According to an International Labor Organization (ILO) estimate in 2023, the youth unemployment rate in the MENA peaked at 26.87%, and it is even worse for young women, with an unemployment rate ...

1 Unemployment in the MENA region is the highest in the world (Figure 1) and largely a youth phenomenon. The share of youth (ages 15 to 24) in total unemployment at least doubles the total rate.

The crisis of youth unemployment is a major challenge facing many parts of the world today, but unemployment rates among young people in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region are the highest ...

In an in-depth interview tied to the 2014 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), we discussed youth unemployment across the MENA region, concrete ways to strengthen the link between ...

High rates of youth unemployment across the MENA region have been well-documented (23% in the Middle East and 24% in North Africa, compared with the global average of 13%), a new study conducted ...

Following the success of its inaugural edition, Hivos is convening the Green Growth Summit for the second consecutive year in ...

The report drew attention to the “disturbingly high” levels of youth unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa. The two regions have the highest rates of youth unemployment worldwide, studies ...

Youth unemployment rates are projected to rise globally in 2017, and nowhere are elevated levels of youth unemployment as persistent as in the Arab world. With 30% of its youth unemployed ...

As the MENA region illustrates, improved educational attainment ... through local suppliers that grew after plugging into global value chains. Addressing youth unemployment requires a balanced ...

1 Unemployment in the MENA region is the highest in the world (Figure 1) and largely a youth phenomenon. The share of youth (ages 15 to 24) in total unemployment at least doubles the total rate.

Sharjah, 10th June 2013: The crisis of youth unemployment is a major challenge facing many parts of the world today, but unemployment rates among young people in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) ...