Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.

📅 2025📏 % of total labor force ages 15-2485 entries

DjiboutiPalestineSpainUruguayGeorgiaSaint LuciaChileFinlandBruneiCosta RicaFrancePanamaAngolaBhutanIndiaNew ZealandZimbabweLatviaNorwayBurkina FasoCanadaBrazilDominican RepublicGambiaPakistanIrelandSaudi ArabiaHong KongParaguayMongoliaUnited StatesMaltaSeychellesAustraliaIcelandPeruRwandaCambodiaEcuadorRussiaSingaporeGhanaSouth KoreaMexicoBoliviaJapanVanuatu

72.7% – 20.1%19.8% – 14.8%14.1% – 11.3%11.2% – 7.8%7.5% – 2.4%No data

🇩🇯Djibouti

72.7%

🇵🇸Palestine

40.8%

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

30.7%

🇲🇰North Macedonia

29.2%

🇷🇴Romania

26.1%

🇪🇸Spain

24.9%

🇺🇾Uruguay

24.4%

🇸🇪Sweden

24.3%

🇬🇪Georgia

23.7%

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

22.0%

🇨🇱Chile

22.0%

🇫🇮Finland

21.8%

🇷🇸Serbia

21.7%

🇪🇪Estonia

20.7%

🇮🇹Italy

20.6%

🇧🇳Brunei

20.2%

🇨🇷Costa Rica

20.1%

🇫🇷France

19.8%

🇵🇦Panama

19.5%

🇵🇹Portugal

19.5%

🇦🇷Argentina

19.2%

🇬🇷Greece

19.0%

🇦🇴Angola

18.6%

🇭🇷Croatia

18.3%

🇧🇹Bhutan

17.9%

🇮🇳India

17.7%

🇨🇴Colombia

17.5%

🇧🇪Belgium

17.4%

🇳🇿New Zealand

15.7%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

15.6%

🇸🇰Slovakia

15.3%

🇹🇷Türkiye

15.3%

🇬🇧United Kingdom

15.2%

🇱🇻Latvia

14.8%

🇱🇹Lithuania

14.1%

🇳🇴Norway

14.0%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

14.0%

🇭🇺Hungary

13.9%

🇨🇦Canada

13.8%

🇩🇰Denmark

13.8%

🇧🇷Brazil

13.6%

🇨🇾Cyprus

13.5%

🇧🇬Bulgaria

13.1%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

12.7%

🇬🇲Gambia

12.6%

🇵🇰Pakistan

12.5%

🇦🇹Austria

12.2%

🇸🇮Slovenia

12.1%

🇮🇪Ireland

11.8%

🇵🇱Poland

11.7%

Highlights

As of 2025, Djibouti ranks first with 72.7%, followed by Palestine (40.8%) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (30.7%).

Djibouti is 1.8 times higher than Palestine, the runner-up.

Across 85 countries and territories, values run from 72.7% (Djibouti) to 2.4% (Moldova), with a median of 13.1%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 2 from the Americas, 2 from Asia and 1 from Africa.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate), 2025. Unit: % of total labor force ages 15-24.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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