Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 in Spain

Name: Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 in Spain
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The youth unemployment rate in Spain was 24.9% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2009.

Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 % of the labour force aged 15 to 24 Data: 2009 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

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Spain, 2025 24.9%d % of the labour force aged 15 to 24

Change from 2024 −1.6percentage points 2024: 26.5%

European Union, 2025 15.2% Official aggregate

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 14.8% Middle value of 27 countries

Position in 2025 4th of 34 See the full ranking

Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 in Spain over time

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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.

Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of the labour force aged 15 to 24), 2009 to 2025
Period	Spain	European Union
2025	24.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))	15.2%
2024	26.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))	15.0%
2023	28.7%d (definition differs (see metadata))	14.6%
2022	29.7%d (definition differs (see metadata))	14.6%
2021	35.0%d (definition differs (see metadata))	16.7%
2020	38.3%	17.6%
2019	32.5%	15.7%
2018	34.3%	16.7%
2017	38.6%	18.6%
2016	44.4%	20.7%
2015	48.3%	22.4%
2014	53.2%	24.1%
2013	55.5%	25.2%
2012	52.9%	24.4%
2011	46.2%	22.5%
2010	41.5%	22.4%
2009	37.7%	21.2%

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In short

That is a change of −1.6 percentage points from 26.5% in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 48.3%, the figure has changed by −23.4 percentage points.
Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Spain has the 4th highest value.
The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 15.2%.

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All statistics for Spain

Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74 10.5%d 2025 · Eurostat NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 11.5%d 2025 · Eurostat ILO estimate of youth unemployment 24.7% 2025 · ILOSTAT Long-term unemployment rate 3.4%d 2025 · Eurostat Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 72.4%d 2025 · Eurostat Employment rate of women, ages 20 to 64 67.6%d 2025 · Eurostat

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Original producer: Eurostat
Source: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code: une_rt_a · dataset details · view at source
Selection: freq=A age=Y15-24 unit=PC_ACT
Observation period: 2009 to 2025 for Spain
Provider update: 6 November 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution: Source: Eurostat

How Spain compares in 2025 Neighbouring positions among 34 countries with a value for 2025.

1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 32.5%
2 North Macedonia 29.4%
3 Romania 26.1%
4 Spain 24.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))
5 Sweden 24.3%
6 Serbia 23.4%
7 Finland 21.8%

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Spain by sex

Total 24.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))2025
Women 25.8%d (definition differs (see metadata))2025
Men 24.1%d (definition differs (see metadata))2025

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What this measures

Unemployed people aged 15 to 24 as a share of the labour force of the same age. Many young people are students outside the labour force, so this is not the share of all young people who are unemployed.

Population covered: Labour force aged 15 to 24

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