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Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male (% of male youth labor force) by country

Countries reporting
108
Highest
1.0%
China
Lowest
0.3%
Djibouti
Median
0.8%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,528

What the numbers show

Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male (% of male youth labor force) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in China; the lowest is 0.3% in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 0.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 53.3%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 63.3%).

Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 1.0% 2013 up 12.9% rising
2 Togo 1.0% 2018 up 5.9% rising
3 Malawi 1.0% 2019 up 1.5% rising
4 Niger 1.0% 2018 up 19.2% rising
5 Senegal 1.0% 2018 up 11.7% rising
6 Cambodia 1.0% 2012 up 2.1% flat
7 Tajikistan 1.0% 2013 up 5.9% rising
8 Madagascar 1.0% 2012 up 10.5% rising
9 Guatemala 1.0% 2019 up 2.3% flat
10 Uganda 1.0% 2016 down 1.3% flat
11 Thailand 1.0% 2021 down 2.9% flat
12 Guinea 1.0% 2018 down 1.9% flat
13 Ethiopia 1.0% 2021 down 2.9% flat
14 Nepal 0.9% 2014 down 0.6% flat
15 Ecuador 0.9% 2021 up 3.9% flat
16 Nigeria 0.9% 2018 up 18.1% falling
17 Ghana 0.9% 2016 up 5.3% flat
18 Mexico 0.9% 2020 up 2.9% flat
19 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9% 2020 down 4.0% flat
20 Austria 0.9% 2003 down 2.2% flat
21 Mozambique 0.9% 2014 down 1.0% flat
22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9% 2018 down 3.5% flat
23 Honduras 0.9% 2019 down 3.8% flat
24 Dominican Republic 0.9% 2013 down 0.2% rising
25 El Salvador 0.9% 2019 up 0.4% rising
26 Nicaragua 0.9% 2014 down 0.4% rising
27 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 1.5% flat
28 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 up 4.0% rising
29 Iceland 0.9% 2015 down 4.4% falling
30 Paraguay 0.9% 2021 up 0.8% flat
31 Pakistan 0.9% 2020 down 7.4% falling
32 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9% 2021 down 4.9% flat
33 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 17.3% falling
34 Netherlands 0.9% 2016 down 4.1% flat
35 Peru 0.9% 2021 down 2.4% flat
36 Korea 0.9% 2017 up 0.3% flat
37 Belarus 0.9% 2010 down 7.5% falling
38 Bangladesh 0.9% 2016 down 2.7% flat
39 Malta 0.9% 2016 up 11.9% rising
40 Kenya 0.9% 2019 up 8.3% rising
41 Egypt 0.9% 2019 up 2.9% falling
42 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2020 up 1.0% rising
43 Philippines 0.9% 2019 up 4.1% rising
44 Norway 0.9% 2016 up 3.8% flat
45 Belize 0.9% 1999 down 4.5% falling
46 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 2.7% flat
47 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2006 up 2.4% flat
48 Indonesia 0.9% 2019 up 4.4% falling
49 Denmark 0.9% 2016 down 7.3% falling
50 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8% 2011 up 6.8% rising
51 Romania 0.8% 2018 up 1.0% rising
52 Mongolia 0.8% 2021 down 6.6% falling
53 Sweden 0.8% 2016 down 1.4% flat
54 Chile 0.8% 2017 down 4.4% flat
55 Czechia 0.8% 2016 up 10.6% falling
56 Colombia 0.8% 2021 down 3.1% flat
57 Panama 0.8% 2021 down 10.5% rising
58 Poland 0.8% 2019 down 7.0% rising
59 Argentina 0.8% 2021 down 6.4% falling
60 Belgium 0.8% 2003 down 5.1% falling
61 Palestine, State of 0.8% 2017 up 19.6% rising
62 Latvia 0.8% 2016 down 10.7% falling
63 Estonia 0.8% 2016 down 7.7% flat
64 Luxembourg 0.8% 2016 down 9.6% falling
65 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 up 3.9% flat
66 France 0.8% 2016 down 5.0% falling
67 Jamaica 0.8% 2002 up 4.0% flat
68 India 0.8% 2019 down 16.2% falling
69 Costa Rica 0.8% 2021 down 11.8% falling
70 Armenia 0.8% 2020 up 24.2% rising
71 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 11.7% rising
72 Morocco 0.7% 2013 down 8.4% flat
73 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 15.6% falling
74 Mauritius 0.7% 2017 down 7.7% rising
75 Ireland 0.7% 2016 down 17.2% falling
76 Slovenia 0.7% 2016 up 5.5% falling
77 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 down 21.8% falling
78 Slovakia 0.7% 2016 down 5.3% falling
79 Serbia 0.7% 2018 up 19.9% rising
80 Puerto Rico 0.7% 2005 up 2.6% falling
81 Russian Federation 0.7% 2016 down 24.6% falling
82 Hungary 0.7% 2016 down 8.2% falling
83 Lithuania 0.7% 2016 down 18.5% falling
84 Namibia 0.7% 2015 down 5.6% falling
85 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2019 up 11.2% rising
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7% 2019 up 53.3% falling
87 Zambia 0.7% 2015 down 26.0% flat
88 North Macedonia 0.7% 2020 up 48.8% rising
89 Ukraine 0.7% 2014 up 6.8% rising
90 Finland 0.6% 2016 down 24.9% flat
91 Jordan 0.6% 2016 down 2.6% flat
92 Portugal 0.6% 2016 down 26.3% falling
93 Cyprus 0.6% 2016 down 32.3% falling
94 Bulgaria 0.6% 2016 down 29.9% falling
95 Georgia 0.6% 2020 down 16.8% falling
96 Gambia 0.6% 2020 down 33.4% falling
97 Croatia 0.6% 2016 up 29.2% rising
98 Tunisia 0.6% 2015 down 7.9% falling
99 Montenegro 0.5% 2010 down 28.4% falling
100 Spain 0.5% 2016 down 33.9% falling
101 Albania 0.5% 2019 down 28.2% falling
102 Kosovo 0.5% 2017 down 48.4% rising
102 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.5% 2017 down 48.4% rising
104 Italy 0.5% 2016 down 28.3% falling
105 Greece 0.5% 2016 down 41.9% falling
106 South Africa 0.4% 2020 down 14.1% flat
107 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2018 down 63.3% flat
108 Djibouti 0.3% 2017 up 51.3% rising

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Indicator
Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male (% of male youth labor force)
Unit
% of male youth labor force
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,528 data points, 1970–2021
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