(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, JULY 4 - Spain's Ceuta region recorded
65.8% youth unemployment in 2011, the highest in the EU,
according to Eurostat figures released today.
This is three times the European average of 21.4%, and was followed by Macedonian Greeks at 52.8% and Valencia youth at 50.9%.
The lowest rate was recorded in Tubingen, in Germany, at 4.3%. The spread in youth unemployment percentages between different parts of the EU is widening, and youth aged 15-24 are twice as likely to be unemployed as those 25 and up in three fourths of EU countries, according to Eurostat. Spain still leads in overall unemployment rates, with 30.4% in Andalusia and 29.7% in the Canaries, and there are 17 EU regions with over 19.2% unemployment, or twice the EU-27 rate: 10 Spanish regions, 4 French departments, and 3 Greek regions, Eurostat reported.
(ANSAmed).
This is three times the European average of 21.4%, and was followed by Macedonian Greeks at 52.8% and Valencia youth at 50.9%.
The lowest rate was recorded in Tubingen, in Germany, at 4.3%. The spread in youth unemployment percentages between different parts of the EU is widening, and youth aged 15-24 are twice as likely to be unemployed as those 25 and up in three fourths of EU countries, according to Eurostat. Spain still leads in overall unemployment rates, with 30.4% in Andalusia and 29.7% in the Canaries, and there are 17 EU regions with over 19.2% unemployment, or twice the EU-27 rate: 10 Spanish regions, 4 French departments, and 3 Greek regions, Eurostat reported.
(ANSAmed).
