Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Myanmar

Youth unemployment in Myanmar in 2025 — 9.81%. Ranked 70 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 8.44 pp.

2025 9.81% −0.16 pp vs 2024
World rank 70of 182
Period maximum 12.82%2021
Period minimum 1.31%2019

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Myanmar, 1991–202505101519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 1.36%1992: 1.35%1993: 1.34%1994: 1.31%1995: 1.33%1996: 1.34%1997: 1.36%1998: 1.37%1999: 1.36%2000: 1.34%2001: 1.32%2002: 1.33%2003: 1.35%2004: 1.36%2005: 1.37%2006: 1.39%2007: 1.42%2008: 1.45%2009: 1.48%2010: 1.5%2011: 1.53%2012: 1.56%2013: 1.57%2014: 1.58%2015: 1.59%2016: 2.55%2017: 3.59%2018: 1.84%2019: 1.31%2020: 4.96%2021: 12.82%2022: 10.15%2023: 10.07%2024: 9.97%2025: 9.81%
Change over the period: +8.44 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Myanmar 9.81%
World 13.41%
South-Eastern Asia computed 9.26%
Youth unemployment — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.81 −0.16 pp
2024 9.97 −0.1 pp
2023 10.07 −0.08 pp
2022 10.15 −2.67 pp
2021 12.82 +7.86 pp
2020 4.96 +3.64 pp
2019 1.31 −0.53 pp
2018 1.84 −1.74 pp
2017 3.59 +1.04 pp
2016 2.55 +0.96 pp
2015 1.59 +0.01 pp
2014 1.58 +0 pp
2013 1.57 +0.02 pp
2012 1.56 +0.02 pp
2011 1.53 +0.03 pp
2010 1.5 +0.03 pp
2009 1.48 +0.03 pp
2008 1.45 +0.03 pp
2007 1.42 +0.03 pp
2006 1.39 +0.02 pp
2005 1.37 +0.01 pp
2004 1.36 +0.01 pp
2003 1.35 +0.02 pp
2002 1.33 +0.01 pp
2001 1.32 −0.01 pp
2000 1.34 −0.02 pp
1999 1.36 −0.01 pp
1998 1.37 +0.01 pp
1997 1.36 +0.02 pp
1996 1.34 +0.01 pp
1995 1.33 +0.02 pp
1994 1.31 −0.03 pp
1993 1.34 −0.01 pp
1992 1.35 −0.02 pp
1991 1.36 —

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.