India, Aug. 13 -- A new report by the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned that worldwide youth unemployment reduced after the COVID-19 pandemic but is now beginning to worsen again.

The report, The Global Employment Trends for Youth 2026: Back to the future, was published on August 11, 2026. It shows that youth unemployment, which reached a two-decade low in 2023, has begun to rise.

According to the report, the global youth unemployment rate rose to 12.4 per cent in 2025, leaving around 67 million young people aged 15-24 unemployed. At the same time, the share of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) increased to 20 per cent, up from 19.7 per cent in 2023. This means that 257 million young peop...