Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
Afghanistan | total: 17.6% male: 16.3% female: 21.4% (2017) |
Albania | total: 27% male: 27.8% female: 25.9% (2019 est.) |
Algeria | total: 39.3% male: 33.1% female: 82% (2017 est.) |
Angola | total: 17.3% male: 17.9% female: 16.7% (2014 est.) |
Argentina | total: 25.9% male: 23.9% female: 28.8% (2019 est.) |
Armenia | total: 32.6% male: 31.2% female: 34.4% (2019 est.) |
Australia | total: 14.3% male: 15.3% female: 13.2% (2020 est.) |
Austria | total: 8.5% male: 9.2% female: 7.8% (2019 est.) |
Azerbaijan | total: 12.4% male: 10.9% female: 14.2% (2019 est.) |
Bahamas, The | total: 25.8% male: 20.8% female: 31.6% (2016 est.) |
Bahrain | total: 5.3% male: 2.6% female: 12.2% (2012 est.) |
Bangladesh | total: 12.8% male: 10.8% female: 16.8% (2017 est.) |
Barbados | total: 26% male: 30.3% female: 21.2% (2019 est.) |
Belarus | total: 10.2% male: 12.9% female: 7.3% (2019 est.) |
Belgium | total: 14.2% male: 16% female: 12.3% (2019 est.) |
Belize | total: 15.3% male: 9.5% female: 24.8% (2017 est.) |
Benin | total: 5.6% male: 5.2% female: 5.9% (2011 est.) |
Bermuda | total: 29.3% male: 29.7% female: 29% (2014 est.) |
Bhutan | total: 10.7% male: 8.2% female: 12.7% (2015 est.) |
Bolivia | total: 8.8% male: 8.2% female: 9.7% (2019 est.) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 33.8% male: 31.3% female: 37.9% (2019 est.) |
Botswana | total: 37.8% male: 39% female: 36.4% (2019 est.) |
Brazil | total: 27.8% male: 24.1% female: 32.6% (2019 est.) |
Brunei | total: 21.4% male: 19% female: 25.8% (2019 est.) |
Bulgaria | total: 8.9% male: 9.3% female: 8.3% (2019 est.) |
Burkina Faso | total: 8.6% male: 8.9% female: 8.4% (2019) |
Burma | total: 1.5% male: 1.4% female: 1.6% (2019 est.) |
Burundi | total: 2.9% male: 4.4% female: 2% (2014 est.) |
Cambodia | total: 1.1% male: 1% female: 1.2% (2016 est.) |
Cameroon | total: 6.3% male: 5.8% female: 6.8% (2014 est.) |
Canada | total: 20.2% male: 20.9% female: 19.4% (2020 est.) |
Cayman Islands | total: 13.8% male: 16.4% female: 11.4% (2015 est.) |
Chad | total: 1.5% male: 2.4% female: 0.7% (2018) |
Chile | total: 19.6% male: 19.1% female: 20.3% (2019 est.) |
Colombia | total: 20% male: 15.9% female: 25.4% (2019 est.) |
Comoros | total: 19.5% male: 20% female: 18.8% (2014) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 8.7% male: 11.3% female: 6.8% (2012 est.) |
Costa Rica | total: 31.5% male: 28% female: 37.1% (2019 est.) |
Cote d'Ivoire | total: 5.5% male: 4.7% female: 6.5% (2017 est.) |
Croatia | total: 16.6% male: 14.5% female: 19.8% (2019 est.) |
Cuba | total: 6.1% male: 6.4% female: 5.6% (2010 est.) |
Curacao | total: 29.3% male: 25.4% female: 34.5% (2018 est.) |
Cyprus | total: 16.6% male: 19.3% female: 14.3% (2019 est.) |
Denmark | total: 10.1% male: 10.4% female: 9.7% (2019 est.) |
Djibouti | total: 73% male: 72% female: 74.6% (2017) |
Dominican Republic | total: 16% male: 11.8% female: 22.8% (2019 est.) |
Ecuador | total: 8.8% male: 6.9% female: 12% (2019 est.) |
Egypt | total: 24.7% male: 17.1% female: 51.6% (2018 est.) |
El Salvador | total: 9.9% male: 8.3% female: 12.8% (2019) |
Estonia | total: 11.1% male: 10.5% female: 11.7% (2019 est.) |
Ethiopia | total: 25.2% male: 17.1% female: 30.9% (2016 est.) |
European Union | total: 16.8% male: 16.8% female: 16.9% (2019 est.) |
Fiji | total: 15.4% male: 11.9% female: 22.4% (2016 est.) |
Finland | total: 17.2% male: 18.7% female: 15.6% (2019 est.) |
France | total: 19.6% male: 20.8% female: 18.2% (2019 est.) |
French Polynesia | total: 56.7% male: 54.5% female: 59.7% (2012 est.) |
Gabon | total: 35.7% male: 30.5% female: 41.9% (2010 est.) |
Gambia, The | total: 25.8% male: 21% female: 32.3% (2018 est.) |
Gaza Strip | total: 40.2% male: 34.8% female: 67.2% (2019 est.) note: includes the West Bank |
Georgia | total: 30.4% male: 28.9% female: 32.9% (2019 est.) |
Germany | total: 5.8% male: 6.6% female: 4.8% (2019 est.) |
Ghana | total: 9.1% male: 9.4% female: 8.7% (2017 est.) |
Greece | total: 35.2% male: 33.5% female: 37.2% (2019 est.) |
Guam | total: 29.4% male: 29.7% female: 28.9% (2011 est.) |
Guatemala | total: 5% male: 3.7% female: 8.1% (2017 est.) |
Guinea | total: 1% male: 1.5% female: 0.6% (2012 est.) |
Guyana | total: 26.5% male: 20.7% female: 34.6% (2018 est.) |
Honduras | total: 10.9% male: 7.6% female: 17.6% (2019 est.) |
Hong Kong | total: 8.6% male: 10.4% female: 6.8% (2019 est.) |
Hungary | total: 11.4% male: 11.9% female: 10.6% (2019 est.) |
Iceland | total: 8.7% male: 11.8% female: 5.6% (2019 est.) |
India | total: 22.3% male: 21.9% female: 23.8% (2019 est.) |
Indonesia | total: 13.5% male: 13.8% female: 13.2% (2019 est.) |
Iran | total: 27.7% male: 24.4% female: 40% (2018 est.) |
Iraq | total: 25.6% male: 22% female: 63.3% (2017) |
Ireland | total: 12.5% male: 14.2% female: 10.6% (2019 est.) |
Israel | total: 6.7% male: 6.1% female: 7.2% (2019 est.) |
Italy | total: 29.2% male: 27.8% female: 31.2% (2019 est.) |
Jamaica | total: 20.6% male: 16.8% female: 25.4% (2019 est.) |
Japan | total: 3.8% male: 3.9% female: 3.7% (2019 est.) |
Jordan | total: 37.3% male: 34.8% female: 49.4% (2019 est.) |
Kazakhstan | total: 3.8% male: 3.6% female: 4% (2017 est.) |
Kenya | total: 7.4% male: 7.3% female: 7.4% (2016) |
Kiribati | total: 17.1% male: 22.2% female: 7.4% (2015 est.) |
Korea, South | total: 10.3% male: 11% female: 9.7% (2020 est.) |
Kosovo | total: 49.5% male: 44.2% female: 60.4% (2019 est.) |
Kuwait | total: 15.4% male: 9.4% female: 30% (2016 est.) |
Kyrgyzstan | total: 9.6% male: 7.8% female: 13.4% (2018 est.) |
Laos | total: 18.2% male: 20.8% female: 15.5% (2017 est.) |
Latvia | total: 12.4% male: 14.2% female: 10.1% (2019 est.) |
Lebanon | total: 23.4% male: 24.5% female: 21.4% (2019) |
Lesotho | total: 34.4% male: NA female: NA (2013 est.) |
Liberia | total: 2.3% male: 2.4% female: 2.2% (2016 est.) |
Libya | total: 48.7% male: 40.8% female: 67.8% (2012 est.) |
Lithuania | total: 11.9% male: 14.1% female: 9.3% (2019 est.) |
Luxembourg | total: 17% male: 17.8% female: 16% (2019 est.) |
Macau | total: 4.9% male: 5.5% female: 4.2% (2019 est.) |
Madagascar | total: 3.4% male: 3.9% female: 3% (2015 est.) |
Malawi | total: 40.5% male: 33.1% female: 47.7% (2017 est.) |
Malaysia | total: 10.5% male: 9.6% female: 12% (2019 est.) |
Maldives | total: 15.9% male: 19.1% female: 12.1% (2016 est.) |
Mali | total: 2.4% male: 2.6% female: 2.3% (2018 est.) |
Malta | total: 9.1% male: 10.5% female: 7.6% (2019 est.) |
Marshall Islands | male: 12.2% female: 8.7% |
Mauritania | total: 21.1% male: 18.8% female: 24.9% (2017 est.) |
Mauritius | total: 21.8% male: 16.8% female: 28.4% (2019 est.) |
Mexico | total: 7.2% male: 6.7% female: 8% (2019 est.) |
Micronesia, Federated States of | total: 18.9% male: 10.4% female: 29.9% (2014) |
Moldova | total: 10.4% male: 11.1% female: 9.4% (2019 est.) |
Monaco | total: 26.6% male: 25.7% female: 27.9% (2016 est.) |
Mongolia | total: 25.3% male: 24.9% female: 25.9% (2019 est.) |
Montenegro | total: 25.2% male: 25.8% female: 24.3% (2019 est.) |
Morocco | total: 22.2% male: 22% female: 22.8% (2016 est.) note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara |
Mozambique | total: 7.4% male: 7.7% female: 7.1% (2015 est.) |
Namibia | total: 38% male: 37.5% female: 38.5% (2018 est.) |
Nauru | total: 26.6% male: 20.9% female: 37.5% (2013) |
Nepal | total: 21.4% male: 19.7% female: 23.9% (2017 est.) |
Netherlands | total: 6.7% male: 7.3% female: 6.2% (2019 est.) |
New Caledonia | total: 38.4% male: 37.1% female: 40% (2014 est.) |
New Zealand | total: 11.3% male: 11.1% female: 11.5% (2019 est.) |
Nicaragua | total: 8.5% male: 6.4% female: 12.9% (2014 est.) |
Niger | total: 16.6% male: 16.1% female: 17.5% (2017 est.) |
Nigeria | total: 18.3% male: 18.4% NA female: 18.2% NA (2019 est.) |
Norway | total: 10% male: 10.4% female: 9.5% (2019 est.) |
Oman | total: 13.7% male: 10.3% female: 33.9% (2016) |
Pakistan | total: 7.8% male: 8.2% female: 6.8% (2018 est.) |
Palau | total: 5.6% |
Panama | total: 12.8% male: 10.2% female: 17.5% (2019 est.) |
Papua New Guinea | total: 3.6% male: 4.3% female: 3% (2010 est.) |
Paraguay | total: 15.3% male: 12.1% female: 20.1% (2019 est.) |
Peru | total: 7.3% male: 6.9% female: 7.9% (2019 est.) |
Philippines | total: 6.8% male: 5.9% female: 8.3% (2019 est.) |
Poland | total: 9.9% male: 9.6% female: 10.3% (2019 est.) |
Portugal | total: 18.3% male: 15.5% female: 21.4% (2019 est.) |
Puerto Rico | total: 26.6% male: 28.9% female: 23.1% (2012 est.) |
Qatar | total: 0.4% male: 0.2% female: 1.5% (2018 est.) |
Romania | total: 16.8% male: 16.3% female: 17.5% (2019 est.) |
Russia | total: 15.2% male: 14.8% female: 15.6% (2019 est.) |
Rwanda | total: 20.5% male: 18.8% female: 22.4% (2019 est.) |
Saint Lucia | total: 37.2% male: 39.6% female: 34.3% (2019 est.) |
Samoa | total: 31.9% male: 24.6% female: 43.4% (2017 est.) |
San Marino | total: 27.4% male: 21.4% female: 36% (2016 est.) |
Sao Tome and Principe | total: 20.8% male: NA female: NA (2012 est.) |
Saudi Arabia | total: 28.8% male: 19.9% female: 62.6% (2018 est.) |
Senegal | total: 4.8% male: 5% female: 4.7% (2017 est.) |
Serbia | total: 27.5% male: 26.1% female: 29.9% (2019 est.) |
Seychelles | total: 9.7% male: 10.3% female: 9% (2019 est.) |
Sierra Leone | total: 9.4% male: 14.8% female: 6.1% (2014 est.) |
Singapore | total: 9.1% male: 6.2% female: 12.5% (2016 est.) |
Slovakia | total: 16.1% male: 14% female: 19.7% (2019 est.) |
Slovenia | total: 8.1% male: 7.4% female: 9.2% (2019 est.) |
Solomon Islands | total: 1.3% male: 1% female: 1.6% (2013) |
South Africa | total: 57% male: 53.2% female: 61.7% (2019 est.) |
South Sudan | total: 38.6% male: 39.5% female: 37.4% (2017 est.) |
Spain | total: 32.5% male: 30.9% female: 34.5% (2019 est.) |
Sri Lanka | total: 21.1% male: 16.6% female: 29.4% (2018 est.) |
Sudan | total: 32.6% male: 27.4% female: 43.5% (2011 est.) |
Suriname | total: 26.5% male: 18.7% female: 39.9% (2016 est.) |
Sweden | total: 20.1% male: 20.5% female: 19.7% (2019 est.) |
Switzerland | total: 8% male: 8.8% female: 7.2% (2019 est.) |
Syria | total: 35.8% male: 26.6% female: 71.1% (2011 est.) |
Tanzania | total: 3.9% male: 3.1% female: 4.6% (2014 est.) |
Thailand | total: 4.2% male: 3.4% female: 5.3% (2019 est.) |
Togo | total: 9.5% male: 12.3% female: 7.4% (2017 est.) |
Tonga | total: 8.9% male: 5.7% female: 13.1% (2018) |
Trinidad and Tobago | total: 8.7% male: 8.9% female: 8.4% (2016 est.) |
Tunisia | total: 34.9% male: 33.8% female: 37.2% (2017 est.) |
Turkey | total: 25.2% male: 22.4% female: 30.3% (2019 est.) |
Tuvalu | total: 20.6% male: 9.8% female: 45.8% (2016) |
Uganda | total: 14.8% male: 12.7% female: 17.3% (2017 est.) |
Ukraine | total: 15.4% male: 15.5% female: 15.3% (2019 est.) |
United Arab Emirates | total: 7.2% male: 4.9% female: 15% (2019 est.) |
United Kingdom | total: 11.2% male: 13% female: 9.2% (2019 est.) |
United States | total: 14.9% male: 15% female: 14.8% (2020 est.) |
Uruguay | total: 28.7% male: 24.8% female: 33.9% (2019 est.) |
Venezuela | total: 12.1% male: 10.5% NA female: 14.9% NA (2017 est.) |
Vietnam | total: 7.6% male: 6.6% female: 8.9% (2020 est.) |
West Bank | total: 40.2% male: 34.8% female: 67.2% (2019 est.) note: includes Gaza Strip |
Yemen | total: 24.5% male: 23.5% female: 34.6% (2014 est.) |
Zambia | total: 26% male: 24.7% female: 27.6% (2018 est.) |
Zimbabwe | total: 27.5% male: 25% female: 31.4% (2019 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook