Skip to content- Youth Unemployment Rate (2022): 22.5%
- Key Issues:
- Significant gender gap in employment (16%)
- Less than 10% of NEET youth are registered with the National Employment Agency
- Many NEETs are discouraged workers or involved in domestic responsibilities
- Sources: INSTAT
- Youth Unemployment Rate (Q3 2024): 31.4%
- General Unemployment Rate: 12.2%
- Key Issues:
- Regional variation in unemployment trends
- More than half of unemployed are women
- Limited job opportunities and gender gap in job placements
- Sources: Agency for Statistics of BiH
- Youth Unemployment Rate (2024 est.): ~17.8%
- General Unemployment Rate: 11.6%
- Key Issues:
- Decrease in employment, rise in inactive population
- Youth (15–30) comprise a significant share of unemployed individuals
- Sources:
- Youth Unemployment Rate (Q2 2024): 22.8%
- EU Comparison: 15% average in December 2024
- Key Issues:
- Persistent skill mismatch
- Low wages, lack of networks
- Many youth in informal or insecure work
- Sources: State Statistical Office
- General Youth Employment Trends (2024):
- Total unemployment rate: 8.1%
- Informal employment high (especially in agriculture at 52.7%)
- Key Issues:
- Rural-urban salary gap
- Youth mostly employed in IT and service sectors
- Sources:
- Youth Unemployment Rate (Sep 2024): 14.6%
- Key Issues:
- 42% of youth on temporary contracts
- 20% in part-time jobs
- 7% self-employed (often involuntary)
- Sources:
- Youth Unemployment Rate (2021): 16.56%
- Key Issues:
- Precarious work and outward migration
- Employment concentrated in tourism, trade, and hospitality
- Lack of experience a barrier for under-25s
- Sources:
- Youth Unemployment Rate (2023): 17.3% (↓ from 21.4% in 2022)
- Key Issues:
- Long-term decline, but 54% of employed youth are mismatched with their field of study
- Strong evidence of education-labor market misalignment
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