Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, total (% of total employed youth aged 15-24) by country

Countries reporting
94
Highest
1.0%
Cyprus
Lowest
0.0%
Malawi
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,370

What the numbers show

Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, total (% of total employed youth aged 15-24) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Cyprus; the lowest is 0.0% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 0.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 127.4%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 73.8%).

Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cyprus 1.0% 2016 up 1.1% flat
2 Malta 1.0% 2016 down 0.2% flat
3 Korea 1.0% 2017 up 0.3% flat
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2016 up 2.1% flat
5 Slovenia 1.0% 2016 up 0.2% rising
6 Slovakia 1.0% 2016 up 0.7% flat
7 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2005 up 0.1% rising
8 Portugal 1.0% 2016 up 1.1% flat
9 Belgium 1.0% 2016 up 0.9% flat
10 Argentina 1.0% 2021 down 0.1% flat
11 Luxembourg 1.0% 2016 down 0.5% flat
12 Germany 1.0% 2011 up 0.2% flat
13 Australia 1.0% 2015 up 0.9% flat
14 Austria 1.0% 2016 down 0.2% flat
15 Mauritius 1.0% 2012 up 3.6% flat
16 Czechia 1.0% 2016 up 1.0% flat
17 United States of America 1.0% 2018 down 0.3% flat
18 Ireland 1.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
19 Sweden 1.0% 2016 down 0.6% flat
20 Netherlands 1.0% 2016 up 0.3% flat
21 Estonia 1.0% 2016 down 0.1% flat
22 France 1.0% 2016 up 0.3% flat
23 Latvia 1.0% 2016 up 2.6% rising
24 Iceland 1.0% 2013 up 1.0% flat
25 Finland 1.0% 2016 down 2.3% flat
26 Norway 1.0% 2016 down 0.5% flat
27 Italy 1.0% 2016 down 0.4% flat
28 Jordan 1.0% 2016 down 3.0% flat
29 Denmark 1.0% 2016 down 0.2% flat
30 Spain 1.0% 2016 down 0.5% flat
31 Hungary 0.9% 2016 down 1.9% flat
32 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 2.4% rising
33 Ukraine 0.9% 2013 down 5.9% flat
34 China 0.9% 2013 up 61.9% rising
35 Croatia 0.9% 2016 down 1.0% flat
36 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 9.4% rising
37 Kosovo 0.9% 2017 up 0.4% rising
37 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.9% 2017 up 0.4% rising
39 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 down 3.7% flat
40 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 up 75.7% rising
41 Greece 0.9% 2016 down 0.7% flat
42 South Africa 0.9% 2020 down 3.1% rising
43 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 up 2.0% falling
44 Brazil 0.9% 2021 up 3.9% rising
45 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 2.3% rising
46 Kazakhstan 0.9% 2017 down 1.2% flat
47 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2006 up 8.5% rising
48 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 up 1.9% falling
49 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 5.5% flat
50 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2019 up 11.7% rising
51 Mexico 0.9% 2020 up 2.2% flat
52 Tunisia 0.9% 2015 up 17.3% rising
53 Jamaica 0.9% 2002 up 7.6% rising
54 Dominican Republic 0.9% 2013 down 2.3% flat
55 Nigeria 0.9% 2018 up 92.1% volatile
56 Namibia 0.8% 2015 up 37.7% rising
57 Gambia 0.8% 2020 up 68.0% rising
58 Paraguay 0.8% 2017 up 21.5% rising
59 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 up 5.9% rising
60 Indonesia 0.8% 2019 up 25.0% rising
61 Colombia 0.8% 2021 up 0.9% rising
62 Philippines 0.8% 2019 up 25.4% rising
63 Bangladesh 0.8% 2016 up 38.7% rising
64 Albania 0.8% 2019 up 127.4% rising
65 Armenia 0.8% 2020 up 21.9% rising
66 Egypt 0.7% 2019 up 16.1% rising
67 El Salvador 0.7% 2017 down 1.6% rising
68 Panama 0.7% 2021 down 7.5% rising
69 Thailand 0.7% 2021 up 18.6% rising
70 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7% 2021 up 3.5% rising
71 Peru 0.7% 2021 down 5.5% rising
72 Belize 0.7% 1999 down 9.1% falling
73 Cambodia 0.7% 2012 up 76.9% rising
74 Mongolia 0.7% 2016 up 102.4% rising
75 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2020 up 15.1% rising
76 India 0.6% 2019 up 25.0% rising
77 Guatemala 0.6% 2011 up 0.1% flat
78 Honduras 0.6% 2017 up 1.3% flat
79 Pakistan 0.6% 2020 up 9.8% rising
80 Nicaragua 0.6% 2014 up 0.2% flat
81 Ecuador 0.6% 2021 down 19.4% flat
82 Ghana 0.6% 2016 up 36.6% rising
83 Georgia 0.6% 2013 up 25.7% rising
84 Rwanda 0.5% 2021 up 62.6% rising
85 Romania 0.5% 2016 down 8.1% rising
86 Ethiopia 0.3% 2021 up 40.5% rising
87 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2020 down 28.0% rising
88 Zambia 0.3% 2015 up 60.1% rising
89 Uganda 0.3% 2016 up 44.2% rising
90 Nepal 0.3% 2014 up 39.9% rising
91 Mozambique 0.3% 2014 up 42.2% rising
92 Madagascar 0.3% 2012 up 17.1% rising
93 Burkina Faso 0.2% 2009 up 103.1% rising
94 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 73.8% volatile

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Indicator
Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, total (% of total employed youth aged 15-24)
Unit
% of total employed youth aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,370 data points, 1970–2021
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