Countries by Youth Unemployment

Compare countries by youth unemployment using latest available economic data, ranking tables, country links and source notes.
INDICATOR: Youth Unemployment
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-10 04:00:53

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 Algeria 29.44 open
5 Spain 24.75 open
6 Romania 24.54 open
7 Sweden 24.31 open
8 Morocco 21.88 open
9 Chile 21.64 open
10 Finland 21.48 open
11 Luxembourg 21.47 open
12 Greece 21.39 open
13 Serbia 20.93 open
14 Italy 20.55 open
15 Portugal 20.22 open
16 Estonia 19.7 open
17 Argentina 19.19 open
18 Ukraine 19.15 open
19 France 18.89 open
20 Slovakia 18.43 open
21 Egypt 18.29 open
22 Belgium 17.78 open
23 Colombia 17.65 open
24 Croatia 16.47 open
25 Turkey 16.04 open
26 India 16.02 open
27 China 15.8 open
28 Kenya 15.25 open
29 Kuwait 15.06 open
30 United Kingdom 14.65 open
31 New Zealand 14.36 open
32 Hungary 14.21 open
33 Brazil 13.98 open
34 Oman 13.89 open
35 Canada 13.8 open
36 Lithuania 13.76 open
37 Norway 13.42 open
38 Indonesia 12.98 open
39 Latvia 12.95 open
40 Malaysia 11.95 open
41 Denmark 11.74 open
42 Austria 11 open
43 Poland 10.7 open
44 Ireland 10.49 open
45 Bulgaria 10.15 open
46 Saudi Arabia 10.01 open
47 Australia 9.61 open
48 Pakistan 9.59 open
49 Slovenia 9.54 open
50 Peru 9.45 open
51 Bangladesh 9.39 open
52 United States 9.34 open
53 Czech Republic 9.22 open
54 Switzerland 9.04 open
55 Hong Kong 8.96 open
56 Netherlands 8.83 open
57 Iceland 8.67 open
58 Russia 7.61 open
59 Philippines 7.04 open
60 Germany 6.86 open
61 Singapore 6.78 open
62 South Korea 6.7 open
63 United Arab Emirates 6.45 open
64 Vietnam 6.17 open
65 Israel 6.03 open
66 Ghana 5.83 open
67 Mexico 5.71 open
68 Bahrain 5.42 open
69 Ethiopia 5.35 open
70 Nigeria 5.34 open
71 Thailand 4.53 open
72 Japan 3.9 open
73 Kazakhstan 3.81 open
74 Qatar 0.56 open

Ranking interpretation

context

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

Production version: ranking tables should show source timestamp, latest available year and fallback status.

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.