Labour

Youth unemployment

Share of the labour force aged 15 to 24 without work but available and seeking employment (ILO modelled estimate).

Year

Lowest · 2025

Niger

0.5%

Coverage · 2025

177

countries

Method

Lower is better

Score: 0 = worst, 100 = best in 2025

Ranking 2025

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#	Country	Value	Score
1	Niger	0.5%	100.0
2	Qatar	0.6%	99.9
3	Cambodia	0.7%	99.7
4	Chad	1.5%	98.7
5	Burundi	1.7%	98.4
6	Liberia	2.3%	97.6
7	Tanzania	2.4%	97.5
8	Laos	2.4%	97.5
9	Solomon Islands	2.8%	97.0
10	Guinea-Bissau	2.8%	96.9
11	Benin	2.9%	96.8
12	Togo	3.4%	96.1
13	Senegal	3.6%	95.9
14	Timor-Leste	3.7%	95.7
15	Sierra Leone	3.7%	95.7
16	Papua New Guinea	3.8%	95.6
17	Kazakhstan	3.8%	95.6
18	Mali	3.9%	95.5
19	Japan	3.9%	95.5
20	Côte d'Ivoire	4.0%	95.3
21	Uganda	4.2%	95.1
22	Moldova	4.2%	95.1
23	Cuba	4.3%	95.0
24	Thailand	4.5%	94.7
25	Guatemala	4.8%	94.4
26	Bolivia	5.0%	94.0
27	Madagascar	5.2%	93.7
28	Nigeria	5.3%	93.6
29	Ethiopia	5.4%	93.6
30	Bahrain	5.4%	93.5
31	Mexico	5.7%	93.1
32	Ghana	5.8%	93.0
33	Tonga	6.0%	92.7
34	Israel	6.0%	92.7
35	Vietnam	6.2%	92.5
36	Burkina Faso	6.4%	92.2
37	United Arab Emirates	6.5%	92.1
38	Cameroon	6.5%	92.0
39	South Korea	6.7%	91.8
40	Macao	6.8%	91.7
41	Singapore	6.8%	91.7
42	Germany	6.9%	91.6
43	Malawi	6.9%	91.5
44	Guinea	7.0%	91.4
45	Philippines	7.0%	91.4
46	Russia	7.6%	90.6
47	El Salvador	7.8%	90.4
48	DR Congo	7.8%	90.3
49	North Korea	7.9%	90.2
50	Ecuador	8.2%	89.9
51	Trinidad and Tobago	8.2%	89.8
52	Kyrgyzstan	8.2%	89.8
53	Malta	8.4%	89.6
54	Honduras	8.5%	89.4
55	Iceland	8.7%	89.2
56	Comoros	8.8%	89.1
57	São Tomé and Príncipe	8.8%	89.1
58	Netherlands	8.8%	89.0
59	Hong Kong	9.0%	88.9
60	Switzerland	9.0%	88.8
61	Belarus	9.2%	88.6
62	Czechia	9.2%	88.5
63	United States	9.3%	88.4
64	Bangladesh	9.4%	88.3
65	Peru	9.5%	88.2
66	Slovenia	9.5%	88.1
67	Nicaragua	9.5%	88.1
68	Pakistan	9.6%	88.0
69	Australia	9.6%	88.0
70	Myanmar	9.8%	87.7
71	Saudi Arabia	10.0%	87.5
72	Turkmenistan	10.0%	87.5
73	Central African Republic	10.1%	87.4
74	Bulgaria	10.2%	87.3
75	Eritrea	10.2%	87.2
76	Venezuela	10.4%	86.9
77	Zambia	10.5%	86.9
78	Ireland	10.5%	86.8
79	Poland	10.7%	86.6
80	Jamaica	10.8%	86.4
81	Gambia	10.9%	86.4
82	Austria	11.0%	86.2
83	Vanuatu	11.3%	85.7
84	Uzbekistan	11.4%	85.7
85	Mozambique	11.6%	85.4
86	Paraguay	11.7%	85.3
87	Mongolia	11.7%	85.3
88	Denmark	11.7%	85.2
89	Malaysia	12.0%	84.9
90	Dominican Republic	12.3%	84.5
91	Cyprus	12.7%	83.9
92	Latvia	13.0%	83.6
93	Indonesia	13.0%	83.6
93	Samoa	13.0%	83.6
95	Azerbaijan	13.1%	83.4
96	Norway	13.4%	83.0
97	Lithuania	13.8%	82.6
98	Canada	13.8%	82.5
99	Oman	13.9%	82.4
100	Brazil	14.0%	82.3
101	Puerto Rico	14.0%	82.3
102	Hungary	14.2%	82.0
103	New Zealand	14.4%	81.8
104	Tajikistan	14.6%	81.5
105	United Kingdom	14.6%	81.4
106	Kuwait	15.1%	80.9
107	Fiji	15.2%	80.7
108	Kenya	15.2%	80.6
109	Zimbabwe	15.5%	80.2
110	Maldives	15.7%	80.0
111	Equatorial Guinea	15.7%	80.0
112	China	15.8%	79.9
113	India	16.0%	79.6
114	Turkey	16.0%	79.6
115	Rwanda	16.4%	79.1
116	Croatia	16.5%	79.0
117	Afghanistan	16.8%	78.6
118	Bhutan	17.1%	78.3
119	Mauritius	17.4%	77.8
120	Colombia	17.7%	77.5
121	Belgium	17.8%	77.3
122	Brunei	18.2%	76.7
123	Egypt	18.3%	76.6
124	Slovakia	18.4%	76.5
125	Barbados	18.5%	76.4
126	Sri Lanka	18.6%	76.3
127	France	18.9%	75.8
128	Argentina	19.2%	75.5
129	Bahamas	19.2%	75.4
130	Belize	19.3%	75.3
131	Estonia	19.7%	74.8
132	Panama	19.8%	74.7
133	Costa Rica	19.9%	74.5
134	Portugal	20.2%	74.1
135	Saint Lucia	20.3%	74.1
136	Italy	20.5%	73.7
137	Nepal	20.6%	73.7
138	Serbia	20.9%	73.2
139	Greece	21.4%	72.6
140	Luxembourg	21.5%	72.5
141	Finland	21.5%	72.5
142	Chile	21.6%	72.2
143	Morocco	21.9%	71.9
144	Iran	21.9%	71.9
145	Mauritania	22.9%	70.6
146	Sweden	24.3%	68.7
147	Montenegro	24.4%	68.6
148	Romania	24.5%	68.4
149	Lesotho	24.7%	68.3
150	Spain	24.7%	68.2
151	Guyana	24.9%	68.0
152	Uruguay	25.1%	67.6
153	Suriname	25.4%	67.3
154	Albania	25.6%	67.1
155	Armenia	26.2%	66.2
156	Angola	27.2%	64.9
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.2%	63.6
158	Cabo Verde	28.4%	63.4
159	North Macedonia	28.8%	62.9
160	Algeria	29.4%	62.0
161	Georgia	30.3%	60.9
162	Iraq	32.0%	58.6
163	Yemen	32.6%	57.9
164	Syria	33.1%	57.2
165	Somalia	34.2%	55.7
166	Gabon	36.3%	53.1
167	Haiti	37.5%	51.4
168	Namibia	38.1%	50.7
169	Tunisia	38.1%	50.7
170	Jordan	38.9%	49.7
171	Congo	40.5%	47.5
172	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41.9%	45.6
173	Botswana	46.0%	40.3
174	Libya	50.1%	35.0
175	Eswatini	54.3%	29.4
176	South Africa	59.9%	22.1
177	Djibouti	76.8%	0.0

Source: World Bank — Youth unemployment · Unit: % of labor force 15-24 · Year: 2025 · 177 entries