Global Employment Trends For Youth

Incorporating the most recent labour market information available, Global Employment Trends for Youth sets out the youth labour market situation around the world. It shows where progress has or has not been made, updates world and regional youth labour market indicators, and gives detailed analyses of medium-term trends in youth population, labour force, employment and unemployment. The 2020 edition discusses the implications of technological change for the nature of jobs available to young people. It focuses on shifts in job characteristics, sectors and skills, as well as examining the impact of technological change on inequalities in youth labour markets.

This report examines the vulnerability of youth to unemployment and the shortage of decent work. It shows where progress has or has not been made in terms of tapping the energy, talent, and creativity of young people for the benefit of the economy's productive potential. It updates the world and regional youth labor market indicators and gives detailed analyses of longer-term trends in youth population, labor force, and employment, while providing a first glimpse at new estimates of working poverty among youth. The report shows that the impacts of the economic crisis have been disproportionately severe for young people around the world. It also offers valuable lessons learned from evaluating youth employment programs.

This report on the global youth labour market situation shows where progress has or has not been made, updates youth labour market indicators, and analyses trends in youth population, labour force, employment and unemployment. The 2020 edition discusses the implications of technological change for the nature of jobs available to young people.

Incorporating the most recent data available, Global Employment Trends for Youth sets out the youth labour market situation around the world. The 2022 edition discusses the COVID-19 pandemic's particularly harmful impacts on young people and their labour market prospects during the recovery and beyond.

Incorporating the most recent labor market information available, Global Employment Trends for Youth provides a detailed view of the youth labor market situation around the world. It shows where progress has or has not been made, updates world and regional indicators, and provides detailed analyses of medium-term trends in youth population, labor force, and employment and unemployment. This year's report reveals that the youth employment crisis continues in developed as well as developing economies. Little progress has been made in reducing youth unemployment in the advanced economies since the height of the economic crisis, while in most developing regions, youth unemployment rates are projected to remain at the same level or increase in the medium term. Drawing on the results of school-to-work transition surveys, the report shows that developing regions face major youth employment challenges relating to the quality of work.

Incorporating the most recent data available for 2002, this report analyses current labour market trends and examines the impact of the global economic downturn and post 11 September developments upon different world regions. Covering Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia, South East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, the transition economies and industrial countries, it focuses on the distinct labour market characteristics and challenges faced by each region and economic group. It also traces factors contributing to the global employment decline, such as the increase in informal sector employment, the decrease in employment in information and communication technology, as well as extensive jobs losses in the travel and tourism industries and the export and labour-intensive manufacturing sectors.

Incorporating the most recent labor market information available, "Global Employment Trends for Youth 2015" sets out the youth labor market situation around the world. It shows where progress has or has not been made, updates world and regional youth labor market indicators, and gives detailed analyses of medium-term trends in youth population, labor force, employment, and unemployment. The 2015 report presents the first detailed results of the School-to-Work transition surveys conducted in twenty-eight low- and middle-income countries around the world, analyzing the multifaceted paths young people take from the education system into the labor market.