Countries with the Highest Youth Unemployment 2025

Source: World Bank

Countries with the Highest Youth Unemployment 2025

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Key Findings

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Djibouti leads in Youth Unemployment (% Aged 15-24) with 76.77 in 2025.

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Average Youth Unemployment (% Aged 15-24) in 2025: 40.98 · median: 37.79.

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Gap in 2025: Djibouti is 2.6× larger than Algeria.

About This Dataset

Countries with the Highest Youth Unemployment 2025

Countries ranked by youth unemployment (% aged 15-24) in 2025, using World Bank figures for the 182 countries that reported that year. Djibouti leads on 76.77, ahead of South Africa (59.93) and Eswatini (54.33). The share of 15 to 24 year olds in the labour force who are without work and looking for it, modelled by the ILO. Students who are not seeking work are outside the labour force and are not counted, so the rate is not the share of all young people without a job.

Analysis

Djibouti (76.77), South Africa (59.93) and Eswatini (54.33) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 76.77 down to 29.44, a spread of 47.33. Djibouti is 1.28 times South Africa, the country in second place. 8 of the 20 reach half the leading figure, 38.39 or more. The chart shows the twenty highest of 182 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.

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20 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

76.77

Djibouti

Youth Unemployment (% Aged 15-24) · 2025

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Metrics

Youth Unemployment (% Aged 15-24)

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2025

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Methodology & source

Data source: World Bank
Coverage: 20 entities · 2025 · 20 observations
Measure: Youth Unemployment (% Aged 15-24)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2025.

Rankings & Full Data

20 records · Youth Unemployment (% Aged 15-24) · ranked by 2025

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#	Category	2025
🥇	Djibouti	76.77
🥈	South Africa	59.93
🥉	Eswatini	54.33
4	Libya	50.06
5	Botswana	46
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41.95
7	Republic of the Congo	40.50
8	Jordan	38.88
9	Tunisia	38.08
10	Namibia	38.05
11	Haiti	37.52
12	French Polynesia	36.57
13	Gabon	36.28
14	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.23
15	New Caledonia	33.11
16	Syria	33.10
17	Yemen	32.60
18	Iraq	32.01
19	Georgia	30.26
20	Algeria	29.44

Data Sources & References

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1 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS Visit ↗

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