Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) (national estimate) by country
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment is the percentage of female to male youth unemployment rates.
Countries reporting
155
Highest
626.4%
Bahrain
Lowest
35.6%
Bangladesh
Median
119.1%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
4,051
What the numbers show
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) (national estimate) is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 626.4% in Bahrain; the lowest is 35.6% in Bangladesh.
The median across all reporting countries is 119.1%, and the mean is 136.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 569.3%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 69.5%).
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 626.4% | 2015 | up 298.6% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 546.5% | 2024 | up 193.2% | rising |
| 3 | Qatar | 489.5% | 2024 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 4 | Kuwait | 319.3% | 2016 | up 277.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Moldova | 315.1% | 2025 | up 294.9% | rising |
| 6 | Samoa | 281.3% | 2022 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 7 | Syria | 264.6% | 2010 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 8 | Egypt | 258.5% | 2024 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 9 | Honduras | 244.2% | 2025 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 10 | Oman | 233.2% | 2022 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 11 | Kiribati | 224.5% | 2023 | up 569.3% | rising |
| 12 | Belize | 224.0% | 2019 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 13 | Suriname | 213.5% | 2016 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 207.1% | 2021 | up 103.3% | rising |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 206.6% | 2025 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 203.4% | 2014 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 17 | Tanzania | 198.7% | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 18 | Iraq | 196.8% | 2021 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 196.7% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 20 | Mali | 191.3% | 2024 | up 136.3% | rising |
| 21 | Turkey | 189.7% | 2025 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 22 | Lesotho | 187.9% | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 23 | San Marino | 181.7% | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 24 | Ecuador | 178.9% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 25 | Singapore | 177.5% | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 26 | Algeria | 177.2% | 2017 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 176.1% | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 28 | Guatemala | 174.8% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 173.5% | 2022 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 30 | Iran | 171.6% | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 31 | Paraguay | 170.3% | 2025 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 32 | Bahamas | 165.3% | 2023 | up 52.1% | flat |
| 33 | Fiji | 163.3% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 34 | Uganda | 163.0% | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 35 | Colombia | 159.5% | 2025 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 36 | Bhutan | 157.8% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 37 | Morocco | 154.4% | 2022 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 38 | Nigeria | 154.1% | 2024 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 39 | Cameroon | 151.8% | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 40 | Senegal | 150.9% | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 41 | Palestine | 149.9% | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 42 | El Salvador | 149.0% | 2024 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 43 | Guyana | 147.8% | 2021 | — | falling |
| 44 | Panama | 147.2% | 2025 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 146.5% | 2025 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 46 | Venezuela | 143.2% | 2020 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 47 | Myanmar | 142.7% | 2020 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 48 | Thailand | 141.0% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 49 | Faroe Islands | 140.1% | 2013 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 50 | Malawi | 137.3% | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 51 | Slovenia | 137.1% | 2025 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 52 | Brunei | 136.9% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 53 | Jamaica | 135.9% | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 54 | Philippines | 135.6% | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 55 | Armenia | 135.6% | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 56 | Brazil | 133.0% | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 57 | Chile | 131.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 58 | Seychelles | 129.9% | 2024 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 129.5% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 60 | Mongolia | 129.5% | 2024 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 61 | Grenada | 128.2% | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 62 | Bolivia | 127.2% | 2024 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 63 | Greenland | 126.1% | 2015 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 126.0% | 2022 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 65 | Mauritius | 125.4% | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 66 | Peru | 125.3% | 2025 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 67 | Malaysia | 125.2% | 2022 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 68 | New Caledonia | 124.7% | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 69 | Uruguay | 124.4% | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 70 | Cape Verde | 123.1% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 71 | Portugal | 122.7% | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 72 | Mexico | 121.9% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 73 | Cote d'Ivoire | 121.8% | 2022 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 121.6% | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 75 | Ghana | 120.3% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 119.7% | 2025 | down 49.6% | rising |
| 77 | Rwanda | 119.5% | 2025 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 78 | Argentina | 119.1% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 79 | Greece | 118.2% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 80 | Serbia | 116.3% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 81 | Iceland | 115.9% | 2025 | up 88.3% | falling |
| 82 | Botswana | 115.5% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 83 | Poland | 115.3% | 2025 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 84 | Togo | 115.3% | 2022 | up 73.0% | falling |
| 85 | Italy | 113.8% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 86 | Barbados | 113.6% | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 113.3% | 2024 | down 32.8% | flat |
| 88 | Ukraine | 112.7% | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 89 | South Africa | 111.9% | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | 111.5% | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 91 | Romania | 111.2% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 92 | Russia | 111.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 93 | India | 111.1% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 94 | Malta | 110.9% | 2025 | up 48.5% | falling |
| 95 | Switzerland | 110.7% | 2025 | up 21.7% | flat |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 110.4% | 2021 | down 37.7% | flat |
| 97 | Pakistan | 107.7% | 2025 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Zambia | 107.1% | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 99 | Spain | 107.1% | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 100 | Madagascar | 104.2% | 2022 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 101 | Namibia | 102.8% | 2018 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 102 | Croatia | 102.2% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 103 | Georgia | 101.9% | 2024 | up 24.4% | flat |
| 104 | South Korea | 101.8% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 105 | Albania | 101.2% | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 106 | Finland | 100.5% | 2025 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 107 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 108 | East Timor | 99.9% | 2022 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 109 | Indonesia | 99.5% | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 110 | Ireland | 99.2% | 2025 | up 43.0% | flat |
| 111 | Czechia | 99.0% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 112 | New Zealand | 98.3% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 113 | Guam | 98.2% | 2011 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 114 | Israel | 98.2% | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 115 | France | 97.5% | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 116 | Sweden | 96.8% | 2025 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 117 | Bermuda | 96.7% | 2014 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 118 | Puerto Rico | 96.0% | 2020 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 119 | Montenegro | 95.2% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 120 | Netherlands | 94.5% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 121 | Hong Kong | 94.5% | 2025 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 122 | Vanuatu | 93.9% | 2025 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 123 | Denmark | 93.0% | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 124 | Vietnam | 92.6% | 2024 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 125 | Japan | 92.5% | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 126 | Tunisia | 91.8% | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 127 | Slovakia | 90.6% | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 89.6% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 129 | Austria | 88.8% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 130 | Canada | 87.2% | 2025 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 131 | Germany | 86.8% | 2025 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 132 | Cyprus | 86.8% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 84.3% | 2025 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 134 | Angola | 83.9% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 135 | Norway | 83.7% | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 136 | Estonia | 83.6% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 137 | Belgium | 83.5% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 138 | Latvia | 82.6% | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 139 | United States | 82.5% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 140 | Jordan | 81.8% | 2024 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 141 | Belarus | 81.1% | 2024 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 142 | Australia | 80.1% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 143 | Liechtenstein | 76.8% | 2017 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 144 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.3% | 2023 | down 43.5% | rising |
| 145 | United Kingdom | 75.2% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 146 | Benin | 75.2% | 2022 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Luxembourg | 74.2% | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 148 | Cayman Islands | 69.7% | 2015 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 149 | Isle of Man | 63.2% | 2016 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 150 | Lithuania | 62.9% | 2025 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 151 | Macao | 60.7% | 2020 | up 34.0% | flat |
| 152 | Maldives | 56.4% | 2019 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 153 | Niger | 45.2% | 2022 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Cambodia | 40.0% | 2023 | down 54.7% | rising |
| 155 | Bangladesh | 35.6% | 2024 | down 62.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 183.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 182.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 182.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 137.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 137.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 137.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 134.6%
- IBRD only 129.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 127.1%
- Lower middle income 123.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 122.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 113.6%
- South Asia 111.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 111.1%
- OECD members 105.8%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 105.3%
- European Union 100.8%
- Euro area 99.2%
- High income 98.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 90.5%
- North America 82.9%
About this data
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment is the percentage of female to male youth unemployment rates.