The Challenge
Learn more about pressing issues in the youth employment field.
There are 1.8 billion young people living on the planet—with approximately 85% living in developing and emerging economies and in fragile states.
Young people account for roughly 47% of the world’s unemployed. They are 4x more likely to be unemployed than adults.
1 in 3 young people worldwide are not in education, employment, or training.
PRESSING ISSUES
![Migration](/sites/default/files/styles/card_cta/public/2017-07/20038890711_aab358cd7d_z.jpg?itok=ZnulSTeD)
MIGRATION CRISIS
Youth outnumber adults in terms of net migrant flows. Between 2010 and 2015, the net inflow of working age youth was over 14 million.
![Vulnerable Women](/sites/default/files/styles/card_cta/public/2017-07/3427773360_b52b74c6cd_z.jpg?itok=5oNuy73y)
VULNERABLE WOMEN
Obstacles in entering the labor market and cultural restrictions continue to hinder work opportunities for vulnerable young women.
![Low Quality Jobs](/sites/default/files/styles/card_cta/public/2017-07/1107956055_9af71f0738_z.jpg?itok=lR1l0tOx)
LOW QUALITY JOBS
1 in 4 young people in the world cannot find jobs paying more than $1.25 per day, the international threshold of extreme poverty.
YOUTH ARE OUR FUTURE
- AS WORKERS, ENTREPRENEURS, PARENTS, ACTIVE CITIZENS, AND LEADERS