Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Jamaica's youth unemployment rate stands at 10.81% as of 2025-12-31, up from 10.38% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, Jamaica's youth unemployment rate was 10.81%, up from 10.38% in 2024.
In 2024, Jamaica's youth unemployment rate was 10.38%, up from 9.99% in 2023.
In 2023, Jamaica's youth unemployment rate was 9.99%, down from 13.12% in 2022.
In 2022, Jamaica's youth unemployment rate was 13.12%, down from 16.84% in 2021.
In 2021, Jamaica's youth unemployment rate was 16.84%, down from 20.09% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.81% | +0.426% |
| 2024 | 10.38% | +0.391% |
| 2023 | 9.99% | -3.13% |
| 2022 | 13.12% | -3.72% |
| 2021 | 16.84% | -3.25% |
| 2020 | 20.09% | +4.13% |
| 2019 | 15.96% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 18.06% | -3.62% |
| 2017 | 21.69% | -2.98% |
| 2016 | 24.66% | -1.12% |
| 2015 | 25.78% | -0.571% |
| 2014 | 26.35% | -0.88% |
| 2013 | 27.23% | +3.83% |
| 2012 | 23.4% | +3.04% |
| 2011 | 20.36% | -0.088% |
| 2010 | 20.45% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 18.55% | +1.37% |
| 2008 | 17.18% | +0.173% |
| 2007 | 17.01% | +0.058% |
| 2006 | 16.95% | +0.11% |
| 2005 | 16.84% | +0.135% |
| 2004 | 16.71% | +0.16% |
| 2003 | 16.55% | -0.052% |
| 2002 | 16.6% | +0.05% |
| 2001 | 16.55% | -0.049% |
| 2000 | 16.6% | +0.043% |
| 1999 | 16.55% | +0.161% |
| 1998 | 16.39% | +0.381% |
| 1997 | 16.01% | +0.247% |
| 1996 | 15.77% | +0.635% |
| 1995 | 15.13% | +0.089% |
| 1994 | 15.04% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 14.74% | -0.148% |
| 1992 | 14.89% | +0.43% |
| 1991 | 14.46% | — |
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Jamaica's youth unemployment rate is 10.81% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 10.38% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 27.23% (2013); the lowest is 9.99% (2023), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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