United Kingdom: Youth unemployment rate (16-17) 2000-2017

The data displays the youth unemployment rate for 16-17 years olds in the UK from 2000 to 2017. With a low, for this period, of 19.1% in 2001 and a high in 2011 of 38 percent, the general trend was upward. The increase from 2008 to 2009 of 5.8% marking the biggest year on year increase in this particular time frame. Overall net increase amounted to 5.1 percent, with the unemployment rate for 16-17 year-olds reaching 25.4% in the last surveyed time period.