While the global labour market outlook has improved considerably for young people aged 15 to 24 more than fours years since the onset of the
COVID-19 pandemic, the picture is uneven across the regions.
In 2023, 65 million young people aged 15 to 24 (13%) were unemployed worldwide. In 2023, 256 million young people aged 15 to 24 (171 million women and 85 million men) globally were not in employment, education or training (NEET). Two out of every three youth in NEET status are female, and young women are twice as likely as young men to be NEET.
In South Asia, the rate of young women in NEET status in 2023 (42.4
per cent) is nearly four times as high as that registered by their young male counterparts (11.5 per cent).
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