The youth unemployment rate in Iraq increased by 0.5 percentage points (+1.57 percent) since the previous year. In total, the youth unemployment rate amounted to 32.28 percent in 2023. The youth unemployment rate of a country or region refers to the share of the total workforce aged 15 to 24 that is currently without work, but actively searching for employment. It does not include economically inactive persons such as full-time students or the long-term unemployed.
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World Bank. (May 30, 2024). Iraq: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/812116/youth-unemployment-rate-in-iraq/
World Bank. "Iraq: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023." Chart. May 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/812116/youth-unemployment-rate-in-iraq/
World Bank. (2024). Iraq: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/812116/youth-unemployment-rate-in-iraq/
World Bank. "Iraq: Youth Unemployment Rate from 2004 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/812116/youth-unemployment-rate-in-iraq/
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Iraq: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 [Graph], World Bank, May 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/812116/youth-unemployment-rate-in-iraq/