Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2018, South Africa ranked the highest in Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) with 48.2% followed by Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 0.253%, Niger with 0.604% and Rwanda with 1.21%.
Average Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) reached 12.2% in 2018 in the World. This is 1.04 % less than in the previous year and 10.4 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) reached an all time high of 12.7% in 2003 and an all time low of 9.20% in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to 1.06 % 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 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Albania | % | 32.2% | 33.3% | 42.4% | 39.6% | 36.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Armenia | % | 31.6% | 31.7% | 30.9% | 28.1% | 29.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 62.7% | 63.0% | 61.0% | 60.0% | 52.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 29.7% | 30.0% | 30.4% | 30.5% | 30.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 48.6% | 53.8% | 47.5% | 45.3% | 44.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 24.4% | 24.8% | 23.8% | 25.8% | 30.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 38.7% | 37.9% | 35.6% | 33.6% | 34.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | 55.2% | 52.4% | 52.0% | 49.7% | 47.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | % | 44.1% | 42.0% | 35.9% | 39.5% | 37.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 29.3% | 36.1% | 35.2% | 36.1% | 37.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Palestine | % | 34.3% | 36.7% | 39.7% | 36.1% | 35.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 47.5% | 47.9% | 48.0% | 46.4% | 48.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 54.4% | 56.4% | 53.6% | 48.8% | 44.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 45.4% | 44.4% | 43.3% | 42.5% | 41.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 36.6% | 33.7% | 32.5% | 32.7% | 33.1% |
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