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Countries by youth unemployment rate

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment rate of 181 countries in 2024, at 76.49%. Niger had the lowest, at 0.39%. The median was 12.86% and the figure for the World was 13.3%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest76.49Djibouti
Lowest0.39Niger
Median12.86181 countries
World13.3History

Top 40 countries, 2024

Djibouti: 76.49 %Djibouti76.49South Africa: 60.25 %South Africa60.25Eswatini: 54.37 %Eswatini54.37Libya: 50.59 %Libya50.59Botswana: 45.3 %Botswana45.3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 41.85 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41.85Republic of the Congo: 40.58 %Republic of the Congo40.58Jordan: 39.05 %Jordan39.05Tunisia: 38.85 %Tunisia38.85Namibia: 37.24 %Namibia37.24Haiti: 36.76 %Haiti36.76French Polynesia: 36.46 %French Polynesia36.46Gabon: 36.28 %Gabon36.28Somalia: 34.14 %Somalia34.14Syria: 32.77 %Syria32.77Yemen: 32.17 %Yemen32.17New Caledonia: 31.83 %New Caledonia31.83Iraq: 31.73 %Iraq31.73Algeria: 29.88 %Algeria29.88Georgia: 29.86 %Georgia29.86North Macedonia: 28.66 %North Macedonia28.66Cape Verde: 28.1 %Cape Verde28.1Bosnia and Herzegovina: 27.33 %Bosnia and Herzegovina27.33Angola: 26.74 %Angola26.74Uruguay: 26.7 %Uruguay26.7Armenia: 26.66 %Armenia26.66Spain: 26.63 %Spain26.63Albania: 25.58 %Albania25.58Suriname: 24.94 %Suriname24.94Lesotho: 24.74 %Lesotho24.74Guyana: 24.74 %Guyana24.74Sweden: 24.34 %Sweden24.34Montenegro: 23.95 %Montenegro23.95Romania: 23.63 %Romania23.63U.S. Virgin Islands: 23.05 %U.S. Virgin Islands23.05Mauritania: 23.04 %Mauritania23.04Greece: 22.38 %Greece22.38Morocco: 22.37 %Morocco22.37Portugal: 21.77 %Portugal21.77Luxembourg: 21.69 %Luxembourg21.69
%. 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

RankCountries2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Djibouti76.49+0.1 pts
2South Africa60.25-0.01 pts
3Eswatini54.37+0.13 pts
4Libya50.59+0.72 pts
5Botswana45.3+0.94 pts
6Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41.85-0.48 pts
7Republic of the Congo40.58-0.14 pts
8Jordan39.05+0.22 pts
9Tunisia38.85+0.37 pts
10Namibia37.24+0.11 pts
11Haiti36.76+0.43 pts
12French Polynesia36.46+0.08 pts
13Gabon36.28-0.12 pts
14Somalia34.14+0.05 pts
15Syria32.77+0.51 pts
16Yemen32.17+0.07 pts
17New Caledonia31.83+0.08 pts
18Iraq31.73+0.21 pts
19Algeria29.88-0.11 pts
20Georgia29.86-0.07 pts
21North Macedonia28.66-1.03 pts
22Cape Verde28.1+0.05 pts
23Bosnia and Herzegovina27.33+0.06 pts
24Angola26.74-0.09 pts
25Uruguay26.7+0.48 pts
26Armenia26.66-0.08 pts
27Spain26.63-2.12 pts
28Albania25.58+0.17 pts
29Suriname24.94-0.04 pts
30Lesotho24.740 pts
31Guyana24.74+0.04 pts
32Sweden24.34+2.39 pts
33Montenegro23.95+0.62 pts
34Romania23.63+1.93 pts
35U.S. Virgin Islands23.05-0.54 pts
36Mauritania23.04-0.2 pts
37Greece22.38-4.17 pts
38Morocco22.37+0.4 pts
39Portugal21.77+1.3 pts
40Luxembourg21.69+2.84 pts
41Serbia21.45-2.68 pts
42Iran21.31+0.04 pts
43Saint Lucia21.29-8.97 pts
44Chile20.99-0.98 pts
45Nepal20.64+0.21 pts
46Costa Rica20.48-3.83 pts
47Italy20.25-2.48 pts
48Panama19.68+2.92 pts
49Colombia19.41+0.05 pts
50Estonia19.26+2.05 pts
51Argentina19.23+1.28 pts
52Sri Lanka19.06-1.28 pts
53Slovakia19-0.87 pts
54Finland18.68+2.57 pts
55France18.6+1.18 pts
56Belize18.55+0.72 pts
57Bahamas18.29+0.59 pts
58Barbados18.05-0.21 pts
59Bhutan17.93+3 pts
60Brunei17.87-0.08 pts
61Belgium17.34+1.22 pts
62Egypt17.29+0.14 pts
63Afghanistan17.24-0.26 pts
64Rwanda16.56-1.62 pts
65Mauritius16.5+0.05 pts
66Croatia16.48-2.43 pts
67Türkiye16.29-1.02 pts
68India15.75+0.15 pts
69Brazil15.67-2.26 pts
70Equatorial Guinea15.56+0.1 pts
71Kenya15.48+0.31 pts
72Zimbabwe15.43+0.1 pts
73Kuwait15.15+0.05 pts
74Fiji15.13-0.16 pts
75Hungary15.09+2.31 pts
76China15.04-0.52 pts
77Maldives14.81+0.68 pts
78Tajikistan14.56+0.04 pts
79United Kingdom14.32+2.37 pts
80New Zealand14.04+3.32 pts
81Lithuania13.69-0.02 pts
82Latvia13.61+1.29 pts
83Azerbaijan13.54-0.04 pts
84Oman13.52-0.07 pts
85Paraguay13.39+0.21 pts
86Canada13.28+2.47 pts
87Puerto Rico13.08-0.09 pts
88Indonesia13.08+0.06 pts
89Guam12.88+0.02 pts
90Dominican Republic12.87+1.31 pts
91Cyprus12.86-3.36 pts
92Samoa12.67-0.23 pts
93Bulgaria12.49+0.44 pts
94Malaysia12.25+0.1 pts
95Norway12.13+1.16 pts
96Denmark11.79+0.29 pts
97Mongolia11.54-0.06 pts
98Saudi Arabia11.5-1.97 pts
99Mozambique11.5+0.03 pts
100Vanuatu11.43-0.06 pts
101Slovenia11.03+1.08 pts
102Gambia10.83+0.02 pts
103Uzbekistan10.81+0.05 pts
104Poland10.66-0.51 pts
105Belarus10.54-0.06 pts
106Ireland10.44+0.28 pts
107Austria10.43-0.55 pts
108Jamaica10.38+0.39 pts
109Venezuela10.16-0.12 pts
110Zambia10.1+0.06 pts
111Eritrea10.06+0.09 pts
112Central African Republic9.99+0.13 pts
113Myanmar9.97-0.1 pts
114Peru9.7+0.86 pts
115Nicaragua9.58+0.38 pts
116Pakistan9.52+0.1 pts
117Hong Kong9.51+0.53 pts
118Australia9.41+1.02 pts
119Turkmenistan9.34+0.14 pts
120Czechia9.2+0.69 pts
121Malta9.12-0.2 pts
122Bangladesh9.1+1.19 pts
123United States8.92+0.97 pts
124Comoros8.81-0.02 pts
125Iceland8.78+0.29 pts
126Netherlands8.78+0.51 pts
127Ecuador8.57+0.79 pts
128São Tomé and Príncipe8.56+0.02 pts
129Kyrgyzstan8.42-0.03 pts
130Honduras8.3-2.18 pts
131Russia8.26-2.89 pts
132Switzerland8.24+0.37 pts
133Trinidad and Tobago7.99-0.05 pts
134Democratic Republic of the Congo7.95-0.06 pts
135North Korea7.76+0.19 pts
136El Salvador7.51+0.48 pts
137Guinea7.07-0 pts
138Philippines6.96+0.05 pts
139Malawi6.89+0.05 pts
140Macao6.69+0.13 pts
141Cameroon6.62-0 pts
142Germany6.6+0.58 pts
143Burkina Faso6.53-0.04 pts
144South Korea6.43+1.03 pts
145United Arab Emirates6.43+0.07 pts
146Vietnam6.34-0.1 pts
147Singapore6.33-2.19 pts
148Israel6.16+0.29 pts
149Tonga5.99+1.35 pts
150Mexico5.76-0.08 pts
151Bahrain5.47+0.09 pts
152Madagascar5.46+0.03 pts
153Ethiopia5.45-0.01 pts
154Ghana5.35-0 pts
155Bolivia5.17+0.2 pts
156Nigeria5.09-0.04 pts
157Thailand4.66+0.17 pts
158Guatemala4.62+0.3 pts
159Moldova4.5+0.47 pts
160Cuba4.28+0.04 pts
161Côte d’Ivoire4.25+0.01 pts
162Uganda4.210 pts
163Japan3.93-0.19 pts
164Senegal3.87+0.01 pts
165Mali3.84-0.02 pts
166Kazakhstan3.820 pts
167Papua New Guinea3.78-0.01 pts
168Sierra Leone3.49+0.01 pts
169Togo3.40 pts
170Timor-Leste3.22+0.02 pts
171Benin3.09-0 pts
172Solomon Islands2.94+0.01 pts
173Guinea-Bissau2.83+0.01 pts
174Tanzania2.33-0 pts
175Liberia2.220 pts
176Laos2.180 pts
177Burundi1.7-0 pts
178Chad1.450 pts
179Cambodia0.70 pts
180Qatar0.57-0 pts
181Niger0.39-0.01 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. 5 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2024 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.

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Which country has the highest youth unemployment rate?

Djibouti, with 76.49% in 2024, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest youth unemployment rate?

Niger, with 0.39% in 2024.

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. 5 countries have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.

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