tesem140 · 2009–2025

Youth unemployment rate by sex

Eurostat tesem140 — Youth unemployment rate by sex. Data range: 2005 to 2025.

At a glance

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for youth unemployment rate by sex was 30.4 .

That is a 2.0% rose versus 2024 (29.8).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 13.6% lower.

Across member states, Romania reported the highest value (52.2, 2025) and Germany the lowest (14.2, 2025) — a ratio of 3.7× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tesem140; every value links back to the canonical source.

EU-27 · 2025

30.4

HIGHEST · 2025

Romania

52.2

LOWEST · 2025

Germany

14.2

Map · 2025

14.2 52.2

Ranking · 2025

2025 ranking · 28 countries

Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27

Romania 52.2
Spain 49.8
Sweden 48.6
Finland 43.6
Estonia 41.4
Italy 41.2
France 39.4
Portugal 39
Greece 38.2
Luxembourg 37.2
Croatia 36.6
Belgium 34.8
European Union (27) 30.4

Country × year heatmap · all values

11.2 118.4

Member states · ranked by latest value

By year

Source: Eurostat · tesem140