Annex table 7: Youth labour force participation rates, 2008 continued Percentage of youth in the labour force 15-19 years Region and subregion
Age transition in LFPR* (ratio)
20-24 years
Country or territory
Yemen
23
14
31
0.5
45
18
70
0.3
1.9
1.3
2.2
Belarus
10
8
13
0.6
68
65
70
0.9
6.6
8.5
5.6
Bulgaria
8
6
9
0.7
56
48
64
0.7
7.4
8.0
7.0
Czech Republic
7
6
8
0.8
53
44
61
0.7
7.2
7.0
7.2
Hungary
4
3
6
0.5
45
39
51
0.8
10.2
12.9
8.9
Poland
8
7
9
0.8
56
50
63
0.8
7.3
7.5
7.2
Republic of Moldova
13
12
14
0.8
33
32
34
0.9
2.5
2.8
2.4
Romania
13
9
17
0.5
45
38
52
0.7
3.5
4.2
3.1
Russian Federation
15
12
17
0.7
59
55
64
0.9
4.0
4.5
3.7
EUROPE Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Slovakia
7
6
9
0.6
55
46
64
0.7
7.4
8.4
6.8
Ukraine
15
13
16
0.8
63
55
70
0.8
4.3
4.3
4.3
Channel Islands
7
6
7
0.9
67
64
71
0.9
10.0
10.2
9.8
Denmark
65
66
65
1.0
80
78
83
0.9
1.2
1.2
1.3
Estonia
13
12
14
0.9
68
61
75
0.8
5.2
5.0
5.4
Finland
34
37
31
1.2
74
70
78
0.9
2.2
1.9
2.5
Iceland
75
80
71
1.1
81
80
82
1.0
1.1
1.0
1.2
Ireland
26
25
27
0.9
75
70
80
0.9
2.9
2.8
3.0
Latvia
13
9
16
0.6
70
61
78
0.8
5.4
6.6
4.8
Lithuania
5
4
6
0.7
55
47
63
0.7
10.4
10.6
10.2
Norway
49
51
47
1.1
76
74
78
1.0
1.6
1.5
1.7
Sweden
35
39
31
1.3
74
70
78
0.9
2.1
1.8
2.5
United Kingdom
45
44
46
1.0
77
71
82
0.9
1.7
1.6
1.8
Albania
37
35
39
0.9
62
52
72
0.7
1.7
1.5
1.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina
23
21
25
0.8
71
64
78
0.8
3.1
3.1
3.1
Croatia
14
12
16
0.7
55
45
64
0.7
4.0
3.9
4.0
Greece
9
7
11
0.7
51
45
56
0.8
5.7
6.3
5.2
Italy
11
8
13
0.6
50
42
58
0.7
4.6
5.0
4.3
Malta
30
28
32
0.9
75
72
79
0.9
2.5
2.5
2.4
Portugal
16
13
19
0.7
65
62
68
0.9
4.1
4.9
3.6
Serbia
15
12
18
0.6
49
41
57
0.7
3.3
3.6
3.2
Slovenia
19
17
21
0.8
62
55
68
0.8
3.3
3.3
3.3
Spain
23
20
26
0.8
68
63
73
0.9
2.9
3.1
2.8
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
17
12
22
0.5
53
42
64
0.7
3.1
3.6
2.8
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