Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2019, South Africa ranked the highest in Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) with 52.3% followed by Swaziland and Libya. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 0.168%, Niger with 0.822% and Cambodia with 1.00%.
Average Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) reached 14.9% in 2019 in the World. This is 0.69 % less than in the previous year and 4.32 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) reached an all time high of 15.0% in 2020 and an all time low of 10.8% in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to 1.11 % 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 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Albania | % | 41.9% | 39.1% | 36.2% | 34.0% | 31.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Armenia | % | 30.7% | 28.0% | 29.5% | 32.7% | 32.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 61.7% | 60.5% | 52.8% | 43.8% | 35.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Botswana | % | 29.8% | 29.9% | 29.6% | 29.7% | 29.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Gabon | % | 31.4% | 31.4% | 31.5% | 31.4% | 31.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Greece | % | 47.4% | 45.2% | 44.3% | 39.3% | 36.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Libya | % | 42.2% | 42.0% | 42.1% | 41.7% | 41.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Macedonia | % | 52.0% | 49.7% | 47.9% | 45.7% | 46.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Montenegro | % | 36.0% | 39.9% | 36.9% | 30.7% | 33.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Namibia | % | 35.4% | 36.3% | 37.5% | 37.7% | 37.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Palestine | % | 33.6% | 33.3% | 33.7% | 36.3% | 36.8% | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | % | 48.1% | 46.5% | 48.9% | 49.2% | 49.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | % | 53.4% | 48.6% | 44.0% | 39.5% | 35.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Swaziland | % | 46.1% | 44.8% | 43.3% | 43.5% | 43.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Tunisia | % | 32.6% | 32.8% | 33.2% | 33.2% | 33.6% |