Countries by Youth Unemployment Rate

Complete ranking of 188 countries • % • Updated 2026

Top 10 Countries

1stDjibouti76.3%

2ndSouth Africa60.9%

3rdEswatini58.2%

4thLibya49.5%

5thBotswana43.9%

6thJordan41.7%

7thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines41.4%

8thTunisia40.1%

9thCongo40.0%

10thHaiti37.5%

Full Rankings

Youth Unemployment Rate ranking for 188 countries

Rank▲	Country	Value	Continent	Percentile
1st	Djibouti	76.3%	Africa	100%
2nd	South Africa	60.9%	Africa	99%
3rd	Eswatini	58.2%	Africa	99%
4th	Libya	49.5%	Africa	98%
5th	Botswana	43.9%	Africa	98%
6th	Jordan	41.7%	Asia	97%
7th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41.4%	North America	97%
8th	Tunisia	40.1%	Africa	96%
9th	Congo	40.0%	Africa	96%
10th	Haiti	37.5%	North America	95%
11th	Namibia	37.3%	Africa	95%
12th	French Polynesia	36.9%	Oceania	94%
13th	Palestine	36.1%	Asia	94%
14th	Gabon	36.0%	Africa	93%
15th	Somalia	33.9%	Africa	93%
16th	New Caledonia	32.7%	Oceania	92%
17th	Yemen	32.4%	Asia	91%
18th	Iraq	32.1%	Asia	91%
19th	Syria	31.5%	Asia	90%
20th	North Macedonia	30.3%	Europe	90%
21st	Georgia	29.9%	Europe	89%
22nd	Algeria	29.8%	Africa	89%
23rd	Saint Lucia	29.0%	North America	88%
24th	Cabo Verde	28.2%	Africa	88%
25th	Angola	27.9%	Africa	87%
26th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27.3%	Europe	87%
27th	Tajikistan	27.1%	Asia	86%
28th	Spain	27.0%	Europe	86%
29th	Uruguay	26.4%	South America	85%
30th	Armenia	26.2%	Europe	85%
31st	Montenegro	25.9%	Europe	84%
32nd	U.S. Virgin Islands	25.3%	North America	84%
33rd	Albania	25.1%	Europe	83%
34th	Greece	24.7%	Europe	82%
35th	Lesotho	24.2%	Africa	82%
36th	Suriname	24.2%	North America	81%
37th	Sweden	23.8%	Europe	81%
38th	Barbados	23.7%	North America	80%
39th	Lebanon	23.6%	Asia	80%
40th	Mauritania	23.2%	Africa	79%
41st	Costa Rica	23.0%	North America	79%
42nd	Iran	22.8%	Asia	78%
43rd	Serbia	22.7%	Europe	78%
44th	Chile	22.3%	South America	77%
45th	Guyana	22.3%	North America	77%
46th	Sri Lanka	22.3%	Asia	76%
47th	Morocco	22.1%	Africa	76%
48th	Italy	21.8%	Europe	75%
49th	Romania	21.3%	Europe	74%
50th	Argentina	21.2%	South America	74%
51st	Portugal	21.2%	Europe	73%
52nd	Estonia	20.9%	Europe	73%
53rd	Nepal	20.8%	Asia	72%
54th	Luxembourg	20.2%	Europe	72%
55th	Colombia	19.8%	North America	71%
56th	Finland	19.2%	Europe	71%
57th	Ukraine	19.1%	Europe	70%
58th	Egypt	18.7%	Africa	70%
59th	Brunei	18.5%	Asia	69%
60th	South Sudan	18.5%	Africa	69%
61st	Slovakia	18.2%	Europe	68%
62nd	Brazil	18.0%	South America	68%
63rd	Bahamas	17.8%	North America	67%
64th	Rwanda	17.5%	Africa	66%
65th	Belgium	16.8%	Europe	66%
66th	Panama	16.8%	North America	65%
67th	Afghanistan	16.7%	Asia	65%
68th	France	16.6%	Europe	64%
69th	Croatia	16.6%	Europe	64%
70th	Mauritius	16.6%	Africa	63%
71st	Belize	16.3%	North America	63%
72nd	Maldives	16.1%	Asia	62%
73rd	India	16.0%	Asia	62%
74th	Cyprus	15.6%	Europe	61%
75th	Turkey	15.6%	Europe	61%
76th	Fiji	15.5%	Oceania	60%
77th	Kuwait	15.4%	Asia	60%
78th	China	15.2%	Asia	59%
79th	Equatorial Guinea	14.7%	Africa	59%
80th	Jamaica	14.5%	North America	58%
81st	New Zealand	14.3%	Oceania	57%
82nd	Guernsey	14.1%	Europe	57%
83rd	Hungary	14.1%	Europe	56%
84th	Jersey	14.1%	Europe	56%
85th	Lithuania	14.1%	Europe	55%
86th	Paraguay	14.1%	South America	55%
87th	Zimbabwe	14.0%	Africa	54%
88th	Oman	13.9%	Asia	54%
89th	Bhutan	13.8%	Asia	53%
90th	Mongolia	13.8%	Asia	53%
91st	Saudi Arabia	13.8%	Asia	52%
92nd	Azerbaijan	13.7%	Europe	52%
93rd	Guam	13.7%	Oceania	51%
94th	Indonesia	13.1%	Asia	51%
95th	Canada	13.0%	North America	50%
96th	Latvia	12.5%	Europe	49%
97th	Puerto Rico	12.5%	North America	49%
98th	United Kingdom	12.4%	Europe	48%
99th	Malaysia	12.3%	Asia	48%
100th	Bulgaria	12.1%	Europe	47%
101st	Denmark	12.1%	Europe	47%
102nd	Sudan	12.0%	Africa	46%
103rd	Kenya	11.9%	Africa	46%
104th	Samoa	11.9%	Oceania	45%
105th	Austria	11.7%	Europe	45%
106th	Dominican Republic	11.7%	North America	44%
107th	Norway	11.6%	Europe	44%
108th	Vanuatu	11.6%	Oceania	43%
109th	Bangladesh	11.5%	Asia	43%
110th	Ireland	11.1%	Europe	42%
111st	Trinidad and Tobago	11.1%	North America	41%
112nd	Gambia	10.9%	Africa	41%
113rd	Uzbekistan	10.9%	Asia	40%
114th	Venezuela	10.6%	North America	40%
115th	Honduras	10.5%	North America	39%
116th	Belarus	10.1%	Europe	39%
117th	Ecuador	10.1%	South America	38%
118th	Myanmar	10.0%	Asia	38%
119th	Pakistan	9.9%	Asia	37%
120th	Poland	9.9%	Europe	37%
121st	Zambia	9.9%	Africa	36%
122nd	Turkmenistan	9.6%	Asia	36%
123rd	Australia	9.5%	Oceania	35%
124th	Central African Republic	9.5%	Africa	35%
125th	Eritrea	9.4%	Africa	34%
126th	Slovenia	9.4%	Europe	34%
127th	United States	9.4%	North America	33%
128th	Russia	9.3%	Europe	32%
129th	Nicaragua	9.0%	North America	32%
130th	Comoros	8.9%	Africa	31%
131st	Peru	8.8%	South America	31%
132nd	Sao Tome and Principe	8.6%	Africa	30%
133rd	Congo, Democratic Republic	8.5%	Africa	30%
134th	Czechia	8.4%	Europe	29%
135th	Hong Kong	8.4%	Asia	29%
136th	Netherlands	8.2%	Europe	28%
137th	Burkina Faso	8.1%	Africa	28%
138th	Switzerland	7.9%	Europe	27%
139th	Malta	7.8%	Europe	27%
140th	Singapore	7.8%	Asia	26%
141st	Iceland	7.6%	Europe	26%
142nd	Mozambique	7.4%	Africa	25%
143rd	Macao	7.2%	Asia	24%
144th	Guinea	7.1%	Africa	24%
145th	Kyrgyzstan	6.8%	Asia	23%
146th	North Korea	6.8%	Asia	23%
147th	Malawi	6.8%	Africa	22%
148th	Vietnam	6.8%	Asia	22%
149th	Germany	6.7%	Europe	21%
150th	El Salvador	6.7%	North America	21%
151st	Philippines	6.6%	Asia	20%
152nd	United Arab Emirates	6.4%	Asia	20%
153rd	Tonga	6.3%	Oceania	19%
154th	Cameroon	6.2%	Africa	19%
155th	Israel	6.1%	Asia	18%
156th	South Korea	5.9%	Asia	18%
157th	Mexico	5.5%	North America	17%
158th	Ethiopia	5.4%	Africa	16%
159th	Ghana	5.4%	Africa	16%
160th	Madagascar	5.4%	Africa	15%
161st	Bahrain	5.2%	Asia	15%
162nd	Bolivia	5.2%	South America	14%
163rd	Nigeria	5.1%	Africa	14%
164th	Uganda	4.5%	Africa	13%
165th	Thailand	4.3%	Asia	13%
166th	Guatemala	4.2%	North America	12%
167th	Senegal	4.1%	Africa	12%
168th	Mali	4.0%	Africa	11%
169th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.9%	Africa	11%
170th	Cuba	3.9%	North America	10%
171st	Japan	3.9%	Asia	10%
172nd	Kazakhstan	3.8%	Asia	9%
173rd	Papua New Guinea	3.8%	Oceania	9%
174th	Sierra Leone	3.6%	Africa	8%
175th	Togo	3.4%	Africa	7%
176th	Timor-Leste	3.4%	Asia	7%
177th	Benin	3.3%	Africa	6%
178th	Moldova	3.3%	Europe	6%
179th	Tanzania	3.3%	Africa	5%
180th	Solomon Islands	3.0%	Oceania	5%
181st	Guinea-Bissau	2.8%	Africa	4%
182nd	Laos	2.2%	Asia	4%
183rd	Liberia	2.1%	Africa	3%
184th	Burundi	1.6%	Africa	3%
185th	Chad	1.5%	Africa	2%
186th	Cambodia	0.8%	Asia	2%
187th	Qatar	0.4%	Asia	1%
188th	Niger	0.3%	Africa	1%