The report provides updated figures on global and regional youth unemployment. It also looks at working poverty rates, decent work opportunities in both developed and developing economies as well as gender inequalities and migration trends among young people.

Acknowledgements iii Executive summary vii Introduction 1 1. Youth labour market conditions and outlook 3 1.1 Regional trends in youth unemployment 5 1.2 Working poverty and quality of employment 8 1.3 Desire to migrate 12 2. Inequalities in opportunities 15 2.1 Drivers of inequalities in labour market opportunities 15 2.2 Persistent gender gaps undermine social progress 19 3. Concluding remarks 23 A. Regional, country and income groupings 25 B. Labour market estimates and projections 27 C. Youth unemployment and willingness to move 30 D. Youth labour market and social statistics by ILO region 31 E. Gender breakdown of key labour market and education indicators of youth 43 References 47