Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Trinidad and Tobago

Youth unemployment in Trinidad and Tobago in 2025 — 8.22%. Ranked 51 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 26.39 pp.

2025 8.22% +0.22 pp vs 2024
World rank 51of 182
Period maximum 35.19%1992
Period minimum 5.87%2015

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Trinidad and Tobago, 1991–202501020304019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 34.61%1992: 35.19%1993: 33.61%1994: 32.27%1995: 31%1996: 28.62%1997: 27.42%1998: 26.98%1999: 25.48%2000: 23.4%2001: 21.4%2002: 20.93%2003: 21.43%2004: 17.19%2005: 16.54%2006: 13.03%2007: 11.36%2008: 10.51%2009: 11.73%2010: 9.85%2011: 8.59%2012: 8.61%2013: 6.28%2014: 5.88%2015: 5.87%2016: 8.72%2017: 9.03%2018: 9.16%2019: 9.17%2020: 11.81%2021: 13.15%2022: 10.6%2023: 8.04%2024: 7.99%2025: 8.22%
Change over the period: −26.39 pp Annual average: -0.78 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Trinidad and Tobago 8.22%
World 13.41%
High-income countries computed 11.17%
Youth unemployment — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.22 +0.22 pp
2024 7.99 −0.05 pp
2023 8.04 −2.56 pp
2022 10.6 −2.55 pp
2021 13.15 +1.34 pp
2020 11.81 +2.64 pp
2019 9.17 +0.01 pp
2018 9.16 +0.14 pp
2017 9.03 +0.31 pp
2016 8.72 +2.85 pp
2015 5.87 −0.01 pp
2014 5.88 −0.39 pp
2013 6.28 −2.33 pp
2012 8.61 +0.02 pp
2011 8.59 −1.26 pp
2010 9.85 −1.88 pp
2009 11.73 +1.21 pp
2008 10.51 −0.85 pp
2007 11.36 −1.67 pp
2006 13.03 −3.51 pp
2005 16.54 −0.65 pp
2004 17.19 −4.24 pp
2003 21.43 +0.5 pp
2002 20.93 −0.47 pp
2001 21.4 −2 pp
2000 23.4 −2.08 pp
1999 25.48 −1.5 pp
1998 26.98 −0.44 pp
1997 27.42 −1.2 pp
1996 28.62 −2.39 pp
1995 31 −1.26 pp
1994 32.27 −1.35 pp
1993 33.61 −1.57 pp
1992 35.19 +0.58 pp
1991 34.61

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.