Youth unemployment rate (modelled ILO estimate) in North America

21 countries in North America, 2025. Unit: % of labour force aged 15-24. World ranking →

First in the ranking
4.3 %
Cuba
Median country
13.8 %
half above, half below
World
13.4 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
4.3 to 41.9
Cuba - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

How to read it

Across 21 countries in North America, the highest value is in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (41.9 %) and the lowest in Cuba (4.3 %).

The median country is at 13.8 %: 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
1Cuba4.3
2Guatemala4.8
3Mexico5.7
4El Salvador7.8
5Trinidad and Tobago8.2
6Honduras8.5
7United States9.3
8Nicaragua9.5
9Jamaica10.8
10Dominican Republic12.3
11Canada13.8
12Puerto Rico14.0
13Barbados18.5
14Bahamas19.2
15Belize19.3
16Panama19.8
17Costa Rica19.9
18Saint Lucia20.3
19United States Virgin Islands24.2
20Haiti37.5
21Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41.9
World Bank, WDI · SL.UEM.1524.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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