Indicators by Countries (Source: United Nations)
Youth unemployment; share of youth unemployed to youth population; women; per cent (ILO est.)
country 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Poland 10.80 9.60 8.50 10.10 13 14.50 14.30 .. .. ..
Slovakia 9.10 9.50 9.80 13.70 14.40 14.80 13.90 .. .. ..
Croatia .. .. 11.40 .. 15.90 15.50 13.40 .. .. ..
Spain 20.50 19.20 17.80 15.60 14.20 11 11.30 .. .. ..
Greece 14.10 13.20 14.40 15.30 13.30 12.10 11.20 .. .. ..
Finland 10.30 10.90 11 10.90 11.10 10.30 10.30 .. .. ..
Italy 13.30 13.30 13.30 12.70 12.10 10.50 9.70 .. .. ..
Australia 9.50 9.40 8.60 7.90 7.80 8.10 7.70 .. .. ..
Canada 8.30 9 8.20 7.80 7.10 6.90 7.70 .. .. ..
New Zealand 7.20 8.30 8.40 7.60 7.20 6.90 6.90 .. .. ..
United States 7 6.70 6.20 6 5.60 6 6.80 .. .. ..
Norway 7.30 6.50 5.70 5.80 6.70 6.30 6.70 .. .. ..
Sweden 10.30 9.90 7.80 6.70 5.90 5.90 6.40 .. .. ..
Czech Republic 3.40 4.10 6.20 7.80 7.10 6.60 6.10 .. .. ..
France 8.20 8 7.40 7.20 6.20 5.80 6 .. .. ..
Portugal 7.70 7.70 5.70 4.70 4.80 5.10 5.90 .. .. ..
United Kingdom 7.30 7.30 6.90 6.60 6.60 5.60 5.70 .. .. ..
Turkey 3.80 4.80 4 4.70 3.40 4.10 5 .. .. ..
Belgium 7.30 7.50 6.80 6.80 5.90 5 4.60 .. .. ..
Japan 3.20 3 3.50 3.80 3.70 4 3.90 .. .. ..
Netherlands 8.60 6.60 5.80 5.40 5.40 4.30 3.90 .. .. ..
Germany 4.30 4.50 3.80 3.80 3.60 3.40 3.80 .. .. ..
Hungary 4.90 4.40 4 4 3.60 3 3.50 .. .. ..
Denmark 8.80 7 5.50 7.30 4.80 6 3.50 .. .. ..
Ireland 7 6.40 5 3.90 3.20 2.60 2.90 .. .. ..
Iceland 4.50 4.30 3.80 3.10 2.70 3 2.80 .. .. ..
Luxembourg 3.20 3.20 2.40 2.30 2.20 1.80 2.80 .. .. ..
Switzerland 2.60 2.50 4.40 3.90 2.60 3.70 2.70 .. .. ..
Korea; Republic of 1.90 2.60 4.60 4.20 3.10 3.10 2.70 .. .. ..
Mexico 3.10 2.90 2.40 1.60 1.70 1.70 1.90 .. .. ..