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Malaysia Youth Unemployment 2020s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
12.08% decade average (2020-2029)

Malaysia's youth unemployment during the 2020s ranged from 11.58% (2021) to 12.37% (2020), averaging 12.08% over 6 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2020 12.37% +1.15pp 71st
2021 11.58% −0.79pp 71st
2022 12.16% +0.58pp 89th
2023 12.15% −0.01pp 90th
2024 12.25% +0.10pp 86th
2025 11.95% −0.30pp 87th