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Youth unemployment rate — World Bank / ILO modeled estimate (15–24)

ILO modeled estimate published by World Bank: unemployed youth as a percentage of the labor force ages 15–24. Not the percentage of all youth or graduates without work. Separate from the count-based derived unemployment rate.

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Youth unemployment rate — World Bank / ILO modeled estimate (15–24)

Samoa

Values and evidence for Samoa. Unavailable values are gaps, not zero.
Period	Value	Status	Provenance & calculation
1990	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14940 · revision 1 Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 4.30 Exact value 4.2980000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14939 · revision 1 Value 4.2980000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 4.2980000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 5.01 Exact value 5.0070000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14938 · revision 1 Value 5.0070000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 5.0070000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 5.60 Exact value 5.5990000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14937 · revision 1 Value 5.5990000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 5.5990000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 6.30 Exact value 6.3020000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14936 · revision 1 Value 6.3020000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 6.3020000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 6.96 Exact value 6.9580000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14935 · revision 1 Value 6.9580000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 6.9580000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 7.71 Exact value 7.7080000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14934 · revision 1 Value 7.7080000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 7.7080000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 8.45 Exact value 8.4450000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14933 · revision 1 Value 8.4450000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 8.4450000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
1998	9.36 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14932 · revision 1 Value 9.3600000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 9.3600000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
1999	10.3 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14931 · revision 1 Value 10.3000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 10.3000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 11.00 Exact value 11.0020000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14930 · revision 1 Value 11.0020000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 11.0020000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2001	11.65 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14929 · revision 1 Value 11.6500000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 11.6500000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 11.89 Exact value 11.8910000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14928 · revision 1 Value 11.8910000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 11.8910000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 12.25 Exact value 12.2490000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14927 · revision 1 Value 12.2490000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.2490000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 12.73 Exact value 12.7320000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14926 · revision 1 Value 12.7320000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.7320000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 13.10 Exact value 13.0990000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14925 · revision 1 Value 13.0990000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 13.0990000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2006	13.51 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14924 · revision 1 Value 13.5100000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 13.5100000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 13.84 Exact value 13.8360000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14923 · revision 1 Value 13.8360000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 13.8360000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 14.20 Exact value 14.1980000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14922 · revision 1 Value 14.1980000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 14.1980000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 14.50 Exact value 14.5040000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14921 · revision 1 Value 14.5040000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 14.5040000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 14.62 Exact value 14.6190000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14920 · revision 1 Value 14.6190000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 14.6190000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 14.88 Exact value 14.8820000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14919 · revision 1 Value 14.8820000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 14.8820000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2012	17.49 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14918 · revision 1 Value 17.4900000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 17.4900000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 17.56 Exact value 17.5550000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14917 · revision 1 Value 17.5550000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 17.5550000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 17.53 Exact value 17.5250000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14916 · revision 1 Value 17.5250000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 17.5250000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 18.06 Exact value 18.0580000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14915 · revision 1 Value 18.0580000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 18.0580000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 18.61 Exact value 18.6050000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14914 · revision 1 Value 18.6050000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 18.6050000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 19.38 Exact value 19.3820000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14913 · revision 1 Value 19.3820000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 19.3820000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2018	18.45 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14912 · revision 1 Value 18.4500000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 18.4500000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 17.49 Exact value 17.4860000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14911 · revision 1 Value 17.4860000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 17.4860000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 17.83 Exact value 17.8340000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14910 · revision 1 Value 17.8340000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 17.8340000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2021	≈ 16.03 Exact value 16.0340000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14909 · revision 1 Value 16.0340000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 16.0340000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2022	≈ 13.25 Exact value 13.2450000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14908 · revision 1 Value 13.2450000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 13.2450000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2023	12.9 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14907 · revision 1 Value 12.9000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.9000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2024	≈ 12.67 Exact value 12.6670000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14906 · revision 1 Value 12.6670000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.6670000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified
2025	≈ 12.98 Exact value 12.9770000000 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #14905 · revision 1 Value 12.9770000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-14 Source reference ILO modeled estimate for ages 15–24; unemployment as a share of the youth labor force, not all youth. Provider world_bank · indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS · dataset 2 · modeled estimate Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.9770000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-14 12:49:47 · source revision unspecified

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