Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — G7

Youth unemployment in the G7 in 2025 — 10.32%. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 2.11 pp.

2025 10.32% +0.31 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 16.91%2010
Period minimum 9.29%2023

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — G7, 1991–20258101214161819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 12.43%1992: 13.08%1993: 13.67%1994: 13.73%1995: 13.51%1996: 13.84%1997: 13.66%1998: 12.96%1999: 12.85%2000: 11.9%2001: 11.82%2002: 12.82%2003: 13.14%2004: 12.99%2005: 13.13%2006: 12.47%2007: 11.92%2008: 12.81%2009: 16.42%2010: 16.91%2011: 16.22%2012: 16.31%2013: 15.86%2014: 14.74%2015: 13.45%2016: 12.46%2017: 11.29%2018: 10.38%2019: 9.9%2020: 13.82%2021: 11.02%2022: 9.34%2023: 9.29%2024: 10.01%2025: 10.32%
Change over the period: −2.11 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 10.32%
World 13.41%
Youth unemployment — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 10.32 +0.31 pp
2024 10.01 +0.72 pp
2023 9.29 −0.05 pp
2022 9.34 −1.67 pp
2021 11.02 −2.8 pp
2020 13.82 +3.92 pp
2019 9.9 −0.48 pp
2018 10.38 −0.92 pp
2017 11.29 −1.16 pp
2016 12.46 −0.99 pp
2015 13.45 −1.3 pp
2014 14.74 −1.12 pp
2013 15.86 −0.45 pp
2012 16.31 +0.09 pp
2011 16.22 −0.69 pp
2010 16.91 +0.49 pp
2009 16.42 +3.61 pp
2008 12.81 +0.89 pp
2007 11.92 −0.55 pp
2006 12.47 −0.65 pp
2005 13.13 +0.14 pp
2004 12.99 −0.15 pp
2003 13.14 +0.32 pp
2002 12.82 +1 pp
2001 11.82 −0.08 pp
2000 11.9 −0.95 pp
1999 12.85 −0.11 pp
1998 12.96 −0.7 pp
1997 13.66 −0.18 pp
1996 13.84 +0.33 pp
1995 13.51 −0.22 pp
1994 13.73 +0.06 pp
1993 13.67 +0.59 pp
1992 13.08 +0.65 pp
1991 12.43

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.