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India Youth Unemployment 2020s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
18.43% decade average (2020-2029)

India's youth unemployment during the 2020s ranged from 15.60% (2023) to 24.67% (2020), averaging 18.43% over 6 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2020 24.67% +1.72pp 134th
2021 20.82% −3.84pp 126th
2022 17.73% −3.09pp 118th
2023 15.60% −2.14pp 112th
2024 15.75% +0.15pp 113th
2025 16.02% +0.28pp 113th