Ukraine Youth Unemployment Rate 1991-2025

Ukraine youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 19.11%, a 0.2% decline from 2020.
  • Ukraine youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 19.31%, a 3.86% increase from 2019.
  • Ukraine youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 15.45%, a 2.47% decline from 2018.
  • Ukraine youth unemployment rate for 2018 was 17.92%, a 1.01% decline from 2017.
Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
Country Rankings
Country Name Percent of Total Labor Force
Djibouti 78.96%
Eswatini 61.82%
Libya 51.35%
South Africa 49.87%
St. Lucia 45.28%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 45.06%
Republic of Congo 45.06%
Botswana 44.48%
Jordan 43.75%
West Bank and Gaza 41.45%
Namibia 40.10%
Costa Rica 39.26%
French Polynesia 38.98%
Tunisia 38.66%
New Caledonia 38.65%
Gabon 37.88%
Montenegro 37.72%
Haiti 37.69%
North Macedonia 36.08%
Iraq 35.62%
Bosnia 35.33%
Greece 35.29%
Syrian Arab Republic 35.22%
Somalia 35.09%
Spain 34.80%
Yemen 33.78%
Algeria 33.70%
Uruguay 31.71%
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 31.42%
Cabo Verde 31.14%
Georgia 30.42%
Angola 30.00%
Italy 29.69%
Guyana 29.58%
Albania 29.43%
Brazil 28.26%
Barbados 27.80%
Bahamas 27.60%
Suriname 27.07%
Lesotho 26.86%
Serbia 25.48%
Lebanon 25.35%
Morocco 25.01%
Mauritius 24.83%
Colombia 24.79%
Sweden 24.68%
Mauritania 24.65%
Iran 23.73%
Portugal 23.42%
Argentina 23.36%
Sri Lanka 23.28%
Rwanda 23.27%
Panama 22.45%
Sao Tome and Principe 22.42%
Nepal 22.39%
Armenia 22.36%
Turkey 22.34%
Croatia 21.93%
Slovak Republic 21.23%
Romania 21.00%
India 20.86%
Samoa 20.69%
Bhutan 20.62%
South Sudan 20.61%
Chile 20.55%
Belize 19.86%
Euro Area 19.83%
Saudi Arabia 19.78%
France 19.39%
Ukraine 19.11%
Sudan 19.02%
Egypt 18.31%
Belgium 18.23%
Kuwait 18.00%
Tajikistan 17.74%
Equatorial Guinea 17.58%
Mongolia 17.43%
Jamaica 17.16%
Cyprus 17.13%
Finland 17.05%
Luxembourg 16.97%
Puerto Rico 16.96%
Dominican Republic 16.92%
Estonia 16.63%
Fiji 16.63%
Bangladesh 16.62%
Brunei 16.45%
Afghanistan 16.39%
Russia 16.14%
Paraguay 16.12%
Bulgaria 15.84%
Maldives 15.62%
Channel Islands 15.45%
Zimbabwe 15.15%
Latvia 14.78%
Ireland 14.47%
Azerbaijan 14.46%
Lithuania 14.32%
Honduras 14.00%
Guam 13.97%
Indonesia 13.81%
Canada 13.57%
Hungary 13.46%
Venezuela 13.21%
Uzbekistan 12.98%
Trinidad and Tobago 12.91%
Slovenia 12.85%
Hong Kong 12.79%
United Kingdom 12.77%
Myanmar 12.62%
Norway 12.58%
China 12.41%
Malaysia 12.21%
Kenya 12.08%
Austria 12.04%
Poland 11.92%
Iceland 11.85%
Central African Republic 11.45%
Australia 11.23%
Pakistan 11.03%
Nicaragua 10.95%
Comoros 10.95%
Eritrea 10.83%
Denmark 10.80%
UAE 10.49%
Belarus 10.49%
New Zealand 10.45%
Gambia 10.18%
Singapore 10.11%
Turkmenistan 10.09%
Vanuatu 10.05%
Nigeria 10.00%
El Salvador 9.82%
United States 9.70%
Malta 9.63%
Netherlands 9.57%
Peru 9.56%
Democratic Republic of Congo 9.54%
Zambia 9.34%
Ecuador 9.24%
Oman 9.17%
Switzerland 8.82%
Philippines 8.49%
Bolivia 8.45%
Mozambique 8.22%
Kyrgyz Republic 8.22%
Czech Republic 8.15%
South Korea 8.06%
Burkina Faso 7.94%
Guinea 7.85%
Mexico 7.68%
Israel 7.65%
North Korea 7.54%
Malawi 7.38%
Germany 7.03%
Cameroon 6.84%
Vietnam 6.82%
Bahrain 6.66%
Tonga 6.34%
Macao 6.33%
Ethiopia 6.14%
Thailand 5.99%
Ghana 5.93%
Madagascar 5.92%
Uganda 5.21%
Timor-Leste 4.76%
Senegal 4.64%
Japan 4.63%
Guinea-Bissau 4.47%
Benin 4.21%
Kazakhstan 4.19%
Papua New Guinea 4.08%
Sierra Leone 3.84%
Guatemala 3.81%
Tanzania 3.75%
Mali 3.67%
Togo 3.54%
Lao PDR 3.27%
Cuba 3.16%
Liberia 2.77%
Chad 1.97%
Moldova 1.79%
Burundi 1.75%
Solomon Islands 1.36%
Niger 1.08%
Cambodia 0.86%
Qatar 0.77%