Brazil 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.
  • Brazil youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 20.68%, a 7.58% decline from 2021.
  • Brazil youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 28.26%, a 1.96% decline from 2020.
  • Brazil youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 30.22%, a 3.18% increase from 2019.
  • Brazil youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 27.04%, a 0.84% decline 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%
Brazil Youth Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 20.68% -7.58%
2021 28.26% -1.96%
2020 30.22% 3.18%
2019 27.04% -0.84%
2018 27.88% -0.62%
2017 28.50% 1.99%
2016 26.52% 7.08%
2015 19.44% 3.99%
2014 15.45% -0.19%
2013 15.64% -0.13%
2012 15.78% -1.01%
2011 16.78% -1.33%
2010 18.11% -1.53%
2009 19.64% 2.21%
2008 17.43% -1.26%
2007 18.69% -1.10%
2006 19.79% -1.50%
2005 21.30% 1.35%
2004 19.94% -1.35%
2003 21.30% 0.76%
2002 20.54% 0.55%
2001 19.99% -0.30%
2000 20.29% -0.29%
1999 20.58% 1.40%
1998 19.18% 2.63%
1997 16.56% 2.00%
1996 14.56% 1.35%
1995 13.20% 0.90%
1994 12.30% 0.94%
1993 11.36% -0.41%
1992 11.77% 0.31%
1991 11.47% 11.47%
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%