Euro area
Euro area desk: EMU aggregate first; Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom and United States alongside.
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As of 2025 | % of labour force ages 15–24
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.34% |
| 2024 | 16.43% |
| 2023 | 16.64% |
| 2022 | 16.94% |
| 2021 | 19.66% |
| 2020 | 20.35% |
| 2019 | 18.19% |
| 2018 | 19.58% |
| 2017 | 21.57% |
| 2016 | 23.96% |
| 2015 | 25.66% |
| 2014 | 27.12% |
| 2013 | 27.68% |
| 2012 | 26.49% |
| 2011 | 23.75% |
| 2010 | 23.01% |
| 2009 | 21.67% |
| 2008 | 16.91% |
| 2007 | 16.34% |
| 2006 | 18.09% |
| 2005 | 19.40% |
| 2004 | 18.89% |
| 2003 | 18.42% |
| 2002 | 18.29% |
Youth unemployment is the same ILO definition restricted to ages 15–24 (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). It is usually higher than the all-ages rate. Latest: 16.34% in 2025.
It is a rate among young people in the labour force, not a share of all young people. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): mean 21.03%, median 19.93%; low 16.34% (2007), high 27.68% (2013).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).
This series is the unemployment rate restricted to people aged 15 to 24: those without work, available for and actively seeking it, as a share of the labour force in that age band. The source is World Bank Open Data indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS, an ILO modelled estimate using the same unemployment definition as the all-ages series. It is a rate among young people in the labour force, not a share of all young people: a country with few teenagers looking for work can post a high youth rate while most of its young population is in education.
The chart plots annual observations for the economies you select; the range buttons shorten the period and the legend or table adds and removes lines. The ranked ledger lists each economy’s latest published year, and those years differ. Because the series is modelled from national surveys and censuses, values are revised when inputs change, so a rebuild can print a different past reading. Youth rates are usually higher than all-ages rates.
The euro-area desk places the EMU aggregate first. It is the only World Bank aggregate region kept in this build; other regional aggregates are dropped. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States are shown alongside where the source covers them. The figures are the same World Bank ILO modelled estimates as the all-countries pages, filtered to this set, and are not recomputed for the desk. Taiwan appears only on the headline unemployment page, from the IMF World Economic Outlook.
Use the Country selector to move between desks, the Chart and Table tabs for two views of one dataset, and the range buttons to shorten the window. Each page names its indicator code and licence. The euro-area series is a weighted aggregate of member states, so it can move differently from any single member shown beside it.