Brunei Darussalam's unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) was 27.04% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5.4 percentage points from 32.44% in 2020.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 27.04% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 32.44% | 2020 |
| Highest | 32.53% | 2018 |
| Lowest | 21.18% | 2023 |
| Average since 2017 | 26.18% | 2017–2025 |
| First recorded | 27.94% | 2014 |
Over five years it is down 5.4 percentage points from 32.44% in 2020. Since 2014 it is down 0.9 percentage points from 27.94% in 2014. The World Bank has no value for 2 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.65 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.49 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 2017 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.92 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 33% of the movement over 9 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, Brunei Darussalam had the 6th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brunei Darussalam | 27.04% | 2025 |
| High income | 11.97% | 2025 |
Closest to Brunei Darussalam in the 2025 ranking
- Uruguay — 3rd of 81: 29.11%
- Romania — 4th of 81: 27.75%
- North Macedonia — 5th of 81: 27.17%
- Spain — 7th of 81: 25.84%
- Costa Rica — 8th of 81: 25.48%
- Chile — 9th of 81: 25.45%
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 10 values
| Year | Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.04 |
| 2024 | 23.19 |
| 2023 | 21.18 |
| 2022 | 22.05 |
| 2021 | 22.96 |
| 2020 | 32.44 |
| 2019 | 24.79 |
| 2018 | 32.53 |
| 2017 | 29.48 |
| 2016 | no data |
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) in nearby economies
- Australia — 8.58% (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 Brunei Darussalam
- Net migration — 0 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 26.39% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 42.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 34.94% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 59.76% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 77.93% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
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Questions people ask
- What is Brunei Darussalam's unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)?
- 27.04% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2014?
- It is down 0.9 percentage points from 27.94% in 2014. The highest value was 32.53% in 2018 and the lowest 21.18% in 2023.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank?
- 6th highest of 81 economies with data for 2025.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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.
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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