The data displays the monthly unemployment rate as a percentage of the total workforce, by gender, for the ages 18 to 24 in the UK from 2000 to 2017. The difference between the unemployment rates of men and women has, during this time period, varied from 6% in 2012 to 0.2% in 2000 and 2001. Women always having the lower rate in comparison to males. The peak for women was in 2013 at 16.3% while the highest figure for men was in 2012 at 22.2%. These findings were also reflected in a different survey on youth unemployment of those between the ages of 16 to 17.
