Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Guinea-Bissau

Youth unemployment in Guinea-Bissau in 2025 — 2.84%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 0.89 pp.

2025 2.84% +0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank 10of 182
Period maximum 3.98%2000
Period minimum 2.06%2019

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Guinea-Bissau, 1991–202522.533.5419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 3.74%1992: 3.79%1993: 3.83%1994: 3.84%1995: 3.81%1996: 3.71%1997: 3.67%1998: 3.97%1999: 3.91%2000: 3.98%2001: 3.68%2002: 3.83%2003: 3.85%2004: 3.89%2005: 3.86%2006: 3.83%2007: 3.82%2008: 3.85%2009: 3.86%2010: 3.83%2011: 3.8%2012: 3.85%2013: 3.88%2014: 3.96%2015: 3.88%2016: 3.87%2017: 3.84%2018: 3.87%2019: 2.06%2020: 2.73%2021: 2.94%2022: 2.84%2023: 2.82%2024: 2.83%2025: 2.84%
Change over the period: −0.89 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 2.84%
World 13.41%
Western Africa computed 4.95%
Low-income countries computed 8.88%
Youth unemployment — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.84 +0.02 pp
2024 2.83 +0.01 pp
2023 2.82 −0.02 pp
2022 2.84 −0.11 pp
2021 2.94 +0.21 pp
2020 2.73 +0.67 pp
2019 2.06 −1.81 pp
2018 3.87 +0.03 pp
2017 3.84 −0.03 pp
2016 3.87 −0.02 pp
2015 3.88 −0.08 pp
2014 3.96 +0.08 pp
2013 3.88 +0.03 pp
2012 3.85 +0.05 pp
2011 3.8 −0.03 pp
2010 3.83 −0.03 pp
2009 3.86 +0.01 pp
2008 3.85 +0.03 pp
2007 3.82 −0.01 pp
2006 3.83 −0.03 pp
2005 3.86 −0.03 pp
2004 3.89 +0.04 pp
2003 3.85 +0.02 pp
2002 3.83 +0.14 pp
2001 3.68 −0.29 pp
2000 3.98 +0.06 pp
1999 3.91 −0.06 pp
1998 3.97 +0.29 pp
1997 3.67 −0.03 pp
1996 3.71 −0.1 pp
1995 3.81 −0.04 pp
1994 3.84 +0.02 pp
1993 3.83 +0.04 pp
1992 3.79 +0.05 pp
1991 3.74 —

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.