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SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment

Name: SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment by country, 2025
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SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Georgia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
2	Cyprus	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Czechia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Germany	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Denmark	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Dominican Republic	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
7	Belarus	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
8	Ecuador	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
9	Egypt, Arab Rep.	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
11	Spain	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Estonia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Finland	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	France	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	United Kingdom	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Bulgaria	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Ghana	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Gambia, The	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Greece	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Guatemala	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
21	Croatia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Belgium	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Hungary	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Ireland	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Azerbaijan	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
26	Italy	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Jamaica	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
28	Austria	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Kazakhstan	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
30	Kenya	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Lithuania	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Luxembourg	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Latvia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Armenia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
35	Morocco	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
36	Moldova	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
37	Mexico	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
38	North Macedonia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
39	Malta	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
40	Montenegro	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
41	Mongolia	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
42	Mauritania	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	United Arab Emirates	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
44	Malaysia	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Albania	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
46	Nigeria	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Netherlands	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Norway	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	New Zealand	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
50	Canada	3	North America	High income
51	Switzerland	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Brunei Darussalam	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
53	China	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
54	Turkiye	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
55	Russian Federation	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	South Africa	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
57	Slovenia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Rwanda	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	Panama	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
60	Seychelles	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
61	Uruguay	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
62	Serbia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
63	United States	3	North America	High income
64	Portugal	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Sierra Leone	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
66	Sweden	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
67	Romania	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Slovak Republic	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Tunisia	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
70	Philippines	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
71	El Salvador	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Poland	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
74	Timor-Leste	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
75	Trinidad and Tobago	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	Sao Tome and Principe	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
77	South Sudan	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
78	Tanzania	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	Uganda	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
80	Thailand	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
81	Solomon Islands	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
82	Uzbekistan	2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
83	Singapore	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
84	Senegal	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
85	Venezuela, RB	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
86	Saudi Arabia	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
87	Viet Nam	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
88	Vanuatu	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
89	Samoa	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
90	Qatar	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
91	Paraguay	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Papua New Guinea	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
93	Palau	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
94	Zambia	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
95	Peru	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	Zimbabwe	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
97	Turkmenistan	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
98	Tajikistan	2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
99	Burkina Faso	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
100	Belize	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
101	Madagascar	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
102	Bolivia	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
103	Chile	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
104	Guinea-Bissau	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
105	Djibouti	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
106	Dominica	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
107	Japan	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
108	Guinea	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
109	Angola	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
110	Bahrain	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
111	Cote d'Ivoire	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
112	Bahamas, The	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
113	Mozambique	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Comoros	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
115	Fiji	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
116	Jordan	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
117	Brazil	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	Argentina	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
119	Barbados	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
120	Kuwait	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
121	Korea, Rep.	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
122	Australia	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
123	Lao PDR	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
124	Mauritius	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
125	Kiribati	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
126	India	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
127	Marshall Islands	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
128	Cambodia	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
129	Indonesia	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
130	St. Lucia	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
131	Costa Rica	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
132	Honduras	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
133	Congo, Rep.	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
134	Colombia	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
135	Pakistan	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
136	Guyana	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
137	Benin	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	Grenada	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
139	Namibia	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
140	Central African Republic	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
141	Haiti	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
142	Liberia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	St. Kitts and Nevis	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
144	Cameroon	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Kyrgyz Republic	1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
146	Burundi	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
147	Israel	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
148	Iceland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Iraq	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
150	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
151	Malawi	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
152	Mali	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
153	Niger	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
154	Equatorial Guinea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
155	Bangladesh	1	South Asia	Lower middle income
156	Nicaragua	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
157	Gabon	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
158	Ethiopia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Nepal	1	South Asia	Lower middle income
160	Congo, Dem. Rep.	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
161	Oman	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
162	Cuba	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
163	Libya	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
164	Sri Lanka	1	South Asia	Upper middle income
165	Lesotho	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
166	Antigua and Barbuda	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
167	Lebanon	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
168	Maldives	1	South Asia	Upper middle income
169	Cabo Verde	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
170	Botswana	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
171	Togo	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
172	Chad	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
173	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
174	Tonga	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
175	Suriname	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
176	Eswatini	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
177	Sudan	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
178	Ukraine	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
179	Yemen, Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
180	Tuvalu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
181	Syrian Arab Republic	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
182	Myanmar	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
183	Algeria	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
184	Afghanistan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
185	Eritrea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment