Paraguay 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.
  • Paraguay youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 14.51%, a 1.62% decline from 2021.
  • Paraguay youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 16.13%, a 0.96% decline from 2020.
  • Paraguay youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 17.08%, a 1.86% increase from 2019.
  • Paraguay youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 15.22%, a 0.75% 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%
Nauru 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Paraguay Youth Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 14.51% -1.62%
2021 16.13% -0.96%
2020 17.08% 1.86%
2019 15.22% 0.75%
2018 14.47% 0.10%
2017 14.37% 2.87%
2016 11.50% 0.59%
2015 10.91% -0.16%
2014 11.07% 1.60%
2013 9.47% -0.58%
2012 10.05% -1.32%
2011 11.36% 0.74%
2010 10.63% -1.13%
2009 11.76% 2.14%
2008 9.62% -0.80%
2007 10.42% -0.69%
2006 11.12% 0.78%
2005 10.34% -1.60%
2004 11.94% -1.43%
2003 13.38% -3.18%
2002 16.56% 5.31%
2001 11.25% -2.74%
2000 13.98% 3.89%
1999 10.10% 0.62%
1998 9.48% -1.78%
1997 11.27% -5.22%
1996 16.49% 9.77%
1995 6.72% -1.43%
1994 8.15% -3.05%
1993 11.20% 0.20%
1992 11.00% -0.23%
1991 11.23% 11.23%
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%