GENEVA (AN) — Young people are finding it increasingly difficult to enter the workforce across much of the world, with job prospects deteriorating particularly sharply in wealthy economies as traditional entry-level occupations shrink, according to a new International Labor Organization report.
Global unemployment among people aged 15 to 24 rose to 12.4% in 2025, leaving 67 million young people without jobs, the ILO said on Tuesday in its Global Employment Trends for Youth 2026. The increase reversed a post-pandemic improvement that had pushed youth unemployment to its lowest level in more than two decades in 2023.
