -3.86 pts |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.73 | -4.09 pts |
| 22 | Algeria | 31.36 | -2.47 pts |
| 23 | Greece | 31.29 | -4.1 pts |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 30.85 | -14.16 pts |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 30.72 | -8.48 pts |
| 26 | Georgia | 30.14 | -0.47 pts |
| 27 | Montenegro | 29.8 | -7.6 pts |
| 28 | Spain | 29.71 | -5.29 pts |
| 29 | Cape Verde | 28.65 | -3 pts |
| 30 | Bhutan | 27.18 | +6.57 pts |
| 31 | Angola | 27.14 | -3.03 pts |
| 32 | Armenia | 26.69 | -3.4 pts |
| 33 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 25.61 | -5.1 pts |
| 34 | Suriname | 25.53 | -1.93 pts |
| 35 | Uruguay | 25.32 | -6.49 pts |
| 36 | Lesotho | 25.06 | -2.13 pts |
| 37 | Guyana | 24.57 | -4.56 pts |
| 38 | Albania | 24.54 | -2.55 pts |
| 39 | Italy | 23.7 | -5.96 pts |
| 40 | Mauritania | 23.51 | -1.34 pts |
| 41 | Serbia | 23.27 | -1.23 pts |
| 42 | Lebanon | 22.9 | -2.3 pts |
| 43 | Romania | 22.87 | +1.72 pts |
| 44 | Morocco | 22.71 | -2.34 pts |
| 45 | Iran | 22.69 | -1.07 pts |
| 46 | Mauritius | 22.32 | -3.05 pts |
| 47 | Rwanda | 22.2 | -1.11 pts |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 21.73 | -3.64 pts |
| 49 | Sweden | 21.6 | -2.96 pts |
| 50 | Barbados | 21.03 | -7.22 pts |
| 51 | Colombia | 20.97 | -3.79 pts |
| 52 | Brazil | 20.73 | -7.58 pts |
| 53 | Nepal | 20.61 | -2.03 pts |
| 54 | Slovakia | 19.92 | -1.29 pts |
| 55 | Türkiye | 19.29 | -3.07 pts |
| 56 | Panama | 19.19 | -3.15 pts |
| 57 | Portugal | 19.18 | -4.24 pts |
| 58 | Argentina | 19 | -4.37 pts |
| 59 | South Sudan | 18.72 | -2.08 pts |
| 60 | Cyprus | 18.71 | +1.53 pts |
| 61 | Bahamas | 18.69 | -3.07 pts |
| 62 | Belize | 18.42 | -3.4 pts |
| 63 | Estonia | 18.39 | +1.77 pts |
| 64 | Brunei | 18.3 | +2.06 pts |
| 65 | Chile | 18.29 | -2.19 pts |
| 66 | France | 17.86 | -1.4 pts |
| 67 | Croatia | 17.74 | -3.8 pts |
| 68 | India | 17.73 | -3.09 pts |
| 69 | Luxembourg | 17.6 | -1.07 pts |
| 70 | Afghanistan | 17.54 | +1.53 pts |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 16.98 | +1.78 pts |
| 72 | Belgium | 16.41 | -1.8 pts |
| 73 | Egypt | 16.34 | -1.87 pts |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 15.96 | -3.81 pts |
| 75 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.81 | -1.17 pts |
| 76 | Fiji | 15.73 | -0.42 pts |
| 77 | Kenya | 15.49 | +3.26 pts |
| 78 | Latvia | 15.27 | +0.48 pts |
| 79 | Kuwait | 15.19 | -2.56 pts |
| 80 | China | 14.67 | +2.27 pts |
| 81 | Paraguay | 14.6 | -1.6 pts |
| 82 | Oman | 14.56 | +5.46 pts |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 14.48 | -0.64 pts |
| 84 | Russia | 14.39 | -1.76 pts |
| 85 | Maldives | 14.27 | -1.05 pts |
| 86 | Finland | 14.14 | -2.92 pts |
| 87 | Indonesia | 14.05 | +0.25 pts |
| 88 | Puerto Rico | 13.68 | -3.52 pts |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 13.62 | -1.06 pts |
| 90 | Honduras | 13.57 | -0.7 pts |
| 91 | Samoa | 13.25 | -2.79 pts |
| 92 | Jamaica | 13.12 | -3.72 pts |
| 93 | Guam | 13.03 | -1.32 pts |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 12.85 | -4.02 pts |
| 95 | Malaysia | 12.16 | +0.58 pts |
| 96 | Sudan | 12 | -5.41 pts |
| 97 | Lithuania | 11.87 | -2.43 pts |
| 98 | Mozambique | 11.62 | +1.78 pts |
| 99 | Vanuatu | 11.61 | +0.69 pts |
| 100 | Mongolia | 11.43 | -5.07 pts |
| 101 | Hong Kong | 11.03 | -1.76 pts |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 10.99 | -1.74 pts |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.91 | -0.73 pts |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 10.85 | -2.18 pts |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.6 | -2.55 pts |
| 106 | United Kingdom | 10.59 | -2.3 pts |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 10.58 | -5.12 pts |
| 108 | Venezuela | 10.58 | -2.36 pts |
| 109 | Poland | 10.56 | -1.26 pts |
| 110 | Hungary | 10.54 | -3.01 pts |
| 111 | Denmark | 10.53 | -0.27 pts |
| 112 | Austria | 10.33 | -1.7 pts |
| 113 | Belarus | 10.28 | -0.21 pts |
| 114 | Eritrea | 10.19 | -0.79 pts |
| 115 | Gambia | 10.16 | -0.28 pts |
| 116 | Myanmar | 10.15 | -2.67 pts |
| 117 | Slovenia | 10.14 | -2.71 pts |
| 118 | Canada | 10.08 | -3.47 pts |
| 119 | Central African Republic | 10.08 | -0.75 pts |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 9.99 | +0.26 pts |
| 121 | Norway | 9.91 | -2.94 pts |
| 122 | Zambia | 9.85 | +0.48 pts |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 9.5 | -1.55 pts |
| 124 | Pakistan | 9.45 | -1.61 pts |
| 125 | Ireland | 9.39 | -6.22 pts |
| 126 | New Zealand | 9.36 | -1.13 pts |
| 127 | Turkmenistan | 9.11 | -1.12 pts |
| 128 | Malta | 9.06 | -0.81 pts |
| 129 | Comoros | 8.88 | -0.91 pts |
| 130 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 8.49 | -0.6 pts |
| 131 | Australia | 8.47 | -2.67 pts |
| 132 | Iceland | 8.42 | -3.41 pts |
| 133 | Ecuador | 8.3 | -0.84 pts |
| 134 | United States | 8.11 | -1.6 pts |
| 135 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.1 | -1.08 pts |
| 136 | Singapore | 7.92 | -1.58 pts |
| 137 | Peru | 7.68 | -1.91 pts |
| 138 | Netherlands | 7.65 | -1.69 pts |
| 139 | North Korea | 7.61 | -0.49 pts |
| 140 | El Salvador | 7.48 | -2.32 pts |
| 141 | Guinea | 7.1 | -0.88 pts |
| 142 | Macao | 6.95 | +0.56 pts |
| 143 | Malawi | 6.85 | -0.78 pts |
| 144 | Switzerland | 6.84 | -1.48 pts |
| 145 | Philippines | 6.81 | -1.62 pts |
| 146 | Burkina Faso | 6.72 | -0.92 pts |
| 147 | Czechia | 6.72 | -1.41 pts |
| 148 | Israel | 6.72 | -0.93 pts |
| 149 | Cameroon | 6.67 | -0.56 pts |
| 150 | South Korea | 6.64 | -1.42 pts |
| 151 | Mexico | 6.47 | -1.16 pts |
| 152 | Guatemala | 6.27 | +2.48 pts |
| 153 | Tonga | 6.15 | -0.23 pts |
| 154 | Vietnam | 6.1 | -0.81 pts |
| 155 | Germany | 6.05 | -0.62 pts |
| 156 | Bolivia | 6.04 | -2.16 pts |
| 157 | Nigeria | 6.02 | -2.97 pts |
| 158 | Madagascar | 5.58 | -0.47 pts |
| 159 | Ethiopia | 5.45 | -0.8 pts |
| 160 | Ghana | 5.4 | -0.58 pts |
| 161 | Bahrain | 5.33 | -0.71 pts |
| 162 | Thailand | 5.21 | -0.65 pts |
| 163 | Japan | 4.43 | -0.27 pts |
| 164 | Cuba | 4.34 | -0.57 pts |
| 165 | Uganda | 4.34 | -0.71 pts |
| 166 | Côte d’Ivoire | 4.3 | -0.45 pts |
| 167 | Senegal | 3.9 | -0.76 pts |
| 168 | Kazakhstan | 3.82 | -0.39 pts |
| 169 | Papua New Guinea | 3.81 | -0.52 pts |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 3.51 | -0.39 pts |
| 171 | Togo | 3.42 | -0.36 pts |
| 172 | Timor-Leste | 3.21 | -1.58 pts |
| 173 | Mali | 3.21 | -1.23 pts |
| 174 | Benin | 3.13 | -0.11 pts |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 2.95 | +1.57 pts |
| 176 | Moldova | 2.91 | +1.11 pts |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.84 | -0.11 pts |
| 178 | Tanzania | 2.34 | -0.41 pts |
| 179 | Liberia | 2.23 | -0.59 pts |
| 180 | Laos | 2.18 | -1.14 pts |
| 181 | Burundi | 1.71 | -0.07 pts |
| 182 | Chad | 1.46 | -0.56 pts |
| 183 | Cambodia | 0.69 | -0.14 pts |
| 184 | Qatar | 0.56 | -0.13 pts |
| 185 | Niger | 0.4 | -0.32 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. 1 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest youth unemployment rate?
Djibouti, with 76.61% in 2022, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest youth unemployment rate?
Niger, with 0.4% in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
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Youth unemployment rate (under 25): other rankings
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