Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Côte d'Ivoire

Youth unemployment in Côte d'Ivoire in 2025 — 4.01%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 4.76 pp.

2025 4.01% −0.24 pp vs 2024
World rank 20of 182
Period maximum 9.89%2012
Period minimum 2.04%2016

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Côte d'Ivoire, 1991–202502.557.51019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 8.77%1992: 8.86%1993: 7.77%1994: 6.68%1995: 5.49%1996: 5.47%1997: 5.43%1998: 5.6%1999: 5.99%2000: 6.47%2001: 6.9%2002: 7.28%2003: 7.68%2004: 7.84%2005: 8.04%2006: 8.12%2007: 8.46%2008: 8.64%2009: 8.92%2010: 9.07%2011: 9.68%2012: 9.89%2013: 6.27%2014: 4.7%2015: 3.38%2016: 2.04%2017: 5.26%2018: 4.67%2019: 4.04%2020: 4.69%2021: 4.75%2022: 4.3%2023: 4.24%2024: 4.25%2025: 4.01%
Change over the period: −4.76 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire 4.01%
World 13.41%
Western Africa computed 4.95%
Youth unemployment — Côte d'Ivoire, by year Côte d'Ivoire All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.01 −0.24 pp
2024 4.25 +0.01 pp
2023 4.24 −0.06 pp
2022 4.3 −0.45 pp
2021 4.75 +0.07 pp
2020 4.69 +0.64 pp
2019 4.04 −0.62 pp
2018 4.67 −0.59 pp
2017 5.26 +3.22 pp
2016 2.04 −1.34 pp
2015 3.38 −1.33 pp
2014 4.7 −1.57 pp
2013 6.27 −3.62 pp
2012 9.89 +0.21 pp
2011 9.68 +0.62 pp
2010 9.07 +0.15 pp
2009 8.92 +0.28 pp
2008 8.64 +0.18 pp
2007 8.46 +0.33 pp
2006 8.12 +0.09 pp
2005 8.04 +0.19 pp
2004 7.84 +0.16 pp
2003 7.68 +0.4 pp
2002 7.28 +0.38 pp
2001 6.9 +0.43 pp
2000 6.47 +0.48 pp
1999 5.99 +0.39 pp
1998 5.6 +0.17 pp
1997 5.43 −0.04 pp
1996 5.47 −0.02 pp
1995 5.49 −1.2 pp
1994 6.68 −1.08 pp
1993 7.77 −1.09 pp
1992 8.86 +0.09 pp
1991 8.77 —

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.