Youth unemployment by country
United States: 9.3% in 2025, 10th of 38 OECD members (lowest first). 63rd of all 187 with data.
Highest: 
Djibouti (76.8%, 2025) · Lowest: 
Niger (0.5%, 2025) · 187 countries and territories with data.
Unemployed people as a share of the labor force aged 15–24 (ILO modelled estimates).
Ranking
Latest value for each country (within 5 years).
Over time
United States: rank over time
Rank among the countries with data in each year (lowest first).
World ranking (lowest first)
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 0.5% | 2025 |
| 2 |  Qatar | 0.6% | 2025 |
| 3 |  Cambodia | 0.7% | 2025 |
| 4 |  Chad | 1.5% | 2025 |
| 5 |  Burundi | 1.7% | 2025 |
| 6 |  Liberia | 2.3% | 2025 |
| 7 |  Tanzania | 2.4% | 2025 |
| 8 |  Laos | 2.4% | 2025 |
| 9 |  Solomon Islands | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 10 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 11 |  Benin | 2.9% | 2025 |
| 12 |  Togo | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 13 |  Senegal | 3.6% | 2025 |
| 14 |  Timor-Leste | 3.7% | 2025 |
| 15 |  Sierra Leone | 3.7% | 2025 |
| 16 |  Papua New Guinea | 3.8% | 2025 |
| 17 |  Kazakhstan | 3.8% | 2025 |
| 18 |  Mali | 3.9% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Japan | 3.9% | 2025 |
| 20 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 4.0% | 2025 |
| 21 |  Uganda | 4.2% | 2025 |
| 22 |  Moldova | 4.2% | 2025 |
| 23 |  Cuba | 4.3% | 2025 |
| 24 |  Thailand | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 25 |  Guatemala | 4.8% | 2025 |
| 26 |  Bolivia | 5.0% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Madagascar | 5.2% | 2025 |
| 28 |  Nigeria | 5.3% | 2025 |
| 29 |  Ethiopia | 5.4% | 2025 |
| 30 |  Bahrain | 5.4% | 2025 |
| 31 |  Mexico | 5.7% | 2025 |
| 32 |  Ghana | 5.8% | 2025 |
| 33 |  Tonga | 6.0% | 2025 |
| 34 |  Israel | 6.0% | 2025 |
| 35 |  Vietnam | 6.2% | 2025 |
| 36 |  Burkina Faso | 6.4% | 2025 |
| 37 |  United Arab Emirates | 6.5% | 2025 |
| 38 |  Cameroon | 6.5% | 2025 |
| 39 |  South Korea | 6.7% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Macao | 6.8% | 2025 |
| 41 |  Singapore | 6.8% | 2025 |
| 42 |  Germany | 6.9% | 2025 |
| 43 |  Malawi | 6.9% | 2025 |
| 44 |  Guinea | 7.0% | 2025 |
| 45 |  Philippines | 7.0% | 2025 |
| 46 |  Russia | 7.6% | 2025 |
| 47 |  El Salvador | 7.8% | 2025 |
| 48 |  DR Congo | 7.8% | 2025 |
| 49 |  North Korea | 7.9% | 2025 |
| 50 |  Ecuador | 8.2% | 2025 |
| 51 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 8.2% | 2025 |
| 52 |  Kyrgyzstan | 8.2% | 2025 |
| 53 |  Malta | 8.4% | 2025 |
| 54 |  Honduras | 8.5% | 2025 |
| 55 |  Iceland | 8.7% | 2025 |
| 56 |  Comoros | 8.8% | 2025 |
| 57 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 8.8% | 2025 |
| 58 |  Netherlands | 8.8% | 2025 |
| 59 |  Hong Kong | 9.0% | 2025 |
| 60 |  Switzerland | 9.0% | 2025 |
| 61 |  Belarus | 9.2% | 2025 |
| 62 |  Czechia | 9.2% | 2025 |
| 63 |  United States | 9.3% | 2025 |
| 64 |  Bangladesh | 9.4% | 2025 |
| 65 |  Peru | 9.5% | 2025 |
| 66 |  Slovenia | 9.5% | 2025 |
| 67 |  Nicaragua | 9.5% | 2025 |
| 68 |  Pakistan | 9.6% | 2025 |
| 69 |  Australia | 9.6% | 2025 |
| 70 |  Myanmar | 9.8% | 2025 |
| 71 |  Saudi Arabia | 10.0% | 2025 |
| 72 |  Turkmenistan | 10.0% | 2025 |
| 73 |  Central African Republic | 10.1% | 2025 |
| 74 |  Bulgaria | 10.2% | 2025 |
| 75 |  Eritrea | 10.2% | 2025 |
| 76 |  Venezuela | 10.4% | 2025 |
| 77 |  Zambia | 10.5% | 2025 |
| 78 |  Ireland | 10.5% | 2025 |
| 79 |  Poland | 10.7% | 2025 |
| 80 |  Jamaica | 10.8% | 2025 |
| 81 |  Gambia | 10.9% | 2025 |
| 82 |  Austria | 11.0% | 2025 |
| 83 |  Vanuatu | 11.3% | 2025 |
| 84 |  Uzbekistan | 11.4% | 2025 |
| 85 |  Mozambique | 11.6% | 2025 |
| 86 |  Paraguay | 11.7% | 2025 |
| 87 |  Mongolia | 11.7% | 2025 |
| 88 |  Denmark | 11.7% | 2025 |
| 89 |  Malaysia | 12.0% | 2025 |
| 90 |  Sudan | 12.0% | 2022 |
| 91 |  Dominican Republic | 12.3% | 2025 |
| 92 |  Cyprus | 12.7% | 2025 |
| 93 |  Latvia | 12.9% | 2025 |
| 94 |  Indonesia | 13.0% | 2025 |
| 95 |  Samoa | 13.0% | 2025 |
| 96 |  Azerbaijan | 13.1% | 2025 |
| 97 |  Norway | 13.4% | 2025 |
| 98 |  Lithuania | 13.8% | 2025 |
| 99 |  Canada | 13.8% | 2025 |
| 100 |  Guam | 13.8% | 2025 |
| 101 |  Oman | 13.9% | 2025 |
| 102 |  Brazil | 14.0% | 2025 |
| 103 |  Puerto Rico | 14.0% | 2025 |
| 104 | Channel Islands | 14.1% | 2025 |
| 105 |  Hungary | 14.2% | 2025 |
| 106 |  New Zealand | 14.4% | 2025 |
| 107 |  Tajikistan | 14.6% | 2025 |
| 108 |  United Kingdom | 14.6% | 2025 |
| 109 |  Kuwait | 15.1% | 2025 |
| 110 |  Fiji | 15.2% | 2025 |
| 111 |  Kenya | 15.2% | 2025 |
| 112 |  Zimbabwe | 15.5% | 2025 |
| 113 |  Maldives | 15.7% | 2025 |
| 114 |  Equatorial Guinea | 15.7% | 2025 |
| 115 |  China | 15.8% | 2025 |
| 116 |  India | 16.0% | 2025 |
| 117 |  Türkiye | 16.0% | 2025 |
| 118 |  Rwanda | 16.4% | 2025 |
| 119 |  Croatia | 16.5% | 2025 |
| 120 |  Afghanistan | 16.8% | 2025 |
| 121 |  Bhutan | 17.1% | 2025 |
| 122 |  Mauritius | 17.4% | 2025 |
| 123 |  Colombia | 17.7% | 2025 |
| 124 |  Belgium | 17.8% | 2025 |
| 125 |  Brunei | 18.2% | 2025 |
| 126 |  Egypt | 18.3% | 2025 |
| 127 |  Slovakia | 18.4% | 2025 |
| 128 |  Barbados | 18.5% | 2025 |
| 129 |  South Sudan | 18.5% | 2023 |
| 130 |  Sri Lanka | 18.6% | 2025 |
| 131 |  France | 18.9% | 2025 |
| 132 |  Ukraine | 19.1% | 2021 |
| 133 |  Argentina | 19.2% | 2025 |
| 134 |  Bahamas | 19.2% | 2025 |
| 135 |  Belize | 19.3% | 2025 |
| 136 |  Estonia | 19.7% | 2025 |
| 137 |  Panama | 19.8% | 2025 |
| 138 |  Costa Rica | 19.9% | 2025 |
| 139 |  Portugal | 20.2% | 2025 |
| 140 |  St. Lucia | 20.3% | 2025 |
| 141 |  Italy | 20.5% | 2025 |
| 142 |  Nepal | 20.6% | 2025 |
| 143 |  Serbia | 20.9% | 2025 |
| 144 |  Greece | 21.4% | 2025 |
| 145 |  Luxembourg | 21.5% | 2025 |
| 146 |  Finland | 21.5% | 2025 |
| 147 |  Chile | 21.6% | 2025 |
| 148 |  Morocco | 21.9% | 2025 |
| 149 |  Iran | 21.9% | 2025 |
| 150 |  Lebanon | 22.7% | 2023 |
| 151 |  Mauritania | 22.9% | 2025 |
| 152 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 24.2% | 2025 |
| 153 |  Sweden | 24.3% | 2025 |
| 154 |  Montenegro | 24.4% | 2025 |
| 155 |  Romania | 24.5% | 2025 |
| 156 |  Lesotho | 24.7% | 2025 |
| 157 |  Spain | 24.7% | 2025 |
| 158 |  Guyana | 24.9% | 2025 |
| 159 |  Uruguay | 25.1% | 2025 |
| 160 |  Suriname | 25.4% | 2025 |
| 161 |  Albania | 25.6% | 2025 |
| 162 |  Armenia | 26.2% | 2025 |
| 163 |  Angola | 27.2% | 2025 |
| 164 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.2% | 2025 |
| 165 |  Cabo Verde | 28.4% | 2025 |
| 166 |  North Macedonia | 28.8% | 2025 |
| 167 |  Algeria | 29.4% | 2025 |
| 168 |  Georgia | 30.3% | 2025 |
| 169 |  Iraq | 32.0% | 2025 |
| 170 |  Yemen | 32.6% | 2025 |
| 171 |  Syria | 33.1% | 2025 |
| 172 |  New Caledonia | 33.1% | 2025 |
| 173 |  Somalia | 34.2% | 2025 |
| 174 |  West Bank and Gaza | 36.1% | 2022 |
| 175 |  Gabon | 36.3% | 2025 |
| 176 |  French Polynesia | 36.6% | 2025 |
| 177 |  Haiti | 37.5% | 2025 |
| 178 |  Namibia | 38.0% | 2025 |
| 179 |  Tunisia | 38.1% | 2025 |
| 180 |  Jordan | 38.9% | 2025 |
| 181 |  Republic of the Congo | 40.5% | 2025 |
| 182 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.9% | 2025 |
| 183 |  Botswana | 46.0% | 2025 |
| 184 |  Libya | 50.1% | 2025 |
| 185 |  Eswatini | 54.3% | 2025 |
| 186 |  South Africa | 59.9% | 2025 |
| 187 | Djibouti | 76.8% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.
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