EU regions (NUTS 2) by youth unemployment rate

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by youth unemployment rate, 2014
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Ipeiros had the highest youth unemployment rate of 218 regions in 2014, at 69.8%. Oberbayern had the lowest, at 3.7%. The median was 23.65% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 24.1%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest69.8Ipeiros

Lowest3.7Oberbayern

Median23.65218 regions

European Union (27)24.1History

Top 40 regions, 2014

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%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2014 (%)	Change on 2013
1	Ipeiros	69.8	+2.4 pts
2	Ceuta	67.5	-5.9 pts
3	Andalusia	61.5	-4.5 pts
4	Castilla-La Mancha	61.3	-0.2 pts
5	Dytiki Elláda	61.1	+2.1 pts
6	Thessalia	59.8	+2.3 pts
7	Calabria	59.7	+4.3 pts
8	Sterea Elláda	59.1	-0.4 pts
9	Puglia	58.1	+8.4 pts
10	Canary Islands	57.4	-7.9 pts
11	Guadeloupe	57.3	-1.1 pts
11	Melilla	57.3	+3.3 pts
13	Sicilia	57	+2.7 pts
14	Valencian Community	56.7	+0.4 pts
15	Campania	56	+4.3 pts
16	Extremadura	55.4	-6.1 pts
17	La Réunion	53.7	-3.6 pts
18	Kentriki Makedonia	53.4	-8.6 pts
19	Attiki	52.5	-8.1 pts
20	Region of Murcia	52.4	-1.1 pts
21	Peloponnisos	52	-8.3 pts
22	Mayotte	51.9	n/a
23	Aragon	51.5	+1.3 pts
24	Martinique	51.4	-12.5 pts
25	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	50.7	-8.7 pts
26	Castile and León	50.4	+0.7 pts
27	Sardegna	50	-3.7 pts
28	Dytiki Makedonia	49.6	-20.8 pts
29	Molise	49.3	+0.7 pts
30	Cantabria	49.2	-3.3 pts
31	Community of Madrid	49	+0.2 pts
31	Lazio	49	+3.9 pts
33	Galicia	48.5	-1.4 pts
34	Abruzzo	47.4	+11.1 pts
35	Catalonia	47.1	-3.1 pts
36	Basilicata	46.6	-9 pts
37	Kriti	46.3	+0.9 pts
38	Jadranska Hrvatska	45.5	+0.4 pts
39	Navarre	45.2	-3.1 pts
40	Asturias	45.1	-9.9 pts
41	Basque Country	45	-1.5 pts
41	Liguria	45	+3.8 pts
43	Ionia Nisia	44.8	-6.7 pts
43	La Rioja	44.8	-3.2 pts
45	Balearic Islands	44.4	-0.8 pts
46	Umbria	42.5	+5.3 pts
47	Piemonte	42.2	+1.6 pts
48	Região Autónoma dos Açores	41.9	+2.2 pts
49	Podkarpackie	41.1	-2.4 pts
50	Voreio Aigaio	40.2	-5.9 pts
51	Guyane	39.6	-1.5 pts
52	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	39.5	-0.4 pts
53	Prov. Hainaut	36.7	-3.8 pts
54	Marche	36.4	+0.2 pts
55	Norte	36.1	+0.2 pts
56	Kýpros	36	-2.9 pts
57	Toscana	35.7	+2.6 pts
58	Emilia-Romagna	34.9	+1.3 pts
59	Východné Slovensko	34.8	-5 pts
60	Centru	34	+1.9 pts
61	Sud-Muntenia	33.8	+1.4 pts
62	Stredné Slovensko	33.5	-2.3 pts
63	Lubelskie	33.2	+2.2 pts
64	Prov. Liège	32.3	+5.4 pts
65	Languedoc-Roussillon	31.2	-5.3 pts
65	Lombardia	31.2	+0.4 pts
67	Algarve	30.2	-9.4 pts
68	Prov. Namur	29.9	-2.5 pts
69	Sud-Est	29.5	+0.1 pts
70	Nord-Pas de Calais	29	-5.9 pts
71	Észak-Alföld	28.9	-6.9 pts
71	Yuzhen tsentralen	28.9	-5.2 pts
73	Yugoiztochen	28.6	-2.1 pts
74	Severozapaden	27.7	-4.3 pts
75	Veneto	27.6	+1.9 pts
76	Picardie	27.5	-1.8 pts
77	Vest	27.3	+3.3 pts
78	Lubuskie	27.2	-0.6 pts
79	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	27.1	+2.6 pts
79	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	27.1	+3.7 pts
81	Podlaskie	27	+1.2 pts
82	Świętokrzyskie	26.8	-5.4 pts
83	Kujawsko-pomorskie	26.6	-5.7 pts
84	Bucureşti-Ilfov	26.4	+0.5 pts
85	Poitou-Charentes	26.1	-0.4 pts
85	Sydsverige	26.1	-1.4 pts
87	Západné Slovensko	25.9	-3.6 pts
88	Haute-Normandie	25.8	-5.1 pts
88	Notio Aigaio	25.8	-11.4 pts
90	Észak-Magyarország	25.6	-3.3 pts
90	Lorraine	25.6	-1.8 pts
92	Warmińsko-mazurskie	25.4	-3.4 pts
93	Southern	25.3	-2 pts
94	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	25.2	+0.4 pts
95	Corse	25.1	-5 pts
95	Limousin	25.1	+8.6 pts
95	Prov. Brabant wallon	25.1	-4.2 pts
95	Zachodniopomorskie	25.1	-7.1 pts
99	Alsace	25	-3.4 pts
99	Champagne-Ardenne	25	-5.4 pts
101	Northern and Western	24.9	-2.3 pts
101	Severen tsentralen	24.9	-4.4 pts
103	Małopolskie	24.8	-6.1 pts
104	Norra Mellansverige	24.5	-2.1 pts
105	Dél-Alföld	24.2	-3.1 pts
105	Östra Mellansverige	24.2	+0.1 pts
107	Vzhodna Slovenija	24	-2.2 pts
108	Bourgogne	23.9	-6.4 pts
109	Aquitaine	23.8	+1.9 pts
110	Dolnośląskie	23.5	-6.6 pts
111	Sud-Vest Oltenia	23.4	+0.1 pts
112	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	23.2	-2.7 pts
113	Etelä-Suomi	22.9	+2.1 pts
113	Severozápad	22.9	-1.9 pts
115	Midi-Pyrénées	22.7	+2.2 pts
115	Västsverige	22.7	-1.4 pts
117	Luxembourg	22.6	+7.1 pts
117	Severoiztochen	22.6	-10.4 pts
119	Śląskie	22.2	-3.4 pts
120	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	22.1	+1.3 pts
121	Eastern and Midland	21.7	-4.5 pts
122	Pomorskie	21.6	-4.9 pts
123	Stockholm	21.5	+1.7 pts
124	Centre - Val de Loire	21.3	-0.8 pts
124	Ile-de-France	21.3	+2.8 pts
124	Övre Norrland	21.3	-0.2 pts
124	Pays de la Loire	21.3	+0.5 pts
128	Flevoland	21.2	+1.4 pts
128	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	21.2	-3.8 pts
130	Basse-Normandie	21.1	-4.8 pts
130	Franche-Comté	21.1	-1.4 pts
132	Mazowiecki regionalny	20.9	-3.9 pts
133	Wielkopolskie	20.7	-1.2 pts
134	Bretagne	20.3	+1 pts
134	Mellersta Norrland	20.3	-3.1 pts
136	Länsi-Suomi	20.1	-1.8 pts
136	Łódzkie	20.1	-3.7 pts
138	Opolskie	19.9	-1.9 pts
139	Rhône-Alpes	19.8	+0.3 pts
140	Latvija	19.6	-3.6 pts
141	Auvergne	19.5	-5.2 pts
142	Småland med öarna	19.4	-2.8 pts
143	Moravskoslezsko	18.9	-3.5 pts
144	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	18.5	+2.4 pts
145	Helsinki-Uusimaa	18.3	+1.1 pts
146	Dél-Dunántúl	18.1	-3.2 pts
146	Pest	18.1	-8.3 pts
148	Wien	18	+1.9 pts
149	Prov. Antwerpen	17.9	-1.2 pts
150	Yugozapaden	16.8	-3.8 pts
151	Severovýchod	16.2	-3.5 pts
152	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	16	+1.6 pts
152	Sjælland	16	+0.2 pts
154	Zahodna Slovenija	15.9	-0.6 pts
155	Groningen	15.6	+1.7 pts
156	Berlin	15.5	+1.2 pts
157	Közép-Dunántúl	15.4	-7.3 pts
158	Jihozápad	15.3	-1.3 pts
159	Eesti	15	-3.7 pts
160	Bratislavský kraj	14.7	-5 pts
160	Prov. Limburg (BE)	14.7	-5.1 pts
162	Jihovýchod	14.6	-4.8 pts
163	Drenthe	14.5	+1.4 pts
163	Nordjylland	14.5	-1.9 pts
163	Sostinės regionas	14.5	+0.6 pts
166	Střední Morava	14.4	-7.2 pts
166	Syddanmark	14.4	-0.7 pts
168	Hovedstaden	14.3	0 pts
169	Warszawski stołeczny	14	+1.2 pts
170	Budapest	13.9	-9.9 pts
171	Nord-Vest	13.8	-2.6 pts
172	Limburg (NL)	13.6	-1.1 pts
173	Friesland (NL)	13.5	-2.3 pts
174	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	13.2	-0.5 pts
174	Střední Čechy	13.2	-1.5 pts
176	Dresden	13	+3.2 pts
176	Midtjylland	13	-1 pts
178	Nyugat-Dunántúl	12.8	-8 pts
179	Nord-Est	12.4	+0.3 pts
179	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	12.4	+0.3 pts
181	Overijssel	12.2	-1.3 pts
182	Sachsen-Anhalt	12.1	+0.8 pts
183	Noord-Holland	12	-2 pts
184	Malta	11.7	-1 pts
185	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	11.5	+0.5 pts
185	Noord-Brabant	11.5	-0.2 pts
187	Niederösterreich	11.1	+0.6 pts
188	Brandenburg	10.8	-0.2 pts
189	Gießen	10.7	n/a
190	Gelderland	10.5	-2.1 pts
191	Arnsberg	10.1	+0.1 pts
191	Praha	10.1	+0.4 pts
193	Köln	9.6	+1 pts
194	Darmstadt	9.4	+1.3 pts
194	Detmold	9.4	+0.6 pts
194	Kärnten	9.4	+0.3 pts
197	Münster	9.1	+0.6 pts
198	Zeeland	9	+0.6 pts
199	Düsseldorf	8.7	-1.4 pts
200	Kassel	8.5	-0.4 pts
200	Schleswig-Holstein	8.5	+1.4 pts
202	Thüringen	8.4	-0.3 pts
203	Koblenz	8.1	+1.1 pts
204	Oberösterreich	7.9	+0.6 pts
204	Steiermark	7.9	-1.7 pts
206	Hamburg	7.8	+0.3 pts
207	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	7.6	-1.9 pts
208	Braunschweig	7.4	-2.1 pts
208	Hannover	7.4	-1.2 pts
210	Weser-Ems	6.6	-0.1 pts
211	Lüneburg	6.5	-1.3 pts
212	Mittelfranken	6	+1.1 pts
212	Tirol	6	-0.2 pts
214	Tübingen	5.8	+1.4 pts
215	Freiburg	5	+0.3 pts
216	Karlsruhe	4.8	-0.9 pts
217	Stuttgart	4.7	-1.3 pts
218	Oberbayern	3.7	-0.6 pts

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About this ranking

Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 22 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Unemployment rates by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 24 (lfst_r_lfu3rt). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu3rt/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which region has the highest youth unemployment rate?

Ipeiros, with 69.8% in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest youth unemployment rate?

Oberbayern, with 3.7% in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Unemployment rates by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 24 (lfst_r_lfu3rt). Retrieved 2026-10-08. 22 regions have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.