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EU Sees 2.06 Million Young Entrepreneurs in 2025

EU Sees 2.06 Million Young Entrepreneurs in 2025

As technology reshapes workplaces at an unprecedented pace, some young people are finding their own ways to make a living, turning to self-employment out of creativity and innovation or necessity.

In 2025, 2.06 million people aged 20-29 in the EU were self-employed, representing 7.9 percent of all self-employed people aged 20-64. 

Among EU countries, the highest shares of young entrepreneurs among self-employed people aged 20-64 were in Slovakia (12.2 percent), Malta (10.5 percent) and Romania (10.3 percent). The lowest shares were in Ireland (5.1 percent), Bulgaria (5.3 percent) and Spain (5.9 percent). 

Youth Employment Rate: 65.5 Percent

In 2025, the employment rate of people aged 20-29 in the EU was 65.6 percent, up by 6.3 percentage points compared with 2015.
The Netherlands (84 percent) and Malta (82.1 percent) had the highest employment rates among people aged 20-29, followed by Germany (77 percent). On the other end, Italy registered the lowest rate at 47.6 percent, followed by Romania (52 percent) and Bulgaria (52.7 percent).

 

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