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Youth unemployment in China
1991 – 2025 · 35 data points
17 of 41 · Countries
Updated Oct 21, 2026
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
15.8%
+0.8 pp
since 2024
Countries · 2025
17 of 41
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
+5.1 pp
vs World
+2.4 pp
World: 13.4% · 2025
Youth unemployment, 1991 – 2025 percent · China · World
+5.1 pp since 2015
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
1991
2000
2005
2010
2015
2025
China
World
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
Compared with Youth unemployment · percent
China
15.8%
World
13.4%
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance China · 1991 – 2025
Latest value
15.8% · 2025
First value
4.4% · 1991
Highest
15.8% · 2025
Lowest
4.4% · 1991
Data points
35
By year
All years · 1991 – 2025
| Year | China | Change | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.8% | +0.8 pp | 13.4% |
| 2024 | 15.0% | −0.5 pp | 13.3% |
| 2023 | 15.6% | +0.9 pp | 13.4% |
| 2022 | 14.7% | +2.3 pp | 14.1% |
| 2021 | 12.4% | −0.2 pp | 15.7% |
| 2020 | 12.6% | +2.0 pp | 17.1% |
| 2019 | 10.7% | +1.0 pp | 15.3% |
| 2018 | 9.7% | −0.8 pp | 15.9% |
| 2017 | 10.4% | −0.1 pp | 16.1% |
| 2016 | 10.6% | −0.1 pp | 16.0% |
| 2015 | 10.7% | +0.2 pp | 16.0% |
| 2014 | 10.5% | +0.2 pp | 15.6% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | +0.2 pp | 15.7% |
| 2012 | 10.2% | +0.2 pp | 15.7% |
| 2011 | 10.0% | +0.2 pp | 15.3% |
| 2010 | 9.8% | −0.3 pp | 15.2% |
| 2009 | 10.2% | +0.3 pp | 15.3% |
| 2008 | 9.8% | +0.6 pp | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 9.2% | −0.1 pp | 14.2% |
| 2006 | 9.3% | −0.2 pp | 14.5% |
| 2005 | 9.5% | +0.1 pp | 14.9% |
| 2004 | 9.4% | −0.2 pp | 14.8% |
| 2003 | 9.6% | +0.7 pp | 15.0% |
| 2002 | 8.9% | +0.9 pp | 14.9% |
| 2001 | 8.0% | +1.2 pp | 14.5% |
| 2000 | 6.8% | +0.1 pp | 14.3% |
| 1999 | 6.8% | +0.1 pp | 14.4% |
| 1998 | 6.7% | +0.1 pp | 14.1% |
| 1997 | 6.6% | +0.3 pp | 13.7% |
| 1996 | 6.3% | +0.3 pp | 13.6% |
| 1995 | 5.9% | +0.3 pp | 13.4% |
| 1994 | 5.6% | +0.5 pp | 13.0% |
| 1993 | 5.1% | +0.7 pp | 12.4% |
| 1992 | 4.4% | +0.1 pp | 11.8% |
| 1991 | 4.4% | 11.5% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Youth unemployment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo - Brazzaville | 40.7% | |
| 2 | Gabon | 36.4% | |
| 3 | Yemen | 32.1% | |
| 4 | Algeria | 30.0% | |
| 5 | Spain | 28.7% | |
| 6 | Greece | 26.5% | |
| 7 | Lebanon | 22.7% | |
| 8 | Italy | 22.7% | |
| 9 | Chile | 22.0% | |
| 10 | Romania | 21.7% | |
| 11 | Colombia | 19.4% | |
| 12 | Argentina | 17.9% | |
| 13 | Brazil | 17.9% | |
| 14 | France | 17.4% | |
| 15 | Türkiye | 17.3% | |
| 16 | Egypt | 17.2% | |
| 17 | Finland | 16.1% | |
| 18 | India | 15.6% | |
| 19 | China | 15.6% | |
| 20 | Lithuania | 13.7% | |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 13.5% | |
| 22 | Indonesia | 13.0% | |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 12.0% | |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 11.9% | |
| 25 | Poland | 11.2% | |
| 26 | Russia | 11.1% | |
| 27 | Norway | 11.0% | |
| 28 | Canada | 10.8% | |
| 29 | Honduras | 10.5% | |
| 30 | Hong Kong SAR China | 9.0% | |
| 31 | Czechia | 8.5% | |
| 32 | Netherlands | 8.3% | |
| 33 | Congo - Kinshasa | 8.0% | |
| 34 | United States | 8.0% | |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 7.9% | |
| 36 | Ecuador | 7.8% | |
| 37 | Philippines | 6.9% | |
| 38 | Germany | 6.0% | |
| 39 | Mexico | 5.8% | |
| 40 | South Korea | 5.4% | |
| 41 | Sierra Leone | 3.5% | |
| 42 | Liberia | 2.2% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2023
What it means
The unemployment rate among young people aged 15–24.
How it is calculated
Unemployed people aged 15–24 divided by the labour force of the same age.