Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Burundi

Youth unemployment in Burundi in 2025 — 1.68%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 2.22 pp.

2025 1.68% −0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank 5of 182
Period maximum 3.9%2006
Period minimum 1.68%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of labor force aged 15–24

Youth unemployment — Burundi, 1991–2025123419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 3.89%1992: 3.88%1993: 3.85%1994: 3.86%1995: 3.85%1996: 3.84%1997: 3.86%1998: 3.88%1999: 3.86%2000: 3.85%2001: 3.86%2002: 3.87%2003: 3.85%2004: 3.88%2005: 3.87%2006: 3.9%2007: 3.04%2008: 2.13%2009: 2.21%2010: 2.3%2011: 2.41%2012: 2.54%2013: 2.71%2014: 2.93%2015: 2.68%2016: 2.46%2017: 2.23%2018: 1.99%2019: 1.75%2020: 1.69%2021: 1.77%2022: 1.71%2023: 1.7%2024: 1.7%2025: 1.68%
Change over the period: −2.22 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burundi

Burundi 1.68%
World 13.41%
Eastern Africa computed 7.77%
Low-income countries computed 8.88%
Youth unemployment — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.68 −0.02 pp
2024 1.7 −0 pp
2023 1.7 −0.01 pp
2022 1.71 −0.07 pp
2021 1.77 +0.08 pp
2020 1.69 −0.06 pp
2019 1.75 −0.24 pp
2018 1.99 −0.23 pp
2017 2.23 −0.23 pp
2016 2.46 −0.23 pp
2015 2.68 −0.25 pp
2014 2.93 +0.22 pp
2013 2.71 +0.17 pp
2012 2.54 +0.13 pp
2011 2.41 +0.11 pp
2010 2.3 +0.09 pp
2009 2.21 +0.07 pp
2008 2.13 −0.9 pp
2007 3.04 −0.86 pp
2006 3.9 +0.02 pp
2005 3.87 −0.01 pp
2004 3.88 +0.03 pp
2003 3.85 −0.02 pp
2002 3.87 +0.01 pp
2001 3.86 +0.01 pp
2000 3.85 −0 pp
1999 3.86 −0.02 pp
1998 3.88 +0.02 pp
1997 3.86 +0.02 pp
1996 3.84 −0 pp
1995 3.85 −0.01 pp
1994 3.86 +0 pp
1993 3.85 −0.03 pp
1992 3.88 −0.01 pp
1991 3.89 —

About the indicator

The share of the economically active population aged 15–24 that is unemployed. In almost every country youth unemployment runs two to three times above the overall rate: the young have no experience, and their first entry into the labor market puts them up against more qualified workers. A sharp gap with the overall rate points to structural problems in the transition from school to work.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.