Dashboard of indicators on youth

Dashboard of EU Youth Indicators

The objective of the dashboard on EU youth indicators is to provide a quick and comprehensive cross-sectoral view of the living conditions of young people in the EU. The dashboard is the result of the extensive contributions and successful deliberations of the Expert Group on EU Youth Indicators and is presented in the Commission Staff Working Document (SWD) On EU Indicators in the Field of Youth released on March 25, 2011.

The dashboard is updated and revised on an annual basis, to ensure that the indicators properly reflect the changing realities of young people. The indicators presented here are those that are based on data from Eurostat. The complete list of youth indicators and most recent available data - including those from other sources - is available here (updated January 2012).

Contextual indicators	Data	Source
Child population (0-14)		Eurostat demographic data
Youth population
15-19		Eurostat demographic data
20-24		Eurostat demographic data
25-29		Eurostat demographic data
The ratio of young people in the total population
15-19		Eurostat demographic data
20-24		Eurostat demographic data
25-29		Eurostat demographic data
Mean age of young people leaving the parental household	Not available in Eurostat's database	Eurostat, EU LFS

Education and training	Data	Source
Early leavers from education and training		Eurostat, EU LFS
Tertiary education attainment		Eurostat, EU LFS
Young people (20-24) having at least completed upper secondary education		Eurostat, EU LFS
Learning at least two foreign languages		Eurostat data collection on language learning in schools

Employment and entrepreneurship	Data	Source
Youth unemployment:
Youth unemployment rate		Eurostat, EU LFS
Long-term youth unemployment rate		Eurostat, EU LFS
Youth unemployment ratio		Eurostat, EU LFS
Self-employed youth	Soon available in Eurostat's database	Eurostat, EU LFS
Young employees with a temporary contract	Soon available in Eurostat's database	Eurostat, EU LFS

Health and well-being: health determinants	Data	Source
Regular smokers		Eurostat, European Health Interview Surveys (EHIS)
Obesity		Eurostat, European Health Interview Surveys (EHIS)
Causes of death of young people: suicide		Eurostat, Causes of death DB
Psychological distress		Eurostat, European Health Interview Surveys (EHIS)
Injuries: road-traffic self-reported accidents		Eurostat, European Health Interview Surveys (EHIS)

Social inclusion	Data	Source
At-risk-of-poverty or exclusion rate (union of the three sub-indicators below):
For children (<18), compared to total population		Eurostat SILC
For young people (18-24), compared to total population		Eurostat SILC
At-risk-of-poverty rate (sub-indicator 1):
For children (<18), compared to total population		Eurostat SILC
For young people (18-24), compared to total population		Eurostat SILC
Severe material deprivation rate (sub-indicator 2):
For children (<18), compared to total population		Eurostat SILC
For young people (18-24), compared to total population		Eurostat SILC
Living in households with very low work intensity (sub-indicator 3):
For children (<18), compared to total population (0-59)		Eurostat SILC
For young people (18-24), compared to total population (0-59)		Eurostat SILC
Self-reported unmet need for medical care
For young people (18-24), compared to total population		Eurostat SILC
Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET)		Eurostat, EU LFS

Youth participation: use of Internet	Data	Source
Young people who use Internet for interaction with public authorities		Eurostat, survey on ICT usage in households and by individuals
Young people using Internet for accessing or posting opinions on websites (e.g. blogs, social networks etc.) for discussing civic and political issues (in the last three months)		Eurostat, survey on ICT usage in households and by individuals

Employment and social policy

Dashboard of EU Youth Indicators