Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Uruguay's youth unemployment rate stands at 25.15% as of 2025-12-31, down from 26.7% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, Uruguay's youth unemployment rate was 25.15%, down from 26.7% in 2024.
In 2024, Uruguay's youth unemployment rate was 26.7%, up from 26.22% in 2023.
In 2023, Uruguay's youth unemployment rate was 26.22%, up from 25.32% in 2022.
In 2022, Uruguay's youth unemployment rate was 25.32%, down from 31.81% in 2021.
In 2021, Uruguay's youth unemployment rate was 31.81%, down from 34.22% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25.15% | -1.55% |
| 2024 | 26.7% | +0.477% |
| 2023 | 26.22% | +0.901% |
| 2022 | 25.32% | -6.49% |
| 2021 | 31.81% | -2.41% |
| 2020 | 34.22% | +5.74% |
| 2019 | 28.47% | +1.94% |
| 2018 | 26.54% | +1.29% |
| 2017 | 25.25% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 24.15% | +1.27% |
| 2015 | 22.88% | +3.45% |
| 2014 | 19.42% | +0.12% |
| 2013 | 19.3% | +0.736% |
| 2012 | 18.57% | +0.511% |
| 2011 | 18.06% | -2.65% |
| 2010 | 20.71% | -0.25% |
| 2009 | 20.96% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 22.35% | -2.54% |
| 2007 | 24.89% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 28.09% | -0.978% |
| 2005 | 29.07% | -4% |
| 2004 | 33.07% | -5.02% |
| 2003 | 38.09% | +0.204% |
| 2002 | 37.89% | +3.44% |
| 2001 | 34.45% | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 29.25% | +4.79% |
| 1999 | 24.47% | +1.59% |
| 1998 | 22.88% | -5.37% |
| 1997 | 28.25% | -1.67% |
| 1996 | 29.91% | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 25.02% | +0.546% |
| 1994 | 24.47% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 23.27% | -0.819% |
| 1992 | 24.09% | -0.589% |
| 1991 | 24.68% | — |
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Uruguay's youth unemployment rate is 25.15% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 26.7% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 38.09% (2003); the lowest is 18.06% (2011), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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