- According to “Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022” report, unemployment rare among youth aged 15-24 has reached to 15.6% across the world.
- It is three times of the unemployment rate among adult.
- This report has been released by International Labour Organisation (ILO), as a part of Global Call to Action for “human-centred recovery from Covid-19 pandemic”.
- As per report, number of unemployed young population has decreased from 75 million in 2021 to 73 million in 2022.
- However, this number is still 6 million more than the number before covid-19 pandemic.
- Unemployment rate in Africa is 12.7%, below the global average of 14.9%. This figure highlights that, young people have withdrawn from labour markets.
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