Kenya - Youth Unemployment 2020
13.62%
+1.07pp from 2019
Kenya's youth unemployment was 13.62% in 2020, increased +1.07pp from 12.55% in 2019. This was the 81st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cambodia | 0.47% | 25.4% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 0.48% | 62.7% |
| 3rd | Niger | 0.74% | -0.9% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 1.49% | 14.4% |
| 5th | Burundi | 1.69% | -3.6% |
| 6th | Chad | 1.88% | 25.6% |
| 7th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.73% | 32.5% |
| 8th | Tanzania | 2.75% | 3.3% |
| 9th | Liberia | 2.91% | 26.4% |
| 10th | Benin | 2.96% | 28.6% |
| 11th | Togo | 3.70% | 20.1% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 3.78% | 0.2% |
| 13th | Moldova | 4.05% | 24.5% |
| 14th | Sierra Leone | 4.08% | 13.9% |
| 15th | Lao PDR | 4.24% | -5.3% |
| 16th | Papua New Guinea | 4.56% | 10.8% |
| 17th | Japan | 4.68% | 18.8% |
| 18th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.69% | 15.9% |
| 19th | Senegal | 4.82% | 19.3% |
| 20th | Myanmar | 4.96% | 277.4% |
| 21st | Guatemala | 5.16% | 15.6% |
| 22nd | Cuba | 5.17% | 21.7% |
| 23rd | Thailand | 5.20% | 24.1% |
| 24th | Uganda | 5.69% | 21.3% |
| 25th | Madagascar | 5.87% | 31.0% |
| 26th | Ghana | 6.32% | 7.6% |
| 27th | Bahrain | 6.39% | 12.9% |
| 28th | Viet Nam | 6.55% | 16.4% |
| 29th | Mali | 6.73% | 44.2% |
| 30th | Timor-Leste | 6.79% | -14.8% |
| 31st | Philippines | 6.99% | 4.3% |
| 32nd | Cameroon | 7.37% | 11.9% |
| 33rd | Macao SAR, China | 7.59% | 53.8% |
| 34th | Israel | 7.65% | 17.2% |
| 35th | Malawi | 7.83% | 15.0% |
| 36th | Germany | 7.86% | 34.2% |
| 37th | Czechia | 7.94% | 41.3% |
| 38th | Burkina Faso | 7.98% | 7.3% |
| 39th | Tonga | 7.99% | 23.5% |
| 40th | Mexico | 8.05% | 12.5% |
| 41st | Guinea | 8.41% | 20.4% |
| 42nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.51% | 11.9% |
| 43rd | Switzerland | 8.60% | 7.6% |
| 44th | Netherlands | 8.88% | 34.4% |
| 45th | São Tomé and Principe | 9.42% | 12.1% |
| 46th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 9.60% | 16.9% |
| 47th | Vanuatu | 9.70% | -21.4% |
| 48th | Mozambique | 9.71% | 14.1% |
| 49th | Iceland | 9.87% | 16.8% |
| 50th | Gambia, The | 10.14% | 29.9% |
| 51st | Korea | 10.14% | 3.2% |
| 52nd | Turkmenistan | 10.16% | 19.7% |
| 53rd | Austria | 10.33% | 17.8% |
| 54th | Comoros | 10.49% | 15.3% |
| 55th | Singapore | 10.56% | 38.4% |
| 56th | Pakistan | 10.74% | 11.9% |
| 57th | Poland | 10.84% | 10.2% |
| 58th | Nigeria | 10.84% | 4.1% |
| 59th | Central African Republic | 10.86% | 12.7% |
| 60th | Zambia | 11.04% | 6.7% |
| 61st | Ecuador | 11.07% | 26.7% |
| 62nd | El Salvador | 11.08% | 15.5% |
| 63rd | Eritrea | 11.10% | 12.7% |
| 64th | Norway | 11.22% | 14.3% |
| 65th | Nicaragua | 11.42% | 13.6% |
| 66th | Malta | 11.54% | 14.6% |
| 67th | Denmark | 11.63% | 15.9% |
| 68th | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.81% | 28.8% |
| 69th | Kyrgyz Republic | 11.86% | -7.5% |
| 70th | Belarus | 12.05% | 18.0% |
| 71st | Malaysia | 12.37% | 10.3% |
| 72nd | New Zealand | 12.44% | 10.2% |
| 73rd | China | 12.65% | 18.4% |
| 74th | Peru | 12.66% | 71.0% |
| 75th | Uzbekistan | 12.84% | 13.9% |
| 76th | Hungary | 12.88% | 12.3% |
| 77th | United Kingdom | 13.37% | 25.0% |
| 78th | Bangladesh | 13.47% | 14.7% |
| 79th | United Arab Emirates | 13.48% | 84.1% |
| 80th | Oman | 13.52% | 50.0% |
| 81st | Kenya | 13.62% | 8.5% |
| 82nd | Australia | 14.14% | 23.5% |
| 83rd | Bulgaria | 14.14% | 61.1% |
| 84th | Slovenia | 14.18% | 74.3% |
| 85th | Zimbabwe | 14.24% | 21.5% |
| 86th | Dominican Republic | 14.77% | -6.8% |
| 87th | Indonesia | 14.77% | 8.8% |
| 88th | Latvia | 14.87% | 19.8% |
| 89th | Mongolia | 14.89% | -29.5% |
| 90th | United States | 14.89% | 77.8% |
| 91st | Azerbaijan | 15.13% | 31.8% |
| 92nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 15.24% | 120.0% |
| 93rd | Ireland | 15.26% | 22.5% |
| 94th | Belgium | 15.33% | 7.7% |
| 95th | Guam | 15.40% | 17.3% |
| 96th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 15.53% | 82.2% |
| 97th | Tajikistan | 15.66% | 10.6% |
| 98th | Channel Islands | 15.86% | 15.3% |
| 99th | Rwanda | 15.95% | -0.7% |
| 100th | Afghanistan | 16.05% | 3.4% |
| 101st | Maldives | 16.15% | 19.7% |
| 102nd | Fiji | 16.75% | 9.6% |
| 103rd | Russian Federation | 16.99% | 11.7% |
| 104th | Honduras | 17.07% | 58.4% |
| 105th | Paraguay | 17.15% | 12.1% |
| 106th | Equatorial Guinea | 17.39% | 14.3% |
| 107th | Romania | 17.58% | 2.6% |
| 108th | Samoa | 17.83% | 2.0% |
| 109th | Estonia | 18.42% | 58.5% |
| 110th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 18.46% | -10.5% |
| 111th | Cyprus | 18.49% | 9.7% |
| 112th | European Union | 19.01% | 12.0% |
| 113th | Kuwait | 19.06% | 25.2% |
| 114th | Ukraine | 19.36% | 25.0% |
| 115th | Slovak Republic | 19.44% | 20.6% |
| 116th | Lithuania | 19.56% | 65.0% |
| 117th | Puerto Rico (US) | 19.57% | 5.5% |
| 118th | Sudan | 19.78% | 2.1% |
| 119th | Jamaica | 20.09% | 25.9% |
| 120th | Canada | 20.13% | 87.3% |
| 121st | France | 20.40% | 2.4% |
| 122nd | Croatia | 20.67% | 23.7% |
| 123rd | Finland | 21.19% | 23.7% |
| 124th | South Sudan | 21.85% | 13.4% |
| 125th | Bhutan | 21.99% | 90.2% |
| 126th | Belize | 22.37% | 12.2% |
| 127th | Portugal | 22.46% | 22.6% |
| 128th | Luxembourg | 23.18% | 36.6% |
| 129th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 23.71% | -8.6% |
| 130th | Sweden | 23.89% | 18.9% |
| 131st | Bahamas, The | 23.94% | 24.5% |
| 132nd | Nepal | 24.07% | 22.3% |
| 133rd | Chile | 24.38% | 28.6% |
| 134th | India | 24.67% | 7.5% |
| 135th | Türkiye | 24.92% | -0.5% |
| 136th | Mauritius | 25.03% | 13.4% |
| 137th | Sri Lanka | 25.45% | 24.6% |
| 138th | Mauritania | 25.52% | 9.2% |
| 139th | Albania | 26.42% | -1.9% |
| 140th | Lebanon | 26.58% | 14.2% |
| 141st | Serbia | 26.61% | -3.2% |
| 142nd | Morocco | 26.80% | 19.2% |
| 143rd | Brunei Darussalam | 26.85% | 33.3% |
| 144th | Colombia | 27.25% | 31.9% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 28.22% | 11.5% |
| 146th | Suriname | 28.84% | 16.9% |
| 147th | Saudi Arabia | 29.63% | 16.3% |
| 148th | Italy | 29.63% | 1.8% |
| 149th | Barbados | 30.03% | 16.5% |
| 150th | Brazil | 30.27% | 11.7% |
| 151st | Argentina | 30.43% | 17.8% |
| 152nd | Georgia | 30.85% | 2.6% |
| 153rd | Guyana | 31.00% | 17.8% |
| 154th | Armenia | 32.08% | -1.6% |
| 155th | Panama | 33.03% | 92.9% |
| 156th | Angola | 33.08% | 3.9% |
| 157th | Greece | 33.74% | -2.9% |
| 158th | Virgin Islands (US) | 34.06% | 28.5% |
| 159th | Uruguay | 34.22% | 20.2% |
| 160th | Iraq | 34.45% | 15.8% |
| 161st | Cabo Verde | 34.47% | 22.7% |
| 162nd | Yemen, Republic of | 34.53% | 6.8% |
| 163rd | North Macedonia | 35.62% | 0.8% |
| 164th | Algeria | 35.77% | 14.6% |
| 165th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 35.91% | 6.1% |
| 166th | Montenegro | 36.22% | 43.1% |
| 167th | Syrian Arab Republic | 36.29% | 13.2% |
| 168th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.92% | 7.5% |
| 169th | Spain | 38.31% | 17.7% |
| 170th | Haiti | 39.53% | 12.2% |
| 171st | Gabon | 39.70% | 8.1% |
| 172nd | Costa Rica | 40.11% | 28.6% |
| 173rd | Botswana | 40.44% | 16.9% |
| 174th | Tunisia | 41.24% | 8.9% |
| 175th | French Polynesia | 41.47% | 13.6% |
| 176th | Namibia | 41.51% | 8.8% |
| 177th | West Bank and Gaza | 42.05% | 4.7% |
| 178th | Jordan | 42.46% | 14.1% |
| 179th | New Caledonia | 46.15% | 42.4% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | 46.71% | 11.1% |
| 181st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.71% | 9.5% |
| 182nd | St. Lucia | 51.64% | 43.9% |
| 183rd | Libya | 53.56% | 5.9% |
| 184th | Eswatini | 58.61% | 14.5% |
| 185th | South Africa | 59.61% | 4.0% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 81.88% | 7.9% |
FAQ
What was Kenya's youth unemployment in 2020?▾
Kenya's youth unemployment in 2020 was 13.62%. This ranked 81st globally.
How did Kenya's youth unemployment change in 2020?▾
Kenya's youth unemployment increased by 8.5% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2020?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2020 at 81.88%.
What is the youth unemployment of Kenya in 2020?▾
The youth unemployment of Kenya in 2020 was 13.62%. This ranked 81st globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Kenya's youth unemployment?▾
Kenya's youth unemployment went from 12.55% in 2019 to 13.62% in 2020, a 8.5% increase.
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