Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24: Sweden vs Germany

Sweden: 24.3 % (2025). Germany: 7.1 % (2025).

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

SwedenGermany
Latest figure24.3 %7.1 %
EU rank3 / 3030 / 30
Change, 1 year0.0 %+0.5 %
Change, 5 years+0.7 %-0.8 %

Shared periods

PeriodSwedenGermanyGap
202524.3 %7.1 %+17.2 %
202424.3 %6.6 %+17.7 %
202322.1 %5.9 %+16.2 %
202221.7 %6.0 %+15.7 %
202124.7 %7.0 %+17.7 %
202023.6 %7.9 %+15.7 %
201919.3 %6.1 %+13.2 %
201816.8 %6.6 %+10.2 %
201717.1 %7.2 %+9.9 %
201618.2 %7.5 %+10.7 %

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat une_rt_a

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