Photographs: Lee Jae Won/Reuters
With Europe feeling the brunt of economic slowdown, young people are finding it harder than ever to find a job.
Let's take a look at unemployment rate of people under 25 in 22 European and major non-EU nations.
Source: Eurostat
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: Tourists stroll along Barcelona's harbour.Photographs: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters
Spain
Unemployment rate: 56.5 per cent
Overall rank: 1
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: Passengers wait for trains at Lisbon's subway station.Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters
Portugal
Unemployment rate: 38.7 per cent
Overall rank: 2
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: An aerial view of St Peter's square in Rome.Photographs: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Italy
Unemployment rate: 37.1 per cent
Overall rank: 3
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: Revellers attend the Pohoda music festival at Trencin airport, 130km north of Bratislava.Photographs: Radovan Stoklasa/Reuters
Slovakia
Unemployment rate: 35.8 per cent
Overall rank: 4
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: A woman cycles past the 'Coffee To Get Her' restaurant near Dublin city centre, which becomes a bar and club in the evenings.Photographs: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Ireland
Unemployment rate: 29.7 per cent
Overall rank: 5
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: A woman walks as a snow-plough plows snow from the main market square after heavy snowfall in Krakow.Photographs: Agencja Gazeta/Reuters
Poland
Unemployment rate: 28.4 per cent
Overall rank: 6
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: People skate in an outdoor ice rink in front of the National Theatre in central Sofia.Photographs: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
Bulgaria
Unemployment rate: 27.4 per cent
Overall rank: 7
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: A view of the Champs Elysees Avenue and the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris.Photographs: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
France
Unemployment rate: 27.0 per cent
Overall rank: 8
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: People struggle against wind and drifting snow in Stockholm.Photographs: Scanpix/Reuters
Sweden
Unemployment rate: 24.8 per cent
Overall rank: 9
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: View of Riga's Old City in snow.Photographs: Ints Kalnins/Reuters
Latvia
Unemployment rate: 24.2 per cent
Overall rank: 10
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: People relax on a sunny day in a park in Prague.Photographs: David W Cerny/Reuters
The Czech Republic
Unemployment rate: 21.3 per cent
Overall rank: 11
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: Tourists walk in Brussels' Royal Galleries of Saint Hubert.Photographs: Sebastien Pirlet/Reuters
Belgium
Unemployment rate: 19.7 per cent
Overall rank: 12
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: Visitors walk down the main street at Moomin World theme park in Naatali.Photographs: Bob Strong/Reuters
Finland
Unemployment rate: 19.0 per cent
Overall rank: 13
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: A Lithuanian drives a Velomobile outside the cathedral in Vilnius.Photographs: Liutauras Strimaitis/Reuters
Lithuania
Unemployment rate: 18.6 per cent
Overall rank: 14
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: Dancers perform during Notte Bianca (White Night) celebrations in Valletta.Photographs: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
Malta
Unemployment rate: 16.4 per cent
Overall rank: 15
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: Boats are seen anchored at the 17th century Nyhavn district, home to many shops and restaurants in Copenhagen.Photographs: Bob Strong/Reuters
Denmark
Unemployment rate: 14.2 per cent
Overall rank: 16
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: Cyclists visit a Dutch tulip field in Noordwijk.Photographs: Michael Kooren/Reuters
The Netherlands
Unemployment rate: 9.7 per cent
Overall rank: 17
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: A view of Vienna International Center and UN headquarters in Vienna.Photographs: Herwig Prammer/Reuters
Austria
Unemployment rate: 9.0 per cent
Overall rank: 18
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: Hat designer Fiona Bennett and her assistants work in Bennett's studio at Potsdamer Street in Berlin.Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Germany
Unemployment rate: 8.1 per cent
Overall rank: 19
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: Tourists gather in Times Square in New York.Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters
The United States
Unemployment rate: 15.6 per cent
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: People walk past a cafe in Tel Aviv.Photographs: Sharon Perry/Reuters
Israel
Unemployment rate: 12.1 per cent
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Unemployment rate in world's major economies
Image: Japan's Mt Fuji, covered with snow, is seen through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo.Photographs: Kimimasa Mayama/Reuters
Japan
Unemployment rate: 8 per cent
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