Those stats are wrong. 44% of all people under 30 in Spain are not unemployed.
The unemployment rate measured by EU is extremely misleading.
First, normal students between 15 and 30 years old aren't included in the labor force at all! And that's almost half of all people in that age group. This leads to the 44% number becoming about 25%.
Second, students who at the same time are looking for a job are in fact counted as unemployed by the EU - even if they're full time students (which the absolute majority are). This further reduces the number to far below 20%.
So the 44% official youth unemployment rate in Spain is in fact not even 20%!
And here in Sweden the official youth unemplyment rate of 30% meausred by EU standards is in fact only 6% according to our national statistics bureau.
