• 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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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.