European Union Youth Unemployment 2020s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
17.13% decade average (2020-2029)

European Union's youth unemployment during the 2020s ranged from 16.20% (2025) to 19.01% (2020), averaging 17.13% over 6 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2020 19.01% +2.04pp 112th
2021 18.74% −0.28pp 119th
2022 16.36% −2.37pp 113th
2023 16.23% −0.13pp 116th
2024 16.24% +0.01pp 114th
2025 16.20% −0.04pp 115th