Youth unemployment by Sex, Measurement, Country and Year

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Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national and international (Eurostat and ILO) official sources.

Definition:
The young unemployed are all the persons aged 15-24 who, during the reference period, were:
(a) without work, i.e. were not in paid employment or self-employment, and
(b) currently available for work, i.e. were available for paid employment or self-employment during the reference period, and
(c) seeking work, i.e. had taken specific steps in a specified reference period to seek paid employment or self-employment.
For additional information, see the International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).
The youth unemployment rate is the share of the young unemployed in the active population (employed + unemployed) aged 15-24.

General note: Data come from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) unless otherwise specified.
For the following countries, data come from the comparable harmonized unemployment statistics produced by EUROSTAT and OECD: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.

Armenia:
2008: break in series.

Austria:
1990 : data refer to national definition (Life Subsistence Concept). From 1995 : data comply with ILO definition.

Belarus:
Data refer to registered youth unemployment.

Cyprus:
Data cover only the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus.

France:
Data do not cover the overseas departments (DOM).

Georgia:
Data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Tshinvali).

Israel:
From 2006 data refer to ave group 18-24.

Italy:
1990 : data refer to the persons aged 14-24, who have been seeking employment in the last 6 months. From 1995 : data refer to the persons aged 15-24, who have been seeking employment in the last 30 days.

Latvia:
1995 : data refer to 1996.
1995/2000 : break in series due to adjustment to the results of 2000 Population Census.

Romania:
1995 : data refer to the age group 14-24.

Russian Federation:
1990 : data refer to 1992.
Before 2006: data do not cover the Chechen Republic.

Serbia:
Data do not cover Kosovo and Metohia.

Sweden:
Data refer to the age group 16-24.
1995-2000 : break in series due to change in methodology.

Ukraine:
Data do not cover the persons who are still living in the area of Chernobyl contaminated with radioactive material.
Data do not cover the persons who are living in institutions and those who are working in the army.

United Kingdom:
Data refer to the age group 16-24.

United States:
Data refer to the age group 16-24.