Professor John Robertson OBA

For some reason, the above 2022 survey does not include the recent data from the UK.

For Scotland in 2023/2024:

The estimated unemployment rate for 16 to 24 year olds was 10.4 per cent in October 2023 to September 2024. This was 0.7 percentage points (pp) higher than a year ago (9.7 per cent) ¹

For the UK, in 2023:

The unemployment rate for young people was 14.2%, up from 13.8% from the year before.²

These data would put Scotland in the second lowest category (8-12%) with Finland and the Baltic States, while the UK (England) would be in a higher category with (12-16%) with France and Portugal.

Sources:

1. https://www.gov.scot/publications/labour-market-statistics-for-16-to-24-year-olds-scotland-and-the-united-kingdom-october-2023-to-september-2024/pages/unemployment/#:~:text=The%20estimated%20unemployment%20rate%20for%2016%20to%2024,October%202018%20to%20September%202019%20%289.1%20per%20cent%29.
2. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05871/