Youth Unemployment - Ranking 2002
In 2002, Benin (0.83%), Pakistan (0.95%), and Chad (1.12%) ranked highest in youth unemployment among all countries. Djibouti ranked lowest at 66.37%.
Data & analysis
- Niger — 0.46
- Qatar — 0.56
- Cambodia — 0.71
- Chad — 1.46
- Burundi — 1.68
The 2025 World Bank youth unemployment data reveals a stark global divide, with the top of the ranking bound by low rates in agrarian or resource-extractive economies. Niger leads at 0.457 percent and Qatar follows at 0.559 percent, both reflecting labor markets where informal subsistence work or state-sector absorption masks joblessness among 15-to-24-year-olds. In contrast, the bottom of the ranking is dominated by structurally distressed economies: Djibouti languishes at 76.766 percent, a figure tied to chronic urban-rural mismatch and limited formal sector expansion. The gap between Niger and Djibouti, over 76 percentage points, underscores how institutional capacity and economic diversification shape youth outcomes. As the 2025 data captures a moment of post-pandemic recovery and demographic pressure, shifts in global commodity demand or investments in digital infrastructure could reshuffle the leaderboard by altering labor absorption rates in both fragile and emerging economies.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
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