Turkmenistan 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.
  • Turkmenistan youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 8.99%, a 1.28% decline from 2021.
  • Turkmenistan youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 10.27%, a 0.13% increase from 2020.
  • Turkmenistan youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 10.14%, a 1.79% increase from 2019.
  • Turkmenistan youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 8.35%, a 0.06% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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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%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Turkmenistan Youth Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 8.99% -1.28%
2021 10.27% 0.13%
2020 10.14% 1.79%
2019 8.35% -0.06%
2018 8.41% -0.01%
2017 8.42% -0.32%
2016 8.73% -0.17%
2015 8.90% -0.09%
2014 9.00% 0.17%
2013 8.82% 0.01%
2012 8.81% 0.44%
2011 8.37% 0.06%
2010 8.31% 0.19%
2009 8.12% -1.08%
2008 9.20% -1.52%
2007 10.72% -1.86%
2006 12.58% -1.87%
2005 14.46% -2.10%
2004 16.56% -1.49%
2003 18.04% -1.84%
2002 19.88% -1.54%
2001 21.43% -1.23%
2000 22.65% -2.25%
1999 24.90% 1.15%
1998 23.75% 2.39%
1997 21.36% 1.51%
1996 19.85% 3.79%
1995 16.06% 6.89%
1994 9.17% 6.20%
1993 2.97% 0.01%
1992 2.95% 0.22%
1991 2.74% 2.74%
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%