Youth unemployment in Lower Austria: Alarming 9.7% increase!

Youth unemployment in Lower Austria: Alarming 9.7% increase!

Youth unemployment in Austria has reached alarming heights, with an increase of 10.9 percent in young unemployed under 25 compared to the previous year. In Lower Austria, this increase is 9.7 percent, which causes State Councilor Susanne Rosenkranz (FPÖ) to describe the situation as a serious alarm signal. It warns of the social and economic risks associated with this development and emphasizes the need for political answers to this problem. Oe24 reports that Rosenkranz has initiated measures in Lower Austria to combat the youth unemployment. The measures taken include educational funding, an apprenticeship offensive and the establishment of youth education centers. The main goal of these initiatives is to actively integrate young people into employment. The state councilor also criticizes the federal government: Austria is the only EU country that has been in a recession for three years. It calls for an economic stimulus package and a comprehensive, fact -based analysis of the situation on the labor market.

political responsibility and need for action

rosary emphasizes that these numbers are not only about statistical outliers, but a real danger to the future of the young generation. It calls on the federal government to act as quickly as possible to prevent a whole generation from losing connection to the labor market. It is particularly important to develop resilient data and forecast tools for skilled workers in order to enable effective labor market policy strategies, as well as OTS holds.

The current labor market statistics published in the first quarter of 2025 show the urgency of these measures. The increasing figures for youth unemployment make it clear that the economic and social stability is endangered without consistent political interventions. With the measures in Lower Austria, the state council wants to set an example in order to bring young people into productive jobs and to cushion the social risks resulting from high youth unemployment. Further information on the labor market situation provides the Statistics Austria that regularly publishes comprehensive reports on labor market development.