Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2021, Djibouti ranked the highest in Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) with 78.6% followed by South Africa and Swaziland. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 0.874%, Niger with 1.23% and Cambodia with 1.60%.
Average Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) reached 17.3% in 2021 in the World. This is 14.5 % more than in the previous year and 18.5 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) reached an all time high of 17.3% in 2021 and an all time low of 10.5% in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to 1.69 % since 1980.
Data for more countries are available at Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) indicator page.
| Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Armenia | % | 28.7% | 30.8% | 31.4% | 27.9% | 24.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 33.9% | 34.8% | 38.3% | 38.2% | 36.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (ROC) | % | 43.7% | 43.2% | 47.3% | 45.8% | 42.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 21.0% | 27.7% | 33.4% | 33.1% | 26.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 74.0% | 74.9% | 80.7% | 78.4% | 75.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 32.0% | 32.0% | 34.0% | 33.2% | 31.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 36.5% | 32.6% | 30.1% | 31.0% | 25.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 36.7% | 34.6% | 39.9% | 41.6% | 40.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 42.1% | 42.4% | 44.5% | 43.5% | 42.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 37.5% | 37.7% | 40.4% | 39.3% | 37.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Palestine | % | 36.8% | 34.5% | 36.3% | 37.0% | 31.6% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 48.5% | 52.6% | 54.5% | 60.3% | 57.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 35.3% | 31.0% | 37.2% | 34.2% | 29.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 47.6% | 48.9% | 55.7% | 54.4% | 56.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 34.3% | 37.5% | 41.0% | 39.3% | 38.4% |
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