| # | Flag | Country | Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 52.85% | 2018 | |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.66% | 2018 | |
| 3 | Saint Lucia | 45.21% | 2018 | |
| 4 | Republic of Macedonia | 44.74% | 2018 | |
| 5 | Namibia | 44.4% | 2018 | |
| 6 | Swaziland | 44.15% | 2018 | |
| 7 | Libya | 41.93% | 2018 | |
| 8 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.43% | 2018 | |
| 9 | Greece | 39.45% | 2018 | |
| 10 | Jordan | 37.24% | 2018 | |
| 11 | Botswana | 37.14% | 2018 | |
| 12 | Armenia | 36.75% | 2018 | |
| 13 | French Polynesia | 36.04% | 2018 | |
| 14 | New Caledonia | 35.76% | 2018 | |
| 15 | Gabon | 35.13% | 2018 | |
| 16 | Tunisia | 34.83% | 2018 | |
| 17 | Spain | 34.34% | 2018 | |
| 18 | Lesotho | 33.22% | 2018 | |
| 19 | Egypt | 32.6% | 2018 | |
| 20 | Serbia | 32.05% | 2018 | |
| 21 | Italy | 31.54% | 2018 | |
| 22 | Albania | 30.98% | 2018 | |
| 23 | Georgia | 30.44% | 2018 | |
| 24 | Algeria | 29.95% | 2018 | |
| 25 | Haiti | 29.47% | 2018 | |
| 26 | Brunei | 29.25% | 2018 | |
| 27 | Montenegro | 29.11% | 2018 | |
| 28 | Brazil | 28.64% | 2018 | |
| 29 | Iran | 28.35% | 2018 | |
| 30 | Barbados | 27.99% | 2018 | |
| 31 | Sudan | 26.71% | 2018 | |
| 32 | Puerto Rico | 25.82% | 2018 | |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 25.77% | 2018 | |
| 34 | Jamaica | 25.57% | 2018 | |
| 35 | Croatia | 25.54% | 2018 | |
| 36 | Argentina | 25.22% | 2018 | |
| 37 | The Bahamas | 25.13% | 2018 | |
| 38 | Somalia | 24.89% | 2018 | |
| 39 | Mali | 24.83% | 2018 | |
| 40 | Uruguay | 24.7% | 2018 | |
| 41 | Yemen | 23.72% | 2018 | |
| 42 | Mauritius | 23.49% | 2018 | |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 23.17% | 2018 | |
| 44 | Cape Verde | 23.11% | 2018 | |
| 45 | Republic of the Congo | 22.83% | 2018 | |
| 46 | Guyana | 22.64% | 2018 | |
| 47 | Morocco | 21.88% | 2018 | |
| 48 | Djibouti | 21.33% | 2018 | |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 20.95% | 2018 | |
| 50 | France | 20.92% | 2018 | |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 20.57% | 2018 | |
| 52 | Portugal | 20.32% | 2018 | |
| 53 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 20.26% | 2018 | |
| 54 | Turkey | 19.98% | 2018 | |
| 55 | Belize | 19.82% | 2018 | |
| 56 | Nigeria | 19.68% | 2018 | |
| 57 | Ukraine | 19.61% | 2018 | |
| 58 | South Sudan | 19.55% | 2018 | |
| 59 | Syria | 19.45% | 2018 | |
| 60 | Virgin Islands (US) | 19.21% | 2018 | |
| 61 | Colombia | 18.95% | 2018 | |
| 62 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.55% | 2018 | |
| 63 | Kenya | 18.47% | 2018 | |
| 64 | Slovakia | 18.21% | 2018 | |
| 65 | Chile | 18.15% | 2018 | |
| 66 | Cyprus | 18.13% | 2018 | |
| 67 | Samoa | 17.94% | 2018 | |
| 68 | Belgium | 17.61% | 2018 | |
| 69 | Lebanon | 17.36% | 2018 | |
| 70 | Finland | 17.33% | 2018 | |
| 71 | Maldives | 17.29% | 2018 | |
| 72 | Angola | 17.06% | 2018 | |
| 73 | Venezuela | 16.97% | 2018 | |
| 74 | Sweden | 16.95% | 2018 | |
| 75 | Mongolia | 16.56% | 2018 | |
| 76 | Iraq | 16.56% | 2018 | |
| 77 | Zambia | 16.09% | 2018 | |
| 78 | Mauritania | 15.99% | 2018 | |
| 79 | Suriname | 15.86% | 2018 | |
| 80 | Indonesia | 15.84% | 2018 | |
| 81 | Romania | 15.32% | 2018 | |
| 82 | Russia | 15.28% | 2018 | |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.98% | 2018 | |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 14.69% | 2018 | |
| 85 | Latvia | 14.68% | 2018 | |
| 86 | Fiji | 14.57% | 2018 | |
| 87 | Guam | 14.3% | 2018 | |
| 88 | Kuwait | 13.9% | 2018 | |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 13.75% | 2018 | |
| 90 | Ghana | 13.7% | 2018 | |
| 91 | Republic of Ireland | 13.49% | 2018 | |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 13.45% | 2018 | |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 13.37% | 2018 | |
| 94 | Lithuania | 12.45% | 2018 | |
| 95 | Gambia | 12.32% | 2018 | |
| 96 | Australia | 12.21% | 2018 | |
| 97 | New Zealand | 12.15% | 2018 | |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 12% | 2018 | |
| 99 | Canada | 11.57% | 2018 | |
| 100 | Eritrea | 11.57% | 2018 | |
| 101 | Central African Republic | 11.52% | 2018 | |
| 102 | Estonia | 11.47% | 2018 | |
| 103 | Poland | 11.43% | 2018 | |
| 104 | Malaysia | 11.18% | 2018 | |
| 105 | United Kingdom | 11.17% | 2018 | |
| 106 | Paraguay | 11.14% | 2018 | |
| 107 | Vanuatu | 10.86% | 2018 | |
| 108 | China | 10.59% | 2018 | |
| 109 | East Timor | 10.48% | 2018 | |
| 110 | India | 10.42% | 2018 | |
| 111 | Hungary | 10.27% | 2018 | |
| 112 | Malta | 10.24% | 2018 | |
| 113 | Slovenia | 10.21% | 2018 | |
| 114 | South Korea | 10.13% | 2018 | |
| 115 | Panama | 10.06% | 2018 | |
| 116 | Moldova | 9.97% | 2018 | |
| 117 | Belarus | 9.8% | 2018 | |
| 118 | El Salvador | 9.77% | 2018 | |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 9.72% | 2018 | |
| 120 | Norway | 9.7% | 2018 | |
| 121 | Bhutan | 9.58% | 2018 | |
| 122 | Austria | 9.18% | 2018 | |
| 123 | Denmark | 9.18% | 2018 | |
| 124 | Ecuador | 8.94% | 2018 | |
| 125 | Nicaragua | 8.64% | 2018 | |
| 126 | Singapore | 8.61% | 2018 | |
| 127 | Sierra Leone | 8.51% | 2018 | |
| 128 | Comoros | 8.47% | 2018 | |
| 129 | Oman | 8.3% | 2018 | |
| 130 | Zimbabwe | 8.16% | 2018 | |
| 131 | United States | 8.16% | 2018 | |
| 132 | Czech Republic | 8.03% | 2018 | |
| 133 | Hong Kong | 8.03% | 2018 | |
| 134 | Senegal | 7.99% | 2018 | |
| 135 | Burkina Faso | 7.95% | 2018 | |
| 136 | Switzerland | 7.94% | 2018 | |
| 137 | Honduras | 7.9% | 2018 | |
| 138 | United Arab Emirates | 7.77% | 2018 | |
| 139 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 7.75% | 2018 | |
| 140 | Bolivia | 7.4% | 2018 | |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.38% | 2018 | |
| 142 | Turkmenistan | 7.37% | 2018 | |
| 143 | North Korea | 7.29% | 2018 | |
| 144 | Iceland | 7.26% | 2018 | |
| 145 | Malawi | 7.16% | 2018 | |
| 146 | Netherlands | 6.97% | 2018 | |
| 147 | Vietnam | 6.95% | 2018 | |
| 148 | Israel | 6.9% | 2018 | |
| 149 | Mexico | 6.84% | 2018 | |
| 150 | Philippines | 6.76% | 2018 | |
| 151 | Mozambique | 6.76% | 2018 | |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.6% | 2018 | |
| 153 | Germany | 6.4% | 2018 | |
| 154 | Pakistan | 6.04% | 2018 | |
| 155 | Cameroon | 5.76% | 2018 | |
| 156 | Cuba | 5.71% | 2018 | |
| 157 | Guatemala | 5.65% | 2018 | |
| 158 | Peru | 5.58% | 2018 | |
| 159 | Macao | 5.17% | 2018 | |
| 160 | Bahrain | 4.98% | 2018 | |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 4.47% | 2018 | |
| 162 | Guinea | 4.41% | 2018 | |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 4.34% | 2018 | |
| 164 | Benin | 4.23% | 2018 | |
| 165 | Kazakhstan | 4.09% | 2018 | |
| 166 | Chad | 3.96% | 2018 | |
| 167 | Myanmar | 3.87% | 2018 | |
| 168 | Japan | 3.69% | 2018 | |
| 169 | Thailand | 3.54% | 2018 | |
| 170 | Ivory Coast | 3.49% | 2018 | |
| 171 | Tanzania | 3.45% | 2018 | |
| 172 | Tonga | 3.41% | 2018 | |
| 173 | Liberia | 2.92% | 2018 | |
| 174 | Burundi | 2.86% | 2018 | |
| 175 | Ethiopia | 2.78% | 2018 | |
| 176 | Madagascar | 2.72% | 2018 | |
| 177 | Afghanistan | 2.64% | 2018 | |
| 178 | Uganda | 2.59% | 2018 | |
| 179 | Togo | 2.53% | 2018 | |
| 180 | Nepal | 2.14% | 2018 | |
| 181 | Laos | 1.63% | 2018 | |
| 182 | Rwanda | 1.61% | 2018 | |
| 183 | Cambodia | 1.28% | 2018 | |
| 184 | Qatar | 0.57% | 2018 | |
| 185 | Niger | 0.4% | 2018 |