Youth unemployment statistics - Commons Library Standard Note

Published 16 May 2012 | Standard notes SN05871

Authors: Chris Rhodes

Topic: Unemployment

In the period January-March 2012, 1.02 million young people aged 16-24 were unemployed, down 17,500 (or 1.7%) on the previous quarter and up 85,400 (or 9.1%) on the same quarter in 2011.

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