Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2021, Djibouti ranked the highest in Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) with 78.6% followed by South Africa and Swaziland. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 0.874%, Niger with 1.23% and Cambodia with 1.60%.
Average Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) reached 17.3% in 2021 in the World. This is 14.5 % more than in the previous year and 18.5 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) reached an all time high of 17.3% in 2021 and an all time low of 10.5% in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to 1.69 % since 1980.
Data for more countries are available at Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) indicator page.
| Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Armenia | % | 28.0% | 29.4% | 32.7% | 29.1% | 31.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 34.4% | 35.4% | 36.5% | 37.5% | 38.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 40.4% | 40.4% | 40.2% | 40.1% | 39.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 19.8% | 18.0% | 17.9% | 21.7% | 28.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 72.9% | 73.9% | 75.2% | 75.4% | 75.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 32.0% | 32.2% | 32.3% | 32.4% | 32.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 45.2% | 44.3% | 39.3% | 36.4% | 33.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 25.1% | 30.6% | 31.6% | 36.4% | 34.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 42.5% | 42.5% | 42.3% | 42.5% | 42.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 36.2% | 37.2% | 37.4% | 37.4% | 37.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Palestine | % | 33.2% | 33.7% | 36.3% | 36.8% | 34.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 46.7% | 48.9% | 49.2% | 49.5% | 53.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 48.7% | 44.1% | 39.6% | 35.4% | 31.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 44.6% | 43.7% | 43.9% | 44.0% | 44.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 34.1% | 33.9% | 34.5% | 35.0% | 34.4% |
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