Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Spain

Spain: Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below was 0.7% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.7%
Change on year
up 13.9%
World rank
14th
of 104 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2013
All-time low
0.2%
in 2001
Years of data
25
1992–2016

Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Spain, 1992–2016

0.20.40.60.81992200420161992: 0.28 % of youth labor force with low education1993: 0.369 % of youth labor force with low education1994: 0.389 % of youth labor force with low education1995: 0.361 % of youth labor force with low education1996: 0.363 % of youth labor force with low education1997: 0.337 % of youth labor force with low education1998: 0.376 % of youth labor force with low education1999: 0.295 % of youth labor force with low education2000: 0.301 % of youth labor force with low education2001: 0.233 % of youth labor force with low education2002: 0.241 % of youth labor force with low education2003: 0.291 % of youth labor force with low education2004: 0.349 % of youth labor force with low education2005: 0.304 % of youth labor force with low education2006: 0.266 % of youth labor force with low education2007: 0.305 % of youth labor force with low education2008: 0.246 % of youth labor force with low education2009: 0.575 % of youth labor force with low education2010: 0.603 % of youth labor force with low education2011: 0.755 % of youth labor force with low education2012: 0.704 % of youth labor force with low education2013: 0.775 % of youth labor force with low education2014: 0.719 % of youth labor force with low education2015: 0.625 % of youth labor force with low education2016: 0.712 % of youth labor force with low education

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of youth labor force with low education.

Analysis

In 2016, youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Spain stood at 0.7%.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.9% on the previous year and up 167.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Spain peaked at 0.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2001.

Spain ranks 14th of 104 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Spain, year by year

Annual values for Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of youth labor force with low education) in Spain, 1992 to 2016.
Year % of youth labor force with low education Change
1992 0.3%
1993 0.4% +31.9%
1994 0.4% +5.2%
1995 0.4% -7.2%
1996 0.4% +0.5%
1997 0.3% -6.9%
1998 0.4% +11.4%
1999 0.3% -21.4%
2000 0.3% +1.9%
2001 0.2% -22.5%
2002 0.2% +3.1%
2003 0.3% +20.9%
2004 0.3% +20.1%
2005 0.3% -13.0%
2006 0.3% -12.3%
2007 0.3% +14.7%
2008 0.2% -19.5%
2009 0.6% +133.8%
2010 0.6% +4.9%
2011 0.8% +25.2%
2012 0.7% -6.8%
2013 0.8% +10.1%
2014 0.7% -7.2%
2015 0.6% -13.1%
2016 0.7% +13.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 8
2000s 0.3% 0.2% 0.6% 10
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 7

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 11 Hungary 0.7% compare
  2. 12 Georgia 0.7% compare
  3. 13 Greece 0.7% compare
  4. 15 Djibouti 0.7% compare
  5. 16 Ireland 0.7% compare
  6. 17 Portugal 0.7% compare

See the full ranking of 104 places →

More reference data data for Spain

All data for Spain →

Frequently asked questions

What is youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Spain?
Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Spain was 0.7% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below recorded in Spain?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2013.
What is the lowest youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2001.
How does Spain rank for youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below?
Spain ranks 14th out of 104 countries with data for 2016.
Is youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is up 167.2%. 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 Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of youth labor force with low education). 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

Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Spain. Statizoid. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/youth-unemployment-rate-aged-15-24-primary-education-and-below-percent-of-youth-labor/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/youth-unemployment-rate-aged-15-24-primary-education-and-below-percent-of-youth-labor/spain/">Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below in Spain</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of youth labor force with low education)
Unit
% of youth labor force with low education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
104 places, 1,416 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed