Youth Unemployment

%The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

As of 2025-12-31, Djibouti has the highest Youth Unemployment at 76.77%, while Niger has the lowest at 0.457%. Median across 187 economies is 12.98%. Source: The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).

Last updated 2025-12-31

Countries

187

Highest

Djibouti76.77%

Lowest

Niger0.457%

Median

12.98%

Average

15.67%

Ranked by latest value

highest to lowest · 187 countries

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#	Country	Last	Change	Date
1	Djibouti	76.77%	0.272%	2025-12-31
2	South Africa	59.93%	0.318%	2025-12-31
3	Eswatini	54.33%	0.041%	2025-12-31
4	Libya	50.06%	0.529%	2025-12-31
5	Botswana	46%	0.708%	2025-12-31
6	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	41.95%	0.096%	2025-12-31
7	Congo, Rep.	40.5%	0.08%	2025-12-31
8	Jordan	38.88%	0.177%	2025-12-31
9	Tunisia	38.08%	0.775%	2025-12-31
10	Namibia	38.05%	0.81%	2025-12-31
11	Haiti	37.52%	0.76%	2025-12-31
12	French Polynesia	36.57%	0.107%	2025-12-31
13	Gabon	36.28%	0.002%	2025-12-31
14	West Bank and Gaza	36.09%	5.54%	2022-12-31
15	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.23%	0.093%	2025-12-31
16	New Caledonia	33.11%	1.28%	2025-12-31
17	Syrian Arab Republic	33.1%	0.333%	2025-12-31
18	Yemen, Rep.	32.6%	0.426%	2025-12-31
19	Iraq	32.01%	0.286%	2025-12-31
20	Georgia	30.26%	0.395%	2025-12-31
21	Algeria	29.44%	0.44%	2025-12-31
22	North Macedonia	28.75%	0.094%	2025-12-31
23	Cabo Verde	28.42%	0.315%	2025-12-31
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.2%	0.867%	2025-12-31
25	Angola	27.23%	0.489%	2025-12-31
26	Armenia	26.24%	0.415%	2025-12-31
27	Albania	25.57%	0.015%	2025-12-31
28	Suriname	25.44%	0.496%	2025-12-31
29	Uruguay	25.15%	1.55%	2025-12-31
30	Guyana	24.9%	0.154%	2025-12-31
31	Spain	24.75%	1.89%	2025-12-31
32	Lesotho	24.67%	0.071%	2025-12-31
33	Romania	24.54%	0.914%	2025-12-31
34	Montenegro	24.44%	0.486%	2025-12-31
35	Sweden	24.31%	0.024%	2025-12-31
36	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	24.2%	1.15%	2025-12-31
37	Mauritania	22.92%	0.117%	2025-12-31
38	Lebanon	22.74%	0.156%	2023-12-31
39	Iran, Islamic Rep.	21.9%	0.593%	2025-12-31
40	Morocco	21.88%	0.49%	2025-12-31
41	Chile	21.64%	0.647%	2025-12-31
42	Finland	21.48%	2.8%	2025-12-31
43	Luxembourg	21.47%	0.222%	2025-12-31
44	Greece	21.39%	0.986%	2025-12-31
45	Serbia	20.93%	0.522%	2025-12-31
46	Nepal	20.56%	0.079%	2025-12-31
47	Italy	20.55%	0.299%	2025-12-31
48	St. Lucia	20.25%	1.04%	2025-12-31
49	Portugal	20.22%	1.54%	2025-12-31
50	Costa Rica	19.95%	0.532%	2025-12-31
51	Panama	19.77%	0.086%	2025-12-31
52	Estonia	19.7%	0.439%	2025-12-31
53	Belize	19.32%	0.768%	2025-12-31
54	Bahamas, The	19.25%	0.957%	2025-12-31
55	Argentina	19.19%	0.04%	2025-12-31
56	Ukraine	19.15%	0.21%	2021-12-31
57	France	18.89%	0.287%	2025-12-31
58	Sri Lanka	18.58%	0.484%	2025-12-31
59	South Sudan	18.52%	0.193%	2023-12-31
60	Barbados	18.48%	0.43%	2025-12-31
61	Slovak Republic	18.43%	0.568%	2025-12-31
62	Egypt, Arab Rep.	18.29%	1%	2025-12-31
63	Brunei Darussalam	18.23%	0.358%	2025-12-31
64	Belgium	17.78%	0.434%	2025-12-31
65	Colombia	17.65%	1.76%	2025-12-31
66	Mauritius	17.37%	0.875%	2025-12-31
67	Bhutan	17.05%	0.882%	2025-12-31
68	Afghanistan	16.79%	0.45%	2025-12-31
69	Croatia	16.47%	0.005%	2025-12-31
70	Rwanda	16.41%	0.147%	2025-12-31
71	Turkiye	16.04%	0.245%	2025-12-31
72	India	16.02%	0.276%	2025-12-31
73	China	15.8%	0.751%	2025-12-31
74	Equatorial Guinea	15.74%	0.18%	2025-12-31
75	Maldives	15.69%	0.885%	2025-12-31
76	Zimbabwe	15.55%	0.119%	2025-12-31
77	Kenya	15.25%	0.231%	2025-12-31
78	Fiji	15.21%	0.075%	2025-12-31
79	Kuwait	15.06%	0.087%	2025-12-31
80	United Kingdom	14.65%	0.331%	2025-12-31
81	Tajikistan	14.59%	0.038%	2025-12-31
82	New Zealand	14.36%	0.316%	2025-12-31
83	Hungary	14.21%	0.883%	2025-12-31
84	Channel Islands	14.13%	0.427%	2025-12-31
85	Puerto Rico (US)	13.98%	0.9%	2025-12-31
86	Brazil	13.98%	1.69%	2025-12-31
87	Oman	13.89%	0.361%	2025-12-31
88	Guam	13.81%	0.937%	2025-12-31
89	Canada	13.8%	0.524%	2025-12-31
90	Lithuania	13.76%	0.068%	2025-12-31
91	Norway	13.42%	1.29%	2025-12-31
92	Azerbaijan	13.09%	0.453%	2025-12-31
93	Samoa	12.98%	0.31%	2025-12-31
94	Indonesia	12.98%	0.098%	2025-12-31
95	Latvia	12.95%	0.664%	2025-12-31
96	Cyprus	12.71%	0.148%	2025-12-31
97	Dominican Republic	12.31%	0.56%	2025-12-31
98	Sudan	12%	5.41%	2022-12-31
99	Malaysia	11.95%	0.297%	2025-12-31
100	Denmark	11.74%	0.049%	2025-12-31
101	Mongolia	11.71%	0.168%	2025-12-31
102	Paraguay	11.69%	1.71%	2025-12-31
103	Mozambique	11.61%	0.112%	2025-12-31
104	Uzbekistan	11.38%	0.572%	2025-12-31
105	Vanuatu	11.34%	0.082%	2025-12-31
106	Austria	11%	0.57%	2025-12-31
107	Gambia, The	10.86%	0.033%	2025-12-31
108	Jamaica	10.81%	0.426%	2025-12-31
109	Poland	10.7%	0.037%	2025-12-31
110	Ireland	10.49%	0.054%	2025-12-31
111	Zambia	10.47%	0.368%	2025-12-31
112	Venezuela, RB	10.44%	0.286%	2025-12-31
113	Eritrea	10.24%	0.185%	2025-12-31
114	Bulgaria	10.15%	2.34%	2025-12-31
115	Central African Republic	10.09%	0.095%	2025-12-31
116	Turkmenistan	10.02%	0.688%	2025-12-31
117	Saudi Arabia	10.01%	1.49%	2025-12-31
118	Myanmar	9.81%	0.161%	2025-12-31
119	Australia	9.61%	0.202%	2025-12-31
120	Pakistan	9.59%	0.073%	2025-12-31
121	Nicaragua	9.54%	0.038%	2025-12-31
122	Slovenia	9.54%	1.49%	2025-12-31
123	Peru	9.45%	0.251%	2025-12-31
124	Bangladesh	9.39%	0.288%	2025-12-31
125	United States	9.34%	0.42%	2025-12-31
126	Czechia	9.22%	0.019%	2025-12-31
127	Belarus	9.18%	1.36%	2025-12-31
128	Switzerland	9.04%	0.803%	2025-12-31
129	Hong Kong SAR, China	8.96%	0.549%	2025-12-31
130	Netherlands	8.83%	0.055%	2025-12-31
131	Sao Tome and Principe	8.79%	0.234%	2025-12-31
132	Comoros	8.75%	0.061%	2025-12-31
133	Iceland	8.67%	0.109%	2025-12-31
134	Honduras	8.53%	0.225%	2025-12-31
135	Malta	8.43%	0.688%	2025-12-31
136	Kyrgyz Republic	8.23%	0.192%	2025-12-31
137	Trinidad and Tobago	8.22%	0.223%	2025-12-31
138	Ecuador	8.16%	0.414%	2025-12-31
139	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	7.9%	0.135%	2025-12-31
140	Congo, Dem. Rep.	7.85%	0.103%	2025-12-31
141	El Salvador	7.81%	0.302%	2025-12-31
142	Russian Federation	7.61%	0.643%	2025-12-31
143	Philippines	7.04%	0.077%	2025-12-31
144	Guinea	7.02%	0.051%	2025-12-31
145	Malawi	6.95%	0.058%	2025-12-31
146	Germany	6.86%	0.258%	2025-12-31
147	Singapore	6.78%	0.452%	2025-12-31
148	Macao SAR, China	6.78%	0.087%	2025-12-31
149	Korea, Rep.	6.7%	0.261%	2025-12-31
150	Cameroon	6.55%	0.07%	2025-12-31
151	United Arab Emirates	6.45%	0.026%	2025-12-31
152	Burkina Faso	6.44%	0.087%	2025-12-31
153	Viet Nam	6.17%	0.173%	2025-12-31
154	Israel	6.03%	0.131%	2025-12-31
155	Tonga	6.03%	0.043%	2025-12-31
156	Ghana	5.83%	0.479%	2025-12-31
157	Mexico	5.71%	0.046%	2025-12-31
158	Bahrain	5.42%	0.053%	2025-12-31
159	Ethiopia	5.35%	0.096%	2025-12-31
160	Nigeria	5.34%	0.252%	2025-12-31
161	Madagascar	5.25%	0.213%	2025-12-31
162	Bolivia	5.01%	0.157%	2025-12-31
163	Guatemala	4.76%	0.14%	2025-12-31
164	Thailand	4.53%	0.129%	2025-12-31
165	Cuba	4.28%	0.006%	2025-12-31
166	Moldova	4.2%	0.299%	2025-12-31
167	Uganda	4.18%	0.028%	2025-12-31
168	Cote d'Ivoire	4.01%	0.238%	2025-12-31
169	Japan	3.9%	0.032%	2025-12-31
170	Mali	3.88%	0.036%	2025-12-31
171	Kazakhstan	3.81%	0.01%	2025-12-31
172	Papua New Guinea	3.79%	0.003%	2025-12-31
173	Sierra Leone	3.72%	0.228%	2025-12-31
174	Timor-Leste	3.72%	0.497%	2025-12-31
175	Senegal	3.62%	0.252%	2025-12-31
176	Togo	3.44%	0.036%	2025-12-31
177	Benin	2.89%	0.202%	2025-12-31
178	Guinea-Bissau	2.84%	0.018%	2025-12-31
179	Solomon Islands	2.76%	0.177%	2025-12-31
180	Lao PDR	2.38%	0.206%	2025-12-31
181	Tanzania	2.38%	0.047%	2025-12-31
182	Liberia	2.3%	0.079%	2025-12-31
183	Burundi	1.68%	0.017%	2025-12-31
184	Chad	1.46%	0.005%	2025-12-31
185	Cambodia	0.711%	0.007%	2025-12-31
186	Qatar	0.559%	0.014%	2025-12-31
187	Niger	0.457%	0.066%	2025-12-31