Unemployment rate, aged 15-24 in Spain

Spain: Unemployment rate, aged 15-24 was 0.5% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.5%
Change on year
down 9.7%
World rank
10th
of 108 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2014
All-time low
0.2%
in 2008
Years of data
25
1992–2016

Unemployment rate, aged 15-24 in Spain, 1992–2016

00.20.40.61992200420161992: 0.312 % of labor force aged 15-241993: 0.401 % of labor force aged 15-241994: 0.426 % of labor force aged 15-241995: 0.398 % of labor force aged 15-241996: 0.397 % of labor force aged 15-241997: 0.371 % of labor force aged 15-241998: 0.339 % of labor force aged 15-241999: 0.28 % of labor force aged 15-242000: 0.245 % of labor force aged 15-242001: 0.204 % of labor force aged 15-242002: 0.216 % of labor force aged 15-242003: 0.223 % of labor force aged 15-242004: 0.262 % of labor force aged 15-242005: 0.236 % of labor force aged 15-242006: 0.218 % of labor force aged 15-242007: 0.197 % of labor force aged 15-242008: 0.192 % of labor force aged 15-242009: 0.361 % of labor force aged 15-242010: 0.392 % of labor force aged 15-242011: 0.456 % of labor force aged 15-242012: 0.526 % of labor force aged 15-242013: 0.537 % of labor force aged 15-242014: 0.539 % of labor force aged 15-242015: 0.533 % of labor force aged 15-242016: 0.482 % of labor force aged 15-24

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of labor force aged 15-24.

Analysis

Spain recorded 0.5% for unemployment rate, aged 15-24 in 2016.

That represents a change of down 9.7% on the previous year and up 121.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, unemployment rate, aged 15-24 in Spain peaked at 0.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2008.

That places Spain 10th out of 108 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Unemployment rate, aged 15-24 in Spain, year by year

Annual values for Unemployment rate, aged 15-24 (% of labor force aged 15-24) in Spain, 1992 to 2016.
Year % of labor force aged 15-24 Change
1992 0.3%
1993 0.4% +28.5%
1994 0.4% +6.1%
1995 0.4% -6.5%
1996 0.4% -0.2%
1997 0.4% -6.4%
1998 0.3% -8.6%
1999 0.3% -17.6%
2000 0.2% -12.2%
2001 0.2% -17.0%
2002 0.2% +6.2%
2003 0.2% +2.9%
2004 0.3% +17.4%
2005 0.2% -9.9%
2006 0.2% -7.6%
2007 0.2% -9.5%
2008 0.2% -2.4%
2009 0.4% +88.0%
2010 0.4% +8.4%
2011 0.5% +16.4%
2012 0.5% +15.3%
2013 0.5% +2.1%
2014 0.5% +0.3%
2015 0.5% -1.0%
2016 0.5% -9.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 8
2000s 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 10
2010s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 7

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 7 Italy 0.5% compare
  2. 8 Albania 0.5% compare
  3. 9 Georgia 0.5% compare
  4. 11 Gambia 0.5% compare
  5. 12 Montenegro 0.5% compare
  6. 13 Croatia 0.5% compare

See the full ranking of 108 places →

More reference data data for Spain

All data for Spain →

Frequently asked questions

What is unemployment rate, aged 15-24 in Spain?
Unemployment rate, aged 15-24 in Spain was 0.5% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest unemployment rate, aged 15-24 recorded in Spain?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2014.
What is the lowest unemployment rate, aged 15-24 recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2008.
How does Spain rank for unemployment rate, aged 15-24?
Spain ranks 10th out of 108 countries with data for 2016.
Is unemployment rate, aged 15-24 rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is up 121.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate, aged 15-24 (% of labor force aged 15-24). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Unemployment rate, aged 15-24 in Spain. Statizoid. Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/unemployment-rate-aged-15-24-percent-of-labor-force-aged-15-24/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/unemployment-rate-aged-15-24-percent-of-labor-force-aged-15-24/spain/">Unemployment rate, aged 15-24 in Spain</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rate, aged 15-24 (% of labor force aged 15-24)
Unit
% of labor force aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,528 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed