Youth unemployment rate (modelled ILO estimate) in Asia

48 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: % of labour force aged 15-24. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.6 %
Qatar
Median country
11.5 %
half above, half below
World
13.4 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.6 to 38.9
Qatar - Jordan

How to read it

Across 48 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Jordan (38.9 %) and the lowest in Qatar (0.6 %).

The median country is at 11.5 %: half are above, half below.

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.

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Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external… · via World Bank WDI (SL.UEM.1524.ZS) · licence

Youth unemployment over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Qatar0.6
2Cambodia0.7
3Laos2.4
4Timor-Leste3.7
5Kazakhstan3.8
6Japan3.9
7Thailand4.5
8Bahrain5.4
9Israel6.0
10Vietnam6.2
11United Arab Emirates6.5
12South Korea6.7
13Macao6.8
14Singapore6.8
15Philippines7.0
16North Korea7.9
17Kyrgyzstan8.2
18Hong Kong9.0
19Bangladesh9.4
20Pakistan9.6
21Myanmar9.8
22Saudi Arabia10.0
23Turkmenistan10.0
24Uzbekistan11.4
25Mongolia11.7
26Malaysia12.0
27Cyprus12.7
28Indonesia13.0
29Azerbaijan13.1
30Oman13.9
31Tajikistan14.6
32Kuwait15.1
33Maldives15.7
34China15.8
35India16.0
36Türkiye16.0
37Afghanistan16.8
38Bhutan17.1
39Brunei18.2
40Sri Lanka18.6
41Nepal20.6
42Iran21.9
43Armenia26.2
44Georgia30.3
45Iraq32.0
46Yemen32.6
47Syria33.1
48Jordan38.9
World Bank, WDI · SL.UEM.1524.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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