WORLD ATLAS
World Youth unemployment Ranking Map
In the available data, Djibouti has the highest recorded value at 76.8% (rank #1); Japan ranks #168 at 3.9%. Coverage: 186 countries and territories. Reference years: Djibouti 2025; Japan 2025. This covers unemployed 15–24-year-olds in the youth labor force; education participation affects the denominator.
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01 / RANKING MAP
Compare youth unemployment across the world.
Compare youth unemployment by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan, world rank 168 for Youth unemployment, 3.9%
02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Youth unemployment ranking map
Compare youth unemployment by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 186 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
- Top 3
- #1 Djibouti (76.8%), #2 South Africa (59.9%), #3 Eswatini (54.3%)
- Japan’s position
- World #168 (3.9%)
- Data period
- latest available year by country (2010–2025)
Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
03 / FULL RANKING
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Youth unemploymentFull ranking186 countries
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