Italy - Youth Unemployment 2024
20.25%
−2.48pp from 2023
Italy's youth unemployment was 20.25% in 2024, decreased +2.48pp from 22.73% in 2023. This was the 135th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2024▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Niger | 0.39% | -1.8% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 0.57% | -0.2% |
| 3rd | Cambodia | 0.70% | 0.1% |
| 4th | Chad | 1.45% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Burundi | 1.70% | -0.3% |
| 6th | Lao PDR | 2.18% | 0.1% |
| 7th | Liberia | 2.22% | 0.1% |
| 8th | Tanzania | 2.33% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.83% | 0.3% |
| 10th | Solomon Islands | 2.94% | 0.3% |
| 11th | Benin | 3.09% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Timor-Leste | 3.22% | 0.7% |
| 13th | Togo | 3.40% | 0.1% |
| 14th | Sierra Leone | 3.49% | 0.2% |
| 15th | Papua New Guinea | 3.78% | -0.3% |
| 16th | Kazakhstan | 3.82% | 0.1% |
| 17th | Mali | 3.84% | -0.5% |
| 18th | Senegal | 3.87% | 0.2% |
| 19th | Japan | 3.93% | -4.5% |
| 20th | Uganda | 4.21% | 0.1% |
| 21st | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.25% | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Cuba | 4.28% | 0.8% |
| 23rd | Moldova | 4.50% | 11.5% |
| 24th | Guatemala | 4.62% | 6.9% |
| 25th | Thailand | 4.66% | 3.8% |
| 26th | Nigeria | 5.09% | -0.8% |
| 27th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.17% | 4.1% |
| 28th | Ghana | 5.35% | -0.1% |
| 29th | Madagascar | 5.46% | 0.6% |
| 30th | Bahrain | 5.47% | 1.6% |
| 31st | Mexico | 5.76% | -1.4% |
| 32nd | Tonga | 5.99% | 29.2% |
| 33rd | Israel | 6.16% | 4.9% |
| 34th | Singapore | 6.33% | -25.7% |
| 35th | Viet Nam | 6.34% | -1.6% |
| 36th | United Arab Emirates | 6.43% | 1.2% |
| 37th | Korea | 6.43% | 19.0% |
| 38th | Burkina Faso | 6.53% | -0.7% |
| 39th | Germany | 6.60% | 9.7% |
| 40th | Cameroon | 6.62% | 0.0% |
| 41st | Macao SAR, China | 6.69% | 2.1% |
| 42nd | Malawi | 6.89% | 0.7% |
| 43rd | Philippines | 6.96% | 0.8% |
| 44th | Guinea | 7.07% | 0.0% |
| 45th | El Salvador | 7.51% | 6.8% |
| 46th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 7.76% | 2.5% |
| 47th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 7.95% | -0.7% |
| 48th | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.99% | -0.6% |
| 49th | Switzerland | 8.24% | 4.7% |
| 50th | Russian Federation | 8.26% | -25.9% |
| 51st | Honduras | 8.30% | -20.8% |
| 52nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 8.42% | -0.4% |
| 53rd | São Tomé and Principe | 8.56% | 0.2% |
| 54th | Ecuador | 8.57% | 10.2% |
| 55th | Netherlands | 8.78% | 6.1% |
| 56th | Iceland | 8.78% | 3.4% |
| 57th | Comoros | 8.81% | -0.2% |
| 58th | United States | 8.92% | 12.2% |
| 59th | Bangladesh | 9.10% | 15.1% |
| 60th | Malta | 9.12% | -2.2% |
| 61st | Czechia | 9.20% | 8.1% |
| 62nd | Turkmenistan | 9.34% | 1.5% |
| 63rd | Australia | 9.41% | 12.2% |
| 64th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 9.51% | 6.0% |
| 65th | Pakistan | 9.52% | 1.0% |
| 66th | Nicaragua | 9.58% | 4.1% |
| 67th | Peru | 9.70% | 9.7% |
| 68th | Myanmar | 9.97% | -1.0% |
| 69th | Central African Republic | 9.99% | 1.3% |
| 70th | Eritrea | 10.06% | 0.9% |
| 71st | Zambia | 10.10% | 0.6% |
| 72nd | Jamaica | 10.38% | 3.9% |
| 73rd | Austria | 10.43% | -5.0% |
| 74th | Ireland | 10.44% | 2.7% |
| 75th | Belarus | 10.54% | -0.5% |
| 76th | Poland | 10.66% | -4.6% |
| 77th | Uzbekistan | 10.81% | 0.4% |
| 78th | Gambia, The | 10.83% | 0.2% |
| 79th | Slovenia | 11.03% | 10.9% |
| 80th | Vanuatu | 11.43% | -0.6% |
| 81st | Mozambique | 11.50% | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Saudi Arabia | 11.50% | -14.6% |
| 83rd | Mongolia | 11.54% | -0.5% |
| 84th | Denmark | 11.79% | 2.5% |
| 85th | Norway | 12.13% | 10.5% |
| 86th | Malaysia | 12.25% | 0.9% |
| 87th | Bulgaria | 12.49% | 3.7% |
| 88th | Samoa | 12.67% | -1.8% |
| 89th | Cyprus | 12.86% | -20.7% |
| 90th | Dominican Republic | 12.87% | 11.4% |
| 91st | Guam | 12.88% | 0.2% |
| 92nd | Indonesia | 13.08% | 0.5% |
| 93rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 13.08% | -0.7% |
| 94th | Canada | 13.28% | 22.9% |
| 95th | Paraguay | 13.39% | 1.6% |
| 96th | Oman | 13.52% | -0.5% |
| 97th | Azerbaijan | 13.54% | -0.3% |
| 98th | Latvia | 13.61% | 10.5% |
| 99th | Lithuania | 13.69% | -0.2% |
| 100th | Channel Islands | 13.70% | 2.4% |
| 101st | New Zealand | 14.04% | 31.0% |
| 102nd | United Kingdom | 14.32% | 19.9% |
| 103rd | Tajikistan | 14.56% | 0.3% |
| 104th | Maldives | 14.81% | 4.8% |
| 105th | China | 15.04% | -3.3% |
| 106th | Hungary | 15.09% | 18.1% |
| 107th | Fiji | 15.13% | -1.1% |
| 108th | Kuwait | 15.15% | 0.4% |
| 109th | Zimbabwe | 15.43% | 0.6% |
| 110th | Kenya | 15.48% | 2.1% |
| 111th | Equatorial Guinea | 15.56% | 0.6% |
| 112th | Brazil | 15.67% | -12.6% |
| 113th | India | 15.75% | 1.0% |
| 114th | European Union | 16.24% | 0.0% |
| 115th | Türkiye | 16.29% | -5.9% |
| 116th | Croatia | 16.48% | -12.9% |
| 117th | Mauritius | 16.50% | 0.3% |
| 118th | Rwanda | 16.56% | -8.9% |
| 119th | Afghanistan | 17.24% | -1.5% |
| 120th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 17.29% | 0.8% |
| 121st | Belgium | 17.34% | 7.6% |
| 122nd | Brunei Darussalam | 17.87% | -0.5% |
| 123rd | Bhutan | 17.93% | 20.0% |
| 124th | Barbados | 18.05% | -1.2% |
| 125th | Bahamas, The | 18.29% | 3.4% |
| 126th | Belize | 18.55% | 4.0% |
| 127th | France | 18.60% | 6.8% |
| 128th | Finland | 18.68% | 16.0% |
| 129th | Slovak Republic | 19.00% | -4.4% |
| 130th | Sri Lanka | 19.06% | -6.3% |
| 131st | Argentina | 19.23% | 7.1% |
| 132nd | Estonia | 19.26% | 11.9% |
| 133rd | Colombia | 19.41% | 0.2% |
| 134th | Panama | 19.68% | 17.4% |
| 135th | Italy | 20.25% | -10.9% |
| 136th | Costa Rica | 20.48% | -15.7% |
| 137th | Nepal | 20.64% | 1.0% |
| 138th | Chile | 20.99% | -4.5% |
| 139th | St. Lucia | 21.29% | -29.6% |
| 140th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 21.31% | 0.2% |
| 141st | Serbia | 21.45% | -11.1% |
| 142nd | Luxembourg | 21.69% | 15.1% |
| 143rd | Portugal | 21.77% | 6.4% |
| 144th | Morocco | 22.37% | 1.8% |
| 145th | Greece | 22.38% | -15.7% |
| 146th | Mauritania | 23.04% | -0.9% |
| 147th | Virgin Islands (US) | 23.05% | -2.3% |
| 148th | Romania | 23.63% | 8.9% |
| 149th | Montenegro | 23.95% | 2.6% |
| 150th | Sweden | 24.34% | 10.9% |
| 151st | Guyana | 24.74% | 0.1% |
| 152nd | Lesotho | 24.74% | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Suriname | 24.94% | -0.2% |
| 154th | Albania | 25.58% | 0.7% |
| 155th | Spain | 26.63% | -7.4% |
| 156th | Armenia | 26.66% | -0.3% |
| 157th | Uruguay | 26.70% | 1.8% |
| 158th | Angola | 26.74% | -0.4% |
| 159th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.33% | 0.2% |
| 160th | Cabo Verde | 28.10% | 0.2% |
| 161st | North Macedonia | 28.66% | -3.5% |
| 162nd | Georgia | 29.86% | -0.2% |
| 163rd | Algeria | 29.88% | -0.4% |
| 164th | Iraq | 31.73% | 0.7% |
| 165th | New Caledonia | 31.83% | 0.2% |
| 166th | Yemen, Republic of | 32.17% | 0.2% |
| 167th | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.77% | 1.6% |
| 168th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.14% | 0.1% |
| 169th | Gabon | 36.28% | -0.3% |
| 170th | French Polynesia | 36.46% | 0.2% |
| 171st | Haiti | 36.76% | 1.2% |
| 172nd | Namibia | 37.24% | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Tunisia | 38.85% | 1.0% |
| 174th | Jordan | 39.05% | 0.6% |
| 175th | Congo, Republic of | 40.58% | -0.3% |
| 176th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.85% | -1.1% |
| 177th | Botswana | 45.30% | 2.1% |
| 178th | Libya | 50.59% | 1.4% |
| 179th | Eswatini | 54.37% | 0.2% |
| 180th | South Africa | 60.25% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Djibouti | 76.49% | 0.1% |
FAQ
What was Italy's youth unemployment in 2024?▾
Italy's youth unemployment in 2024 was 20.25%. This ranked 135th globally.
How did Italy's youth unemployment change in 2024?▾
Italy's youth unemployment decreased by 10.9% in 2024 compared to 2023.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2024?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2024 at 76.49%.
What is the youth unemployment of Italy in 2024?▾
The youth unemployment of Italy in 2024 was 20.25%. This ranked 135th globally.
How does 2024 compare to 2023 for Italy's youth unemployment?▾
Italy's youth unemployment went from 22.73% in 2023 to 20.25% in 2024, a 10.9% decrease.
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