EU youth unemployment figures 2023

As of June 2023, there were approximately 2.74 million unemployed people under the age of 25 in the European Union, with 2.2 million of these unemployed being in Euro Area countries. During this time period, youth unemployed peaked in November 2012, when it reached 4.98 million people.

Youth unemployment figures in the European Union and Euro Area from January 2000 to June 2023 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	EU	Euro area
Jun 23	2,739	2,204
May 23	2,711	2,235
Apr 23	2,676	2,213
Mar 23	2,698	2,217
Feb 23	2,734	2,238
Jan 23	2,734	2,250
Dec 22	2,771	2,248
Nov 22	2,786	2,283
Oct 22	2,795	2,271
Sep 22	2,875	2,353
Aug 22	2,822	2,334
Jul 22	2,756	2,281
Jun 22	2,755	2,285
May 22	2,628	2,174
Apr 22	2,688	2,218
Mar 22	2,665	2,177
Feb 22	2,631	2,161
Jan 22	2,665	2,172
Dec 21	2,664	2,191
Nov 21	2,717	2,235
Oct 21	2,780	2,278
Sep 21	2,819	2,317
Aug 21	2,880	2,380
Jul 21	2,954	2,446
Jun 21	3,044	2,539
May 21	3,149	2,609
Apr 21	3,263	2,700
Mar 21	3,218	2,644
Feb 21	3,207	2,656
Jan 21	3,219	2,672
Dec 20	3,176	2,633
Nov 20	3,166	2,645
Oct 20	3,170	2,650
Sep 20	3,222	2,710
Aug 20	3,371	2,819
Jul 20	3,312	2,749
Jun 20	3,141	2,584
May 20	2,966	2,462
Apr 20	2,875	2,405
Mar 20	2,777	2,343
Feb 20	2,880	2,384
Jan 20	2,865	2,427
Dec 19	2,867	2,424
Nov 19	2,867	2,403
Oct 19	2,852	2,392
Sep 19	2,816	2,345
Aug 19	2,786	2,304
Jul 19	2,831	2,344
Jun 19	2,804	2,335
May 19	2,861	2,395
Apr 19	2,887	2,418
Mar 19	2,930	2,439
Feb 19	2,943	2,458
Jan 19	2,950	2,470
Dec 18	2,940	2,462
Nov 18	2,963	2,477
Oct 18	3,067	2,568
Sep 18	3,028	2,533
Aug 18	3,049	2,542
Jul 18	3,034	2,531
Jun 18	3,042	2,552
May 18	3,027	2,559
Apr 18	3,055	2,583
Mar 18	3,110	2,622
Feb 18	3,156	2,682
Jan 18	3,199	2,684
Dec 17	3,239	2,690
Nov 17	3,303	2,752
Oct 17	3,298	2,736
Sep 17	3,325	2,760
Aug 17	3,333	2,766
Jul 17	3,359	2,784
Jun 17	3,401	2,824
May 17	3,499	2,901
Apr 17	3,482	2,891
Mar 17	3,489	2,900
Feb 17	3,498	2,898
Jan 17	3,547	2,964
Dec 16	3,620	3,020
Nov 16	3,725	3,116
Oct 16	3,679	3,046
Sep 16	3,721	3,085
Aug 16	3,738	3,068
Jul 16	3,821	3,138
Jun 16	3,810	3,149
May 16	3,867	3,189
Apr 16	3,876	3,215
Mar 16	3,871	3,187
Feb 16	3,937	3,251
Jan 16	3,934	3,231
Dec 15	3,983	3,258
Nov 15	3,979	3,265
Oct 15	4,087	3,341
Sep 15	4,066	3,318
Aug 15	4,043	3,307
Jul 15	4,067	3,303
Jun 15	4,139	3,364
May 15	4,110	3,341
Apr 15	4,184	3,395
Mar 15	4,298	3,473
Feb 15	4,327	3,485
Jan 15	4,309	3,488
Dec 14	4,334	3,511
Nov 14	4,432	3,568
Oct 14	4,405	3,543
Sep 14	4,444	3,562
Aug 14	4,428	3,535
Jul 14	4,524	3,630
Jun 14	4,513	3,577
May 14	4,535	3,644
Apr 14	4,574	3,635
Mar 14	4,672	3,733
Feb 14	4,687	3,727
Jan 14	4,764	3,787
Dec 13	4,743	3,751
Nov 13	4,781	3,768
Oct 13	4,796	3,803
Sep 13	4,837	3,823
Aug 13	4,797	3,778
Jul 13	4,843	3,813
Jun 13	4,842	3,825
May 13	4,826	3,819
Apr 13	4,904	3,858
Mar 13	4,901	3,858
Feb 13	4,961	3,918
Jan 13	4,980	3,931
Dec 12	4,923	3,882
Nov 12	4,978	3,918
Oct 12	4,928	3,880
Sep 12	4,876	3,840
Aug 12	4,840	3,784
Jul 12	4,792	3,764
Jun 12	4,746	3,718
May 12	4,803	3,723
Apr 12	4,718	3,687
Mar 12	4,719	3,694
Feb 12	4,661	3,617
Jan 12	4,656	3,602
Dec 11	4,625	3,573
Nov 11	4,609	3,549
Oct 11	4,596	3,532
Sep 11	4,530	3,501
Aug 11	4,499	3,454
Jul 11	4,546	3,494
Jun 11	4,482	3,445
May 11	4,462	3,439
Apr 11	4,474	3,444
Mar 11	4,518	3,496
Feb 11	4,512	3,485
Jan 11	4,489	3,477
Dec 10	4,506	3,495
Nov 10	4,490	3,491
Oct 10	4,533	3,512
Sep 10	4,583	3,530
Aug 10	4,578	3,530
Jul 10	4,587	3,540
Jun 10	4,654	3,604
May 10	4,673	3,631
Apr 10	4,711	3,647
Mar 10	4,670	3,613
Feb 10	4,726	3,683
Jan 10	4,699	3,651
Dec 09	4,638	3,622
Nov 09	4,662	3,652
Oct 09	4,676	3,671
Sep 09	4,701	3,680
Aug 09	4,672	3,659
Jul 09	4,637	3,657
Jun 09	4,566	3,609
May 09	4,573	3,614
Apr 09	4,491	3,586
Mar 09	4,411	3,529
Feb 09	4,293	3,417
Jan 09	4,158	3,302
Dec 08	3,937	3,153
Nov 08	3,873	3,078
Oct 08	3,735	2,979
Sep 08	3,670	2,915
Aug 08	3,619	2,869
Jul 08	3,593	2,827
Jun 08	3,616	2,813
May 08	3,531	2,771
Apr 08	3,505	2,729
Mar 08	3,479	2,703
Feb 08	3,481	2,698
Jan 08	3,498	2,715
Dec 07	3,532	2,731
Nov 07	3,527	2,730
Oct 07	3,572	2,749
Sep 07	3,601	2,728
Aug 07	3,659	2,780
Jul 07	3,665	2,787
Jun 07	3,678	2,783
May 07	3,687	2,790
Apr 07	3,690	2,787
Mar 07	3,778	2,822
Feb 07	3,818	2,843
Jan 07	3,885	2,892
Dec 06	3,942	2,895
Nov 06	4,045	2,963
Oct 06	4,069	2,968
Sep 06	4,154	3,000
Aug 06	4,161	3,006
Jul 06	4,156	2,996
Jun 06	4,191	3,044
May 06	4,269	3,103
Apr 06	4,324	3,125
Mar 06	4,376	3,158
Feb 06	4,415	3,203
Jan 06	4,440	3,185
Dec 05	4,512	3,228
Nov 05	4,521	3,226
Oct 05	4,575	3,263
Sep 05	4,619	3,306
Aug 05	4,609	3,278
Jul 05	4,676	3,318
Jun 05	4,738	3,350
May 05	4,746	3,330
Apr 05	4,759	3,353
Mar 05	4,731	3,292
Feb 05	4,744	3,319
Jan 05	4,713	3,304
Dec 04	4,726	3,295
Nov 04	4,772	3,324
Oct 04	4,776	3,325
Sep 04	4,768	3,323
Aug 04	4,781	3,322
Jul 04	4,793	3,329
Jun 04	4,808	3,318
May 04	4,809	3,307
Apr 04	4,848	3,314
Mar 04	4,851	3,325
Feb 04	4,811	3,265
Jan 04	4,825	3,260
Dec 03	4,727	3,182
Nov 03	4,684	3,149
Oct 03	4,646	3,141
Sep 03	4,666	3,165
Aug 03	4,676	3,160
Jul 03	4,707	3,190
Jun 03	4,757	3,241
May 03	4,723	3,211
Apr 03	4,728	3,220
Mar 03	4,665	3,142
Feb 03	4,632	3,117
Jan 03	4,653	3,115
Dec 02	4,558	2,986
Nov 02	4,572	2,972
Oct 02	4,584	2,953
Sep 02	4,594	2,929
Aug 02	4,594	2,925
Jul 02	4,572	2,911
Jun 02	4,525	2,895
May 02	4,488	2,877
Apr 02	4,513	2,883
Mar 02	4,514	2,874
Feb 02	4,524	2,889
Jan 02	4,541	2,890
Dec 01	4,535	2,881
Nov 01	4,524	2,881
Oct 01	4,515	2,867
Sep 01	4,506	2,865
Aug 01	4,495	2,854
Jul 01	4,458	2,838
Jun 01	4,436	2,837
May 01	4,434	2,832
Apr 01	4,430	2,824
Mar 01	4,422	2,834
Feb 01	4,427	2,860
Jan 01	4,404	2,848
Dec 00	4,430	2,943
Nov 00	4,453	2,987
Oct 00	4,454	3,012
Sep 00	4,483	3,053
Aug 00	4,504	3,078
Jul 00	4,511	3,087
Jun 00	4,542	3,099
May 00	4,535	3,107
Apr 00	4,551	3,132
Mar 00	4,537	3,149
Feb 00	4,578	3,197
Jan 00	4,617	3,239