The YouGov survey of 1,600 young people aged 11 to 24 found that 33 per cent admitted to not feeling confident.
However, when broken down by age, 73 per cent of the 11-year-olds in the study said they did feel confident. By contrast, only 45 per cent of 17-year-olds reported that they felt confident.
The results also show a gender divide, with girls more likely to feel unconfident than boys.
When asked what it was that affected their confidence, the young people blamed exam pressures, relationships, and defining their identity. For girls, appearance and the clothes they wear were the biggest factors in feeling unconfident.
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