Youth unemployment - Country rankings
(measure: percent; Source: The World Bank)
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Youth unemployment - Country rankings:
The average for 2018 was 16.03 percent.The highest value was in South Africa: 52.85 percent and the lowest value was in Niger: 0.4 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.
Youth unemployment, ages 15-24, 2018
(percent, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)
(percent, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)
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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