European Union Youth Unemployment 2000s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
20.05% decade average (2000-2009)

European Union's youth unemployment during the 2000s ranged from 16.92% (2008) to 21.50% (2009), averaging 20.05% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 20.67% −1.29pp 126th
2001 20.18% −0.49pp 122nd
2002 20.99% +0.81pp 128th
2003 20.95% −0.03pp 125th
2004 21.35% +0.39pp 129th
2005 21.40% +0.06pp 133rd
2006 19.55% −1.86pp 125th
2007 16.99% −2.55pp 115th
2008 16.92% −0.07pp 115th
2009 21.50% +4.57pp 128th