Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Iraq's youth unemployment rate stands at 32.01% as of 2025-12-31, up from 31.73% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, Iraq's youth unemployment rate was 32.01%, up from 31.73% in 2024.
In 2024, Iraq's youth unemployment rate was 31.73%, up from 31.51% in 2023.
In 2023, Iraq's youth unemployment rate was 31.51%, down from 31.79% in 2022.
In 2022, Iraq's youth unemployment rate was 31.79%, down from 35.65% in 2021.
In 2021, Iraq's youth unemployment rate was 35.65%, up from 34.45% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32.01% | +0.286% |
| 2024 | 31.73% | +0.212% |
| 2023 | 31.51% | -0.277% |
| 2022 | 31.79% | -3.86% |
| 2021 | 35.65% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 34.45% | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 29.75% | +2.41% |
| 2018 | 27.34% | +2.06% |
| 2017 | 25.28% | +2.83% |
| 2016 | 22.45% | +1.06% |
| 2015 | 21.39% | +1.48% |
| 2014 | 19.91% | +2% |
| 2013 | 17.91% | +1.82% |
| 2012 | 16.09% | -0.362% |
| 2011 | 16.45% | -0.126% |
| 2010 | 16.58% | -0.239% |
| 2009 | 16.82% | -0.096% |
| 2008 | 16.91% | -0.293% |
| 2007 | 17.21% | +0.446% |
| 2006 | 16.76% | -0.147% |
| 2005 | 16.91% | -0.114% |
| 2004 | 17.02% | -0.249% |
| 2003 | 17.27% | +0.631% |
| 2002 | 16.64% | +0.685% |
| 2001 | 15.96% | +0.45% |
| 2000 | 15.51% | +0.218% |
| 1999 | 15.29% | -0.004% |
| 1998 | 15.29% | -0.182% |
| 1997 | 15.47% | -0.299% |
| 1996 | 15.77% | +0.189% |
| 1995 | 15.58% | +0.369% |
| 1994 | 15.21% | -0.159% |
| 1993 | 15.37% | +0.06% |
| 1992 | 15.31% | -0.397% |
| 1991 | 15.71% | — |
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Iraq's youth unemployment rate is 32.01% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 31.73% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 35.65% (2021); the lowest is 15.21% (1994), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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