Work1991–2025percent

Youth unemployment

Name: Youth unemployment
Creator: World Bank Open Data
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Unemployment rate among people aged 15–24. It consistently exceeds the overall rate; in Poland it decreased from 28% to 11%.

10.7%Poland · 2025

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13

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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID e0e40586a4d6Warehouse version at build: v45

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Poland: 1991–2025; observations: 35; missing years: 0

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27.5→10.7

Total change: −16.8 pp
Period: 1991–2025

Poland: 27.5 (1991) → 10.7 (2025). Difference: −16.8 pp. Peak value of 43.3 in 2002; lowest value of 9.8 in 2019.

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Youth unemployment — Poland
Year	Country	Value
2025	Poland	10.7%
2024	Poland	10.7%
2023	Poland	11.2%
2022	Poland	10.6%
2021	Poland	11.8%
2020	Poland	10.8%
2019	Poland	9.8%
2018	Poland	11.7%
2017	Poland	14.8%
2016	Poland	17.6%
2015	Poland	20.7%
2014	Poland	23.7%
2013	Poland	27.2%
2012	Poland	26.3%
2011	Poland	25.5%
2010	Poland	23.6%
2009	Poland	20.5%
2008	Poland	17.1%
2007	Poland	21.4%
2006	Poland	29.5%

Source: World Bank Open Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Published by source: 2026-07-13
Retrieved: 2026-09-15
Indicator code in source: SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Unit of measure: percent
Data version: v45

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Longseries, “Youth unemployment”. World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.1524.ZS), 1991–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: e0e40586a4d6d9c0d9d395e43542656e2cdf91fae3f670371e996dd158997de9. https://longseries.com/en/d/youth-unemployment/

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Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Spain; lowest — Japan

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearSpain	2025	24.7%24.7%
Sweden	2025	24.3%24.3%
Italy	2025	20.5%20.5%
France	2025	18.9%18.9%
India	2025	16%16%
China	2025	15.8%15.8%
United Kingdom	2025	14.6%14.6%
Brazil	2025	14%14%

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About this series

Unemployment ages 15–24, % of the youth labour force, ILO, from 1991.

Indicator definition

Youth unemployment rate for ages 15–24 under ILO methodology. Measured as a share of the active labour force in this age group. See also: Unemployment.

How to read the data

Youth unemployment in Poland fell from 28% to approximately 11%, compared to around 9% in the US and 7% in Germany. In many world regions the decline was less pronounced. Compare with Labour force participation and Fertility.

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