Youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24)

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24) was 6.20 .

That is a 1.6% rose versus 2024 (6.10).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 3.1% lower.

Across member states, Sweden reported the highest value (13.9, 2025) and Bulgaria the lowest (2.50, 2025) — a ratio of 5.6× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tespm080; every value links back to the canonical source.