Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) was 89.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Post-demographic dividend, 1991–2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.
Analysis
Post-demographic dividend recorded 89.0% for ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 100.5% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 82.9%, in 2009.
That places Post-demographic dividend 46th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 99.9% | — |
| 1992 | 99.1% | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 97.6% | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 95.5% | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 100.5% | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 97.9% | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 98.7% | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 96.8% | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 97.3% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 97.4% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 94.4% | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 93.1% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 91.9% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 92.4% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 91.2% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 94.8% | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 93.1% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 90.1% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 82.9% | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 84.8% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 88.3% | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 88.4% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 88.0% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 88.6% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 87.9% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 87.0% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 86.9% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 87.3% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 86.3% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 96.3% | +11.7% |
| 2021 | 91.1% | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 88.3% | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 87.6% | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 89.2% | +1.9% |
| 2025 | 89.0% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98.2% | 95.5% | 100.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 92.1% | 82.9% | 97.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.3% | 84.8% | 88.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.3% | 87.6% | 96.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
More gender data for Post-demographic dividend
- Labor force, female 260.64 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2301 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 0.235 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 8.26 units per square kilometre (2023)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 16.78 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 16.01 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 31.5% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 90.5% (2025)
- Female migrants 51.5% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Post-demographic dividend?
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Post-demographic dividend was 89.0% in 2025, according to World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.
- What is the highest ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 100.5% in 1995.
- What is the lowest ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.9% in 2009.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24)?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 46th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/, published as part of Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Ratio of female to male youth unemployment is the percentage of female to male youth unemployment rates.