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Iran 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.
  • Iran youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 22.83%, a 0.9% decline from 2021.
  • Iran youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 23.73%, a 0.02% increase from 2020.
  • Iran youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 23.71%, a 2.25% decline from 2019.
  • Iran youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 25.96%, a 1.58% decline from 2018.
  
Data Source: World Bank

MLA Citation:
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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%
Iran Youth Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 22.83% -0.90%
2021 23.73% 0.02%
2020 23.71% -2.25%
2019 25.96% -1.58%
2018 27.54% -0.66%
2017 28.21% -0.86%
2016 29.06% 3.07%
2015 25.99% 0.96%
2014 25.03% 1.11%
2013 23.92% -2.76%
2012 26.68% 0.22%
2011 26.47% -2.10%
2010 28.57% 3.91%
2009 24.66% 1.63%
2008 23.03% 0.72%
2007 22.31% -1.26%
2006 23.57% 0.06%
2005 23.51% 2.99%
2004 20.52% -2.42%
2003 22.94% -2.54%
2002 25.48% 0.96%
2001 24.52% 1.23%
2000 23.30% 1.01%
1999 22.29% 1.41%
1998 20.88% 1.23%
1997 19.65% 1.14%
1996 18.51% -1.47%
1995 19.99% -1.11%
1994 21.10% -0.44%
1993 21.53% -0.30%
1992 21.83% -0.80%
1991 22.64% 22.64%
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%