Youth unemployment stood at 14.7% in the EU/14.3% in the Eurozone in December 2025, including 13% in Greece.
Must be the first time size the Eurozone crisis that Greece has a lower youth unemployment than the UK - with Greece down from a peak at 58.9% (!) youth unemployment in 2013.
Must be the first time size the Eurozone crisis that Greece has a lower youth unemployment than the UK - with Greece down from a peak at 58.9% (!) youth unemployment in 2013.
The UK age 18-24 unemployment rate has been rising since 2022 and hit a concerning 14% in December 2025
Though it's worth bearing in mind that in 2011 the rate was more than 20%...
Though it's worth bearing in mind that in 2011 the rate was more than 20%...
February 17, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Youth unemployment stood at 14.7% in the EU/14.3% in the Eurozone in December 2025, including 13% in Greece.
Must be the first time size the Eurozone crisis that Greece has a lower youth unemployment than the UK - with Greece down from a peak at 58.9% (!) youth unemployment in 2013.
Must be the first time size the Eurozone crisis that Greece has a lower youth unemployment than the UK - with Greece down from a peak at 58.9% (!) youth unemployment in 2013.
Youth unemployment (age 16 - 24) has risen to nearly 750,000 according to today’s labour market stats.
www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
It was a major story when it hit 1 million back in late 2011, and I think we should be starting to worry about it rising again
www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
It was a major story when it hit 1 million back in late 2011, and I think we should be starting to worry about it rising again
February 17, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Youth unemployment (age 16 - 24) has risen to nearly 750,000 according to today’s labour market stats.
www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
It was a major story when it hit 1 million back in late 2011, and I think we should be starting to worry about it rising again
www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
It was a major story when it hit 1 million back in late 2011, and I think we should be starting to worry about it rising again
UK minimum wage is raising youth unemployment, Bank of England's Mann says reut.rs/4qClpOW
UK minimum wage is raising youth unemployment, Bank of England's Mann says
A sharp rise in Britain's minimum wage for younger workers over the past three years has contributed to an increase in unemployment for that age group, Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:15 AM
UK minimum wage is raising youth unemployment, Bank of England's Mann says reut.rs/4qClpOW
There's been mass youth unemployment for a while in the cities. Simply put China likely doesn't have the money to spend like the US did.
February 14, 2026 at 3:53 AM
There's been mass youth unemployment for a while in the cities. Simply put China likely doesn't have the money to spend like the US did.
Youth unemployment among 16–24-year-olds has risen to 16.1% as Office for National Statistics figures show jobless numbers hit five-year high
Youth unemployment soars. How to get young people into work?
www.bigissue.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Youth unemployment among 16–24-year-olds has risen to 16.1% as Office for National Statistics figures show jobless numbers hit five-year high
Cathie Wood of ARK said youth unemployment will improve as people "go for it" and start businesses with AI
We should all be for lowering the barrier to innovation
But there's a critical unspoken element: entrepreneurs need economic security to take long-term risk, security that UBI provides
We should all be for lowering the barrier to innovation
But there's a critical unspoken element: entrepreneurs need economic security to take long-term risk, security that UBI provides
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Cathie Wood of ARK said youth unemployment will improve as people "go for it" and start businesses with AI
We should all be for lowering the barrier to innovation
But there's a critical unspoken element: entrepreneurs need economic security to take long-term risk, security that UBI provides
We should all be for lowering the barrier to innovation
But there's a critical unspoken element: entrepreneurs need economic security to take long-term risk, security that UBI provides
Rather tired of the genre of post that's like "the lack of sustained nationwide protests and rioting like we're seeing in [failed state with 70% youth unemployment, hyperinflation, rolling blackouts, and an ongoing drought and famine] proves the innately satanic character of the Amerikkkan public."
February 15, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Rather tired of the genre of post that's like "the lack of sustained nationwide protests and rioting like we're seeing in [failed state with 70% youth unemployment, hyperinflation, rolling blackouts, and an ongoing drought and famine] proves the innately satanic character of the Amerikkkan public."
Coincidentally just discussing this with @acjsissons.bsky.social today, the tangent was youth unemployment.
My industry was an early adopter of algorithmic products, and later AI. The pathway from entry level jobs where people learnt the simple products and then overtime graduated to more complex products has gone. Algos handle all simple and medium complexity products now.
February 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Coincidentally just discussing this with @acjsissons.bsky.social today, the tangent was youth unemployment.
The job numbers are not good if you are black or brown with 9% unemployment or higher. Not good if you are 25 and younger with so many older adults working in jobs tour youth used to do.
February 12, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The job numbers are not good if you are black or brown with 9% unemployment or higher. Not good if you are 25 and younger with so many older adults working in jobs tour youth used to do.
Doesn't apply to Japan, Japan has a very low (general AND youth) unemployment rate.
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Doesn't apply to Japan, Japan has a very low (general AND youth) unemployment rate.
Yes, because while pay rises are popular, youth unemployment and the outcomes of low economic growth are not.
Also from speaking to family members in positions just above minimum wage, they resent having to work harder for slightly more money than someone on NMW
Also from speaking to family members in positions just above minimum wage, they resent having to work harder for slightly more money than someone on NMW
February 11, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Yes, because while pay rises are popular, youth unemployment and the outcomes of low economic growth are not.
Also from speaking to family members in positions just above minimum wage, they resent having to work harder for slightly more money than someone on NMW
Also from speaking to family members in positions just above minimum wage, they resent having to work harder for slightly more money than someone on NMW
France has student strikes demanding to keep the retirement age at 60 (and not, say, to enact labor market policies that reduce youth unemployment).
February 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
France has student strikes demanding to keep the retirement age at 60 (and not, say, to enact labor market policies that reduce youth unemployment).
Job search stretching on for youth in Canada as unemployment remains high
Job search stretching on for youth in Canada as unemployment remains high
Hundreds of people gathered at a Calgary job fair this week, many of them young job seekers, hoping face-to-face conversations with employers might lead to work in an increasingly competitive labour m...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Job search stretching on for youth in Canada as unemployment remains high
Youth unemployment rate is now over 16% (1 in 6). The underutilisation rate - young people wanting work or more work - is 38% ffs - 190,000 young kiwis. That's nearly half of the total. It took a fking decade for youth unemployment to recover last time. Same plan this time. No plan.
February 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Youth unemployment rate is now over 16% (1 in 6). The underutilisation rate - young people wanting work or more work - is 38% ffs - 190,000 young kiwis. That's nearly half of the total. It took a fking decade for youth unemployment to recover last time. Same plan this time. No plan.
1955 was the last time Scotland voted Tory.
The next 20 + years led to industrial decline & Youth unemployment.
Investment was London Centric.
Scotland has decades of net migration
Oil was discovered in the 60’s the decline continued.
Never Ever trust or vote for Tory.
#snp #bothvotessnp
The next 20 + years led to industrial decline & Youth unemployment.
Investment was London Centric.
Scotland has decades of net migration
Oil was discovered in the 60’s the decline continued.
Never Ever trust or vote for Tory.
#snp #bothvotessnp
February 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM
1955 was the last time Scotland voted Tory.
The next 20 + years led to industrial decline & Youth unemployment.
Investment was London Centric.
Scotland has decades of net migration
Oil was discovered in the 60’s the decline continued.
Never Ever trust or vote for Tory.
#snp #bothvotessnp
The next 20 + years led to industrial decline & Youth unemployment.
Investment was London Centric.
Scotland has decades of net migration
Oil was discovered in the 60’s the decline continued.
Never Ever trust or vote for Tory.
#snp #bothvotessnp
Nearly 600,000 people under 30 were unemployed at the end of 2025.
Youth unemployment is a warning sign we should not ignore. #workforce #youthworkers @jimbostanford.bsky.social
rabble.ca/economy/yout...
Youth unemployment is a warning sign we should not ignore. #workforce #youthworkers @jimbostanford.bsky.social
rabble.ca/economy/yout...
Youth unemployment: The canary in the coal mine
The youngest cohort of workers, those aged 15 to 19, have seen the biggest increase in the unemployment rate in the last two years.
rabble.ca
February 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Nearly 600,000 people under 30 were unemployed at the end of 2025.
Youth unemployment is a warning sign we should not ignore. #workforce #youthworkers @jimbostanford.bsky.social
rabble.ca/economy/yout...
Youth unemployment is a warning sign we should not ignore. #workforce #youthworkers @jimbostanford.bsky.social
rabble.ca/economy/yout...
It's failing our youth particularly badly.
"The level of unemployment of people between 15 and 24 years was 16.5 percent, with the total not in education or training falling to 13.7 percent."
"The level of unemployment of people between 15 and 24 years was 16.5 percent, with the total not in education or training falling to 13.7 percent."
Bloody hell. More people out of work.
Time to stop wittering about "green shoots" and face the reality: this government is failing New Zealanders. #nzpol
www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/u...
Time to stop wittering about "green shoots" and face the reality: this government is failing New Zealanders. #nzpol
www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/u...
February 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
It's failing our youth particularly badly.
"The level of unemployment of people between 15 and 24 years was 16.5 percent, with the total not in education or training falling to 13.7 percent."
"The level of unemployment of people between 15 and 24 years was 16.5 percent, with the total not in education or training falling to 13.7 percent."
If only we had the ability to shut the whole government down…
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
YOU ARE COWARDS! The democrats are telling us to take it… as if a hot summer of youth unemployment, murdering thugs running wild, and ballots being stolen point to fair midterm elections.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
YOU ARE COWARDS! The democrats are telling us to take it… as if a hot summer of youth unemployment, murdering thugs running wild, and ballots being stolen point to fair midterm elections.
February 4, 2026 at 11:37 AM
If only we had the ability to shut the whole government down…
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
YOU ARE COWARDS! The democrats are telling us to take it… as if a hot summer of youth unemployment, murdering thugs running wild, and ballots being stolen point to fair midterm elections.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
YOU ARE COWARDS! The democrats are telling us to take it… as if a hot summer of youth unemployment, murdering thugs running wild, and ballots being stolen point to fair midterm elections.
is still experiencing high youth unemployment, low domestic consumption, deflation and continued property sector crisis. Looking at the property sector is that the crisis hasn’t led to a banking crisis. This is possible because China controls the banks. Provincial and local governments have
February 2, 2026 at 5:17 PM
is still experiencing high youth unemployment, low domestic consumption, deflation and continued property sector crisis. Looking at the property sector is that the crisis hasn’t led to a banking crisis. This is possible because China controls the banks. Provincial and local governments have
Young workers are always the last hired, first fired. So the jump in youth unemployment in Canada over the last two years is an early warning of the weakening of employment conditions. I explain more for @rabbleca, including possible solutions: rabble.ca/economy/yout.... #canlab
Youth unemployment: The canary in the coal mine
The youngest cohort of workers, those aged 15 to 19, have seen the biggest increase in the unemployment rate in the last two years.
rabble.ca
February 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Young workers are always the last hired, first fired. So the jump in youth unemployment in Canada over the last two years is an early warning of the weakening of employment conditions. I explain more for @rabbleca, including possible solutions: rabble.ca/economy/yout.... #canlab
Eurozone unemployment has never been lower. That’s partially good news, partially a sign of aging societies not being able to replace retiring Baby Boomers.
Retirements > entrants. Youth cohorts are smaller - that explains falling youth unemployment figures. Migration helps, but not enough.
Retirements > entrants. Youth cohorts are smaller - that explains falling youth unemployment figures. Migration helps, but not enough.
February 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Eurozone unemployment has never been lower. That’s partially good news, partially a sign of aging societies not being able to replace retiring Baby Boomers.
Retirements > entrants. Youth cohorts are smaller - that explains falling youth unemployment figures. Migration helps, but not enough.
Retirements > entrants. Youth cohorts are smaller - that explains falling youth unemployment figures. Migration helps, but not enough.
The minimum wage is far too blunt a tool to address poverty.
And has reached a level where it is almost certainly pushing up youth unemployment.
Tax credits allow for far more targeted support to actually reduce poverty.
And has reached a level where it is almost certainly pushing up youth unemployment.
Tax credits allow for far more targeted support to actually reduce poverty.
February 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The minimum wage is far too blunt a tool to address poverty.
And has reached a level where it is almost certainly pushing up youth unemployment.
Tax credits allow for far more targeted support to actually reduce poverty.
And has reached a level where it is almost certainly pushing up youth unemployment.
Tax credits allow for far more targeted support to actually reduce poverty.
... people who have given up looking for work. Another 250,000 or so kiwis have some work but want more hours. When unemployment is in the mid 5s, youth rates will be well above 20%, and Māori and Pacific People rates will be at or above 10%. But, the economy is turning, are good times ahead? [2/n]
February 1, 2026 at 7:12 PM
... people who have given up looking for work. Another 250,000 or so kiwis have some work but want more hours. When unemployment is in the mid 5s, youth rates will be well above 20%, and Māori and Pacific People rates will be at or above 10%. But, the economy is turning, are good times ahead? [2/n]
How are rising employer NICs, higher minimum wages and upcoming employment rights changes affecting the labour market?
IFS Associate Director Tom Waters sets out the possible trends for youth unemployment in 2026 in our podcast.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/wha...
IFS Associate Director Tom Waters sets out the possible trends for youth unemployment in 2026 in our podcast.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/wha...
February 1, 2026 at 9:45 AM
How are rising employer NICs, higher minimum wages and upcoming employment rights changes affecting the labour market?
IFS Associate Director Tom Waters sets out the possible trends for youth unemployment in 2026 in our podcast.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/wha...
IFS Associate Director Tom Waters sets out the possible trends for youth unemployment in 2026 in our podcast.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/wha...