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CHART 2.11

Ratio of youth to adult unemployment rates, 2005

  • Unemployment rates were higher for youth than for adults. The ratios of youth to adult unemployment rates were highest in Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

  • The smallest differences in the unemployment rates for youth versus those of adults were in Denmark and Germany.

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Ratio of youth to adult unemployment rates, 2005

NOTE: 2004 for Singapore. Youth are defined as persons under age 25 and over age 14 or 15. Adults are defined as persons ages 25 and over.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and International Labor Office.

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