ILO estimate of youth unemployment in United States
The ILO estimates youth unemployment in United States at 9.3% in 2025.
United States, 2025
9.3%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
World, 2025
12.4%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
13.8%
Position in 2025
119th of 181
ILO estimate of youth unemployment in United States over time
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% of the labour force aged 15 to 24. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | United States | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.3% | 12.4% |
| 2024 | 8.9% | 12.3% |
| 2023 | 8.0% | 12.3% |
| 2022 | 8.1% | 12.9% |
| 2021 | 9.7% | 14.1% |
| 2020 | 14.9% | 15.4% |
| 2019 | 8.4% | 13.6% |
| 2018 | 8.6% | 14.0% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | 14.3% |
| 2016 | 10.4% | 14.3% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 8.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 11.6%, the figure has changed by −2.3 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, United States has the 119th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 12.4%.
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