Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 in Switzerland
The youth unemployment rate in Switzerland was 8.8% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2015.
Switzerland, 2025
8.8%
Change from 2024
+0.6percentage points
European Union, 2025
15.2%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
14.5%
Position in 2025
33rd of 34
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 in Switzerland 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.
| Period | Switzerland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.8% | 15.2% |
| 2024 | 8.2% | 15.0% |
| 2023 | 7.9% | 14.6% |
| 2022 | 6.8% | 14.6% |
| 2021 | 8.3% | 16.7% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | 17.6% |
| 2019 | 8.0% | 15.7% |
| 2018 | 7.9% | 16.7% |
| 2017 | 8.1% | 18.6% |
| 2016 | 8.6% | 20.7% |
| 2015 | 8.8% | 22.4% |
| 2014 | 8.6% | 24.1% |
| 2013 | 8.7% | 25.2% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | 24.4% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | 22.5% |
| 2010 | 8.2%b (break in time series) | 22.4% |
| 2009 | – | 21.2% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 8.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 8.8%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
- Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Switzerland has the 33rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 15.2%.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
4.9%
2025 · Eurostat
NEET rate, ages 15 to 29
8.7%
2025 · Eurostat
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
9.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Long-term unemployment rate
1.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
82.4%
2025 · Eurostat
Employment rate of women, ages 20 to 64
79.2%
2025 · Eurostat