Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Youth unemployment in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2025 — 41.95%. Ranked 177 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 5.88 pp.

2025 41.95% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 177of 182
Period maximum 47.71%2020
Period minimum 36.05%1992

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1991–20253540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 36.07%1992: 36.05%1993: 36.58%1994: 37.38%1995: 37.82%1996: 38.73%1997: 38.76%1998: 39.72%1999: 40.07%2000: 40.77%2001: 41.58%2002: 41.07%2003: 40.35%2004: 39.96%2005: 40.16%2006: 40%2007: 39.93%2008: 39.94%2009: 41.23%2010: 42.43%2011: 42.74%2012: 42.63%2013: 42.02%2014: 42.01%2015: 42.03%2016: 42.09%2017: 42.39%2018: 42.74%2019: 43.59%2020: 47.71%2021: 46.04%2022: 44%2023: 42.33%2024: 41.85%2025: 41.95%
Change over the period: +5.88 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41.95%
World 13.41%
Youth unemployment — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, by year Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.95 +0.1 pp
2024 41.85 −0.48 pp
2023 42.33 −1.66 pp
2022 44 −2.05 pp
2021 46.04 −1.67 pp
2020 47.71 +4.12 pp
2019 43.59 +0.85 pp
2018 42.74 +0.35 pp
2017 42.39 +0.3 pp
2016 42.09 +0.06 pp
2015 42.03 +0.02 pp
2014 42.01 −0.02 pp
2013 42.02 −0.61 pp
2012 42.63 −0.11 pp
2011 42.74 +0.31 pp
2010 42.43 +1.19 pp
2009 41.23 +1.29 pp
2008 39.94 +0.01 pp
2007 39.93 −0.07 pp
2006 40 −0.16 pp
2005 40.16 +0.21 pp
2004 39.96 −0.39 pp
2003 40.35 −0.72 pp
2002 41.07 −0.51 pp
2001 41.58 +0.81 pp
2000 40.77 +0.71 pp
1999 40.07 +0.34 pp
1998 39.72 +0.97 pp
1997 38.76 +0.03 pp
1996 38.73 +0.91 pp
1995 37.82 +0.44 pp
1994 37.38 +0.8 pp
1993 36.58 +0.53 pp
1992 36.05 −0.02 pp
1991 36.07 —

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.