Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 in European Union
The youth unemployment rate in the European Union was 15.2% in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
15.2%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 in European Union over time
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European Union
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% of the labour force aged 15 to 24. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.2% |
| 2024 | 15.0% |
| 2023 | 14.6% |
| 2022 | 14.6% |
| 2021 | 16.7% |
| 2020 | 17.6% |
| 2019 | 15.7% |
| 2018 | 16.7% |
| 2017 | 18.6% |
| 2016 | 20.7% |
| 2015 | 22.4% |
| 2014 | 24.1% |
| 2013 | 25.2% |
| 2012 | 24.4% |
| 2011 | 22.5% |
| 2010 | 22.4% |
| 2009 | 21.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 15.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 22.4%, the figure has changed by −7.2 percentage points.
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