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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

Youth unemployment, 1991 – 2025 percent · Bangladesh · section.levels.world
−1.2 pp section.change_since
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

YearBangladeshChange 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

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryYouth unemployment
42 Liberia 2.2%
41 Sierra Leone 3.5%
40 Germany 6.0%
39 Mexico 6.5%
38 South Korea 6.6%
37 Czechia 6.7%
36 Philippines 6.8%
35 Netherlands 7.6%
34 Congo - Kinshasa 8.1%
33 United States 8.1%
32 Ecuador 8.3%
31 Norway 9.9%
30 Canada 10.1%
29 Poland 10.6%
28 Bulgaria 10.6%
27 United Kingdom 10.6%
26 Bangladesh 11.0%
25 Hong Kong SAR China 11.0%
24 Lithuania 11.9%
23 Honduras 13.6%
22 Indonesia 14.1%
21 Finland 14.1%
20 Russia 14.4%
19 China 14.7%
18 Saudi Arabia 16.0%
17 Egypt 16.3%
16 India 17.7%
15 France 17.9%
14 Chile 18.3%
13 Argentina 19.0%
12 Türkiye 19.3%
11 Brazil 20.7%
10 Colombia 21.0%
9 Romania 22.9%
8 Lebanon 22.9%
7 Italy 23.7%
6 Spain 29.7%
5 Greece 31.3%
4 Algeria 31.4%
3 Yemen 32.5%
2 Gabon 36.6%
1 Congo - Brazzaville 41.2%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2022

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.