Social Protection & Labor · Uruguay
Yearly data from 1984 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Uruguay's unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) was 20.89% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1 percentage points from 19.88% in 2015.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 20.89% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 29.26% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 19.88% | 2015 |
| Highest | 33.71% | 2003 |
| Lowest | 14.73% | 2012 |
| Average since 2016 | 23.81% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 17.76% | 1984 |
Over five years it is down 8.37 percentage points from 29.26% in 2020. Since 1984 it is up 3.12 percentage points from 17.76% in 1984. The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
In 2025, Uruguay's unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) fell 3.15 percentage points on 2024 (from 24.04% to 20.89%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2024), the average change was +0.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.53 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.25 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.72 percentage points in 2004. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 5% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2025, Uruguay had the 11th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 20.89% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 9.96% | 2025 |
| High income | 11.98% | 2025 |
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.
| Year | Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 20.89 |
| 2024 | 24.04 |
| 2023 | 24.36 |
| 2022 | 23.81 |
| 2021 | 28.43 |
| 2020 | 29.26 |
| 2019 | 24.01 |
| 2018 | 22.42 |
| 2017 | 20.73 |
| 2016 | 20.19 |
| 2015 | 19.88 |
| 2014 | 16.12 |
| 2013 | 15.9 |
| 2012 | 14.73 |
| 2011 | 15.18 |
| 2010 | 16.71 |
| 2009 | 17.03 |
| 2008 | 17.93 |
| 2007 | 20.73 |
| 2006 | 23.37 |
| 2005 | 25.06 |
| 2004 | 27.99 |
| 2003 | 33.71 |
| 2002 | 31.99 |
| 2001 | 28.43 |
| 2000 | 25.05 |
| 1999 | 20.42 |
| 1998 | 19.06 |
| 1997 | no data |
| 1996 | no data |
| 1995 | 21.33 |
| 1994 | 20.02 |
| 1993 | 19.71 |
| 1992 | 20.45 |
| 1991 | 21.21 |
| 1990 | 20.75 |
| 1989 | no data |
| 1988 | no data |
| 1987 | no data |
| 1986 | no data |
| 1985 | no data |
| 1984 | 17.76 |
Every indicator for Uruguay is on the Uruguay data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.1524.MA.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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