Iran Youth Unemployment Rate 1991-2025

Iran youth unemployment rate for 2023 was 22.79%, a 0.16% decline from 2022.
  • Iran youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 22.96%, a 0.78% decline from 2021.
  • Iran youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 23.73%, a 0.03% increase from 2020.
  • Iran youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 23.71%, a 2.27% decline from 2019.
Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.

Percent of Total Labor Force

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Annual Change

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Country Rankings
Country Name Percent of Total Labor Force
Djibouti 76.47%
Eswatini 64.99%
Libya 49.44%
South Africa 49.14%
Botswana 45.41%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 42.31%
Republic of Congo 41.20%
Jordan 40.80%
Namibia 38.03%
Tunisia 37.48%
French Polynesia 37.31%
Haiti 36.80%
Gabon 36.53%
Somalia 34.28%
Syrian Arab Republic 33.52%
Yemen 32.66%
New Caledonia 32.57%
Iraq 32.23%
Algeria 30.78%
Georgia 30.20%
Bhutan 29.24%
Spain 28.70%
Cabo Verde 28.65%
North Macedonia 28.57%
Albania 28.25%
Angola 28.24%
St. Lucia 28.15%
Montenegro 27.93%
Greece 26.57%
Bosnia 26.52%
Uruguay 26.16%
Guyana 25.87%
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 25.55%
Suriname 25.29%
Sri Lanka 25.28%
Barbados 24.87%
Lesotho 24.84%
Serbia 24.31%
Costa Rica 24.10%
Lebanon 23.74%
Mauritania 23.73%
Bahamas 23.57%
Iran 22.79%
Italy 22.73%
Morocco 22.62%
Chile 22.05%
Rwanda 21.97%
Sweden 21.57%
Romania 21.30%
Sao Tome and Principe 21.08%
Mauritius 20.87%
Nepal 20.36%
Portugal 20.25%
Samoa 19.76%
Slovak Republic 19.41%
Colombia 19.27%
Croatia 19.24%
Luxembourg 18.99%
Egypt 18.99%
Armenia 18.96%
Brunei 18.62%
South Sudan 18.27%
Sudan 18.15%
Afghanistan 18.08%
Argentina 18.00%
Brazil 17.90%
Turkey 17.61%
Cyprus 17.45%
Belize 17.41%
France 17.13%
Estonia 17.09%
Tajikistan 16.90%
Euro Area 16.64%
Panama 16.59%
Equatorial Guinea 16.35%
Saudi Arabia 16.25%
Belgium 16.09%
Finland 15.92%
India 15.79%
Bangladesh 15.74%
China 15.72%
Fiji 15.24%
Kuwait 14.99%
Maldives 14.93%
Zimbabwe 14.29%
Indonesia 13.94%
Lithuania 13.90%
Jamaica 13.84%
Puerto Rico 13.65%
Azerbaijan 13.55%
Channel Islands 13.47%
Paraguay 13.03%
Guam 12.88%
Hungary 12.76%
Russia 12.70%
United Kingdom 12.54%
Latvia 12.50%
Malaysia 12.49%
Kenya 12.23%
Bulgaria 11.99%
Dominican Republic 11.75%
Denmark 11.66%
Poland 11.58%
Mongolia 11.40%
Honduras 10.99%
Uzbekistan 10.97%
Norway 10.95%
Austria 10.93%
Comoros 10.89%
Venezuela 10.77%
New Zealand 10.72%
Vanuatu 10.71%
Central African Republic 10.71%
UAE 10.65%
Gambia 10.64%
Canada 10.59%
Ireland 10.54%
Hong Kong 10.45%
Belarus 10.23%
Trinidad and Tobago 10.12%
Eritrea 10.01%
Slovenia 9.91%
Zambia 9.76%
Myanmar 9.71%
Pakistan 9.65%
Nicaragua 9.48%
Malta 9.34%
Iceland 9.16%
Turkmenistan 9.06%
Netherlands 8.94%
Peru 8.80%
Democratic Republic of Congo 8.60%
Australia 8.57%
Singapore 8.29%
Czech Republic 8.28%
Kyrgyz Republic 8.20%
Switzerland 8.00%
Burkina Faso 7.96%
United States 7.90%
Mozambique 7.58%
Guinea 7.27%
Ecuador 7.21%
El Salvador 7.18%
North Korea 7.09%
Macao 6.97%
Philippines 6.85%
Oman 6.85%
Malawi 6.76%
Tonga 6.70%
Cameroon 6.44%
Vietnam 6.21%
Mexico 6.11%
Israel 6.03%
Germany 5.96%
Guatemala 5.87%
Nigeria 5.84%
Bahrain 5.82%
Ethiopia 5.58%
Madagascar 5.51%
Ghana 5.50%
South Korea 5.37%
Thailand 5.31%
Bolivia 5.26%
Uganda 4.50%
Moldova 4.18%
Senegal 4.12%
Mali 4.11%
Japan 4.09%
Guinea-Bissau 4.04%
Benin 3.89%
Kazakhstan 3.82%
Papua New Guinea 3.70%
Sierra Leone 3.57%
Tanzania 3.49%
Togo 3.27%
Timor-Leste 3.17%
Solomon Islands 3.00%
Cuba 2.99%
Liberia 2.26%
Lao PDR 2.18%
Burundi 1.72%
Chad 1.49%
Niger 0.84%
Cambodia 0.78%
Qatar 0.60%