The youth unemployment rate in Brunei was 18.49 percent in 2024. Between 1991 and 2024, the youth unemployment rate rose by 4.25 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Graph and download economic data for Youth Unemployment Rate for Brunei Darussalam (SLUEM1524ZSBRN) from 1991 to 2024 about Brunei, 15 to 24 years, unemployment, and rate.

In 2017, approximately **** percent of the labor force aged 15 to 24 years in Brunei were unemployed. This was a dramatic increase from the previous year, in which *** percent of the labor force aged 15 to 24 years old were unemployed in Brunei.

Brunei BN: Unemployment: Modeled ILO Estimate: Youth: % of Total Labour Force Aged 15-24 data was reported at 18.493 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 18.498 % for 2023. Brunei BN: Unemployment: Modeled ILO Estimate: Youth: % of Total Labour Force Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 18.590 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2024, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 30.809 % in 2018 and a record low of 14.240 % in 1991. Brunei BN: Unemployment: Modeled ILO Estimate: Youth: % of Total Labour Force Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brunei – Table BN.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.;International Labour Organization. “ILO Modelled Estimates and Projections database (ILOEST)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.;Weighted average;National estimates are also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Brunei BN: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth: % of Total Labour Force Aged 15-24 data was reported at 17.808 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 18.344 % for 2022. Brunei BN: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth: % of Total Labour Force Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 22.820 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2023, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.869 % in 2018 and a record low of 16.335 % in 2021. Brunei BN: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth: % of Total Labour Force Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brunei – Table BN.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. 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.;International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.;Weighted average;The series for ILO estimates is also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

In 2024, the youth unemployment rate in Brunei was estimated at **** percent of the youth labor force (aged between 15 and 24). Comparatively, the youth unemployment rate in Cambodia was estimated at less than one percent of the youth labor force that year.

Brunei BN: Share of Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training: Female: % of Female Youth Population data was reported at 18.913 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 20.926 % for 2022. Brunei BN: Share of Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training: Female: % of Female Youth Population data is updated yearly, averaging 20.454 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2023, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 23.259 % in 2018 and a record low of 18.913 % in 2023. Brunei BN: Share of Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training: Female: % of Female Youth Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brunei – Table BN.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. Share of youth not in education, employment or training (NEET) is the proportion of young people who are not in education, employment, or training to the population of the corresponding age group: youth (ages 15 to 24); persons ages 15 to 29; or both age groups.;International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.;Weighted average;

Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brunei was reported at 16.49 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Brunei - Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Brunei BN: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth Female: % of Female Labour Force Aged 15-24 data was reported at 21.181 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 22.053 % for 2022. Brunei BN: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth Female: % of Female Labour Force Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 26.364 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2023, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 32.528 % in 2018 and a record low of 21.181 % in 2023. Brunei BN: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth Female: % of Female Labour Force Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brunei – Table BN.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. 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.;International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.;Weighted average;The series for ILO estimates is also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Brunei BN: Unemployment: Modeled ILO Estimate: Youth Female: % of Female Labour Force Aged 15-24 data was reported at 21.636 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 21.990 % for 2023. Brunei BN: Unemployment: Modeled ILO Estimate: Youth Female: % of Female Labour Force Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 21.868 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2024, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33.313 % in 2020 and a record low of 17.820 % in 1991. Brunei BN: Unemployment: Modeled ILO Estimate: Youth Female: % of Female Labour Force Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brunei – Table BN.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.;International Labour Organization. “ILO Modelled Estimates and Projections database (ILOEST)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.;Weighted average;National estimates are also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Brunei BN: Unemployment: Modeled ILO Estimate: Youth Male: % of Male Labour Force Aged 15-24 data was reported at 16.486 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 16.268 % for 2023. Brunei BN: Unemployment: Modeled ILO Estimate: Youth Male: % of Male Labour Force Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 16.756 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2024, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.572 % in 2018 and a record low of 11.992 % in 2021. Brunei BN: Unemployment: Modeled ILO Estimate: Youth Male: % of Male Labour Force Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brunei – Table BN.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.;International Labour Organization. “ILO Modelled Estimates and Projections database (ILOEST)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.;Weighted average;National estimates are also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

The youth unemployment rate in Singapore decreased by 0.6 percentage points (-7.09 percent) compared to the previous year. The youth unemployment rate refers to the share of the economically active population aged 15 to 24 currently without work but in search of employment. The youth unemployment rate does not include economically inactive persons such as the long-term unemployed or full-time students.Find more key insights for the youth unemployment rate in countries like Brunei and Vietnam.

失业：国家评估报告：年轻男性：占15-24岁男性劳动力百分比在12-01-2023达15.897%，相较于12-01-2022的16.035%有所下降。失业：国家评估报告：年轻男性：占15-24岁男性劳动力百分比数据按年更新，12-01-2014至12-01-2023期间平均值为20.296%，共8份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2017，达28.434%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2021，为11.998%。CEIC提供的失业：国家评估报告：年轻男性：占15-24岁男性劳动力百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的文莱 – Table BN.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment。

未受教育、无业或未受培训青少年比例：男性：占男性年轻人口百分比在12-01-2023达14.356%，相较于12-01-2022的19.191%有所下降。未受教育、无业或未受培训青少年比例：男性：占男性年轻人口百分比数据按年更新，12-01-2014至12-01-2023期间平均值为18.615%，共8份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2020，达20.300%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2023，为14.356%。CEIC提供的未受教育、无业或未受培训青少年比例：男性：占男性年轻人口百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的文莱 – Table BN.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment。

失业：国家评估报告：年轻女性：占15-24岁女性劳动力百分比在12-01-2023达21.181%，相较于12-01-2022的22.053%有所下降。失业：国家评估报告：年轻女性：占15-24岁女性劳动力百分比数据按年更新，12-01-2014至12-01-2023期间平均值为26.364%，共8份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2018，达32.528%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2023，为21.181%。CEIC提供的失业：国家评估报告：年轻女性：占15-24岁女性劳动力百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的文莱 – Table BN.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment。

失业：模拟国际劳工组织（ILO）估算：年轻男性：占15-24岁男性劳动力百分比在12-01-2024达16.486%，相较于12-01-2023的16.268%有所增长。失业：模拟国际劳工组织（ILO）估算：年轻男性：占15-24岁男性劳动力百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1991至12-01-2024期间平均值为16.756%，共34份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2018，达29.572%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2021，为11.992%。CEIC提供的失业：模拟国际劳工组织（ILO）估算：年轻男性：占15-24岁男性劳动力百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的文莱 – Table BN.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment。