Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — G20

Youth unemployment in the G20 in 2025 — 14.46%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 3.73 pp.

2025 14.46% +0.26 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 17.69%2020
Period minimum 10.73%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of labor force aged 15–24

Youth unemployment — G20, 1991–2025101214161819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 10.73%1992: 11.01%1993: 11.53%1994: 12.15%1995: 12.6%1996: 12.83%1997: 13.15%1998: 13.47%1999: 13.57%2000: 13.28%2001: 13.71%2002: 14.48%2003: 14.94%2004: 14.93%2005: 15.08%2006: 14.82%2007: 14.53%2008: 14.81%2009: 16.13%2010: 15.95%2011: 15.83%2012: 15.8%2013: 15.94%2014: 15.89%2015: 16.17%2016: 16.35%2017: 16.26%2018: 16.07%2019: 15.47%2020: 17.69%2021: 15.87%2022: 15.03%2023: 14.39%2024: 14.2%2025: 14.46%
Change over the period: +3.73 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 14.46%
World 13.41%
Youth unemployment — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.46 +0.26 pp
2024 14.2 −0.19 pp
2023 14.39 −0.64 pp
2022 15.03 −0.84 pp
2021 15.87 −1.82 pp
2020 17.69 +2.21 pp
2019 15.47 −0.59 pp
2018 16.07 −0.2 pp
2017 16.26 −0.09 pp
2016 16.35 +0.18 pp
2015 16.17 +0.28 pp
2014 15.89 −0.05 pp
2013 15.94 +0.14 pp
2012 15.8 −0.03 pp
2011 15.83 −0.12 pp
2010 15.95 −0.18 pp
2009 16.13 +1.32 pp
2008 14.81 +0.28 pp
2007 14.53 −0.29 pp
2006 14.82 −0.27 pp
2005 15.08 +0.15 pp
2004 14.93 −0.01 pp
2003 14.94 +0.46 pp
2002 14.48 +0.77 pp
2001 13.71 +0.44 pp
2000 13.28 −0.3 pp
1999 13.57 +0.1 pp
1998 13.47 +0.32 pp
1997 13.15 +0.32 pp
1996 12.83 +0.23 pp
1995 12.6 +0.46 pp
1994 12.15 +0.62 pp
1993 11.53 +0.52 pp
1992 11.01 +0.28 pp
1991 10.73

About the indicator

The share of the economically active population aged 15–24 that is unemployed. In almost every country youth unemployment runs two to three times above the overall rate: the young have no experience, and their first entry into the labor market puts them up against more qualified workers. A sharp gap with the overall rate points to structural problems in the transition from school to work.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.