ILO estimate of youth unemployment in Poland

The ILO estimates youth unemployment in Poland at 10.7% in 2025.

Measure: Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 (ILO modelled estimates) Unit: % of the labour force aged 15 to 24 Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT
Poland, 2025 10.7% % of the labour force aged 15 to 24
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 10.7%
World, 2025 12.4% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 14.2% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 103rd of 181 See the full ranking

ILO estimate of youth unemployment in Poland over time

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% of the labour force aged 15 to 24. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.

Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 (ILO modelled estimates) (% of the labour force aged 15 to 24), 2003 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period PolandWorld
2025 10.7% 12.4%
2024 10.7% 12.3%
2023 11.2% 12.3%
2022 10.6% 12.9%
2021 11.8% 14.1%
2020 10.8% 15.4%
2019 9.8% 13.6%
2018 11.7% 14.0%
2017 14.8% 14.3%
2016 17.6% 14.3%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 10.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 20.7%, the figure has changed by −10.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 103rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 12.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ILO,DF_UNE_2EAP_SEX_AGE_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.A..SEX_T.AGE_YTHADULT_Y15-24
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Poland
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates