Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 by country, 2025
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.
34 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Bosnia and Herzegovina (32.5%). Lowest: Germany (7.1%). The median is 15.1%.
Highest 10
- 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%
- 8. Estonia 20.7%
- 9. Italy 20.6%
- 10. France 19.8%d (definition differs (see metadata))
Lowest 10
- 34. Germany 7.1%
- 33. Switzerland 8.8%
- 32. Netherlands 8.8%
- 31. Iceland 9.5%
- 30. Malta 9.6%
- 29. Czechia 10.4%
- 28. Austria 11.5%
- 27. Ireland 11.8%
- 26. Slovenia 12.1%
- 25. Poland 12.2%
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Source: Eurostat.
In short
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Bosnia and Herzegovina (32.5%) and the lowest Germany (7.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 15.1% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 23 countries and fell in 9.
- The figure for the European Union was 15.2% in 2025, against 17.6% in 2020 (−2.4 percentage points).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.5% | 2025 | |
| 2 | North Macedonia | 29.4% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Romania | 26.1% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Spain | 24.9%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 5 | Sweden | 24.3% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Serbia | 23.4% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Finland | 21.8% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Estonia | 20.7% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Italy | 20.6% | 2025 | |
| 10 | France | 19.8%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 11 | Portugal | 19.5% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 19.4% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Greece | 19.1% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Croatia | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Belgium | 17.4% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Türkiye | 15.4% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Slovakia | 15.3% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Latvia | 14.8% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Lithuania | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Norway | 14.0% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Hungary | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Denmark | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Cyprus | 13.5% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 13.1% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Poland | 12.2% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Slovenia | 12.1% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Ireland | 11.8% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Austria | 11.5% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Czechia | 10.4% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Malta | 9.6% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Iceland | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Netherlands | 8.8% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Switzerland | 8.8% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Germany | 7.1% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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