Fiji 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.
  • Fiji youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 16.01%, a 0.93% decline from 2021.
  • Fiji youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 16.94%, a 0.36% decline from 2020.
  • Fiji youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 17.30%, a 1.75% increase from 2019.
  • Fiji youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 15.54%, a 0.16% 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%
Tuvalu 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Fiji Youth Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 16.01% -0.93%
2021 16.94% -0.36%
2020 17.30% 1.75%
2019 15.54% 0.16%
2018 15.38% 0.21%
2017 15.17% 0.25%
2016 14.93% 0.35%
2015 14.58% 0.20%
2014 14.38% 0.24%
2013 14.14% 0.28%
2012 13.87% 0.25%
2011 13.62% 0.64%
2010 12.98% 0.59%
2009 12.39% 0.75%
2008 11.64% 0.66%
2007 10.98% 0.78%
2006 10.20% 0.62%
2005 9.58% -1.89%
2004 11.47% 0.07%
2003 11.40% 0.07%
2002 11.32% 0.24%
2001 11.08% 0.09%
2000 10.99% 0.06%
1999 10.93% -0.03%
1998 10.96% 0.08%
1997 10.88% 0.21%
1996 10.67% -0.03%
1995 10.70% 0.09%
1994 10.61% -0.11%
1993 10.72% 0.11%
1992 10.61% 0.13%
1991 10.48% 10.48%
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%