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Youth Out of Work Around the World Equals Thailand's Population
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The youth unemployment rate worldwide is creeping back up to a 20-year peak, with 71 million out of jobs. To put that in perspective, that is more than the entire population of Thailand.
One would have to go to the early 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the founding of the European Union, or 2013 to remember a worse time to be leaving school in search of work. These are just some of the troubling findings of the International Labor Organization in its annual ``World Employment and Social Outlook for Youth" report that shines a spotlight on those aged between 15 and 24.