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

Countries reporting
92
Highest
1.0%
Cyprus
Lowest
0.1%
Malawi
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,346

What the numbers show

Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total (% of total employed youth aged 15-24) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Cyprus; the lowest is 0.1% 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 16.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 1,975.9%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania, United Republic of (down 50.7%).

Youth in non-agricultural wage 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 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 up 0.4% flat
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2016 up 1.3% 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 0.8% flat
10 Luxembourg 1.0% 2016 down 0.5% flat
11 Germany 1.0% 2011 up 0.3% flat
12 Australia 1.0% 2015 up 0.9% flat
13 Austria 1.0% 2016 down 0.2% flat
14 Mauritius 1.0% 2012 up 4.0% flat
15 United States of America 1.0% 2018 down 0.3% flat
16 Argentina 1.0% 2021 down 0.4% flat
17 Czechia 1.0% 2016 up 1.0% flat
18 Ireland 1.0% 2016 up 0.1% flat
19 Sweden 1.0% 2016 down 1.3% flat
20 Estonia 1.0% 2016 down 0.1% flat
21 Netherlands 1.0% 2016 up 0.3% 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 Denmark 1.0% 2016 down 0.2% flat
28 Jordan 1.0% 2016 down 3.1% flat
29 Italy 0.9% 2016 down 0.6% flat
30 Spain 0.9% 2016 down 0.7% flat
31 Hungary 0.9% 2016 down 1.8% flat
32 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 2.5% flat
33 Croatia 0.9% 2016 down 0.9% flat
34 Ukraine 0.9% 2013 down 5.8% flat
35 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 down 3.7% flat
36 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 13.2% rising
37 Kosovo 0.9% 2017 up 1.6% rising
37 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.9% 2017 up 1.6% rising
39 Greece 0.9% 2016 down 0.3% flat
40 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2019 up 18.0% rising
41 South Africa 0.9% 2020 down 3.7% rising
42 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 up 83.2% flat
43 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 up 1.4% falling
44 Brazil 0.9% 2021 up 3.2% rising
45 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 2.0% rising
46 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 5.7% flat
47 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 up 1.8% falling
48 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 up 21.5% rising
49 Namibia 0.8% 2015 up 48.4% rising
50 Mexico 0.8% 2020 up 3.2% flat
51 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.8% 2006 up 8.9% flat
52 Jamaica 0.8% 2002 up 8.9% rising
53 Kazakhstan 0.8% 2017 down 4.1% flat
54 Dominican Republic 0.8% 2013 down 3.6% flat
55 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 up 7.6% rising
56 Paraguay 0.8% 2017 up 26.1% rising
57 Albania 0.8% 2019 up 176.7% volatile
58 Philippines 0.8% 2019 up 31.2% rising
59 Indonesia 0.8% 2019 up 41.6% rising
60 Gambia 0.8% 2020 up 173.1% volatile
61 Armenia 0.7% 2020 up 21.6% rising
62 Colombia 0.7% 2021 up 0.9% rising
63 Egypt 0.7% 2019 up 20.2% rising
64 Bangladesh 0.7% 2016 up 82.6% rising
65 El Salvador 0.7% 2017 down 3.7% rising
66 Belize 0.7% 1999 down 9.9% falling
67 Panama 0.6% 2021 down 16.0% rising
68 Thailand 0.6% 2021 up 21.7% rising
69 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 volatile
70 Cambodia 0.6% 2012 up 129.2% rising
71 Mongolia 0.6% 2016 up 164.3% rising
72 Peru 0.6% 2021 down 8.4% rising
73 Guatemala 0.6% 2011 up 4.4% rising
74 India 0.6% 2019 up 36.2% rising
75 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6% 2021 down 1.6% rising
76 Georgia 0.5% 2013 up 27.3% rising
77 Nicaragua 0.5% 2014 up 1.1% falling
78 Pakistan 0.5% 2020 up 16.7% rising
79 Romania 0.5% 2016 down 3.4% rising
80 Honduras 0.5% 2017 down 7.4% flat
81 Rwanda 0.5% 2021 up 79.5% rising
82 Ecuador 0.5% 2021 down 31.4% falling
83 Ghana 0.3% 2016 up 72.9% rising
84 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 75.2% rising
85 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2020 down 50.7% volatile
86 Nepal 0.2% 2014 up 48.4% rising
87 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 73.7% rising
88 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 61.2% rising
89 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 37.9% rising
90 Nigeria 0.1% 2012 up 1,975.9% volatile
91 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 14.8% rising
92 Malawi 0.1% 2016 up 18.0% volatile

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Indicator
Youth in non-agricultural wage 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
92 places, 1,346 data points, 1970–2021
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