Indicator comparison
Range of Youth unemployment: 1991–2025. Range of NEET rate: 2000–2025.
Youth unemployment and the NEET rate. Labour force versus everyone 15–29.
Youth unemployment is among those in the labour force. NEET rate also counts people out of school.
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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%.
Share of young people aged 15–29 not in employment, education, or training (NEET rate from Eurostat). Covers the full age cohort, unlike youth unemployment Youth unemployment.
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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%.
Unemployment ages 15–24, % of the youth labour force, ILO, from 1991.
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.
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.
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 SHA-256: e0e40586a4d6d9c0d9d395e43542656e2cdf91fae3f670371e996dd158997de9. https://longseries.com/en/d/youth-unemployment/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Spain; lowest — Japan
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| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxSpain | 2025 | 24.7%24.7%↓−1.9 pp |
| Sweden | 2025 | 24.3%24.3%→0.0 pp |
| Italy | 2025 | 20.5%20.5%↑+0.3 pp |
| France | 2025 | 18.9%18.9%↑+0.3 pp |
| India | 2025 | 16%16%↑+0.3 pp |
| China | 2025 | 15.8%15.8%↑+0.8 pp |
| United Kingdom | 2025 | 14.6%14.6%↑+0.3 pp |
| Brazil | 2025 | 14%14%↓−1.7 pp |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
35 rows for Poland
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Poland
27.5→10.7
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.
| 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% |
Share of young people aged 15–29 not in employment, education, or training (NEET rate from Eurostat). Covers the full age cohort, unlike youth unemployment Youth unemployment.
Young people neither in employment nor in education or training, 15–29. Eurostat.
Share of young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET) aged 15–29 from Eurostat.
NEET includes people out of school. Youth unemployment is only the labour force. Pair them.
Longseries, “NEET rate”. Eurostat (edat_lfse_20), 2000–2025, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Türkiye. Retrieved 2026-09-15. Eurostat reuse policy. Data SHA-256: 62641b60b60d48ed154076415060f2dc99f4cf67e9a624d0f7594e2b622cb0a9. https://longseries.com/en/d/eu-neet/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Türkiye; lowest — Iceland
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| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxTürkiye | 2025 | 26.3%26.3%↑+0.4 pp |
| Romania | 2025 | 19.2%19.2%↓−0.2 pp |
| Bulgaria | 2025 | 13.8%13.8%↑+1.1 pp |
| Greece | 2025 | 13.6%13.6%↓−0.6 pp |
| Italy | 2025 | 13.3%13.3%↓−1.9 pp |
| France | 2025 | 12.9%12.9%↑+0.2 pp |
| Lithuania | 2025 | 12.4%12.4%↓−2.3 pp |
| Spain | 2025 | 11.5%11.5%↓−0.5 pp |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
25 rows for Poland
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Poland
20.7→9.2
Poland: 20.7 (2001) → 9.2 (2025). Difference: −11.5 pp. Peak value of 21.7 in 2002; lowest value of 9.1 in 2023.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Poland | 9.2% |
| 2024 | Poland | 9.4% |
| 2023 | Poland | 9.1% |
| 2022 | Poland | 10.7% |
| 2021 | Poland | 13.2% |
| 2020 | Poland | 12.3% |
| 2019 | Poland | 11.4% |
| 2018 | Poland | 12.1% |
| 2017 | Poland | 12.9% |
| 2016 | Poland | 13.8% |
| 2015 | Poland | 14.6% |
| 2014 | Poland | 15.5% |
| 2013 | Poland | 16.2% |
| 2012 | Poland | 15.7% |
| 2011 | Poland | 15.2% |
| 2010 | Poland | 14.8% |
| 2009 | Poland | 14% |
| 2008 | Poland | 12.7% |
| 2007 | Poland | 14.4% |
| 2006 | Poland | 16.6% |