Australia's unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) was 8.58% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 3.34 percentage points from 11.92% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 8.58% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 13.26% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 11.92% | 2015 |
| Highest | 17.63% | 1992 |
| Lowest | 7.41% | 2023 |
| Average since 2016 | 9.93% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 14.51% | 1979 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Australia's unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) rose 0.51 percentage points on 2024 (from 8.07% to 8.58%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.27 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.5 percentage points in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.52 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.49 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 57% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Australia had the 67th highest value of the 81 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 8.58% | 2025 |
| High income | 11.97% | 2025 |
Closest to Australia in the 2025 ranking
- United States — 64th of 81: 9%
- Seychelles — 65th of 81: 8.93%
- Netherlands — 66th of 81: 8.59%
- Senegal — 68th of 81: 8.34%
- Russian Federation — 69th of 81: 7.97%
- Belarus — 70th of 81: 7.81%
What this measures
Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.
Limitations: The criteria for people considered to be seeking work, and the treatment of people temporarily laid off or seeking work for the first time, vary across countries. In many cases it is especially difficult to measure employment and unemployment in agriculture. The timing of a survey can maximize the effects of seasonal unemployment in agriculture. And informal sector employment is difficult to quantify where informal activities are not tracked.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 47 values
| Year | Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.58 |
| 2024 | 8.07 |
| 2023 | 7.41 |
| 2022 | 7.54 |
| 2021 | 9.75 |
| 2020 | 13.26 |
| 2019 | 10.57 |
| 2018 | 11.04 |
| 2017 | 11.62 |
| 2016 | 11.43 |
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) in nearby economies
- Brunei Darussalam — 27.04% (2025)
- Cambodia — 9.52% (2025)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 10.89% (2025)
- Indonesia — 13.2% (2023)
- Japan — 3.7% (2025)
- Korea, Rep. — 5.75% (2025)
- Macao SAR, China — 6.12% (2020)
- Malaysia
More social protection & labor data for Australia
- Net migration — 137,109 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 33,415 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate) — 70.34% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) — 70.25% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate) — 70.29% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 63.24% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) — 89.35% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate)
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Questions people ask
- What is Australia's unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)?
- 8.58% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1979?
- It is down 5.93 percentage points from 14.51% in 1979. The highest value was 17.63% in 1992 and the lowest 7.41% in 2023.
- How does Australia rank?
- 67th highest of 81 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) unusual for Australia?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.1524.FE.NE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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