Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) fell 0.311% to 24.3% in Yemen in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) in Yemen reached an all time high of 24.4% in 2020 and an all time low of 19.1% in 1991. When compared to Yemen's main peers, Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) in Djibouti amounted to 78.6%, 13.1% in Eritrea, 11.6% in Oman and 22.4% in Saudi Arabia in 2021.
Yemen has been ranked 37th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24), 11 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment, Youth Male (As % of Male Labour Force Ages 15-24) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Djibouti | % | 72.9% | 73.9% | 75.2% | 75.4% | 75.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 9.62% | 9.81% | 10.0% | 10.1% | 10.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 2.65% | 2.70% | 2.74% | 2.80% | 2.85% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 22.1% | 25.2% | 23.9% | 24.1% | 22.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 18.3% | 19.9% | 21.7% | 21.7% | 21.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 25.1% | 30.6% | 31.6% | 36.4% | 34.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 11.8% | 10.7% | 8.28% | 5.65% | 6.13% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 21.1% | 18.6% | 22.1% | 20.0% | 13.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 31.5% | 31.6% | 31.7% | 31.8% | 31.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 27.5% | 27.6% | 27.7% | 27.9% | 28.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 4.86% | 4.53% | 6.23% | 5.70% | 5.11% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 23.9% | 23.6% | 23.7% | 23.7% | 23.7% |
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