Belize Youth Unemployment Rate 1960-2024

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
  • Belize youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 17.93%, a 1.94% decline from 2021.
  • Belize youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 19.87%, a 2.28% decline from 2020.
  • Belize youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 22.15%, a 2.29% increase from 2019.
  • Belize youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 19.85%, a 1.92% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24
Libya 50.45%
South Africa 49.83%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 43.82%
Botswana 43.52%
Jordan 41.91%
Namibia 38.97%
Gabon 36.90%
North Macedonia 32.44%
Algeria 32.01%
Bosnia 31.89%
Iraq 31.76%
St. Lucia 30.78%
Costa Rica 30.74%
Albania 28.20%
Montenegro 28.06%
Suriname 26.60%
Guyana 25.48%
Serbia 24.25%
Lebanon 23.94%
Iran 22.83%
Romania 22.59%
Mauritius 21.76%
Colombia 21.04%
Brazil 20.68%
Samoa 20.35%
Turkey 19.25%
Armenia 19.02%
Jamaica 18.06%
Belize 17.93%
Equatorial Guinea 16.53%
Fiji 16.01%
Maldives 15.14%
China 14.85%
Paraguay 14.51%
Russia 14.37%
Azerbaijan 13.58%
Dominican Republic 12.89%
Venezuela 10.98%
Bulgaria 10.77%
Malaysia 10.39%
Belarus 10.27%
Turkmenistan 8.99%
Ecuador 8.40%
Peru 8.04%
Tonga 7.03%
Mexico 6.52%
Guatemala 6.28%
Thailand 5.39%
Kazakhstan 3.82%
Cuba 3.09%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Belize Youth Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 17.93% -1.94%
2021 19.87% -2.28%
2020 22.15% 2.29%
2019 19.85% 1.92%
2018 17.94% 2.20%
2017 15.74% -0.85%
2016 16.59% 0.08%
2015 16.51% -1.79%
2014 18.29% 1.37%
2013 16.92% -0.01%
2012 16.93% -0.05%
2011 16.98% 0.04%
2010 16.94% 0.16%
2009 16.78% 0.27%
2008 16.52% -0.69%
2007 17.21% -1.81%
2006 19.02% -3.12%
2005 22.13% 0.62%
2004 21.51% 0.52%
2003 21.00% 0.67%
2002 20.32% 1.81%
2001 18.51% -3.41%
2000 21.93% -3.82%
1999 25.74% -2.48%
1998 28.22% 3.20%
1997 25.02% -1.53%
1996 26.55% 2.59%
1995 23.96% 2.66%
1994 21.30% 2.28%
1993 19.02% 0.16%
1992 18.86% 0.16%
1991 18.70% 18.70%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%