Youth Unemployment

Asia Ranking

ages 15-24Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Sri Lanka	25.53	2020	3	21.26
2 ↓	India	24.9	2020	1	22.74
3 ↓	Brunei	23.05	2020	2	21.42
4 ↑	Maldives	18.24	2020	6	15.56
5 ↑	Kyrgyzstan	18.04	2020	8	15.17
6 ↓	Mongolia	17.65	2020	4	16.42
7 ↓	Tajikistan	16.99	2020	5	16.1
7	Russia	16.99	2020	7	15.23
9 ↑	Hong Kong	15.5	2020	18	8.54
10	Uzbekistan	15.37	2020	10	13.34
11 ↑	Azerbaijan	15.3	2020	12	12.45
12 ↓	Bangladesh	14.77	2020	11	12.69
13 ↓	Indonesia	14.53	2020	9	13.36
14 ↓	Malaysia	14.03	2020	13	11.21
15 ↓	Bhutan	13.96	2020	14	11.02
16 ↓	China	11.93	2020	15	10.71
17	Turkmenistan	10.63	2020	17	9.47
18 ↑	Singapore	10.58	2020	20	7.68
19 ↓	South Korea	10.15	2020	16	9.86
20 ↓	Pakistan	9.21	2020	19	7.88
21 ↑	Nepal	8.09	2020	24	5.95
22 ↑	Macao	7.92	2020	25	4.79
23 ↓	Vietnam	7.29	2020	22	6.74
24 ↓	Philippines	7.06	2020	21	6.78
25 ↓	North Korea	6.79	2020	23	6.2
26	Thailand	5.23	2020	26	4.28
27	Japan	4.64	2020	27	3.9
28	Kazakhstan	3.76	2020	28	3.89
29	Laos	2.62	2020	29	2.27
30	Burma (Myanmar)	2.49	2020	30	1.49
31	Cambodia	0.77	2020	31	0.43

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.