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Youth unemployment in Bangladesh
1991 – 2025 · 35 data points
section.rank · Countries
section.updated Oct 22, 2026
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
9.4%
+0.3 pp
section.change_since
Countries · 2025
section.rank
Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since
−1.2 pp
vs section.levels.world
−4.0 pp
section.levels.world: 13.4% · 2025
Youth unemployment, 1991 – 2025 percent · Bangladesh · section.levels.world
−1.2 pp section.change_since
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
1991
2000
2005
2010
2015
2025
Bangladesh
section.levels.world
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
section.compare Youth unemployment · percent
Bangladesh
9.4%
section.levels.world
13.4%
section.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
section.all_years · 1991 – 2025
| Year | Bangladesh | Change | section.levels.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% |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Youth unemployment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo - Brazzaville | 40.6% | |
| 2 | Gabon | 36.3% | |
| 3 | Yemen | 32.2% | |
| 4 | Algeria | 29.9% | |
| 5 | Spain | 26.6% | |
| 6 | Romania | 23.6% | |
| 7 | Greece | 22.4% | |
| 8 | Chile | 21.0% | |
| 9 | Italy | 20.2% | |
| 10 | Colombia | 19.4% | |
| 11 | Argentina | 19.2% | |
| 12 | Finland | 18.7% | |
| 13 | France | 18.6% | |
| 14 | Egypt | 17.3% | |
| 15 | Türkiye | 16.3% | |
| 16 | India | 15.7% | |
| 17 | Brazil | 15.7% | |
| 18 | China | 15.0% | |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 14.3% | |
| 20 | Lithuania | 13.7% | |
| 21 | Canada | 13.3% | |
| 22 | Indonesia | 13.1% | |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 12.5% | |
| 24 | Norway | 12.1% | |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 11.5% | |
| 26 | Poland | 10.7% | |
| 27 | Hong Kong SAR China | 9.5% | |
| 28 | Czechia | 9.2% | |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 9.1% | |
| 30 | United States | 8.9% | |
| 31 | Netherlands | 8.8% | |
| 32 | Ecuador | 8.6% | |
| 33 | Honduras | 8.3% | |
| 34 | Russia | 8.3% | |
| 35 | Congo - Kinshasa | 8.0% | |
| 36 | Philippines | 7.0% | |
| 37 | Germany | 6.6% | |
| 38 | South Korea | 6.4% | |
| 39 | Mexico | 5.8% | |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 3.5% | |
| 41 | Liberia | 2.2% |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2024
section.what
The unemployment rate among young people aged 15–24.
section.how
Unemployed people aged 15–24 divided by the labour force of the same age.