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Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
This entry gives the percent of the total labor force ages 15-24 unemployed during a specified year.
| Country | Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
total:
17.6%
male:
16.3%
female:
21.4%
(2017)
|
| Albania |
total:
31.9%
male:
34.2%
female:
27.7%
(2017 est.)
|
| Algeria |
total:
39.3%
male:
33.1%
female:
82%
(2017 est.)
|
| Angola |
total:
39.4%
male:
39%
female:
39.8%
(2014 est.)
|
| Argentina |
total:
23.7%
male:
20.8%
female:
27.8%
(2018 est.)
|
| Armenia |
total:
36.3%
male:
29.5%
female:
45.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Aruba |
|
| Australia |
total:
11.8%
male:
112.8%
female:
10.7%
(2018 est.)
|
| Austria |
total:
9.4%
male:
9.4%
female:
9.4%
(2018 est.)
|
| Azerbaijan |
total:
13.4%
male:
11.4%
female:
15.8%
(2015 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:
29.6%
male:
27.9%
female:
31.5%
(2016 est.)
|
| Belarus |
total:
10.6%
male:
12.7%
female:
8.4%
(2018 est.)
|
| Belgium |
total:
15.8%
male:
16.2%
female:
15.3%
(2018 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:
6.9%
male:
6.8%
female:
7.1%
(2018 est.)
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
total:
33.8%
male:
31.3%
female:
37.9%
(2019 est.)
|
| Botswana |
total:
36%
male:
29.6%
female:
43.5%
(2010 est.)
|
| Brazil |
total:
28.5%
male:
25.3%
female:
32.8%
(2018 est.)
|
| Brunei |
total:
28.9%
male:
28.4%
female:
29.5%
(2017 est.)
|
| Bulgaria |
total:
12.7%
male:
13.2%
female:
11.9%
(2018 est.)
|
| Burkina Faso |
total:
8.7%
male:
5.3%
female:
12.5%
(2014)
|
| Burma |
total:
2%
male:
1.8%
female:
2.2%
(2018 est.)
|
| Burundi |
total:
2.9%
male:
4.4%
female:
2%
(2014 est.)
|
| Cabo Verde |
total:
27.8%
male:
24.6%
female:
31.9%
(2018)
|
| 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:
11.1%
male:
12.5%
female:
9.6%
(2018 est.)
|
| Cayman Islands |
total:
13.8%
male:
16.4%
female:
11.4%
(2015 est.)
|
| Chile |
total:
18.1%
male:
16.7%
female:
20.2%
(2018 est.)
|
| Colombia |
total:
18.5%
male:
14.4%
female:
24%
(2018 est.)
|
| Comoros |
total:
19.5%
male:
20%
female:
18.8%
(2018)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
total:
8.7%
male:
11.3%
female:
6.8%
(2012 est.)
|
| Costa Rica |
total:
20.6%
male:
17.6%
female:
25.9%
(2017 est.)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
total:
5.5%
male:
4.7%
female:
6.5%
(2017 est.)
|
| Croatia |
total:
23.7%
male:
19.6%
female:
29.4%
(2018 est.)
|
| Cuba |
total:
6.1%
male:
6.4%
female:
5.6%
(2010 est.)
|
| Curacao |
total:
29.3%
male:
25.4%
NA
female:
34.5%
NA
(2018 est.)
|
| Cyprus |
total:
20.2%
male:
25%
female:
16.2%
(2018 est.)
|
| Czechia |
total:
6.7%
male:
6.4%
female:
7.2%
(2018 est.)
|
| Denmark |
total:
9.4%
male:
10.5%
female:
8.2%
(2018 est.)
|
| Dominican Republic |
total:
13.5%
male:
9.9%
female:
19.7%
(2017 est.)
|
| Ecuador |
total:
7.9%
male:
6.4%
female:
10.6%
(2018 est.)
|
| Egypt |
total:
29.6%
male:
25.7%
female:
38.3%
(2017 est.)
|
| El Salvador |
total:
9.6%
male:
8.4%
female:
11.7%
(2018)
|
| Estonia |
total:
11.8%
male:
12.3%
female:
11.4%
(2018 est.)
|
| Eswatini |
total:
47.1%
male:
44.2%
female:
50.1%
(2016)
|
| Ethiopia |
total:
25.2%
male:
17.1%
female:
30.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| European Union |
total:
17.1%
male:
17.3%
female:
16.9%
(2018 est.)
|
| Fiji |
total:
15.4%
male:
11.9%
female:
22.4%
(2016 est.)
|
| Finland |
total:
17%
male:
17.3%
female:
16.8%
(2018 est.)
|
| France |
total:
20.8%
male:
21.4%
female:
20%
(2018 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:
13.1%
male:
9.1%
female:
17.2%
(2012 est.)
|
| Gaza Strip |
total:
42.2%
male:
37%
female:
69.4%
(2018 est.)
note: includes the West Bank |
| Georgia |
total:
29.9%
male:
26.7%
female:
35.3%
(2018 est.)
|
| Germany |
total:
6.2%
male:
7.1%
female:
5.1%
(2018 est.)
|
| Ghana |
total:
9.1%
male:
9.4%
female:
8.7%
(2017 est.)
|
| Greece |
total:
39.9%
male:
36.4%
female:
43.9%
(2018 est.)
|
| Guam |
total:
29.4%
male:
29.7%
female:
28.9%
(2011 est.)
|
| Guatemala |
total:
5%
male:
3.7%
female:
8%
(2017 est.)
|
| Guinea |
total:
1%
male:
1.5%
female:
0.6%
(2012 est.)
|
| Guyana |
total:
21.5%
male:
17.3%
female:
27.7%
(2017 est.)
|
| Honduras |
total:
10.7%
male:
7.7%
female:
16.3%
(2018 est.)
|
| Hong Kong |
total:
8.7%
male:
9.3%
female:
8.2%
(2017 est.)
|
| Hungary |
total:
10.2%
male:
9.8%
female:
10.7%
(2018 est.)
|
| Iceland |
total:
6.1%
male:
6.5%
female:
5.6%
(2018 est.)
|
| India |
total:
22.5%
male:
22.2%
female:
24.2%
(2018 est.)
|
| Indonesia |
total:
16.5%
male:
16.5%
female:
16.5%
(2018 est.)
|
| Iran |
total:
27.6%
male:
24.3%
female:
39.9%
(2018 est.)
|
| Iraq |
total:
25.6%
male:
22%
female:
63.3%
(2017)
|
| Ireland |
total:
13.8%
male:
14.8%
female:
12.6%
(2018 est.)
|
| Isle of Man |
total:
10.1%
male:
11.8%
female:
8.2%
(2011 est.)
|
| Israel |
total:
7.2%
male:
6.9%
female:
7.4%
(2018 est.)
|
| Italy |
total:
32.2%
male:
30.4%
female:
34.8%
(2018 est.)
|
| Jamaica |
total:
24.2%
male:
20%
female:
29.3%
(2018 est.)
|
| Japan |
total:
3.6%
male:
4.1%
female:
3.1%
(2018 est.)
|
| Jordan |
total:
35.6%
male:
31.5%
female:
57%
(2016 est.)
|
| Kazakhstan |
total:
3.8%
male:
3.6%
female:
4%
(2016 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:
10.2%
male:
10.6%
female:
10%
(2018 est.)
|
| Kosovo |
total:
55.4%
male:
51.5%
female:
64.8%
(2018 est.)
|
| Kuwait |
total:
15.4%
male:
9.4%
N/A
female:
30%
N/A
(2016 est.)
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
total:
14.2%
male:
10.1%
female:
22.3%
(2018 est.)
|
| Laos |
total:
18.2%
male:
20.8%
female:
15.5%
(2017 est.)
|
| Latvia |
total:
12.2%
male:
12.5%
female:
11.8%
(2018 est.)
|
| 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:
11.1%
male:
12%
female:
10.1%
(2018 est.)
|
| Luxembourg |
total:
14.2%
male:
16.3%
female:
11.9%
(2018 est.)
|
| Macau |
total:
5.3%
male:
6.7%
female:
3.9%
(2017 est.)
|
| Madagascar |
total:
1%
male:
1%
female:
1%
(2012 est.)
|
| Malawi |
total:
40.5%
male:
33.1%
female:
47.7%
(2017 est.)
|
| Malaysia |
total:
10.5%
male:
9.8%
female:
11.4%
(2016 est.)
|
| Maldives |
total:
15.9%
male:
19.1%
female:
12.1%
(2016 est.)
|
| Mali |
total:
16.9%
male:
15.3%
female:
18.8%
(2018 est.)
|
| Malta |
total:
9.1%
male:
11.2%
female:
6.8%
(2018 est.)
|
| Marshall Islands |
total:
11%
male:
12.2%
female:
8.7%
(2010 est.)
|
| Mauritania |
total:
15.2%
male:
14.1%
female:
17%
(2012 est.)
|
| Mauritius |
total:
23.9%
male:
20.6%
female:
28%
(2018 est.)
|
| Mexico |
total:
6.9%
male:
6.5%
female:
7.6%
(2018 est.)
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
total:
18.9%
male:
10.4%
female:
29.9%
(2014)
|
| Moldova |
total:
7.4%
male:
7.5%
female:
7.2%
(2018 est.)
|
| Monaco |
total:
26.6%
male:
25.7%
female:
27.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Mongolia |
total:
16.8%
male:
15.8%
female:
18.4%
(2018 est.)
|
| Montenegro |
total:
29.4%
male:
33.3%
female:
23.6%
(2018 est.)
|
| Morocco |
total:
22.2%
male:
22%
female:
22.8%
(2016 est.)
|
| Mozambique |
total:
7.4%
male:
7.7%
female:
7.1%
(2015 est.)
|
| Namibia |
total:
38%
male:
37.5%
female:
38.5%
(2016 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:
7.2%
male:
7.7%
female:
6.6%
(2018 est.)
|
| New Caledonia |
total:
38.4%
male:
37.1%
female:
40%
(2014 est.)
|
| New Zealand |
total:
11.5%
male:
12.3%
female:
10.7%
(2018 est.)
|
| Nicaragua |
total:
8.5%
male:
6.4%
female:
12.9%
(2014 est.)
|
| Niger |
total:
0.7%
male:
0.9%
female:
0.4%
(2014 est.)
|
| Nigeria |
total:
13.8%
male:
NA
female:
NA
(2016 est.)
|
| North Macedonia |
total:
45.4%
male:
46.6%
female:
43.2%
(2018 est.)
|
| Norway |
total:
9.7%
male:
10.7%
female:
8.6%
(2018 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:
10.2%
male:
7.4%
female:
15.3%
(2018 est.)
|
| Papua New Guinea |
total:
3.6%
male:
4.3%
female:
3%
(2010 est.)
|
| Paraguay |
total:
14.5%
male:
11.8%
female:
18.7%
(2018 est.)
|
| Peru |
total:
14.7%
male:
14.3%
female:
15%
(2018 est.)
|
| Philippines |
total:
6.7%
male:
5.8%
female:
8.2%
(2018 est.)
|
| Poland |
total:
11.7%
male:
11.5%
female:
12.1%
(2018 est.)
|
| Portugal |
total:
20.3%
male:
19.8%
female:
20.9%
(2018 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:
16.2%
male:
16.3%
female:
16.2%
(2018 est.)
|
| Russia |
total:
17%
male:
16.2%
female:
17.9%
(2018 est.)
|
| Rwanda |
total:
20.6%
male:
18.8%
female:
22.6%
(2018 est.)
|
| Saint Lucia |
total:
46.2%
male:
42.6%
female:
51%
(2016 est.)
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
|
| 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:
8.1%
male:
7.4%
female:
8.9%
(2015 est.)
|
| Serbia |
total:
29.7%
male:
28.3%
female:
32%
(2018 est.)
|
| Seychelles |
total:
11.6%
male:
12.6%
female:
10.4%
(2018 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:
14.9%
male:
14.3%
female:
16.1%
(2018 est.)
|
| Slovenia |
total:
8.8%
male:
8.3%
female:
9.6%
(2018 est.)
|
| Solomon Islands |
total:
1.3%
male:
1%
female:
1.6%
(2013)
|
| South Africa |
total:
53.4%
male:
49.2%
female:
58.8%
(2018 est.)
|
| South Sudan |
total:
38.6%
male:
39.5%
female:
37.4%
(2017 est.)
|
| Spain |
total:
34.3%
male:
35.2%
female:
33.3%
(2018 est.)
|
| Sri Lanka |
total:
21%
male:
16.8%
female:
28.4%
(2016 est.)
|
| Sudan |
|
| Suriname |
total:
13.4%
male:
9%
female:
21.9%
(2015 est.)
|
| Sweden |
total:
16.8%
male:
18%
female:
15.5%
(2018 est.)
|
| Switzerland |
total:
7.9%
male:
8.4%
female:
7.5%
(2018 est.)
|
| Syria |
total:
35.8%
male:
26.6%
female:
71.1%
(2011 est.)
|
| Tajikistan |
|
| Tanzania |
total:
3.9%
male:
3.1%
female:
4.6%
(2014 est.)
|
| Thailand |
total:
3.7%
male:
3%
female:
4.7%
(2016 est.)
|
| Timor-Leste |
total:
13.2%
male:
10.9%
female:
15.9%
(2016 est.)
|
| Togo |
total:
3.9%
male:
3.7%
female:
4.1%
(2015 est.)
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
total:
8.7%
male:
8.9%
female:
8.4%
(2016 est.)
|
| Tunisia |
total:
35%
male:
34%
female:
37.4%
(2015 est.)
|
| Turkey |
total:
20.2%
male:
17.5%
female:
25%
(2018 est.)
|
| Tuvalu |
total:
20.6%
male:
9.8%
female:
45.9%
(2016)
|
| Uganda |
total:
14.8%
male:
12.7%
female:
17.3%
(2017 est.)
|
| Ukraine |
total:
17.9%
male:
16.9%
female:
19.3%
(2018 est.)
|
| United Arab Emirates |
total:
6.9%
male:
5%
female:
12.8%
(2018 est.)
|
| United Kingdom |
total:
11.3%
male:
12.2%
female:
10.3%
(2018 est.)
|
| United States |
total:
8.6%
male:
9.5%
female:
7.7%
(2018 est.)
|
| Uruguay |
total:
25.9%
male:
22.4%
female:
30.7%
(2018 est.)
|
| Vanuatu |
|
| Venezuela |
total:
14.6%
male:
NA
female:
NA
(2015 est.)
|
| Vietnam |
total:
6.9%
male:
6%
female:
7.9%
(2018 est.)
|
| West Bank |
total:
42.2%
male:
37%
female:
69.4%
(2018 est.)
note: includes Gaza Strip |
| Yemen |
total:
24.5%
male:
23.5%
female:
34.6%
(2014 est.)
|
| Zambia |
total:
24%
male:
23.6%
female:
24.4%
(2017 est.)
|
| Zimbabwe |
total:
16.5%
male:
11.6%
female:
21.2%
(2014 est.)
|