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Table 1 Absolute and relative labour market indicators for youth in selected European countries, 2013

From: Youth unemployment and active labor market policies in Europe

 

Unemployment

Unemployment > 1 year

Inactive all

NEET(a)

ALMP(b)

Country

youth

youth/adult

youth

youth/adult

youth

youth/adult

youth

youth

youth/adult

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Austria

9.2

2.0

14.8

0.6

40.7

3.6

10.6

1.03

1.5

Belgium

23.7

3.2

30.8

0.6

69.0

4.7

18.7

0.75

0.8

Czech Republic

19.0

3.1

32.7

0.7

68.5

6.3

14.2

-

-

Denmark

13.0

2.1

10.1

0.3

38.3

3.1

13.4

0.28

0.3

Estonia

18.8

2.3

34.8

0.8

60.2

4.9

16.8

0.06

0.6

Finland

19.6

3.0

5.3

0.2

48.2

3.6

15.5

0.32

0.5

France

24.0

2.8

27.3

0.6

62.7

5.4

19.4

0.91

2.3

Germany

7.8

1.6

23.0

0.5

49.2

4.0

10.3

1.29

2.5

Greece

58.3

2.2

52.0

0.8

71.6

4.4

33.1

-

-

Hungary

27.2

3.0

33.0

0.6

72.8

4.3

26.1

1.09

1.8

Ireland

26.8

2.2

41.2

0.6

60.3

3.1

22.0

0.27

0.9

Italy

40.0

3.5

53.3

0.9

72.8

3.2

33.7

0.58

1.3

Luxembourg

15.8

3.0

23.0

0.8

74.1

5.9

8.2

0.52

0.3

Netherlands

11.0

1.9

17.0

0.4

30.0

2.4

9.5

0.09

0.1

Norway

9.1

3.1

11.0

0.4

43.0

3.2

10.9

0.34

0.4

Poland

27.3

3.0

31.7

0.7

66.7

4.3

20.2

0.16

0.4

Portugal

38.1

2.5

36.3

0.6

65.0

5.6

22.0

0.34

1.8

Slovak Republic

33.7

2.6

61.3

0.9

69.2

5.4

21.0

0.20

1.0

Slovenia

21.7

2.2

39.4

0.8

66.2

7.1

13.7

0.09

0.6

Spain

55.5

2.3

39.4

0.8

62.2

4.8

32.4

0.27

0.5

Sweden

23.5

3.9

6.9

0.3

45.5

5.0

12.9

0.20

0.2

Switzerland

8.5

2.1

16.9

0.5

32.4

3.2

10.2

-

-

United Kingdom

20.7

3.6

28.8

0.7

41.6

2.9

19.1

-

-

  1. Source: Eurostat, 2013 Youth unemployment rates are based on individuals below 25 years. The youth-adult ratio is based on yearly unemployment rates of youth (15–24 years) and adult (25–54 years) unemployment levels in 2013
  2. (a)NEET (Neither in Employment nor Education) rates among all inactive youth are depicted for the 20 to 24 year-old’s only
  3. (b)Participation shares in ALMP refer to the year 2012 and are calculated as the number of ALMP participants over the stock of unemployed and may be larger than 1 due to multiple participation. The youth-adult ALMP participation ratio divides the share of ALMP participants among youth by the share of ALMP participants among adults
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