• Youth unemployment rate in selected world regions 2020

The statistic shows the youth unemployment rate in selected world regions in 2015 and 2020. In 2020, the estimated youth unemployment rate in the Arab World was at 28.44 percent.

Youth unemployment rate in selected world regions in 2015 to 2020

Characteristic	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Arab World	28.6%	28.17%	28.62%	27.32%	25.71%	28.44%
South Asia	18.48%	18.92%	19.3%	19.74%	19.51%	21.48%
Latin America & Caribbean	14.72%	17.07%	17.47%	17.45%	17.63%	20.82%
Euro area	25.44%	23.95%	21.6%	19.58%	18.2%	20.16%
European Union	24.13%	22.35%	20.03%	18.06%	16.84%	18.78%
Europe & Central Asia	20.12%	19.3%	18.04%	17.03%	16.7%	18.32%
North America	11.71%	10.61%	9.42%	8.81%	8.59%	15.35%
Sub-Saharan Africa	11.32%	12.21%	12.42%	12.76%	13.29%	14.5%
East Asia & Pacific	10.35%	10.12%	9.91%	9.68%	9.72%	10.81%

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2015 to 2020

Age group

15-24 years

Supplementary notes

All figures have been estimated.

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