Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Myanmar

Youth unemployment in Myanmar in 2025 — 9.81%. Ranked 70 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 8.44 pp.

2025 9.81% −0.16 pp vs 2024
World rank 70of 182
Period maximum 12.82%2021
Period minimum 1.31%2019

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Myanmar, 1991–202505101519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 1.36%1992: 1.35%1993: 1.34%1994: 1.31%1995: 1.33%1996: 1.34%1997: 1.36%1998: 1.37%1999: 1.36%2000: 1.34%2001: 1.32%2002: 1.33%2003: 1.35%2004: 1.36%2005: 1.37%2006: 1.39%2007: 1.42%2008: 1.45%2009: 1.48%2010: 1.5%2011: 1.53%2012: 1.56%2013: 1.57%2014: 1.58%2015: 1.59%2016: 2.55%2017: 3.59%2018: 1.84%2019: 1.31%2020: 4.96%2021: 12.82%2022: 10.15%2023: 10.07%2024: 9.97%2025: 9.81%
Change over the period: +8.44 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Myanmar 9.81%
World 13.41%
South-Eastern Asia computed 9.26%
Youth unemployment — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.81 −0.16 pp
2024 9.97 −0.1 pp
2023 10.07 −0.08 pp
2022 10.15 −2.67 pp
2021 12.82 +7.86 pp
2020 4.96 +3.64 pp
2019 1.31 −0.53 pp
2018 1.84 −1.74 pp
2017 3.59 +1.04 pp
2016 2.55 +0.96 pp
2015 1.59 +0.01 pp
2014 1.58 +0 pp
2013 1.57 +0.02 pp
2012 1.56 +0.02 pp
2011 1.53 +0.03 pp
2010 1.5 +0.03 pp
2009 1.48 +0.03 pp
2008 1.45 +0.03 pp
2007 1.42 +0.03 pp
2006 1.39 +0.02 pp
2005 1.37 +0.01 pp
2004 1.36 +0.01 pp
2003 1.35 +0.02 pp
2002 1.33 +0.01 pp
2001 1.32 −0.01 pp
2000 1.34 −0.02 pp
1999 1.36 −0.01 pp
1998 1.37 +0.01 pp
1997 1.36 +0.02 pp
1996 1.34 +0.01 pp
1995 1.33 +0.02 pp
1994 1.31 −0.03 pp
1993 1.34 −0.01 pp
1992 1.35 −0.02 pp
1991 1.36

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.