# Italy Employment rate, youth aged 15-24, % of population, SA

Italy Employment rate, youth aged 15-24, % of population, SA was 17.6% in Q2 2026, unchanged from Q1 2026 and down 0.4 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.6% (Q2 2020) to 20.5% (Q1 2023), averaging 18.2%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.EMPRATE.Q.SA.AGE-YOUTH`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of population
- Coverage: 2009-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (70 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/employment-rate-youth-aged-15-24-pct-of-population-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 17.6% |
| Q1 2026 | 17.6% |
| Q4 2025 | 17.3% |
| Q3 2025 | 17.3% |
| Q2 2025 | 18.0% |
| Q1 2025 | 19.2% |
| Q4 2024 | 19.3% |
| Q3 2024 | 19.8% |
| Q2 2024 | 19.6% |
| Q1 2024 | 20.1% |
| Q4 2023 | 20.5% |
| Q3 2023 | 20.1% |
| Q2 2023 | 20.5% |
| Q1 2023 | 20.5% |
| Q4 2022 | 20.1% |
| Q3 2022 | 19.9% |
| Q2 2022 | 20.2% |
| Q1 2022 | 19.0% |
| Q4 2021 | 18.7% |
| Q3 2021 | 18.0% |
| Q2 2021 | 17.3% |
| Q1 2021 | 16.0% |
| Q4 2020 | 16.4% |
| Q3 2020 | 16.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.EMPRATE.Q.SA.AGE-YOUTH"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.EMPRATE.Q.SA.AGE-YOUTH",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```