Football Manager 2024 Youth Ratings | The Best Scouting Regions

Football Manager Scouting regions and nations youth ranking

Take scouting for wonderkids and newgens to the next level, as we arrange the valuable nations to scout for each scouting regions in Football Manager 2024. In today’s piece we reveal each nations’ youth rating in Football Manager by ranking all the nations withing each scouting regions from the best to worth at producing the best newgens on Football Manager 2024.

In todays article, we have looked at the nations that are most likely to produce quality newgens based on nations youth rating level in Football Manager 2024 and ranked each scouting regions in Football Manager accordingly.

With the list of Football Manager 2024 youth ratings you’ll better understand which nations that are more relevant to scout for wonderkids and talents, as these nations has a higher chance at producing more quality newgens at the annual youth intake.

Ranking the Quality of Nations Newgen Production by Nations’ Youth Rating Level in Football Manager

In your quest to find the best wonderkids and newgens in Football Manager, understanding which nations and scouting regions to scout will be of highest importance. To make scouting more efficient, you need to be more strategic in your hunt for the best ‘newgens’ in Football Manager by prioritizing certain nations or scouting regions that produce an higher ratio of future stars and potential wonderkids than others.

The nations quality of newgen production level are not only decided by the nations youth rating level, but its rating gives a good estimate of their likeliness to produce players of an higher reputation, current and/or potential ability.

In fact, the nations youth rating level in Football Manager will together with each nations game importance, their population and overall reputation determine the newgen production in Football Manager. You can learn more about how newgens are produced in Football Manager in our guide to youth intake, or discover which nations and regions with a higher probability of generating quality ‘newgens’ so you can be more purposeful with scouting in Football Manager.

Do you want to understand which nations to scout to find future wonderkids of the highest quality? Then, our list of the Football Manager scouting regions and their nations will come in handy!

Be more strategic in your hunt for the best ‘newgens’ in Football Manager by using the knowledge about the different Football Manager scouting regions and its nations’ youth rating to your advantage.

Using the Football Manager Scouting Regions To Decide Your Order of Nations to Scout

Throughout the last scouting guides I’ve released, I’ve preached the importance of being strategic and methodical in your search for players. I’ve talked about how you should set up scouting assignments, why increasing scouting knowledge is beneficial and how you can find hidden gems and future wonderkids by tracing down quality newgens generated at youth intakes.

Today I want to put attention to the different Football Manager scouting regions and how you can sort the world regions into areas that are necessary to gain higher scouting knowledge of, and areas that are less valuable in your search for future world-class players.

In fact, the list of scouting regions can be a valuable tool when trying to decide which nations or regions in Football Manager to scout. It helps you to prioritize certain countries and world regions when setting up scouting assignments as you’ll get a better picture of where it’s most useful to scout!

My ranking of the different scouting regions in Football Manager takes into account three different aspects:

  • scouting cost & travel distance
  • overall quality of newgens
  • number of big clubs in the region

By including each nations’ youth ratings and game importance to the different scouting regions in Football Manager you’ll be given a more structured approach to scouting since they affect the production of newgens at youth intakes, and their quality.

As a result, it increases the chance you’ll be able to find more quality newgens generated in your save, in nations higher up the list with a better youth rating and game importance than in a lower one.

How the Nations’ Youth Rating may affect Youth Intakes?

The youth rating is a static number within the Football Manager editor which ranges from 0 to 200. The score affects how likely a specific nation can produce an average amount of quality newgens. By that I mean; Juniors with a potential ability to become world-class players, their reputation and their average levels of current abilities coming through in the nation as a whole. Basically, a nation with a higher youth rating will see a larger pool of Juniors being generated with more players of greater standards.

In other words, the youth rating determines the maximum quality of Juniors produced within a nation, along with the overall quantity.

A nation with a better youth rating will over time produce newgens of a higher standard than a nation with a lower level. For instance, it’s a much bigger chance of finding quality newgens in Brazil compared to the Caymen Islands. Not only because of the cultural differences but also how many plays football in that country compared to the total population, which is replicated in Football Manager as the game importance.

You can then use this knowledge of where it is most likely that the best juniors will be produced to set up more focused scouting assignments. In fact, you increase your probability of finding better newgens by scouting nations with excellent youth ratings compared to spending resources and time in nations with poor youth ratings.

This list helps you to be more strategic when setting up scouting assignments and assigning scouts to further improve your club’s scouting knowledge in the areas of the world most beneficial to you!

Dynamic Youth Rating

One of the headline features for Football Manager 2023 is dynamic youth rating. How this will work in reality, is yet to be investigated. According to the editor, the youth rating has a given value which makes me believe the youth ratings are linked to the reputation of the nation. Increase the reputation and the youth rating will improve. This will be most effective when managing the National team for a longer period of time and winning international trophies.

If you know more about how dynamic youth ratings work in Football Manager 2023, please get in touch.

How to understand Game Importance?

A nation’s Game Importance describes how important football is in that country relative to the population. It takes into account the football culture within each nation and the number of active members playing the sport. The game’s importance will also somehow link to the nation’s infrastructure, economy, and population which affects their overall abilities to produce great footballers.

Obviously, football is hugely important for Germany, compared to Canada where the national sport is ice hockey. Similarly, football is more important in Holland compared to Sri Lanka which has no prior football history to talk about.

How to use the list of scouting regions to your benefit?

The result is those nations with a relatively huge population, high game importance, and excellent youth ratings will produce a higher average number of quality newgens. For instance, nations at the higher end of the scale will be more likely to produce players with higher reputation, better current and potential abilities compared to one at the lower end.

Regardless, it is not a definite matter that a nation on top of the list will constantly produce the best newgens, as each club’s reputation, youth facilities, Junior Coaching and youth recruitment will affect it as well. Then, the quality of the person in charge of handling youth intakes must be taken into account as well.

But by combining the knowledge of the best youth academies in Football Manager with the ‘best’ newgen nations you can prioritize your scouting activities to certain areas of the world. For instance, by focusing your attention on valuable nations to scout at, at the youth intake dates.

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Complete list of the Worlds Scouting Regions

Updated for Football Manager 2024.

In each of the different scouting regions below, the nations are sorted from best to worst according to their youth rating. If nations have the same amount of stars, the better one will still be above the worse one.

Top 10 Scouting Regions

Top 10 Scouting Regions - Youth Rating

Ranking the top 10 scouting regions according to youth rating, reputation and club's training facilities.

South America (South)
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Brazil Very Important
9050
Argentina Very Important
9100
Chile Very Important
6500
Uruguay Very Important
7250
Paraguay Very Important
6000
Western Europe
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
France Very Important
8750
Spain Very Important
9200
Portugal Very Important
8000
Andorra Unimportant
2550
Gibraltar Important
2050
Central Europe
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Germany Very Important
9250
Netherlands Very Important
7750
Belgium Very Important
7500
Czechia Important
5900
Poland Important
6250
Switzerland Important
6350
Slovakia Important
5850
Austria Very Important
6000
Lichtenstein Unimportant
2750
Luxembourg Fairly Unimportant
3850
South Europe
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Italy Very Important
8550
Croatia Very Important
7000
Slovenia Important
5500
Bosnia & Herzegovina Very Important
5800
Albania Very Important
5550
Kosovo Important
4000
Montenegro Important
4900
Malta Fairly Unimportant
3900
San Marino Important
2050
UK & Ireland
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
England Very Important
7050
Scotland Very Important
5500
Rep. Of Ireland Important
5800
Northern Ireland Important
5700
Wales Important
6500
South America (North)
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Colombia Very Important
7000
Peru Very Important
6250
Ecuador Very Important
6100
Venezuela Important
5250
Bolivia Very Important
5200
Suriname Important
3000
French Guyana Unimportant
2500
Guyana Unimportant
2400
Northern Europe
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Denmark Very Important
6050
Sweden Very Important
5800
Norway Very Important
5400
Finland Important
5300
Iceland Very Important
6000
Faroe Iceland Very Important
3750
North Africa
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Egypt Very Important
5950
Algerie Very Important
5850
Morocco Very Important
5750
Tunisia Very Important
5750
Sudan Very Important
3900
Libya Very Important
3250
North America
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Mexico Very Important
7000
USA Fairly Unimportant
6750
Canada Fairly Unimportant
3750
Saint Pierre & Miquelon Fairly Unimportant
350
Western Africa
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Nigeria Very important
5550
Ivory Coast Very Important
6250
Ghana Very Important
5500
Senegal Very Important
5750
Mali Very Important
4600
Burkina Faso Very Important
4750
Guinea Very Important
4250
Togo Very Important
3750
Benin Very Important
3300
Gambia Important
3650
Cape Verde Fairly Unimportant
4250
Liberia Important
2250
Niger Important
2150
Sierra Leone Very Important
2000
Mauritania Important
2250
Guinea-Bissau Very Important
1250

The Other Scouting Regions

Other Scouting Regions

South Eastern Europe
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Türkiye Very Important
5900
Greece Very Important
5500
Cyprus Very Important
4900
North Macedonia Very Important
4850
Georgia Very Important
4900
Azerbajian Fairly Unimportant
3050
Armenia Important
4600
East Asia
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Japan Very Important
6500
South-Korea Important
6050
North-Korea Fairly Unimportant
3900
China Very Important
4150
Hong Kong Unimportant
2500
Mongolia Unimportant
950
Chinese Taipei Unimportant
1400
Guam Unimportant
2350
Macau Unimportant
500
North-Mariana Unimportant
50
North Eastern Europe
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Russia Important
6250
Ukraine Important
5800
Latvia Important
4500
Belarus Important
4300
Estonia Important
4750
Lithuania Important
4600
Eastern Europe
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Serbia Very Important
5600
Romania Very Important
5900
Bulgaria Very Important
5250
Hungary Important
5400
Moldova Fairly Unimportant
3900
Middle East
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Iran Very Important
5350
Qatar Important
4000
Saudi Arabia Important
5150
Iraq Important
4050
U.A.E Important
4350
Jordan Fairly Unimportant
4000
Syria Very Important
4750
Lebanon Important
3350
Israel Important
5350
Bahrain Important
3450
Kuwait Fairly Unimportant
4200
Oman Unimportant
3900
Yemen Unimportant
2500
Palestine Fairly Unimportant
2550
Central Africa
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
DR Congo Very Important
5000
Cameroon Very Important
5750
Congo Very Important
3500
Gabon Important
3750
Eq. Guinea Unimportant
3500
Chad Unimportant
1750
Central Africa Rep. Fairly Unimportant
2250
São Tome & Principe Unimportant
500
Southern Africa
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
South Africa Very Important
5400
Angola Very Important
4250
Mozambique Very Important
3750
Zambia Very Important
4750
Malawi Important
3250
Zimbabwe Very Important
3000
Botswana Important
3000
Namibia Fairly Unimportant
2750
Madagascar Unimportant
2100
Lesotho Fairly Unimportant
2250
Mauritius Unimportant
1400
Seychelles Unimportant
1500
Eswatini Unimportant
2400
Comoros Fairly Unimportant
1900
Southeast Asia
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Thailand Very Important
4250
Vietnam Important
3300
Indonesia Important
2900
Myanmar Important
2400
Malaysia Fairly Unimportant
2550
Singapore Unimportant
2250
Philippines Unimportant
2650
Cambodia Important
750
Laos Unimportant
200
Brunei Unimportant
650
East-Timor Unimportant
650
South Asia
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
India Fairly Unimportant
3350
Maldives Unimportant
2150
Pakistan Unimportant
1250
Bangladesh Unimportant
1750
Afghanistan Fairly Unimportant
1850
Sri Lanka Unimportant
1150
Nepal Unimportant
1100
Bhutan Fairly Unimportant
150
Oceania
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Australia Important
5900
New Zealand Fairly Unimportant
5500
Salomon Islands Fairly Unimportant
1750
Tahiti Fairly Unimportant
2000
Fiji Fairly Unimportant
1600
Papua New-Guinea Fairly Unimportant
1450
New-Caledonia Important
2400
Vanuatu Unimportant
1650
Samoa Unimportant
1100
Tonga Unimportant
200
Cook Icelands Fairly Unimportant
250
American Samoa Unimportant
200
Tuvalu Unimportant
1250
Wallis & Futuna Islands Fairly Unimportant
50
Kiribati Unimportant
50
Micronesia Unimportant
50
Central America
Nation Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Honduras Important
4600
Costa Rica Very Important
5250
Guatamala Important
3750
El Salvador Very Important
3400
Panama Unimportant
4500
Nicaragua Unimportant
3500
Belize Unimportant
1500
Caribbean
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Jamaica Very Important
4100
Haiti Very Important
3750
Trinidad & Tobago Important
3750
Cuba Fairly Unimportant
3000
Guadaloupe Important
2100
Martinique Important
3000
Curacao Unimportant
2500
Dominican Rep. Fairly Unimportant
2000
St. Vincent & Grenadines Important
1900
Barbados Unimportant
2450
Puerto Rico Fairly Unimportant
1650
Antique & Bermuda Important
2100
Saint Lucia Unimportant
1750
Bermuda Fairly Unimportant
2000
St. Kitts & Nevis Fairly Unimportant
2100
Grenada Fairly Unimportant
1700
Saint Barthelemy Fairly Unimportant
100
Aruba Unimportant
1750
Cayman Iceland Important
1250
Dominica Important
1250
Bonaire Important
1300
Bahamas Unimportant
750
Sint Maartin Unimportant
200
Saint Martin Unimportant
250
British Virgin Iceland Fairly Unimportant
450
Turks & Caicos Fairly Unimportant
450
Montserrat Fairly Unimportant
100
Anguilla Fairly Unimportant
250
US Virgin Islands Unimportant
350
East Africa
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Tanzania Very Important
4500
Uganda Very Important
3700
Kenya Important
4250
Ethiopia Important
3400
Rwanda Important
2900
Burundi Fairly Unimportant
2550
Somalia Fairly Unimportant
950
Eritrea Unimportant
500
Reunion Unimportant
500
Djibouti Unimportant
1000
South-Sudan Very Important
1250
Zanzibar Important
1000
Mayotte Fairly Unimportant
500
Central Asia
Nations Game Importance Youth Rating Reputation
Uzbekistan Important
4600
Kazakhstan Unimportant
4750
Tajikistan Unimportant
3500
Turkmenistan Unimportant
2850
Kyrgyzstan Unimportant
4050

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