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Kuwait Youth Unemployment 2010s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
13.70% decade average (2010-2019)

Kuwait's youth unemployment during the 2010s ranged from 8.58% (2010) to 16.18% (2015), averaging 13.70% over 10 years of data.

2010s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2010 8.58% +1.34pp 48th
2011 10.30% +1.71pp 73rd
2012 11.99% +1.70pp 80th
2013 13.64% +1.64pp 85th
2014 15.46% +1.83pp 97th
2015 16.18% +0.72pp 99th
2016 15.14% −1.04pp 99th
2017 15.26% +0.11pp 104th
2018 15.22% −0.03pp 108th
2019 15.22% −0.00pp 105th