The chart illustrates the unemployment rates of the 15-to-24 year-olds in comparison with the overall unemployment figures in five European countries in 2005.
Overall, the unemployment rates among young cohort was significantly higher than the generall figures across five countries. Poland recorded the highest figures for both categories, whereas Dennmark was the lowest figures.
Regarding countries with higher unemployment levels, Poland stood at the highest position with around 37% young people being unemployed, which was more than two times the nation’s overall rate of 15%. Similarly, Italy followed with 23% youth unemployment, nearly threefolds than its overall figure of 8%. Besides, Hungary reported that around 17% of its young cohort was unemployed, 10% higher than that of national figure.
Concerning the two remaining nations, Germany’s youth unemployment stood at 14%, only 4 percentage points higher than the country’s overall rate of 10%. Meanwhile, Denmark recorded the most favorable figures among the five countries, with youth unemployment at around 7% and overall unemployment at just 3%, representing both the lowest rates and the smallest gap between the two categories across all surveyed countries.