North Africa and West Asia Have the Highest Unemployment Rates in the World
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Unemployment rates in the North Africa and West Asia region are the highest in the world. The 2019 Sustainable Development Goals report released by the United Nations (UN) recorded an unemployment rate of 9.9% in this regional group.
Second is Latin America and the Caribbean with an unemployment rate of 8%. The value of these two regional groups is even 2.5 times greater than that of Central and South Asia.
According to the UN, a wide gap exists across regions and age groups. The gender gap in unemployment is less than one percent globally. Female unemployment stands at 5.4%, while male unemployment is 4.7%. The global average unemployment rate is 5%.
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