By Emre Aytekin
BEIJING (AA) — Youth unemployment in China remained high in October compared to overall joblessness in the country.
Unemployment among young people aged 16-24 declined from 17.6% in September to 17.1% in October, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NIB) revealed on Monday.
In the 25-29 age group, the jobless rate was at 6.8%, up slightly from 6.7% in September.
While the overall unemployment rate in cities was around 5%, youth unemployment has been hovering above 17% for the last four months.
The NIB had stopped disclosing unemployment data by age groups after unemployment in the 16-24 age group reached a record high of 21.3% in July 2023.
Later in December 2023, it adopted a new calculation method that excludes high school and university students.
The youth unemployment rate reached 18.8% in August, the highest level in the period when the new calculation method was used.
*Writing by Gokhan Ergocun from Istanbul