Ratio of young people in the total population on 1 January by sex and in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026): Ratio of young people in the total population on 1 January by sex and was 14.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Ratio of young people in the total population on 1 January by sex and in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026), 2014–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ratio of young people in the total population on 1 january by sex and in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) is 14.2%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of young people in the total population on 1 january by sex and in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) peaked at 15.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 14.2%, in 2025.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Ratio of young people in the total population on 1 January by sex and in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026), year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15.3% | — |
| 2015 | 15.2% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 15.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15.1% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 15.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15.0% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 14.9% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 14.8% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 14.7% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 14.6% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 14.4% | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 14.2% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.2% | 15.0% | 15.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 14.6% | 14.2% | 14.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
More population data for Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level and 266,546 Thousand persons (2025)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level and 14.9% (2025)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level 25.3% (2025)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level 25.3% (2025)
- Private households by degree of urbanisation and NUTS 2 region 163,486 Thousand households (2025)
- Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national 359.15 million (2025)
- Live births (total) by month 2.84 million Number (2024)
- Population on 1 January by age group and sex 358.08 million Number (2025)
- Population on 1 January by broad age group and sex 358.08 million Number (2025)
- Population on 1 January by age and sex 358.08 million Number (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ratio of young people in the total population on 1 january by sex and in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- Ratio of young people in the total population on 1 january by sex and in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) was 14.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest ratio of young people in the total population on 1 january by sex and recorded in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- The highest recorded value was 15.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest ratio of young people in the total population on 1 january by sex and recorded in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.2% in 2025.
- How does Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) rank for ratio of young people in the total population on 1 january by sex and?
- Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) ranks 6th out of 8 regions with data for 2025.
- Is ratio of young people in the total population on 1 january by sex and rising or falling in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Ratio of young people in the total population on 1 January by sex and age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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