Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Madagascar

Youth unemployment in Madagascar in 2025 — 5.25%. Ranked 27 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 3.45 pp.

2025 5.25% −0.21 pp vs 2024
World rank 27of 182
Period maximum 8.83%1993
Period minimum 1.01%2012

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Madagascar, 1991–202502.557.51019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 8.69%1992: 8.79%1993: 8.83%1994: 8.64%1995: 8.63%1996: 8.64%1997: 8.53%1998: 8.48%1999: 8.42%2000: 8.41%2001: 7.8%2002: 7.65%2003: 6.88%2004: 4.65%2005: 2.27%2006: 2.62%2007: 2.97%2008: 3.36%2009: 3.99%2010: 4.78%2011: 3.22%2012: 1.01%2013: 1.78%2014: 2.54%2015: 3.31%2016: 3.58%2017: 3.88%2018: 4.18%2019: 4.49%2020: 5.87%2021: 6.06%2022: 5.58%2023: 5.43%2024: 5.46%2025: 5.25%
Change over the period: −3.45 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Madagascar 5.25%
World 13.41%
Eastern Africa computed 7.77%
Low-income countries computed 8.88%
Youth unemployment — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 5.25 −0.21 pp
2024 5.46 +0.03 pp
2023 5.43 −0.15 pp
2022 5.58 −0.47 pp
2021 6.06 +0.18 pp
2020 5.87 +1.39 pp
2019 4.49 +0.3 pp
2018 4.18 +0.31 pp
2017 3.88 +0.3 pp
2016 3.58 +0.28 pp
2015 3.31 +0.77 pp
2014 2.54 +0.76 pp
2013 1.78 +0.77 pp
2012 1.01 −2.21 pp
2011 3.22 −1.56 pp
2010 4.78 +0.79 pp
2009 3.99 +0.63 pp
2008 3.36 +0.4 pp
2007 2.97 +0.35 pp
2006 2.62 +0.34 pp
2005 2.27 −2.38 pp
2004 4.65 −2.23 pp
2003 6.88 −0.77 pp
2002 7.65 −0.16 pp
2001 7.8 −0.61 pp
2000 8.41 −0.01 pp
1999 8.42 −0.06 pp
1998 8.48 −0.06 pp
1997 8.53 −0.1 pp
1996 8.64 +0.01 pp
1995 8.63 −0.01 pp
1994 8.64 −0.19 pp
1993 8.83 +0.04 pp
1992 8.79 +0.09 pp
1991 8.69 —

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.