Youth unemployment - Country rankings
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Youth unemployment, ages 15-24, 2019 - Country rankings:
The average for 2019 based on 181 countries was 15.86 percent.The highest value was in South Africa: 57.47 percent and the lowest value was in Cambodia: 0.37 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
57.47
49.54
46.22
40.04
39.76
39.33
37.82
37.28
35.95
35.78
35.56
35.55
35.52
35.11
34.41
33.97
33.51
32.61
32.12
31.82
30.15
29.93
29.69
29.67
29.63
29.40
29.22
27.82
27.47
27.12
26.99
26.54
26.20
25.97
25.46
25.25
25.16
24.64
24.50
24.24
23.84
23.01
22.63
22.29
22.07
21.70
21.58
21.57
20.98
20.84
20.79
20.43
20.22
20.06
20.01
19.82
19.62
19.54
18.29
18.29
18.19
17.69
17.55
17.22
17.10
17.09
16.82
16.78
16.66
16.63
16.62
16.26
16.11
16.04
15.96
15.89
15.88
15.73
15.53
15.47
15.46
15.35
15.11
14.97
14.79
14.25
13.37
13.20
13.19
13.03
12.88
12.56
12.48
12.44
12.13
11.87
11.84
11.77
11.55
11.50
11.40
11.31
11.16
11.09
11.08
11.04
11.01
10.90
10.63
10.55
10.51
10.05
10.03
9.94
9.88
9.84
9.82
9.46
9.16
9.12
8.89
8.89
8.88
8.72
8.71
8.58
8.57
8.51
8.48
8.30
8.15
8.13
8.04
7.98
7.81
7.75
7.66
7.64
7.40
7.37
7.31
7.19
7.17
7.15
6.77
6.72
6.70
6.68
6.67
6.64
6.55
5.88
5.75
5.73
5.63
5.21
5.04
4.95
4.88
4.88
4.59
4.57
4.25
4.22
4.17
3.89
3.67
3.48
3.26
3.17
3.12
2.62
2.48
2.12
1.67
1.66
1.50
1.11
0.60
0.47
0.37
0
14.4
28.7
43.1
57.47
Definition: Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
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