"I'm Spanish, what do you want me to beat?": youth unemployment rankings in Europe, in a bleak chart

A DataPulse visualization using Eurostat’s June 2025 data compared youth unemployment across the EU’s 27 countries.

The EU youth unemployment rate was about 14.7-14.8%, above the overall jobless rate, with Estonia, Spain, Sweden and Romania at the top.

Malta was among the lowest, and the indicator counts only active job seekers rather than all young people without work.

The article notes that high youth unemployment can delay independence, household formation and births, and may drive migration from weaker labor markets.