Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24: Spain vs Portugal

Spain: 24.9 % (2025). Portugal: 19.5 % (2025).

Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 in Spain and Portugal, side by side from the same Eurostat series.

SpainPortugal
Latest figure24.9 %19.5 %
EU rank2 / 309 / 30
Change, 1 year-1.6 %-2.1 %
Change, 5 years-13.4 %-2.9 %

Shared periods

PeriodSpainPortugalGap
202524.9 %19.5 %+5.4 %
202426.5 %21.6 %+4.9 %
202328.7 %20.5 %+8.2 %
202229.7 %19.2 %+10.5 %
202135.0 %23.4 %+11.6 %
202038.3 %22.4 %+15.9 %
201932.5 %18.4 %+14.1 %
201834.3 %20.2 %+14.1 %
201738.6 %23.8 %+14.8 %
201644.4 %27.8 %+16.6 %

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat une_rt_a

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