Youth unemployment by sex

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.

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Country: Albania

Change in definition (1990 - 2012): Data refer to registered unemployment.

Country: Armenia

2008: break in series.

Country: Austria

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

Country: Belarus

Data refer to registered unemployment.

Country: Cyprus

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

Country: France

Data do not cover the overseas departments (DOM).

Country: Georgia

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

Country: Iceland

Break in methodlogy (2003): Break in serie because of change to continuous survey every week of the year.

Country: Iceland

Change in definition (1980 - 2013): Data refer to population aged 16-74. Age group 15-19 refers to 16-19.

Country: Iceland

Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981

Country: Iceland

Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991

Country: Israel

From 2006 data refer to ave group 18-24.

Country: 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.

Country: Latvia

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

Country: Romania

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

Country: Russian Federation

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

Country: Serbia

Data do not cover Kosovo and Metohija.

Country: Sweden

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

Country: Tajikistan

Change in definition (2004 - 2009): Data for age group 60-64 refers to 60-75.

Country: 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.

Country: United Kingdom

Data refer to the age group 16-24.

Country: United States

Data refer to the age group 16-24.