📉 Youth unemployment in EU countries (September 2026) 1. 🇷🇴 Romania: 30.8% 2. 🇪🇪 Estonia: 23.9% 3. 🇫🇮 Finland: 23.7% 4. 🇸🇪 Sweden: 23.2% 5. 🇪🇸 Spain: 22.8% 6. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 22.0% 7. 🇫🇷 France: 21.9% 8. 🇮🇹 Italy: 19.9% 9. 🇵🇹 Portugal: 19.1% 10. 🇧🇪 Belgium: 18.0% 11. 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 17.7% 12. 🇬🇷 Greece: 17.3% 13. 🇱🇻 Latvia: 16.5% 14. 🇩🇰 Denmark: 16.2% 15. 🇭🇷 Croatia: 16.1% 🇪🇺 EU: 15.5% 16. 🇭🇺 Hungary: 14.6% 17. 🇸🇮 Slovenia: 14.6% 18. 🇱🇹 Lithuania: 14.0% 19. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 13.0% 20. 🇦🇹 Austria: 12.8% 21. 🇮🇪 Ireland: 12.5% 22. 🇨🇾 Cyprus: 11.3% 23. 🇵🇱 Poland: 11.3% 24. 🇲🇹 Malta: 9.6% 25. 🇨🇿 Czechia: 8.9% 26. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 8.8% 27. 🇩🇪 Germany: 7.5% Unemployed people under 25 as a share of the labour force in that age group (those working or looking for work). Source: Eurostat