Mexico 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.
  • Mexico youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 6.52%, a 1.35% decline from 2021.
  • Mexico youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 7.87%, a 0.23% decline from 2020.
  • Mexico youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 8.10%, a 0.88% increase from 2019.
  • Mexico youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 7.22%, a 0.37% 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%
Mexico Youth Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 6.52% -1.35%
2021 7.87% -0.23%
2020 8.10% 0.88%
2019 7.22% 0.37%
2018 6.85% -0.04%
2017 6.89% -0.77%
2016 7.66% -0.91%
2015 8.57% -0.87%
2014 9.43% 0.03%
2013 9.40% 0.02%
2012 9.38% -0.41%
2011 9.79% 0.07%
2010 9.72% -0.33%
2009 10.05% 2.45%
2008 7.60% 0.47%
2007 7.13% 0.14%
2006 6.99% 0.11%
2005 6.88% -1.32%
2004 8.20% 1.09%
2003 7.10% 1.02%
2002 6.08% 1.11%
2001 4.97% -0.26%
2000 5.23% 1.00%
1999 4.23% -2.46%
1998 6.68% -0.96%
1997 7.64% -1.95%
1996 9.59% -2.04%
1995 11.62% 4.26%
1994 7.37% 1.78%
1993 5.59% -0.02%
1992 5.60% 0.04%
1991 5.57% 5.57%
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%