Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Trinidad and Tobago

Youth unemployment in Trinidad and Tobago in 2025 — 8.22%. Ranked 51 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 26.39 pp.

2025 8.22% +0.22 pp vs 2024
World rank 51of 182
Period maximum 35.19%1992
Period minimum 5.87%2015

Trend over time

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

Youth unemployment — Trinidad and Tobago, 1991–202501020304019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 34.61%1992: 35.19%1993: 33.61%1994: 32.27%1995: 31%1996: 28.62%1997: 27.42%1998: 26.98%1999: 25.48%2000: 23.4%2001: 21.4%2002: 20.93%2003: 21.43%2004: 17.19%2005: 16.54%2006: 13.03%2007: 11.36%2008: 10.51%2009: 11.73%2010: 9.85%2011: 8.59%2012: 8.61%2013: 6.28%2014: 5.88%2015: 5.87%2016: 8.72%2017: 9.03%2018: 9.16%2019: 9.17%2020: 11.81%2021: 13.15%2022: 10.6%2023: 8.04%2024: 7.99%2025: 8.22%
Change over the period: −26.39 pp Annual average: -0.78 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Trinidad and Tobago 8.22%
World 13.41%
High-income countries computed 11.17%
Youth unemployment — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.22 +0.22 pp
2024 7.99 −0.05 pp
2023 8.04 −2.56 pp
2022 10.6 −2.55 pp
2021 13.15 +1.34 pp
2020 11.81 +2.64 pp
2019 9.17 +0.01 pp
2018 9.16 +0.14 pp
2017 9.03 +0.31 pp
2016 8.72 +2.85 pp
2015 5.87 −0.01 pp
2014 5.88 −0.39 pp
2013 6.28 −2.33 pp
2012 8.61 +0.02 pp
2011 8.59 −1.26 pp
2010 9.85 −1.88 pp
2009 11.73 +1.21 pp
2008 10.51 −0.85 pp
2007 11.36 −1.67 pp
2006 13.03 −3.51 pp
2005 16.54 −0.65 pp
2004 17.19 −4.24 pp
2003 21.43 +0.5 pp
2002 20.93 −0.47 pp
2001 21.4 −2 pp
2000 23.4 −2.08 pp
1999 25.48 −1.5 pp
1998 26.98 −0.44 pp
1997 27.42 −1.2 pp
1996 28.62 −2.39 pp
1995 31 −1.26 pp
1994 32.27 −1.35 pp
1993 33.61 −1.57 pp
1992 35.19 +0.58 pp
1991 34.61 —

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.