Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Paraguay

Youth unemployment in Paraguay in 2025 — 11.69%. Ranked 86 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 0.42 pp.

2025 11.69% −1.71 pp vs 2024
World rank 86of 182
Period maximum 17.15%2020
Period minimum 6.74%1995

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Paraguay, 1991–2025510152019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 11.27%1992: 11.03%1993: 11.24%1994: 8.16%1995: 6.74%1996: 16.52%1997: 11.28%1998: 9.48%1999: 10.11%2000: 13.96%2001: 11.22%2002: 16.53%2003: 13.35%2004: 11.93%2005: 10.33%2006: 11.08%2007: 10.41%2008: 9.59%2009: 11.75%2010: 10.61%2011: 11.36%2012: 10.05%2013: 9.5%2014: 11.1%2015: 10.92%2016: 11.53%2017: 14.28%2018: 14.52%2019: 15.3%2020: 17.15%2021: 16.2%2022: 14.6%2023: 13.19%2024: 13.39%2025: 11.69%
Change over the period: +0.42 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Paraguay 11.69%
World 13.41%
South America computed 14.31%
Youth unemployment — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.69 −1.71 pp
2024 13.39 +0.21 pp
2023 13.19 −1.42 pp
2022 14.6 −1.6 pp
2021 16.2 −0.95 pp
2020 17.15 +1.85 pp
2019 15.3 +0.78 pp
2018 14.52 +0.24 pp
2017 14.28 +2.75 pp
2016 11.53 +0.61 pp
2015 10.92 −0.17 pp
2014 11.1 +1.6 pp
2013 9.5 −0.55 pp
2012 10.05 −1.32 pp
2011 11.36 +0.75 pp
2010 10.61 −1.13 pp
2009 11.75 +2.15 pp
2008 9.59 −0.82 pp
2007 10.41 −0.67 pp
2006 11.08 +0.75 pp
2005 10.33 −1.6 pp
2004 11.93 −1.42 pp
2003 13.35 −3.18 pp
2002 16.53 +5.31 pp
2001 11.22 −2.75 pp
2000 13.96 +3.86 pp
1999 10.11 +0.63 pp
1998 9.48 −1.81 pp
1997 11.28 −5.24 pp
1996 16.52 +9.78 pp
1995 6.74 −1.43 pp
1994 8.16 −3.07 pp
1993 11.24 +0.2 pp
1992 11.03 −0.23 pp
1991 11.27

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.