Youth Unemployment Rate by country
Unemployment rate among the population aged 15-24.
Global trend
Mean stress score across all countries for which data is available, over the last 12 months.
Where the pressure is concentrated
The five most-affected and five least-affected countries on this indicator right now.
Most affected
- 1South Africa59.9 %100
- 2Spain24.7 %49
- 3Sweden24.3 %48
- 4Italy20.6 %39
- 5Argentina19.2 %36
Least affected
- 1Japan3.90 %0
- 2Mexico5.71 %2
- 3Israel6.03 %3
- 4UAE6.45 %4
- 5South Korea6.70 %4
Full ranking
All 25 tracked countries, ordered from most to least affected. Click any country to see its full composite breakdown.
| # | Country | Raw value | Stress score | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 59.9 % | 100.0 | 2025-12-31 |
| 2 | Spain | 24.7 % | 49.4 | 2025-12-31 |
| 3 | Sweden | 24.3 % | 48.3 | 2025-12-31 |
| 4 | Italy | 20.6 % | 39.0 | 2025-12-31 |
| 5 | Argentina | 19.2 % | 35.5 | 2025-12-31 |
| 6 | France | 18.9 % | 34.7 | 2025-12-31 |
| 7 | India | 16.0 % | 27.6 | 2025-12-31 |
| 8 | Turkey | 16.0 % | 27.6 | 2025-12-31 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 14.6 % | 24.1 | 2025-12-31 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 14.4 % | 23.4 | 2025-12-31 |
| 11 | Brazil | 14.0 % | 22.5 | 2025-12-31 |
| 12 | Canada | 13.8 % | 22.0 | 2025-12-31 |
| 13 | Norway | 13.4 % | 21.1 | 2025-12-31 |
| 14 | Poland | 12.2 % | 18.0 | 2025-12-31 |
| 15 | Australia | 9.61 % | 11.5 | 2025-12-31 |
| 16 | United States | 9.34 % | 10.9 | 2025-12-31 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 8.80 % | 9.5 | 2025-12-31 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 8.80 % | 9.5 | 2025-12-31 |
| 19 | Germany | 6.86 % | 4.7 | 2025-12-31 |
| 20 | Singapore | 6.78 % | 4.5 | 2025-12-31 |
| 21 | South Korea | 6.70 % | 4.2 | 2025-12-31 |
| 22 | UAE | 6.45 % | 3.6 | 2025-12-31 |
| 23 | Israel | 6.03 % | 2.6 | 2025-12-31 |
| 24 | Mexico | 5.71 % | 1.8 | 2025-12-31 |
| 25 | Japan | 3.90 % | 0.0 | 2025-12-31 |
Why it matters
Youth Unemployment Rate is a contributing indicator to the Economic meta-index, one of the five dimensions of The Human Index composite. Higher raw value = more stress.
Movements in this indicator are tracked daily and feed into every country's composite score on the next cron cycle.
Recent analysis
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Raw values are normalized to a 0–100 stress scale per the bounds documented in the codebase. See methodology for the full normalization and band-threshold derivation.