Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Cambodia

Youth unemployment in Cambodia in 2025 — 0.71%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 0.7 pp.

2025 0.71% +0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank 3of 182
Period maximum 2.04%2007
Period minimum 0.38%2019

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Cambodia, 1991–2025012319911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 1.41%1992: 1.44%1993: 1.47%1994: 1.41%1995: 1.42%1996: 1.41%1997: 0.94%1998: 1.04%1999: 1.14%2000: 1.22%2001: 1.3%2002: 1.4%2003: 1.48%2004: 1.61%2005: 1.74%2006: 1.89%2007: 2.04%2008: 1.31%2009: 0.8%2010: 0.96%2011: 0.6%2012: 0.68%2013: 0.76%2014: 1.06%2015: 0.74%2016: 1.14%2017: 0.38%2018: 0.38%2019: 0.38%2020: 0.47%2021: 0.83%2022: 0.69%2023: 0.7%2024: 0.7%2025: 0.71%
Change over the period: −0.7 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cambodia 0.71%
World 13.41%
South-Eastern Asia computed 9.26%
Youth unemployment — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.71 +0.01 pp
2024 0.7 +0 pp
2023 0.7 +0.02 pp
2022 0.69 −0.14 pp
2021 0.83 +0.36 pp
2020 0.47 +0.1 pp
2019 0.38 −0 pp
2018 0.38 −0 pp
2017 0.38 −0.76 pp
2016 1.14 +0.39 pp
2015 0.74 −0.31 pp
2014 1.06 +0.3 pp
2013 0.76 +0.08 pp
2012 0.68 +0.08 pp
2011 0.6 −0.37 pp
2010 0.96 +0.17 pp
2009 0.8 −0.51 pp
2008 1.31 −0.73 pp
2007 2.04 +0.15 pp
2006 1.89 +0.15 pp
2005 1.74 +0.12 pp
2004 1.61 +0.13 pp
2003 1.48 +0.09 pp
2002 1.4 +0.1 pp
2001 1.3 +0.08 pp
2000 1.22 +0.08 pp
1999 1.14 +0.11 pp
1998 1.04 +0.09 pp
1997 0.94 −0.47 pp
1996 1.41 −0 pp
1995 1.42 +0.01 pp
1994 1.41 −0.06 pp
1993 1.47 +0.03 pp
1992 1.44 +0.03 pp
1991 1.41 —

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.