Russia 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.
  • Russia youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 14.37%, a 1.77% decline from 2021.
  • Russia youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 16.14%, a 0.77% decline from 2020.
  • Russia youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 16.91%, a 1.76% increase from 2019.
  • Russia youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 15.15%, a 1.86% 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%
American Samoa 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Russia Youth Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 14.37% -1.77%
2021 16.14% -0.77%
2020 16.91% 1.76%
2019 15.15% -1.86%
2018 17.01% 0.60%
2017 16.41% -0.25%
2016 16.66% 0.33%
2015 16.33% 2.33%
2014 14.00% -0.18%
2013 14.17% -0.80%
2012 14.97% -0.57%
2011 15.54% -1.63%
2010 17.17% -1.36%
2009 18.53% 4.43%
2008 14.10% -0.36%
2007 14.46% -1.94%
2006 16.41% 0.90%
2005 15.51% -1.69%
2004 17.20% -0.33%
2003 17.53% 1.98%
2002 15.55% -2.42%
2001 17.97% -2.71%
2000 20.68% -3.24%
1999 23.92% -3.17%
1998 27.09% 3.56%
1997 23.52% 4.20%
1996 19.32% 0.58%
1995 18.74% 2.47%
1994 16.27% 2.63%
1993 13.64% 0.74%
1992 12.90% -0.13%
1991 13.03% 13.03%
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%