Youth unemployment stood at 9.7 percent in February 2025. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method for removing the seasonal component of a time series that is used when analyzing non-seasonal trends. The unemployment rate by state can be found here, and the annual national unemployment rate can be found here. Youth unemployment in the United States The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics track unemployment of persons between the ages of 16 and 24 years each month. In analyzing the data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics performed a seasonal adjustment—removing seasonal influences from the time series, such that one month’s rate of unemployment could be analyzed in comparison with another month’s rate of unemployment. During the period in question, youth unemployment ranged from a high of 9.9 percent in April 2021, to a low of 6.5 percent in April 2023. The national youth unemployment rate can be compared to the monthly national unemployment rate in the United States, although youth unemployment tends to be much higher due to higher rates of participation in education. In May 2023, U.S. unemployment was at 3.7 percent, compared with 7.4 percent amongst those 16 to 24 years old. Additionally, as of May 2023, Nevada had the highest state unemployment rate of all U.S. states, at 5.4 percent.

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Unemployment among teenagers (16 to 19 years) in the United States stood at 13.8 percent in October 2024. The unemployment rate for teenagers has typically been much higher than that of adults. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method for removing the seasonal component of a time series that is used when analyzing non-seasonal trends. The general unemployment rate by state can be found here, and the annual national unemployment rate can be found here. Youth unemployment Youth unemployment, unlike teen unemployment, includes unemployed individuals aged 16 to 24. It includes many more individuals who have either just finished school or are graduated and looking for work. An unemployed person is someone who is laid off, fired or quits their work and is still looking for a job. Even in healthy economies, unemployment occurs. There are many reasons behind the unemployment of young people, for example: an educational system mismatched between academic education and needs in labor markets. As of 2020, the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector had the highest global youth unemployment rate at 28.9 percent.

From the last quarter of 2018 to the first quarter of 2022, the unemployment rate of female professionals aged between 16 and 19 exceeded that of their male counterparts. However, by the third quarter of 20232, female unemployment rate stood at 40.07 percent, while male unemployment reached 40.27 percent.

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The unemployment rate for people ages 16 to 24 in the United States in 202024 23 was 10 percent. However, this rate was much lower for people aged 45 and over, at 2.9 percent. U.S. unemployment The unemployment rate in the United States varies based on several factors, such as race, gender, and level of education. Black and African-American individuals had the highest unemployment rate in 2021 out of any ethnicity, and people who had less than a high school diploma had the highest unemployment rate by education level. Alaska is consistently the state with the highest unemployment rate, although the El Centro, California metropolitan area was the area with the highest unemployment rate in the country in 2019. Additionally, in August 2022, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations had the highest unemployment rate in the United States Unemployment rate The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is the agency that researches and calculates the unemployment rate in the United States. Unemployment rises during recessions, which causes the cost of social welfare programs to increase. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says unemployed people are those who are jobless, have looked for employment within the last four weeks, and are free to work.

In the third quarter of 2023, roughly 61,300 females aged between 16 and 19 were unemployed, around 7,400 more than at the beginning of the year. In the third quarter of 2022, there were 83,400 unemployed males aged between 16 and 19, the second largest figure since the third quarter of 2020.

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Approximately 14.8 percent of people aged 16 to 24 were unemployed in the United Kingdom in the fourth quarter of 2024, the highest of any age group in that month. During this time period, older age groups have had much lower unemployment rates than younger ones, who have consistently had the highest unemployment rate. For almost all the age groups, the peak in the unemployment rate was recorded in 2011 when almost a quarter of young working age people were unemployed. Young adults in the labor market In the provided time period, youth unemployment was at its lowest rate in the third quarter of 2022, when it was 10.3 percent. Since then, there has been a noticeable uptick in youth unemployment, which was 14.8 percent towards the end of 2024. A more long-term trend among this age group is the increase in economic inactivity, with 40.8 percent of 16 to 24-year-old's not in work or actively looking for work in 2024. Although students or people in training account for a high share of this economic inactivity, there has also been a rise in the proportion of young adults who are not in education, employment or training (NEET), which reached a ten-year-high of 13.2 percent in late 2024. Unemployment up from low baseline in late 2024 In 2022, the UK labor market, had very low levels of unemployment along with a record number of job vacancies. Throughout 2023 and 2024, this very tight labor market began to loosen, although is still quite low by historic standards. One indicator that has stood out since the COVID-19 pandemic, however, has been the number of people economically inactive due to being on long-term sick leave, which reached 2.82 million in the first quarter of 2024, and has been the main reason for economic inactivity in the UK since late 2021.

Economically Active Population Survey: Unemployment rate of people between 16 and 74 years old by sex and Autonomous Community. Annual. Autonomous Communities and Cities.

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Table of INEBase Long-term unemployment rate of people between 16 and 74 years old by sex and educational level attained. Annual. National. Economically Active Population Survey

Table of INEBase Unemployment rate of people between 16 and 74 years old by age group and educational level attained. Annual. National. Economically Active Population Survey

Economically Active Population Survey: Long-term unemployment rate of people between 16 and 74 years old by sex and age group. Annual. National.

China Unemployment Rate: Age 16 to 24 data was reported at 21.300 % in Jun 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 20.800 % for May 2023. China Unemployment Rate: Age 16 to 24 data is updated monthly, averaging 13.700 % from Jan 2018 (Median) to Jun 2023, with 66 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.300 % in Jun 2023 and a record low of 9.600 % in May 2018. China Unemployment Rate: Age 16 to 24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table CN.GB: Surveyed Unemployment. According to NBS news, from Aug 2023, the urban surveyed unemployment rate of the young people by age group will be suspend. 根据国家统计局新闻发布会，自2023年8月份起，全国青年人等分年龄段的城镇调查失业率将暂停发布.

In the fourth quarter of 2023, the unemployment rate of females aged between 20 and 24 was approximately 24 percent, which was lower than the unemployment rate (26.65 percent) for males in the same age category. The highest unemployment rate was reached in the first quarter of 2014, when it reached over 50 percent for both genders. In total figures, such rates implied that over 362,000 thousand professionals aged between 20 and 24 were unemployed as of the last quarter of 2023. A persistent problem There is a striking contrast in the employability of professionals depending on age. By far, young Spaniards struggle the most to find a job. Over 42 percent of those aged 16 to 19 did not have a job in 2023. The unemployment rate for Spaniards aged 20 to 24 was 26 percent, and for the age group 25 to 29, the unemployment rate was 15.6 percent. However, the unemployment rate hovers at about 11 percent for older professionals whose age ranges between 40 and 64. These figures speak volumes of a persistent problem in Spain: high levels of structural unemployment. This issue is particularly evident in the country’s south. For instance, the unemployment rate in Andalusia stood at 19 percent in the last quarter of 2023. Youth employment in Europe Youth unemployment is most prevalent in Southern Europe; Spain, Greece and Italy are some of the EU countries with the highest unemployment rates. In these three countries, the rate was over eight percentage points higher than the average in the Euro area in 2023. On the other end of the spectrum, Germany, the Netherlands and Czechia had unemployment rates of less than 10 percent in that year. Nevertheless, the repercussions of the COVID-19 on the job market have been less devastating than the financial crisis of 2008. In countries that were badly affected by the financial crisis, unemployment among young professionals skyrocketed in the early 2010s. In Greece, unemployment of young professionals was over 50 percent from 2012 to 2014.

Unemployment by age and sex for UK regions and countries, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.

Table of INEBase Unemployment rate of people between 16 and 74 years old by age group and Autonomous Community. Annual. Autonomous Communities and Cities. Economically Active Population Survey

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