COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Timor-Leste Youth Unemployment
Timor-Leste youth unemployment: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SL.UEM.1524.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,72 | 0,50 |
| 2024 | 3,22 | 0,02 |
| 2023 | 3,20 | -0,01 |
| 2022 | 3,21 | -1,58 |
| 2021 | 4,79 | -1,99 |
| 2020 | 6,79 | -1,18 |
| 2019 | 7,97 | -1,81 |
| 2018 | 9,78 | -1,72 |
| 2017 | 11,49 | -1,57 |
| 2016 | 13,07 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
Source organization: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesTimor-Leste recorded 3,72 percent in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the youth unemployment increased by 0,50.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 10 observations from 2016 to 2025, the average was 6,72; the minimum was 3,20 in 2023 and the maximum was 13,07 in 2016.
Timor-Leste ranks 14 out of 187 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for East Asia & Pacific.
It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Labor-market access for young people.