Not only has youth unemployment reached a new peak across the EU (23.6 % of active young people were jobless in January 2013), but also periods of unemployment among the young have tended to become longer.
Noorte töötus on jõudnud kogu ELis enneolematult kõrgele tasemele (jaanuaris 2013 oli tööta 23,6% aktiivsetest noortest) ning samuti on noorte töötuse perioodid pikenenud.