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Youth unemployment in Bangladesh
1991 – 2025 · 35 data points
27 of 41 · Countries
Updated Oct 22, 2026
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
9.4%
+0.3 pp
since 2024
Countries · 2025
27 of 41
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
−1.2 pp
vs World
−4.0 pp
World: 13.4% · 2025
Youth unemployment, 1991 – 2025 percent · Bangladesh · World
−1.2 pp since 2015
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
1991
2000
2005
2010
2015
2025
Bangladesh
World
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
Compared with Youth unemployment · percent
Bangladesh
9.4%
World
13.4%
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance Bangladesh · 1991 – 2025
Latest value
9.4% · 2025
First value
6.0% · 1991
Highest
13.5% · 2020
Lowest
6.0% · 1991
Data points
35
By year
All years · 1991 – 2025
| Year | Bangladesh | Change | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.4% | +0.3 pp | 13.4% |
| 2024 | 9.1% | +1.2 pp | 13.3% |
| 2023 | 7.9% | −3.1 pp | 13.4% |
| 2022 | 11.0% | −1.7 pp | 14.1% |
| 2021 | 12.7% | −0.8 pp | 15.7% |
| 2020 | 13.5% | +1.7 pp | 17.1% |
| 2019 | 11.7% | −0.2 pp | 15.3% |
| 2018 | 11.9% | −0.2 pp | 15.9% |
| 2017 | 12.1% | +1.1 pp | 16.1% |
| 2016 | 11.0% | +0.4 pp | 16.0% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | +0.4 pp | 16.0% |
| 2014 | 10.1% | +0.4 pp | 15.6% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | +1.1 pp | 15.7% |
| 2012 | 8.5% | +1.1 pp | 15.7% |
| 2011 | 7.4% | +1.1 pp | 15.3% |
| 2010 | 6.3% | −3.3 pp | 15.2% |
| 2009 | 9.6% | +0.8 pp | 15.3% |
| 2008 | 8.8% | +0.8 pp | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 8.0% | +0.8 pp | 14.2% |
| 2006 | 7.3% | −1.5 pp | 14.5% |
| 2005 | 8.8% | +1.0 pp | 14.9% |
| 2004 | 7.8% | +1.2 pp | 14.8% |
| 2003 | 6.6% | −1.2 pp | 15.0% |
| 2002 | 7.8% | −1.0 pp | 14.9% |
| 2001 | 8.8% | −0.9 pp | 14.5% |
| 2000 | 9.7% | +0.8 pp | 14.3% |
| 1999 | 9.0% | +0.8 pp | 14.4% |
| 1998 | 8.2% | +0.8 pp | 14.1% |
| 1997 | 7.4% | +0.8 pp | 13.7% |
| 1996 | 6.7% | +0.1 pp | 13.6% |
| 1995 | 6.5% | +0.1 pp | 13.4% |
| 1994 | 6.4% | +0.1 pp | 13.0% |
| 1993 | 6.3% | +0.2 pp | 12.4% |
| 1992 | 6.1% | +0.1 pp | 11.8% |
| 1991 | 6.0% | 11.5% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Youth unemployment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo - Brazzaville | 40.5% | |
| 2 | Gabon | 36.3% | |
| 3 | Yemen | 32.6% | |
| 4 | Algeria | 29.4% | |
| 5 | Spain | 24.7% | |
| 6 | Romania | 24.5% | |
| 7 | Chile | 21.6% | |
| 8 | Finland | 21.5% | |
| 9 | Greece | 21.4% | |
| 10 | Italy | 20.5% | |
| 11 | Argentina | 19.2% | |
| 12 | France | 18.9% | |
| 13 | Egypt | 18.3% | |
| 14 | Colombia | 17.7% | |
| 15 | Türkiye | 16.0% | |
| 16 | India | 16.0% | |
| 17 | China | 15.8% | |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 14.6% | |
| 19 | Brazil | 14.0% | |
| 20 | Canada | 13.8% | |
| 21 | Lithuania | 13.8% | |
| 22 | Norway | 13.4% | |
| 23 | Indonesia | 13.0% | |
| 24 | Poland | 10.7% | |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 10.2% | |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 10.0% | |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 9.4% | |
| 28 | United States | 9.3% | |
| 29 | Czechia | 9.2% | |
| 30 | Hong Kong SAR China | 9.0% | |
| 31 | Netherlands | 8.8% | |
| 32 | Honduras | 8.5% | |
| 33 | Ecuador | 8.2% | |
| 34 | Congo - Kinshasa | 7.8% | |
| 35 | Russia | 7.6% | |
| 36 | Philippines | 7.0% | |
| 37 | Germany | 6.9% | |
| 38 | South Korea | 6.7% | |
| 39 | Mexico | 5.7% | |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 3.7% | |
| 41 | Liberia | 2.3% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2025
What it means
The unemployment rate among young people aged 15–24.
How it is calculated
Unemployed people aged 15–24 divided by the labour force of the same age.