Global Youth Unemployment Hits Record High

Global Youth Unemployment Hits Record High

Global youth unemployment has hit a record high following the financial crisis and is likely to get worse later this year, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Thursday.

The report from the ILO says 81 million out of 630 million 15-24 year olds where unemployed at the end of 2009, some 7.8 million more than at the end of 2007.

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The world risks a crisis legacy of a "lost generation" of young people who dropped out of the job market, the organization added in its report.

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