OECD YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT

	A	B	C
1	Youth unemployment rates in OECD countries, December 2007 to March 2012 (Percentage of total youth labour force (15-24)
2	Country	December 2007	March 2012

3	Switzerland*	6.5	7.5
4	Norway	6.7	7.6
5	Germany	11.4	7.9
6	Austria	7.3	8.6
7	Japan	8.0	8.6
8	Mexico*	7.2	9.1
9	Netherlands	6.4	9.3
10	Korea	8.7	9.5
11	Australia	9.5	11.7
12	Israel*	14.0	13.6
13	Canada	11.0	13.9
14	Denmark	7.1	15.1
15	Turkey	17.1	15.4
16	United States	11.7	16.4
17	Slovenia	11.5	16.5
18	Chile*	18.8	16.5
19	New Zealand	9.4	16.7
20	Belgium	17.3	17.1
21	Iceland*	6.6	17.2
22	Luxembourg	15.1	17.4
23	Czech Republic	9.6	19.0
24	Finland	16.2	19.4
25	France	18.3	21.8
26	United Kingdom	13.6	21.9
27	Sweden	19.3	22.8
28	Estonia	7.3	24.9
29	Poland	18.5	26.7
30	Hungary	19.9	28.4
31	Ireland	9.4	30.3
32	Slovak Republic	19.4	33.9
33	Italy	21.3	35.9
34	Portugal	19.7	36.1
35	Spain	19.7	51.1
36	Greece	21.6	51.2
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38	OECD	12.8	17.1
39	G7	12.2	15.9
40	Euro area (17)	15.2	22.1
41	European Union	15.1	22.6
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43	Notes:
44	*: Not seasonally adjusted data.
45	Countries are shown in ascending order by the youth unemployment rate in March 2012.
46	The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law.
47	a) OECD is the weighted average of 33 countries excluding Mexico
48	Latest month available: December 2011 for Turkey; January 2012 for Greece, Norway and the United Kingdom; 2011 Q3 for Israel; 2011 Q4 for Estonia, Mexico, New Zealand and Switzerland; and 2012 Q1 for Chile.
49	Source: OECD calculations based on the Short-term Indicators from Eurostat and various national sources. (Cut-off date: 2 May 2012).
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