Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) was 90.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Post-demographic dividend, 1983–2025
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
In 2025, ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Post-demographic dividend stood at 90.5%.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 108.9% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 83.1%, in 2009.
That places Post-demographic dividend 20th out of 21 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 101.5% | — |
| 1984 | 106.6% | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 106.0% | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 108.9% | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 106.3% | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 107.7% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 108.8% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 107.8% | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 103.3% | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 100.3% | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 99.3% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 96.8% | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 102.3% | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 98.9% | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 100.9% | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 98.4% | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 99.0% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 96.3% | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 93.8% | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 92.5% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 90.9% | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 92.3% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 91.0% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 94.7% | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 93.4% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 89.5% | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 83.1% | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 84.9% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 88.8% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 88.6% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 88.3% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 88.8% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 88.1% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 87.0% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 87.1% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 87.3% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 86.3% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 96.7% | +12.0% |
| 2021 | 91.2% | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 88.3% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 88.0% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 90.0% | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 90.5% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 106.5% | 101.5% | 108.9% | 7 |
| 1990s | 100.7% | 96.8% | 107.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 91.7% | 83.1% | 96.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.5% | 84.9% | 88.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.8% | 88.0% | 96.7% | 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)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 89.0% (2025)
- 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)
- Female migrants 51.5% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Post-demographic dividend?
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Post-demographic dividend was 90.5% 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 (%) recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 108.9% in 1986.
- What is the lowest ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.1% in 2009.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%)?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 20th out of 21 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. 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 (%) (national 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.