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This entry gives the percent of the total labor force ages 15-24 unemployed during a specified year.

Afghanistan

total: 20.2% (2021 est.)

male: 18.6%

female: 26.4%

Albania

total: 27.8% (2021 est.)

male: 28%

female: 27.6%

Algeria

total: 31.9% (2021 est.)

male: 27.8%

female: 54%

Angola

total: 18.5% (2021 est.)

male: 18.2%

female: 18.8%

Argentina

total: 29.9% (2021 est.)

male: 25%

female: 37.1%

Armenia

total: 36.1% (2021 est.)

male: 34%

female: 38.7%

Australia

total: 10.8% (2021 est.)

male: 12.7%

female: 8.9%

Austria

total: 11.4% (2021 est.)

male: 11.5%

female: 11.3%

Azerbaijan

total: 16.5% (2021 est.)

male: 14.4%

female: 18.9%

Bahamas, The

total: 30.8% (2021 est.)

male: 27.5%

female: 35.6%

Bahrain

total: 9.9% (2021 est.)

male: 6.1%

female: 20.5%

Bangladesh

total: 14.7% (2021 est.)

male: 12.5%

female: 19.6%

Barbados

total: 30.6% (2021 est.)

male: 34.8%

female: 25.6%

Belarus

total: 11.3% (2021 est.)

male: 14%

female: 8.4%

Belgium

total: 19.6% (2021 est.)

male: 18.9%

female: 20.4%

Belize

total: 19.3% (2021 est.)

male: 12.2%

female: 31.9%

Benin

total: 3.9% (2021 est.)

male: 3.1%

female: 4.6%

Bermuda

total: 29.3% (2014 est.)

male: 29.7%

female: 29%

Bhutan

total: 18.8% (2021 est.)

male: 15.6%

female: 22%

Bolivia

total: 17.4% (2021 est.)

male: 16.8%

female: 18.4%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total: 32.9% (2021 est.)

male: 28.2%

female: 39.9%

Botswana

total: 41.2% (2021 est.)

male: 39.5%

female: 43.3%

Brazil

total: 31.9% (2021 est.)

male: 27%

female: 38.2%

Brunei

total: 23.4% (2021 est.)

male: 20.7%

female: 27.6%

Bulgaria

total: 14.2% (2021 est.)

male: 14.3%

female: 14%

Burkina Faso

total: 7.7% (2021 est.)

male: 7.5%

female: 8%

Burma

total: 6.4% (2021 est.)

male: 6.5%

female: 6.3%

Burundi

total: 3.4% (2021 est.)

male: 4.6%

female: 2.5%

Cabo Verde

total: 34.3% (2021 est.)

male: 29.9%

female: 40.7%

Cambodia

total: 1.8% (2021 est.)

male: 1.6%

female: 2.1%

Cameroon

total: 6.6% (2021 est.)

male: 6%

female: 7.3%

Canada

total: 14% (2021 est.)

male: 15%

female: 13.1%

Cayman Islands

total: 13.8% (2015 est.)

male: 16.4%

female: 11.4%

Central African Republic

total: 11.8% (2021 est.)

male: 10.6%

female: 13.1%

Chad

total: 2.4% (2021 est.)

male: 3.3%

female: 1.4%

Chile

total: 21.4% (2021 est.)

male: 20.4%

female: 22.8%

China

total: 11.4% (2021 est.)

male: 12.1%

female: 10.4%

Colombia

total: 26.4% (2021 est.)

male: 21.9%

female: 32.8%

Comoros

total: 21.7% (2021 est.)

male: 21.8%

female: 21.5%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

total: 10.1% (2021 est.)

male: 12%

female: 8.5%

Congo, Republic of the

total: 42.3% (2021 est.)

male: 42.2%

female: 42.5%

Costa Rica

total: 45.4% (2021 est.)

male: 37%

female: 56.3%

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 5.7% (2021 est.)

male: 4.8%

female: 6.8%

Croatia

total: 23.6% (2021 est.)

male: 21.8%

female: 26.3%

Cuba

total: 7.4% (2021 est.)

male: 7.6%

female: 7%

Curacao

total: 42.2% (2020 est.)

male: 38.1%

female: 47.1%

Cyprus

total: 11.8% (2021 est.)

male: 9.2%

female: 14.9%

Czechia

total: 7.6% (2021 est.)

male: 6.9%

female: 8.7%

Denmark

total: 10.1% (2021 est.)

male: 9.7%

female: 10.6%

Djibouti

total: 79.9% (2021 est.)

male: 78.6%

female: 82.2%

Dominican Republic

total: 20.6% (2021 est.)

male: 16.6%

female: 27.9%

Ecuador

total: 14.2% (2021 est.)

male: 11.4%

female: 18.8%

Egypt

total: 24.3% (2021 est.)

male: 15.6%

female: 59.5%

El Salvador

total: 13.7% (2021 est.)

male: 11.3%

female: 18.3%

Equatorial Guinea

total: 18.3% (2021 est.)

male: 17.1%

female: 19.9%

Eritrea

total: 14.6% (2021 est.)

male: 13.1%

female: 16.4%

Estonia

total: 17.1% (2021 est.)

male: 16.5%

female: 17.8%

Eswatini

total: 50.9% (2021 est.)

male: 47.7%

female: 54.1%

Ethiopia

total: 5.7% (2021 est.)

male: 4.4%

female: 7.2%

European Union

total: 19.5% (2021 est.)

male: 18.9%

female: 20.4%

Fiji

total: 18.1% (2021 est.)

male: 14.1%

female: 25.9%

Finland

total: 18.1% (2021 est.)

male: 19%

female: 17.1%

France

total: 20.1% (2021 est.)

male: 19.9%

female: 20.3%

French Polynesia

total: 38.9% (2021 est.)

male: 35.4%

female: 43.9%

Gabon

total: 38.4% (2021 est.)

male: 33.7%

female: 44.4%

Gambia, The

total: 15.5% (2021 est.)

male: 11.4%

female: 20.5%

Gaza Strip

total: 39.6% (2021 est.)

male: 33.7%

female: 69%

note: includes the West Bank

Georgia

total: 28.3% (2021 est.)

male: 27.4%

female: 29.9%

Germany

total: 7% (2021 est.)

male: 7.2%

female: 6.6%

Ghana

total: 9.6% (2021 est.)

male: 9.7%

female: 9.4%

Greece

total: 36.9% (2021 est.)

male: 33.5%

female: 41.5%

Guam

total: 15.3% (2021 est.)

male: 14.7%

female: 16.1%

Guatemala

total: 7.2% (2021 est.)

male: 6.3%

female: 9.4%

Guernsey

total: 15.8% (2021 est.)

male: 15.9%

female: 15.6%

Guinea

total: 8.2% (2021 est.)

male: 7%

female: 9.2%

Guinea-Bissau

total: 12.8% (2021 est.)

male: 11.6%

female: 14.2%

Guyana

total: 29.9% (2021 est.)

male: 23.5%

female: 39.6%

Haiti

total: 35.7% (2021 est.)

male: 28.1%

female: 45.6%

Honduras

total: 15.5% (2021 est.)

male: 11.4%

female: 24.6%

Hong Kong

total: 15% (2021 est.)

male: 16.3%

female: 13.6%

Hungary

total: 13.5% (2021 est.)

male: 11.5%

female: 16.2%

Iceland

total: 13.4% (2021 est.)

male: 13%

female: 13.7%

India

total: 28.3% (2021 est.)

male: 28.6%

female: 26.7%

Indonesia

total: 16.1% (2021 est.)

male: 16.3%

female: 15.7%

Iran

total: 27.2% (2021 est.)

male: 24%

female: 41.7%

Iraq

total: 27.2% (2021 est.)

male: 23.5%

female: 65.2%

Ireland

total: 17.4% (2021 est.)

male: 16.1%

female: 18.8%

Isle of Man

total: 10.1% (2011 est.)

male: 11.8%

female: 8.2%

Israel

total: 8.8% (2021 est.)

male: 8.4%

female: 9.2%

Italy

total: 30.9% (2021 est.)

male: 29.1%

female: 33.8%

Jamaica

total: 26.1% (2021 est.)

male: 22.1%

female: 31.4%

Japan

total: 4.4% (2021 est.)

male: 4.6%

female: 4.1%

Jersey

total: 15.8% (2021 est.)

male: 15.9%

female: 15.6%

Jordan

total: 40.5% (2021 est.)

male: 37.4%

female: 53.8%

Kazakhstan

total: 3.7% (2021 est.)

male: 3.3%

female: 4.3%

Kenya

total: 13.8% (2021 est.)

male: 12.8%

female: 14.9%

Kiribati

total: 22.5% (2019 est.)

male: 21.2%

female: 24.6%

Korea, North

total: 6.1% (2021 est.)

male: 5.4%

female: 6.9%

Korea, South

total: 7.8% (2021 est.)

male: 8.8%

female: 6.9%

Kosovo

total: 48.8% (2020 est.)

male: 44.9%

female: 57.3%

Kuwait

total: 25.5% (2021 est.)

male: 17.1%

female: 46.2%

Kyrgyzstan

total: 19.3% (2021 est.)

male: 15.6%

female: 27.3%

Laos

total: 3.3% (2021 est.)

male: 3.4%

female: 3.2%

Latvia

total: 15.5% (2021 est.)

male: 12%

female: 19.6%

Lebanon

total: 29.6% (2021 est.)

male: 30.8%

female: 26.7%

Lesotho

total: 37.4% (2021 est.)

male: 32.8% NA

female: 43.8% NA

Liberia

total: 3.2% (2021 est.)

male: 3.2%

female: 3.2%

Libya

total: 50.5% (2021 est.)

male: 41.4%

female: 73.8%

Lithuania

total: 19% (2021 est.)

male: 18.5%

female: 19.6%

Luxembourg

total: 15.2% (2021 est.)

male: 16.3%

female: 14.1%

Macau

total: 9.2% (2021 est.)

male: 11.7%

female: 6.6%

Madagascar

total: 4.8% (2021 est.)

male: 5.2%

female: 4.4%

Malawi

total: 9.9% (2021 est.)

male: 7.6%

female: 12.2%

Malaysia

total: 15.6% (2021 est.)

male: 14.2%

female: 17.8%

Maldives

total: 17.7% (2021 est.)

male: 19.9%

female: 12.6%

Mali

total: 17.3% (2021 est.)

male: 15.4%

female: 19.8%

Malta

total: 9.8% (2021 est.)

male: 13.6%

female: 5.8%

Marshall Islands

total: 26% (2019 est.)

male: 31%

female: 14.2%

Mauritania

total: 23% (2021 est.)

male: 20.8%

female: 27.9%

Mauritius

total: 25.3% (2021 est.)

male: 19.7%

female: 32.9%

Mexico

total: 8.1% (2021 est.)

male: 7.9%

female: 8.6%

Micronesia, Federated States of

total: 18.9% (2014)

male: 10.4%

female: 29.9%

Moldova

total: 8.6% (2021 est.)

male: 5.3%

female: 14.7%

Monaco

total: 26.6% (2016 est.)

male: 25.7%

female: 27.9%

Mongolia

total: 21% (2021 est.)

male: 20.1%

female: 22.4%

Montenegro

total: 31.6% (2021 est.)

male: 28.3%

female: 36.7%

Morocco

total: 27.2% (2021 est.)

male: 26.7%

female: 28.7%

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

Mozambique

total: 8.1% (2021 est.)

male: 8.1%

female: 8.2%

Namibia

total: 40.4% (2021 est.)

male: 39.4%

female: 41.7%

Nauru

total: 26.6% (2013)

male: 20.9%

female: 37.5%

Nepal

total: 9.5% (2021 est.)

male: 10.6%

female: 8.6%

Netherlands

total: 9.6% (2021 est.)

male: 10%

female: 9.2%

New Caledonia

total: 41% (2021 est.)

male: 39.2%

female: 43.2%

New Zealand

total: 11.4% (2021 est.)

male: 12.2%

female: 10.6%

Nicaragua

total: 11.6% (2021 est.)

male: 10.2%

female: 15.5%

Niger

total: 1% (2021 est.)

male: 1.2%

female: 0.7%

Nigeria

total: 19.6% (2021 est.)

male: 19.8% NA

female: 19.4% NA

North Macedonia

total: 34.1% (2021 est.)

male: 31.6%

female: 38.4%

Norway

total: 13% (2021 est.)

male: 13.5%

female: 12.5%

Oman

total: 14.6% (2021 est.)

male: 11.6%

female: 29.6%

Pakistan

total: 9.4% (2021 est.)

male: 9.7%

female: 8.2%

Palau

total: 5.6% (2014)

male: NA

female: NA

Panama

total: 30% (2021 est.)

male: 21.8%

female: 43.6%

Papua New Guinea

total: 5.3% (2021 est.)

male: 6.3%

female: 4.2%

Paraguay

total: 16.3% (2021 est.)

male: 12.7%

female: 21.9%

Peru

total: 11.2% (2021 est.)

male: 9.2%

female: 13.2%

Philippines

total: 7.3% (2021 est.)

male: 6.3%

female: 9%

Poland

total: 13.4% (2021 est.)

male: 12.3%

female: 15%

Portugal

total: 23.1% (2021 est.)

male: 20.6%

female: 26.2%

Puerto Rico

total: 18.5% (2021 est.)

male: 19.4%

female: 15.6%

Qatar

total: 1.1% (2021 est.)

male: 0.9%

female: 2.1%

Romania

total: 20.6% (2021 est.)

male: 20.9%

female: 20.1%

Russia

total: 16.9% (2021 est.)

male: 15.7%

female: 18.4%

Rwanda

total: 2.9% (2021 est.)

male: 2.2%

female: 3.6%

Saint Lucia

total: 38.7% (2021 est.)

male: 41%

female: 36.2%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total: 41.1% (2021 est.)

male: 39.7%

female: 43.9%

Samoa

total: 19.7% (2021 est.)

male: 16.7%

female: 24.5%

San Marino

total: 27.4% (2016 est.)

male: 21.4%

female: 36%

Sao Tome and Principe

total: 22.9% (2021 est.)

male: 18% NA

female: 34.3% NA

Saudi Arabia

total: 28.8% (2021 est.)

male: 22.4%

female: 47.9%

Senegal

total: 5% (2021 est.)

male: 3.5%

female: 7.5%

Serbia

total: 30.4% (2021 est.)

male: 28.5%

female: 33.7%

Seychelles

total: 16.5% (2020 est.)

male: 17.5%

female: 15.6%

Sierra Leone

total: 10.8% (2021 est.)

male: 15.8%

female: 7.6%

Singapore

total: 9.1% (2021 est.)

male: 7%

female: 11.8%

Slovakia

total: 21.5% (2021 est.)

male: 19.6%

female: 24.6%

Slovenia

total: 13.9% (2021 est.)

male: 12.7%

female: 15.5%

Solomon Islands

total: 1.9% (2021 est.)

male: 1.6%

female: 2.3%

Somalia

total: 34.7% (2021 est.)

male: 32.5%

female: 38.5%

South Africa

total: 64.2% (2021 est.)

male: 59.8%

female: 69.3%

South Sudan

total: 21% (2021 est.)

male: 21.8%

female: 20.2%

Spain

total: 36.9% (2021 est.)

male: 35.9%

female: 38.2%

Sri Lanka

total: 26.1% (2021 est.)

male: 21.1%

female: 35.6%

Sudan

total: 35.6% (2021 est.)

male: 30.5%

female: 45.8%

Suriname

total: 30.5% (2021 est.)

male: 22.1%

female: 46.1%

Sweden

total: 24.5% (2021 est.)

male: 26.1%

female: 23%

Switzerland

total: 9.1% (2021 est.)

male: 9.4%

female: 8.8%

Syria

total: 26.2% (2021 est.)

male: 21.6%

female: 51.1%

Tajikistan

total: 17.4% (2021 est.)

male: 19.4%

female: 14.4%

Tanzania

total: 4.6% (2021 est.)

male: 3.7%

female: 5.5%

Thailand

total: 7% (2021 est.)

male: 6.2%

female: 8.1%

Timor-Leste

total: 13.8% (2021 est.)

male: 11.4%

female: 16.8%

Togo

total: 9.7% (2021 est.)

male: 12.3%

female: 7.7%

Tonga

total: 11.1% (2021 est.)

male: 7.5%

female: 16.3%

Trinidad and Tobago

total: 12.7% (2021 est.)

male: 12.8%

female: 12.6%

Tunisia

total: 38.3% (2021 est.)

male: 37.1%

female: 41.2%

Turkey (Turkiye)

total: 24.3% (2021 est.)

male: 21.4%

female: 29.9%

Turkmenistan

total: 11% (2021 est.)

male: 13.4%

female: 7.6%

Tuvalu

total: 20.6% (2016)

male: 9.8%

female: 45.9%

Uganda

total: 4.3% (2021 est.)

male: 3.4%

female: 5.3%

Ukraine

total: 16.5% (2021 est.)

male: 16.3%

female: 16.7%

United Arab Emirates

total: 10.7% (2021 est.)

male: 7.9%

female: 19.9%

United Kingdom

total: 13.2% (2021 est.)

male: 14.6%

female: 11.8%

United States

total: 9.6% (2021 est.)

male: 10.5%

female: 8.6%

Uruguay

total: 32.9% (2021 est.)

male: 28.3%

female: 38.7%

Uzbekistan

total: 16% (2021 est.)

male: 15.8%

female: 16.2%

Vanuatu

total: 5.4% (2021 est.)

male: 5.2%

female: 5.6%

Venezuela

total: 14.9% (2021 est.)

male: 13.4% NA

female: 19.3% NA

Vietnam

total: 7.2% (2021 est.)

male: 7.1%

female: 7.5%

Virgin Islands

total: 27% (2021 est.)

male: 24.1%

female: 37.3%

West Bank

total: 39.6% (2021 est.)

male: 33.7%

female: 69%

note: includes Gaza Strip

World

total: 17.9% (2021 est.)

male: 17.3%

female: 19.7%

Yemen

total: 25.5% (2021 est.)

male: 24.3%

female: 36.3%

Zambia

total: 26.1% (2021 est.)

male: 26.7%

female: 25.4%

Zimbabwe

total: 7.3% (2021 est.)

male: 6.2%

female: 8.5%