Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Youth unemployment in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2025 — 41.95%. Ranked 177 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 5.88 pp.

2025 41.95% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 177of 182
Period maximum 47.71%2020
Period minimum 36.05%1992

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1991–20253540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 36.07%1992: 36.05%1993: 36.58%1994: 37.38%1995: 37.82%1996: 38.73%1997: 38.76%1998: 39.72%1999: 40.07%2000: 40.77%2001: 41.58%2002: 41.07%2003: 40.35%2004: 39.96%2005: 40.16%2006: 40%2007: 39.93%2008: 39.94%2009: 41.23%2010: 42.43%2011: 42.74%2012: 42.63%2013: 42.02%2014: 42.01%2015: 42.03%2016: 42.09%2017: 42.39%2018: 42.74%2019: 43.59%2020: 47.71%2021: 46.04%2022: 44%2023: 42.33%2024: 41.85%2025: 41.95%
Change over the period: +5.88 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41.95%
World 13.41%
Youth unemployment — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, by year Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.95 +0.1 pp
2024 41.85 −0.48 pp
2023 42.33 −1.66 pp
2022 44 −2.05 pp
2021 46.04 −1.67 pp
2020 47.71 +4.12 pp
2019 43.59 +0.85 pp
2018 42.74 +0.35 pp
2017 42.39 +0.3 pp
2016 42.09 +0.06 pp
2015 42.03 +0.02 pp
2014 42.01 −0.02 pp
2013 42.02 −0.61 pp
2012 42.63 −0.11 pp
2011 42.74 +0.31 pp
2010 42.43 +1.19 pp
2009 41.23 +1.29 pp
2008 39.94 +0.01 pp
2007 39.93 −0.07 pp
2006 40 −0.16 pp
2005 40.16 +0.21 pp
2004 39.96 −0.39 pp
2003 40.35 −0.72 pp
2002 41.07 −0.51 pp
2001 41.58 +0.81 pp
2000 40.77 +0.71 pp
1999 40.07 +0.34 pp
1998 39.72 +0.97 pp
1997 38.76 +0.03 pp
1996 38.73 +0.91 pp
1995 37.82 +0.44 pp
1994 37.38 +0.8 pp
1993 36.58 +0.53 pp
1992 36.05 −0.02 pp
1991 36.07

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.