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The situation of young people on the labour market has clearly improved between 2016 and 2017. According to the latest KOF Youth Labour Market Index, Switzerland reaches the highest index score across Europe. Denmark drops to the second rank, but still shows a highly satisfactory situation on the youth labour market. With respect to the previous year, large improvements stem from the Eastern European countries, especially Slovenia and the Czech Republic.

The situation of young people on the European labour market improved between 2015 and 2016. This is one of the main findings of the latest evaluation produced by the KOF Youth Labour Market Index (KOF YLMI). As in the previous year, the most encouraging situation is found in Denmark, followed by Switzerland. The list of countries ranking in the top ten of the index has not changed, although some of these countries have switched places.