{"id": 1154658, "name": "Unemployment rate - Total - Age (youth, adults): 15-24", "unit": "%", "createdAt": "2026-02-11T16:56:09.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-04-13T18:06:58.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1991-2024", "datasetId": 7358, "shortUnit": "%", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "unemployment_rate_by_sex_and_age__sex_total__classif1_age__youth__adults__15_24", "catalogPath": "grapher/un/2026-02-03/ilostat/ilostat#unemployment_rate_by_sex_and_age__sex_total__classif1_age__youth__adults__15_24", "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1991}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 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"CRI"}, {"id": 164, "name": "Cuba", "code": "CUB"}, {"id": 163, "name": "Cyprus", "code": "CYP"}, {"id": 162, "name": "Czechia", "code": "CZE"}, {"id": 6, "name": "Germany", "code": "DEU"}, {"id": 154, "name": "Djibouti", "code": "DJI"}, {"id": 161, "name": "Denmark", "code": "DNK"}, {"id": 160, "name": "Dominican Republic", "code": "DOM"}, {"id": 17, "name": "Algeria", "code": "DZA"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Ecuador", "code": "ECU"}, {"id": 65, "name": "Egypt", "code": "EGY"}, {"id": 157, "name": "Eritrea", "code": "ERI"}, {"id": 248, "name": "Western Sahara", "code": "ESH"}, {"id": 9, "name": "Spain", "code": "ESP"}, {"id": 156, "name": "Estonia", "code": "EST"}, {"id": 158, "name": "Ethiopia", "code": "ETH"}, {"id": 155, "name": "Finland", "code": "FIN"}, {"id": 202, "name": "Fiji", "code": "FJI"}, {"id": 3, "name": "France", "code": "FRA"}, {"id": 153, "name": "Gabon", "code": "GAB"}, {"id": 1, "name": "United Kingdom", "code": "GBR"}, {"id": 152, "name": "Georgia", "code": "GEO"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Ghana", "code": "GHA"}, {"id": 147, "name": "Guinea", "code": "GIN"}, {"id": 151, "name": "Gambia", "code": "GMB"}, {"id": 94, "name": "Guinea-Bissau", "code": "GNB"}, {"id": 159, "name": "Equatorial Guinea", "code": "GNQ"}, {"id": 149, "name": "Greece", "code": "GRC"}, {"id": 148, "name": "Guatemala", "code": "GTM"}, {"id": 254, "name": "Guam", "code": "GUM"}, {"id": 146, "name": "Guyana", "code": "GUY"}, {"id": 144, "name": "Hong Kong", "code": "HKG"}, {"id": 139, "name": "Honduras", "code": "HND"}, {"id": 165, "name": "Croatia", "code": "HRV"}, {"id": 145, "name": "Haiti", "code": "HTI"}, {"id": 138, "name": "Hungary", "code": "HUN"}, {"id": 136, "name": "Indonesia", "code": "IDN"}, {"id": 137, "name": "India", "code": "IND"}, {"id": 2, "name": "Ireland", "code": "IRL"}, {"id": 135, "name": "Iran", "code": "IRN"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Iraq", "code": "IRQ"}, {"id": 207, "name": "Iceland", "code": "ISL"}, {"id": 133, "name": "Israel", "code": "ISR"}, {"id": 8, "name": "Italy", "code": "ITA"}, {"id": 132, "name": "Jamaica", "code": "JAM"}, {"id": 130, "name": "Jordan", "code": "JOR"}, {"id": 14, "name": "Japan", "code": "JPN"}, {"id": 131, "name": "Kazakhstan", "code": "KAZ"}, {"id": 129, "name": "Kenya", "code": "KEN"}, {"id": 126, "name": "Kyrgyzstan", "code": "KGZ"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Cambodia", "code": "KHM"}, {"id": 127, "name": "South Korea", "code": "KOR"}, {"id": 208, "name": "Kuwait", "code": "KWT"}, {"id": 125, "name": "Laos", "code": "LAO"}, {"id": 124, "name": "Lebanon", "code": "LBN"}, {"id": 121, "name": "Liberia", "code": "LBR"}, {"id": 120, "name": "Libya", "code": "LBY"}, {"id": 229, "name": "Saint Lucia", "code": "LCA"}, {"id": 141, "name": "Sri Lanka", "code": "LKA"}, {"id": 123, "name": "Lesotho", "code": "LSO"}, {"id": 119, "name": "Lithuania", "code": "LTU"}, {"id": 210, "name": "Luxembourg", "code": "LUX"}, {"id": 122, "name": "Latvia", "code": "LVA"}, {"id": 262, "name": "Macao", "code": "MAC"}, {"id": 110, "name": 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"name": "Netherlands", "code": "NLD"}, {"id": 102, "name": "Norway", "code": "NOR"}, {"id": 107, "name": "Nepal", "code": "NPL"}, {"id": 106, "name": "New Zealand", "code": "NZL"}, {"id": 217, "name": "Oman", "code": "OMN"}, {"id": 101, "name": "Pakistan", "code": "PAK"}, {"id": 100, "name": "Panama", "code": "PAN"}, {"id": 97, "name": "Peru", "code": "PER"}, {"id": 96, "name": "Philippines", "code": "PHL"}, {"id": 99, "name": "Papua New Guinea", "code": "PNG"}, {"id": 11, "name": "Poland", "code": "POL"}, {"id": 93, "name": "Puerto Rico", "code": "PRI"}, {"id": 128, "name": "North Korea", "code": "PRK"}, {"id": 95, "name": "Portugal", "code": "PRT"}, {"id": 98, "name": "Paraguay", "code": "PRY"}, {"id": 140, "name": "Palestine", "code": "PSE"}, {"id": 203, "name": "French Polynesia", "code": "PYF"}, {"id": 226, "name": "Qatar", "code": "QAT"}, {"id": 92, "name": "Romania", "code": "ROU"}, {"id": 12, "name": "Russia", "code": "RUS"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Rwanda", "code": "RWA"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Saudi Arabia", "code": "SAU"}, {"id": 79, "name": "Sudan", "code": "SDN"}, {"id": 89, "name": "Senegal", "code": "SEN"}, {"id": 86, "name": "Singapore", "code": "SGP"}, {"id": 195, "name": "Solomon Islands", "code": "SLB"}, {"id": 87, "name": "Sierra Leone", "code": "SLE"}, {"id": 259, "name": "El Salvador", "code": "SLV"}, {"id": 82, "name": "Somalia", "code": "SOM"}, {"id": 88, "name": "Serbia", "code": "SRB"}, {"id": 258, "name": "South Sudan", "code": "SSD"}, {"id": 232, "name": "Sao Tome and Principe", "code": "STP"}, {"id": 234, "name": "Suriname", "code": "SUR"}, {"id": 85, "name": "Slovakia", "code": "SVK"}, {"id": 83, "name": "Slovenia", "code": "SVN"}, {"id": 10, "name": "Sweden", "code": "SWE"}, {"id": 78, "name": "Eswatini", "code": "SWZ"}, {"id": 77, "name": "Syria", "code": "SYR"}, {"id": 173, "name": "Chad", "code": "TCD"}, {"id": 74, "name": "Togo", "code": "TGO"}, {"id": 75, "name": "Thailand", "code": "THA"}, {"id": 76, "name": "Tajikistan", "code": "TJK"}, {"id": 69, "name": "Turkmenistan", "code": "TKM"}, {"id": 225, "name": "East Timor", "code": "TLS"}, {"id": 235, "name": "Tonga", "code": "TON"}, {"id": 73, "name": "Trinidad and Tobago", "code": "TTO"}, {"id": 71, "name": "Tunisia", "code": "TUN"}, {"id": 70, "name": "Turkey", "code": "TUR"}, {"id": 198, "name": "Taiwan", "code": "TWN"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Tanzania", "code": "TZA"}, {"id": 68, "name": "Uganda", "code": "UGA"}, {"id": 67, "name": "Ukraine", "code": "UKR"}, {"id": 63, "name": "Uruguay", "code": "URY"}, {"id": 13, "name": "United States", "code": "USA"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Uzbekistan", "code": "UZB"}, {"id": 230, "name": "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "code": "VCT"}, {"id": 238, "name": "Venezuela", "code": "VEN"}, {"id": 256, "name": "United States Virgin Islands", "code": "VIR"}, {"id": 84, "name": "Vietnam", "code": "VNM"}, {"id": 221, "name": "Vanuatu", "code": "VUT"}, {"id": 239, "name": "Samoa", "code": "WSM"}, {"id": 355, "name": "World", "code": "OWID_WRL"}, {"id": 461, "name": "Low-income countries", "code": "OWID_LIC"}, {"id": 460, "name": "Lower-middle-income countries", "code": "OWID_LMC"}, {"id": 459, "name": "Upper-middle-income countries", "code": "OWID_UMC"}, {"id": 457, "name": "High-income countries", "code": "OWID_HIC"}, {"id": 367389, "name": "Africa (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372020, "name": "Northern Africa (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372037, "name": "Sub-Saharan Africa (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372026, "name": "Central Africa (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372017, "name": "Eastern Africa (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372028, "name": "Southern Africa (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372034, "name": "Western Africa (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372030, "name": "Americas (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372015, "name": "Latin America and the Caribbean (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372016, "name": "Caribbean (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372023, "name": "Central America (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372035, "name": "South America (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372019, "name": "Northern America (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372038, "name": "Arab States (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372033, "name": "Asia and the Pacific (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372024, "name": "Eastern Asia (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372022, "name": "South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372025, "name": "South-Eastern Asia (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372043, "name": "Pacific Islands (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372041, "name": "Southern Asia (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372039, "name": "Europe and Central Asia (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372018, "name": "Northern, Southern and Western Europe (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372040, "name": "Northern Europe (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372027, "name": "Southern Europe (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372042, "name": "Western Europe (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372044, "name": "Eastern Europe (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372032, "name": "Central Asia (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372021, "name": "Central and Western Asia (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 372031, "name": "Western Asia (ILO)", "code": null}, {"id": 274908, "name": "European Union (28)", "code": null}, {"id": 34579, "name": "G20", "code": null}, {"id": 34546, "name": "ASEAN", "code": null}, {"id": 34562, "name": "BRICS", "code": null}, {"id": 34602, "name": "World excluding BRICS", "code": null}, {"id": 36377, "name": "G7", "code": null}, {"id": 170755, "name": "MENA", "code": null}, {"id": 372029, "name": "Arab League", "code": null}, {"id": 372013, "name": "CARICOM", "code": null}, {"id": 115117, "name": "European Union (27)", "code": "OWID_EU27"}, {"id": 37263, "name": "APEC", "code": null}, {"id": 372014, "name": "World excluding India and China", "code": null}, {"id": 372045, "name": "World: Lower-middle income excluding India", "code": null}, {"id": 372036, "name": "World: Upper-middle income excluding China", "code": null}, {"id": 61, "name": "Yemen", "code": "YEM"}, {"id": 81, "name": "South Africa", "code": "ZAF"}, {"id": 60, "name": "Zambia", "code": "ZMB"}, {"id": 80, "name": "Zimbabwe", "code": "ZWE"}]}}, "descriptionShort": "Share of the [labor force](#dod:labor-force) aged 15-24 without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.", "descriptionFromProducer": "**Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings.** This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. The unemployment rate conveys the number of persons who are unemployed as a percent of the labour force (i.e., the employed plus the unemployed). The unemployed comprise all persons of working age who were: a) without work during the reference period, i.e. were not in paid employment or self-employment; b) currently available for work, i.e. were available for paid employment or self-employment during the reference period; and c) seeking work, i.e. had taken specific steps in a specified recent period to seek paid employment or self-employment. For more information, refer to the [ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description](https://ilostat.ilo.org/methods/concepts-and-definitions/ilo-modelled-estimates/).", "descriptionProcessing": "We excluded projections from the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) series. These projections are indicated by the absence of an observation status (`obs_status`) across all countries in a given year.", "type": "float", "dataChecksum": "12529599945575077529", "metadataChecksum": "764888077725344141", "datasetName": "ILOSTAT", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2026-02-03", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"name": "Unemployment rate - Total - Age (youth, adults): 15-24", "unit": "%", "shortUnit": "%", "tolerance": 5, "numDecimalPlaces": 1}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {"attributionShort": "ILO", "topicTagsLinks": ["Work & Employment"]}, "descriptionKey": ["The unemployment rate measures the share of the [labor force](#dod:labor-force) that is without a job but actively looking for work and available to start soon. It is one of the most widely used indicators of labor market conditions across countries and over time.", "When defining the labor force, the definition of \u201cworking age\u201d varies across countries, depending on national laws and practices. In the ILO modeled estimates shown here, this is harmonized to refer to people aged 15 and older.", "This data comes from the ILO Modelled Estimates series. The [International Labour Organization (ILO)](#dod:ilo) combines countries' own reported estimates with statistically modeled estimates when observations are missing. This improves comparability across countries and over time and allows the ILO to calculate regional and global aggregates for every year. You can read more about how the ILO produces these estimates in the [Modelled Estimates documentation](https://ilostat.ilo.org/methods/concepts-and-definitions/ilo-modelled-estimates/).", "This data follows the standards of the [13th International Classification of Labour Statisticians (ICLS)](#dod:13-icls). Under this framework, employment includes work for pay or profit, including self-employment, as well as the production of goods for own use (such as subsistence farming). Changes in the definition of employment also affect who is counted as unemployed or outside the labor force. Because definitions were updated under the [19th ICLS](#dod:19-icls), data using the newer definitions is not fully comparable with data based on the 13th ICLS. You can read more about the definitions in [this explainer by the ILO](https://www.ilo.org/publications/quick-guide-understanding-impact-new-statistical-standards-ilostat)."], "origins": [{"id": 12491, "title": "ILOSTAT", "description": "The ILO\u2019s main online database, ILOSTAT, maintained by the Department of Statistics, is the world\u2019s largest repository of labour market statistics. It covers all countries and regions and a wide range of labour-related topics, including employment, unemployment, wages, working time and labour productivity, to name a few. It includes time series going back as far as 1938; annual, quarterly and monthly labour statistics; country-level, regional and global estimates; and even projections of the main labour market indicators.", "producer": "International Labour Organization", "citationFull": "International Labour Organization. (2026). ILO modelled estimates database, ILOSTAT [database]. Available from https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.", "attributionShort": "ILO", "urlMain": "https://ilostat.ilo.org/", "dateAccessed": "2026-02-11", "datePublished": "2026-02-11", "license": {"url": "https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions#data", "name": "CC BY 4.0"}}]}