# EU countries by youth unemployment rate, 2025

All 26 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable. 1 EU countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Unemployment by sex and age, annual data, 15 to 24 (une_rt_a) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/une_rt_a/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Unemployment by sex and age, annual data, 15 to 24 (une_rt_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/une_rt_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/youth-unemployment-rate/eu-countries
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/youth-unemployment-rate/eu-countries.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Romania | 26.1 |
| 2 | Spain | 24.9 |
| 3 | Sweden | 24.3 |
| 4 | Finland | 21.8 |
| 5 | Estonia | 20.7 |
| 6 | Italy | 20.6 |
| 7 | France | 19.8 |
| 8 | Portugal | 19.5 |
| 9 | Greece | 19.1 |
| 10 | Croatia | 18.3 |
| 11 | Belgium | 17.4 |
| 12 | Slovakia | 15.3 |
| 13 | Latvia | 14.8 |
| 14 | Lithuania | 14.1 |
| 15 | Hungary | 13.9 |
| 16 | Denmark | 13.8 |
| 17 | Cyprus | 13.5 |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 13.1 |
| 19 | Poland | 12.2 |
| 20 | Slovenia | 12.1 |
| 21 | Ireland | 11.8 |
| 22 | Austria | 11.5 |
| 23 | Czechia | 10.4 |
| 24 | Malta | 9.6 |
| 25 | Netherlands | 8.8 |
| 26 | Germany | 7.1 |