Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Vanuatu

Youth unemployment in Vanuatu in 2025 — 11.34%. Ranked 83 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 2.05 pp.

2025 11.34% −0.08 pp vs 2024
World rank 83of 182
Period maximum 14.37%2002
Period minimum 8.96%2009

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Vanuatu, 1991–202581012141619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 13.4%1992: 13.4%1993: 13.89%1994: 13.78%1995: 13.85%1996: 13.81%1997: 14.01%1998: 14.02%1999: 14.1%2000: 14.11%2001: 14.25%2002: 14.37%2003: 14.34%2004: 14%2005: 13.63%2006: 13.54%2007: 12.02%2008: 10.43%2009: 8.96%2010: 9.4%2011: 9.76%2012: 10.12%2013: 10.47%2014: 10.81%2015: 11.07%2016: 11.32%2017: 11.61%2018: 11.99%2019: 12.34%2020: 9.7%2021: 10.92%2022: 11.61%2023: 11.49%2024: 11.43%2025: 11.34%
Change over the period: −2.05 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Vanuatu 11.34%
World 13.41%
Melanesia computed 5.6%
Youth unemployment — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.34 −0.08 pp
2024 11.43 −0.06 pp
2023 11.49 −0.12 pp
2022 11.61 +0.69 pp
2021 10.92 +1.23 pp
2020 9.7 −2.64 pp
2019 12.34 +0.34 pp
2018 11.99 +0.38 pp
2017 11.61 +0.29 pp
2016 11.32 +0.25 pp
2015 11.07 +0.25 pp
2014 10.81 +0.35 pp
2013 10.47 +0.34 pp
2012 10.12 +0.36 pp
2011 9.76 +0.36 pp
2010 9.4 +0.44 pp
2009 8.96 −1.47 pp
2008 10.43 −1.59 pp
2007 12.02 −1.53 pp
2006 13.54 −0.09 pp
2005 13.63 −0.36 pp
2004 14 −0.34 pp
2003 14.34 −0.03 pp
2002 14.37 +0.12 pp
2001 14.25 +0.14 pp
2000 14.11 +0.01 pp
1999 14.1 +0.08 pp
1998 14.02 +0.01 pp
1997 14.01 +0.2 pp
1996 13.81 −0.04 pp
1995 13.85 +0.07 pp
1994 13.78 −0.1 pp
1993 13.89 +0.49 pp
1992 13.4 −0 pp
1991 13.4

Melanesia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.