Countries by Youth Unemployment

Global country ranking by youth unemployment with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public data.
INDICATOR: Youth Unemployment
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-09-07 05:07:43

Full ranking · Youth Unemployment

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Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 South Africa 59.93 open
2 Jordan 38.88 open
3 Tunisia 38.08 open
4 West Bank and Gaza 36.09 open
5 Syria 33.1 open
6 Yemen 32.6 open
7 Iraq 32.01 open
8 Georgia 30.26 open
9 Algeria 29.44 open
10 Armenia 26.24 open
11 Spain 24.75 open
12 Romania 24.54 open
13 Sweden 24.31 open
14 Lebanon 22.74 open
15 Iran 21.9 open
16 Morocco 21.88 open
17 Chile 21.64 open
18 Finland 21.48 open
19 Luxembourg 21.47 open
20 Greece 21.39 open
21 Serbia 20.93 open
22 Nepal 20.56 open
23 Italy 20.55 open
24 Portugal 20.22 open
25 Estonia 19.7 open
26 Argentina 19.19 open
27 Ukraine 19.15 open
28 France 18.89 open
29 Sri Lanka 18.58 open
30 Slovakia 18.43 open
31 Egypt 18.29 open
32 Brunei 18.23 open
33 Belgium 17.78 open
34 Colombia 17.65 open
35 Bhutan 17.05 open
36 Afghanistan 16.79 open
37 Croatia 16.47 open
38 Turkey 16.04 open
39 India 16.02 open
40 China 15.8 open
41 Maldives 15.69 open
42 Kenya 15.25 open
43 Fiji 15.21 open
44 Kuwait 15.06 open
45 United Kingdom 14.65 open
46 Tajikistan 14.59 open
47 New Zealand 14.36 open
48 Hungary 14.21 open
49 Brazil 13.98 open
50 Oman 13.89 open
51 Canada 13.8 open
52 Lithuania 13.76 open
53 Norway 13.42 open
54 Azerbaijan 13.09 open
55 Indonesia 12.98 open
56 Samoa 12.98 open
57 Latvia 12.95 open
58 Cyprus 12.71 open
59 Malaysia 11.95 open
60 Denmark 11.74 open
61 Mongolia 11.71 open
62 Uzbekistan 11.38 open
63 Vanuatu 11.34 open
64 Austria 11 open
65 Poland 10.7 open
66 Ireland 10.49 open
67 Bulgaria 10.15 open
68 Turkmenistan 10.02 open
69 Saudi Arabia 10.01 open
70 Myanmar 9.81 open
71 Australia 9.61 open
72 Pakistan 9.59 open
73 Slovenia 9.54 open
74 Peru 9.45 open
75 Bangladesh 9.39 open
76 United States 9.34 open
77 Czech Republic 9.22 open
78 Switzerland 9.04 open
79 Hong Kong 8.96 open
80 Netherlands 8.83 open
81 Iceland 8.67 open
82 Kyrgyzstan 8.23 open
83 North Korea 7.9 open
84 Russia 7.61 open
85 Philippines 7.04 open
86 Germany 6.86 open
87 Singapore 6.78 open
88 Macao 6.78 open
89 South Korea 6.7 open
90 United Arab Emirates 6.45 open
91 Vietnam 6.17 open
92 Israel 6.03 open
93 Tonga 6.03 open
94 Ghana 5.83 open
95 Mexico 5.71 open
96 Bahrain 5.42 open
97 Ethiopia 5.35 open
98 Nigeria 5.34 open
99 Thailand 4.53 open
100 Japan 3.9 open
101 Kazakhstan 3.81 open
102 Papua New Guinea 3.79 open
103 Timor-Leste 3.72 open
104 Solomon Islands 2.76 open
105 Laos 2.38 open
106 Cambodia 0.71 open
107 Qatar 0.56 open

Ranking interpretation

context

This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

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Countries by Youth Unemployment: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Youth Unemployment for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: youth unemployment by country, global youth unemployment ranking, country ranking youth unemployment, best countries by youth unemployment.