Youth employment strategy implementation score (0–3)
Compare youth employment strategy implementation scores across 185 countries using official UN SDG observations for 2025; 0 means none and 3 operationalized.
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Key Insights
- •185 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •Uruguay has the highest published value (3 score).
- •Afghanistan has the lowest published value (0 score).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 2.1score)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Official 0–3 legend: 0=no strategy or development step; 1=strategy in development; 2=strategy developed and adopted; 3=strategy operationalized.
Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy.
Values use UN SDG series SL_CPA_YEMP, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2025 reference year, unit Score, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.
Methodology
UN SDG series SL_CPA_YEMP; year 2025; unit SCORE; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "G", "Units": "SCORE"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 8.b.1. Official 0–3 legend: 0=no strategy or development step; 1=strategy in development; 2=strategy developed and adopted; 3=strategy operationalized.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 3.0score |
| 2 | Belarus | 3.0score |
| 3 | Canada | 3.0score |
| 4 | People's Republic of China | 3.0score |
| 5 | Croatia | 3.0score |
| 6 | Cyprus | 3.0score |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 3.0score |
| 8 | Denmark | 3.0score |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 3.0score |
| 10 | Ecuador | 3.0score |
| 11 | El Salvador | 3.0score |
| 12 | Estonia | 3.0score |
| 13 | Finland | 3.0score |
| 14 | France | 3.0score |
| 15 | Georgia | 3.0score |
| 16 | Republic of The Gambia | 3.0score |
| 17 | Germany | 3.0score |
| 18 | Ghana | 3.0score |
| 19 | Greece | 3.0score |
| 20 | Guatemala | 3.0score |
| 21 | Hungary | 3.0score |
| 22 | Ireland | 3.0score |
| 23 | Italy | 3.0score |
| 24 | Jamaica | 3.0score |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 3.0score |
| 26 | Kenya | 3.0score |
| 27 | Latvia | 3.0score |
| 28 | Lithuania | 3.0score |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 3.0score |
| 30 | Malaysia | 3.0score |
| 31 | Malta | 3.0score |
| 32 | Mauritania | 3.0score |
| 33 | Mexico | 3.0score |
| 34 | Mongolia | 3.0score |
| 35 | Moldova, Republic of | 3.0score |
| 36 | Montenegro | 3.0score |
| 37 | Morocco | 3.0score |
| 38 | Netherlands | 3.0score |
| 39 | New Zealand | 3.0score |
| 40 | Nigeria | 3.0score |
| 41 | Norway | 3.0score |
| 42 | Panama | 3.0score |
| 43 | Philippines | 3.0score |
| 44 | Poland | 3.0score |
| 45 | Portugal | 3.0score |
| 46 | Romania | 3.0score |
| 47 | Russian Federation | 3.0score |
| 48 | Rwanda | 3.0score |
| 49 | Serbia | 3.0score |
| 50 | Seychelles | 3.0score |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 3.0score |
| 52 | Slovakia | 3.0score |
| 53 | Slovenia | 3.0score |
| 54 | South Africa | 3.0score |
| 55 | Spain | 3.0score |
| 56 | Sweden | 3.0score |
| 57 | Switzerland | 3.0score |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 3.0score |
| 59 | Tunisia | 3.0score |
| 60 | Türkiye | 3.0score |
| 61 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 3.0score |
| 62 | Egypt | 3.0score |
| 63 | United Kingdom | 3.0score |
| 64 | United States of America | 3.0score |
| 65 | Uruguay | 3.0score |
| 66 | Albania | 3.0score |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 3.0score |
| 68 | Austria | 3.0score |
| 69 | Armenia | 3.0score |
| 70 | Belgium | 3.0score |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.0score |
| 72 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.0score |
| 73 | Cambodia | 2.0score |
| 74 | Central African Republic | 2.0score |
| 75 | Chile | 2.0score |
| 76 | Colombia | 2.0score |
| 77 | Comoros | 2.0score |
| 78 | Republic of the Congo | 2.0score |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 2.0score |
| 80 | Benin | 2.0score |
| 81 | Dominica | 2.0score |
| 82 | Fiji | 2.0score |
| 83 | Djibouti | 2.0score |
| 84 | Kiribati | 2.0score |
| 85 | Grenada | 2.0score |
| 86 | Guinea | 2.0score |
| 87 | Guyana | 2.0score |
| 88 | Honduras | 2.0score |
| 89 | India | 2.0score |
| 90 | Indonesia | 2.0score |
| 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.0score |
| 92 | Japan | 2.0score |
| 93 | Jordan | 2.0score |
| 94 | South Korea | 2.0score |
| 95 | Kuwait | 2.0score |
| 96 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.0score |
| 97 | Madagascar | 2.0score |
| 98 | Mauritius | 2.0score |
| 99 | Mozambique | 2.0score |
| 100 | Namibia | 2.0score |
| 101 | Vanuatu | 2.0score |
| 102 | Marshall Islands | 2.0score |
| 103 | Palau | 2.0score |
| 104 | Pakistan | 2.0score |
| 105 | Papua New Guinea | 2.0score |
| 106 | Paraguay | 2.0score |
| 107 | Peru | 2.0score |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.0score |
| 109 | Timor-Leste | 2.0score |
| 110 | Qatar | 2.0score |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 2.0score |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.0score |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 2.0score |
| 114 | Senegal | 2.0score |
| 115 | Singapore | 2.0score |
| 116 | Vietnam | 2.0score |
| 117 | Somalia | 2.0score |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 2.0score |
| 119 | South Sudan | 2.0score |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 2.0score |
| 121 | Thailand | 2.0score |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.0score |
| 123 | Turkmenistan | 2.0score |
| 124 | Uganda | 2.0score |
| 125 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.0score |
| 126 | Burkina Faso | 2.0score |
| 127 | Uzbekistan | 2.0score |
| 128 | Venezuela | 2.0score |
| 129 | Samoa | 2.0score |
| 130 | Zambia | 2.0score |
| 131 | Angola | 2.0score |
| 132 | Argentina | 2.0score |
| 133 | Australia | 2.0score |
| 134 | Bahamas | 2.0score |
| 135 | Bahrain | 2.0score |
| 136 | Barbados | 2.0score |
| 137 | Bolivia | 2.0score |
| 138 | Brazil | 2.0score |
| 139 | Belize | 2.0score |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 2.0score |
| 141 | Burundi | 1.0score |
| 142 | Cameroon | 1.0score |
| 143 | Cape Verde | 1.0score |
| 144 | Sri Lanka | 1.0score |
| 145 | Chad | 1.0score |
| 146 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.0score |
| 147 | Cuba | 1.0score |
| 148 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.0score |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 1.0score |
| 150 | Gabon | 1.0score |
| 151 | Haiti | 1.0score |
| 152 | Iceland | 1.0score |
| 153 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1.0score |
| 154 | Iraq | 1.0score |
| 155 | Israel | 1.0score |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.0score |
| 157 | Lebanon | 1.0score |
| 158 | Lesotho | 1.0score |
| 159 | Liberia | 1.0score |
| 160 | Libya | 1.0score |
| 161 | Malawi | 1.0score |
| 162 | Maldives | 1.0score |
| 163 | Mali | 1.0score |
| 164 | Oman | 1.0score |
| 165 | Nepal | 1.0score |
| 166 | Nicaragua | 1.0score |
| 167 | Niger | 1.0score |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.0score |
| 169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.0score |
| 170 | Sudan | 1.0score |
| 171 | Suriname | 1.0score |
| 172 | Eswatini | 1.0score |
| 173 | Togo | 1.0score |
| 174 | Tonga | 1.0score |
| 175 | Ukraine | 1.0score |
| 176 | Yemen | 1.0score |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.0score |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 1.0score |
| 179 | Botswana | 1.0score |
| 180 | Myanmar | 0.0score |
| 181 | Eritrea | 0.0score |
| 182 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0score |
| 183 | Tuvalu | 0.0score |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 0.0score |
| 185 | Algeria | 0.0score |
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2025).
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