Countries by youth unemployment rate
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment rate of 183 countries in 2023, at 76.39%. Niger had the lowest, at 0.4%. The median was 12.15% and the figure for the World was 13.37%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2023 (%) | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 76.39 | -0.22 pts |
| 2 | South Africa | 60.26 | -1.42 pts |
| 3 | Eswatini | 54.24 | -4.23 pts |
| 4 | Libya | 49.86 | -0.98 pts |
| 5 | Botswana | 44.36 | +1.75 pts |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.33 | -1.66 pts |
| 7 | Republic of the Congo | 40.72 | -0.46 pts |
| 8 | Jordan | 38.84 | -3.19 pts |
| 9 | Tunisia | 38.48 | +0.66 pts |
| 10 | Namibia | 37.13 | -0.68 pts |
| 11 | Gabon | 36.41 | -0.23 pts |
| 12 | French Polynesia | 36.38 | -0.44 pts |
| 13 | Haiti | 36.33 | 0 pts |
| 14 | Somalia | 34.09 | -0.2 pts |
| 15 | Syria | 32.26 | +0.27 pts |
| 16 | Yemen | 32.1 | -0.35 pts |
| 17 | New Caledonia | 31.75 | -1.57 pts |
| 18 | Iraq | 31.51 | -0.28 pts |
| 19 | Saint Lucia | 30.26 | -0.59 pts |
| 20 | Algeria | 30 | -1.36 pts |
| 21 | Georgia | 29.93 | -0.2 pts |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 29.69 | -2.91 pts |
| 23 | Spain | 28.75 | -0.97 pts |
| 24 | Cape Verde | 28.05 | -0.61 pts |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.27 | -4.46 pts |
| 26 | Angola | 26.83 | -0.31 pts |
| 27 | Armenia | 26.74 | +0.05 pts |
| 28 | Greece | 26.54 | -4.75 pts |
| 29 | Uruguay | 26.22 | +0.9 pts |
| 30 | Albania | 25.41 | +0.87 pts |
| 31 | Suriname | 24.98 | -0.55 pts |
| 32 | Lesotho | 24.74 | -0.32 pts |
| 33 | Guyana | 24.71 | +0.14 pts |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 24.31 | -6.41 pts |
| 35 | Serbia | 24.13 | +0.86 pts |
| 36 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 23.59 | -2.02 pts |
| 37 | Montenegro | 23.34 | -6.46 pts |
| 38 | Mauritania | 23.24 | -0.27 pts |
| 39 | Lebanon | 22.74 | -0.16 pts |
| 40 | Italy | 22.73 | -0.98 pts |
| 41 | Morocco | 21.97 | -0.74 pts |
| 42 | Chile | 21.97 | +3.69 pts |
| 43 | Sweden | 21.94 | +0.34 pts |
| 44 | Romania | 21.7 | -1.17 pts |
| 45 | Iran | 21.27 | -1.42 pts |
| 46 | Portugal | 20.46 | +1.28 pts |
| 47 | Nepal | 20.43 | -0.18 pts |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 20.34 | -1.39 pts |
| 49 | Slovakia | 19.87 | -0.06 pts |
| 50 | Colombia | 19.37 | -1.61 pts |
| 51 | Croatia | 18.91 | +1.17 pts |
| 52 | Luxembourg | 18.85 | +1.25 pts |
| 53 | South Sudan | 18.52 | -0.19 pts |
| 54 | Barbados | 18.26 | -2.76 pts |
| 55 | Rwanda | 18.17 | -4.03 pts |
| 56 | Brunei | 17.96 | -0.34 pts |
| 57 | Argentina | 17.95 | -1.06 pts |
| 58 | Brazil | 17.94 | -2.79 pts |
| 59 | Belize | 17.83 | -0.59 pts |
| 60 | Bahamas | 17.7 | -1 pts |
| 61 | Afghanistan | 17.49 | -0.05 pts |
| 62 | France | 17.42 | -0.44 pts |
| 63 | Türkiye | 17.31 | -1.98 pts |
| 64 | Estonia | 17.21 | -1.18 pts |
| 65 | Egypt | 17.15 | +0.81 pts |
| 66 | Panama | 16.77 | -2.42 pts |
| 67 | Mauritius | 16.45 | -5.87 pts |
| 68 | Cyprus | 16.22 | -2.49 pts |
| 69 | Belgium | 16.12 | -0.29 pts |
| 70 | Finland | 16.11 | +1.97 pts |
| 71 | India | 15.6 | -2.14 pts |
| 72 | China | 15.56 | +0.89 pts |
| 73 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.46 | -0.35 pts |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 15.33 | -1.65 pts |
| 75 | Fiji | 15.3 | -0.43 pts |
| 76 | Kenya | 15.16 | -0.32 pts |
| 77 | Kuwait | 15.09 | -0.1 pts |
| 78 | Bhutan | 14.94 | -12.24 pts |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 14.51 | +0.03 pts |
| 80 | Maldives | 14.12 | -0.15 pts |
| 81 | Lithuania | 13.71 | +1.84 pts |
| 82 | Oman | 13.59 | -0.97 pts |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 13.58 | -0.04 pts |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 13.47 | -2.49 pts |
| 85 | Paraguay | 13.19 | -1.42 pts |
| 86 | Puerto Rico | 13.18 | -0.51 pts |
| 87 | Indonesia | 13.02 | -1.04 pts |
| 88 | Samoa | 12.9 | -0.34 pts |
| 89 | Guam | 12.85 | -0.18 pts |
| 90 | Hungary | 12.78 | +2.24 pts |
| 91 | Latvia | 12.32 | -2.95 pts |
| 92 | Malaysia | 12.15 | -0.01 pts |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 12.05 | +1.47 pts |
| 94 | United Kingdom | 11.94 | +1.36 pts |
| 95 | Mongolia | 11.61 | +0.17 pts |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 11.56 | -1.29 pts |
| 97 | Denmark | 11.5 | +0.97 pts |
| 98 | Vanuatu | 11.49 | -0.12 pts |
| 99 | Mozambique | 11.47 | -0.15 pts |
| 100 | Poland | 11.18 | +0.62 pts |
| 101 | Russia | 11.15 | -3.24 pts |
| 102 | Austria | 10.98 | +0.65 pts |
| 103 | Norway | 10.98 | +1.07 pts |
| 104 | Gambia | 10.81 | +0.65 pts |
| 105 | Canada | 10.81 | +0.72 pts |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 10.76 | -0.09 pts |
| 107 | New Zealand | 10.71 | +1.35 pts |
| 108 | Belarus | 10.6 | +0.31 pts |
| 109 | Honduras | 10.48 | -3.09 pts |
| 110 | Venezuela | 10.27 | -0.31 pts |
| 111 | Ireland | 10.16 | +0.77 pts |
| 112 | Myanmar | 10.07 | -0.08 pts |
| 113 | Zambia | 10.04 | +0.19 pts |
| 114 | Jamaica | 9.99 | -3.13 pts |
| 115 | Eritrea | 9.97 | -0.22 pts |
| 116 | Slovenia | 9.95 | -0.19 pts |
| 117 | Central African Republic | 9.86 | -0.22 pts |
| 118 | Pakistan | 9.42 | -0.03 pts |
| 119 | Malta | 9.32 | +0.26 pts |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 9.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 121 | Turkmenistan | 9.2 | +0.09 pts |
| 122 | Hong Kong | 8.97 | -2.06 pts |
| 123 | Peru | 8.85 | +1.17 pts |
| 124 | Comoros | 8.83 | -0.05 pts |
| 125 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 8.54 | +0.05 pts |
| 126 | Singapore | 8.52 | +0.59 pts |
| 127 | Czechia | 8.51 | +1.79 pts |
| 128 | Iceland | 8.49 | +0.07 pts |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.45 | -2.46 pts |
| 130 | Australia | 8.39 | -0.08 pts |
| 131 | Netherlands | 8.27 | +0.63 pts |
| 132 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.04 | -2.55 pts |
| 133 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.01 | -0.09 pts |
| 134 | United States | 7.95 | -0.15 pts |
| 135 | Bangladesh | 7.91 | -3.08 pts |
| 136 | Switzerland | 7.87 | +1.03 pts |
| 137 | Ecuador | 7.78 | -0.52 pts |
| 138 | North Korea | 7.58 | -0.03 pts |
| 139 | Guinea | 7.07 | -0.02 pts |
| 140 | El Salvador | 7.03 | -0.45 pts |
| 141 | Philippines | 6.91 | +0.1 pts |
| 142 | Malawi | 6.84 | -0.01 pts |
| 143 | Cameroon | 6.62 | -0.05 pts |
| 144 | Burkina Faso | 6.57 | -0.15 pts |
| 145 | Macao | 6.56 | -0.39 pts |
| 146 | Vietnam | 6.44 | +0.34 pts |
| 147 | United Arab Emirates | 6.35 | -3.64 pts |
| 148 | Germany | 6.02 | -0.03 pts |
| 149 | Israel | 5.87 | -0.85 pts |
| 150 | Mexico | 5.84 | -0.62 pts |
| 151 | Ethiopia | 5.46 | 0 pts |
| 152 | Madagascar | 5.43 | -0.15 pts |
| 153 | South Korea | 5.41 | -1.23 pts |
| 154 | Bahrain | 5.38 | +0.05 pts |
| 155 | Ghana | 5.35 | -0.05 pts |
| 156 | Nigeria | 5.13 | -0.89 pts |
| 157 | Bolivia | 4.97 | -1.08 pts |
| 158 | Tonga | 4.63 | -1.52 pts |
| 159 | Thailand | 4.49 | -0.72 pts |
| 160 | Guatemala | 4.33 | -1.95 pts |
| 161 | Cuba | 4.25 | -0.09 pts |
| 162 | Côte d’Ivoire | 4.24 | -0.06 pts |
| 163 | Uganda | 4.21 | -0.13 pts |
| 164 | Japan | 4.12 | -0.32 pts |
| 165 | Moldova | 4.03 | +1.13 pts |
| 166 | Mali | 3.86 | +0.66 pts |
| 167 | Senegal | 3.86 | -0.04 pts |
| 168 | Kazakhstan | 3.81 | -0.01 pts |
| 169 | Papua New Guinea | 3.79 | -0.02 pts |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 3.48 | -0.03 pts |
| 171 | Togo | 3.4 | -0.02 pts |
| 172 | Timor-Leste | 3.2 | -0.01 pts |
| 173 | Benin | 3.09 | -0.04 pts |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 2.93 | -0.02 pts |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.82 | -0.02 pts |
| 176 | Tanzania | 2.34 | -0 pts |
| 177 | Liberia | 2.22 | -0.02 pts |
| 178 | Laos | 2.18 | -0.01 pts |
| 179 | Burundi | 1.7 | -0.01 pts |
| 180 | Chad | 1.45 | -0.01 pts |
| 181 | Cambodia | 0.7 | +0.02 pts |
| 182 | Qatar | 0.57 | +0.01 pts |
| 183 | Niger | 0.4 | 0 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. 3 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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 76.39% in 2023, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest youth unemployment rate?
Niger, with 0.4% in 2023.
Where does this ranking come from?
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Youth unemployment rate (under 25): other rankings
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