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Unemployment rate, ages 15-24

% · lower is better · 186 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1Niger0.46%
  2. 2Qatar0.56%
  3. 3Cambodia0.71%
  4. 4Chad1.5%
  5. 5Burundi1.7%
  6. 6Liberia2.3%
  7. 7Tanzania2.4%
  8. 8Lao PDR2.4%
  9. 9Solomon Islands2.8%
  10. 10Guinea-Bissau2.8%
  11. 11Benin2.9%
  12. 12Togo3.4%
  13. 13Senegal3.6%
  14. 14Timor-Leste3.7%
  15. 15Sierra Leone3.7%
  16. 16Papua New Guinea3.8%
  17. 17Kazakhstan3.8%
  18. 18Mali3.9%
  19. 19Japan3.9%
  20. 20Cote d'Ivoire4%
  21. 21Uganda4.2%
  22. 22Moldova4.2%
  23. 23Cuba4.3%
  24. 24Thailand4.5%
  25. 25Guatemala4.8%
  26. 26Bolivia5%
  27. 27Madagascar5.2%
  28. 28Nigeria5.3%
  29. 29Ethiopia5.4%
  30. 30Bahrain5.4%
  31. 31Mexico5.7%
  32. 32Ghana5.8%
  33. 33Tonga6%
  34. 34Israel6%
  35. 35Viet Nam6.2%
  36. 36Burkina Faso6.4%
  37. 37United Arab Emirates6.5%
  38. 38Cameroon6.5%
  39. 39Korea, Rep.6.7%
  40. 40Macao SAR, China6.8%
  41. 41Singapore6.8%
  42. 42Germany6.9%
  43. 43Malawi6.9%
  44. 44Guinea7%
  45. 45Philippines7%
  46. 46Russian Federation7.6%
  47. 47El Salvador7.8%
  48. 48Congo, Dem. Rep.7.8%
  49. 49Korea, Dem. People's Rep.7.9%
  50. 50Ecuador8.2%
  51. 51Trinidad and Tobago8.2%
  52. 52Kyrgyz Republic8.2%
  53. 53Malta8.4%
  54. 54Honduras8.5%
  55. 55Iceland8.7%
  56. 56Comoros8.8%
  57. 57Sao Tome and Principe8.8%
  58. 58Netherlands8.8%
  59. 59Hong Kong SAR, China9%
  60. 60Switzerland9%
  61. 61Belarus9.2%
  62. 62Czechia9.2%
  63. 63United States9.3%
  64. 64Bangladesh9.4%
  65. 65Peru9.5%
  66. 66Slovenia9.5%
  67. 67Nicaragua9.5%
  68. 68Pakistan9.6%
  69. 69Australia9.6%
  70. 70Myanmar9.8%
  71. 71Saudi Arabia10%
  72. 72Turkmenistan10%
  73. 73Central African Republic10.1%
  74. 74Bulgaria10.2%
  75. 75Eritrea10.2%
  76. 76Venezuela, RB10.4%
  77. 77Zambia10.5%
  78. 78Ireland10.5%
  79. 79Poland10.7%
  80. 80Jamaica10.8%
  81. 81Gambia, The10.9%
  82. 82Austria11%
  83. 83Vanuatu11.3%
  84. 84Uzbekistan11.4%
  85. 85Mozambique11.6%
  86. 86Paraguay11.7%
  87. 87Mongolia11.7%
  88. 88Denmark11.7%
  89. 89Malaysia12%
  90. 90Dominican Republic12.3%
  91. 91Cyprus12.7%
  92. 92Latvia13%
  93. 93Samoa13%
  94. 93Indonesia13%
  95. 94Azerbaijan13.1%
  96. 95Norway13.4%
  97. 96Lithuania13.8%
  98. 97Canada13.8%
  99. 98Guam13.8%
  100. 99Oman13.9%
  101. 100Brazil14%
  102. 101Puerto Rico (US)14%
  103. 102Hungary14.2%
  104. 103New Zealand14.4%
  105. 104Tajikistan14.6%
  106. 105United Kingdom14.6%
  107. 106Kuwait15.1%
  108. 107Fiji15.2%
  109. 108Kenya15.2%
  110. 109Zimbabwe15.5%
  111. 110Maldives15.7%
  112. 111Equatorial Guinea15.7%
  113. 112China15.8%
  114. 113India16%
  115. 114Turkiye16%
  116. 115Rwanda16.4%
  117. 116Croatia16.5%
  118. 117Afghanistan16.8%
  119. 118Bhutan17.1%
  120. 119Mauritius17.4%
  121. 120Colombia17.7%
  122. 121Belgium17.8%
  123. 122Brunei Darussalam18.2%
  124. 123Egypt, Arab Rep.18.3%
  125. 124Slovak Republic18.4%
  126. 125Barbados18.5%
  127. 126Sri Lanka18.6%
  128. 127France18.9%
  129. 128Argentina19.2%
  130. 129Bahamas, The19.2%
  131. 130Belize19.3%
  132. 131Estonia19.7%
  133. 132Panama19.8%
  134. 133Costa Rica19.9%
  135. 134Portugal20.2%
  136. 135St. Lucia20.3%
  137. 136Italy20.5%
  138. 137Nepal20.6%
  139. 138Serbia20.9%
  140. 139Greece21.4%
  141. 140Luxembourg21.5%
  142. 141Finland21.5%
  143. 142Chile21.6%
  144. 143Morocco21.9%
  145. 144Iran, Islamic Rep.21.9%
  146. 145Mauritania22.9%
  147. 146Virgin Islands (U.S.)24.2%
  148. 147Sweden24.3%
  149. 148Montenegro24.4%
  150. 149Romania24.5%
  151. 150Lesotho24.7%
  152. 151Spain24.7%
  153. 152Guyana24.9%
  154. 153Uruguay25.1%
  155. 154Suriname25.4%
  156. 155Albania25.6%
  157. 156Armenia26.2%
  158. 157Angola27.2%
  159. 158Bosnia and Herzegovina28.2%
  160. 159Cabo Verde28.4%
  161. 160North Macedonia28.8%
  162. 161Algeria29.4%
  163. 162Georgia30.3%
  164. 163Iraq32%
  165. 164Yemen, Rep.32.6%
  166. 165Syrian Arab Republic33.1%
  167. 166New Caledonia33.1%
  168. 167Somalia, Fed. Rep.34.2%
  169. 168Gabon36.3%
  170. 169French Polynesia36.6%
  171. 170Haiti37.5%
  172. 171Namibia38.1%
  173. 172Tunisia38.1%
  174. 173Jordan38.9%
  175. 174Congo, Rep.40.5%
  176. 175St. Vincent and the Grenadines41.9%
  177. 176Botswana46%
  178. 177Libya50.1%
  179. 178Eswatini54.3%
  180. 179South Africa59.9%
  181. 180Djibouti76.8%

Unemployment rate, ages 15-24