Youth Unemployment / China
China Youth Unemployment
China youth unemployment data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 15.80%.
COUNTRY: China
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-07 05:07:43
GM ECONOMY RATING
China · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
78 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
19.0 / 20
External stability
15.0 / 15
Financial robustness
14.0 / 15
Structural stability
13.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
Time range:
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China · youth unemployment data as percent of GDP.
Latest
15.80%
Previous
15.04%
Range avg.
12.75%
Rank
40
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CountryChina
IndicatorYouth Unemployment
15.80%2025 · Rank 40
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
China recorded 15.80% for Youth Unemployment in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.75 percentage points, from 15.04% to 15.80%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (12.75%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 9.67% in 2018 and the high was 15.80% in 2025.
Comparison
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