Employment and Labour Markets: Key Tables from OECD
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Employment and labour markets: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2075-2342 - © OECD 2009
| Youth unemployment rate | |||||||||
| % of youth labour force (15-24) | |||||||||
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
Australia | 13.5 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 8.9 | |
Austria | 5.6 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.1 | |
Belgium | 15.3 | 15.7 | 19.0 | 17.5 | 19.9 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 14.3 | |
Canada | 12.9 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 11.6 | |
Czech Republic | 16.6 | 16.0 | 17.6 | 20.4 | 19.3 | 17.5 | 10.7 | 9.9 | |
Denmark | 8.3 | 7.1 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.2 | |
Finland | 18.8 | 19.5 | 20.4 | 19.5 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 15.7 | 14.8 | |
France | 18.7 | 20.2 | 18.3 | 19.7 | 20.2 | 21.3 | 18.7 | 18.1 | |
Germany | 8.3 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 12.6 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 11.7 | 10.4 | |
Greece | 28.0 | 26.1 | 25.7 | 26.5 | 25.3 | 24.5 | 22.0 | 20.6 | |
Hungary | 11.2 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 15.5 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 18.0 | 19.9 | |
Iceland | 4.8 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 8.2 | |
Ireland | 6.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 10.5 | |
Italy | 27.0 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 21.6 | 20.3 | 21.3 | |
Japan | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.2 | |
Korea | 10.2 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 9.3 | |
Luxembourg | 6.3 | 7.0 | 10.9 | 16.9 | 13.7 | 16.2 | 14.9 | 13.5 | |
Mexico | 4.9 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.5 | |
Netherlands | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 5.6 | |
New Zealand | 11.8 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 11.0 | |
Norway | 10.5 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | |
Poland | 41.0 | 43.9 | 43.0 | 40.8 | 37.8 | 29.8 | 21.7 | 17.3 | |
Portugal | 9.4 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 16.4 | |
Slovak Republic | 39.1 | 37.4 | 33.1 | 32.7 | 29.9 | 26.6 | 20.1 | 18.9 | |
Spain | 20.8 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 22.0 | 19.7 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 24.6 | |
Sweden | 11.8 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 17.0 | 22.3 | 21.3 | 18.9 | 19.4 | |
Switzerland | 5.5 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.0 | |
Turkey | 16.2 | 19.2 | 20.5 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 18.7 | 20.0 | 20.5 | |
United Kingdom | 10.4 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.1 | |
United States | 10.6 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 12.8 | |
OECD-Total | 12.3 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 12.4 | |
| Last updated: 27 August 2009 | |||||||||
| Source: Labour market statistics: Labour force statistics by sex and age: indicators, OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics (database) | |||||||||