 young unemployment in the uk young unemployment in the uk barsha lun 4102021 1555 youth unemployment if ignored has the ability to have farreaching social consequences unemployment among young people can cause social marginalization and instability in the united kingdom the rate of unemployment among young people is generally described as individuals aged 16 to 24 in mayjuly 2021 there were around 525000 young individuals who were unemployed the number of unemployment decreased by 10000 from the prior quarter and 47000 from the previous year when compared with the historical standards the rate of unemployment for young people is quite low however for employment it grew by 118000 from the previous quarter but decreased by 33000 from the year before and the young people who are inactive reduced to 401 in mayjuly 2021 from 418 in the quarter before 80 of economically inactive young people are enrolled in fulltime school it s worth mentioning for perspective that the overall population of those aged 16 to 24 has been dropping in recent times falling by 62000 from may to july 2021  impact of pandemic after the first month of the pandemic the rate of employment for young people aged from 16 to 24 dropped significantly followed by an increase in the unemployment rate despite the fact that unemployment has subsequently reverted to prepandemic levels the number of young people employed has remained low when comparing the data from mayjuly 2021 to the prepandemic quarter januarymarch 2020 the following conclusions can be drawn unemployment among young people has leveled down returning to prepandemic levels it surged by 14 from prepandemic levels in julyseptember 2020 although unemployment rates for young people have been progressively declining since then the number of employed young people has decreased by 243000 males have seen a greater drop in employment than women with men losing 8 of their jobs and women losing 5 the rate of unemployment has risen from 123 to 129 in julyseptember2020 this figure climbed to 148 a total of 162000 additional young people are now economically inactive from march to may 2020 when the epidemic first broke out the number of persons aged 18 to 24 requesting unemployment benefits doubled although the number of juvenile claims has decreased ever since it was still 156300 more in july 2021 than in march 2020 which is a 66 rise the epidemic undoubtedly had an impact on young people s employment but it appears to be returning to normal youth unemployment if ignored has the ability to have farreaching social consequences unemployment among young people can cause social marginalization and instability in the united kingdom the rate of unemployment among young people is generally described as individuals aged 16 to 24 in mayjuly 2021 there were around 525000 young individuals who were unemployed the number of unemployment decreased by 10000 from the prior quarter and 47000 from the previous year when compared with the historical standards the rate of unemployment for young people is quite low however for employment it grew by 118000 from the previous quarter but decreased by 33000 from the year before and the young people who are inactive reduced to 401 in mayjuly 2021 from 418 in the quarter before 80 of economically inactive young people are enrolled in fulltime school it s worth mentioning for perspective that the overall population of those aged 16 to 24 has been dropping in recent times falling by 62000 from may to july 2021  impact of pandemic after the first month of the pandemic the rate of employment for young people aged from 16 to 24 dropped significantly followed by an increase in the unemployment rate despite the fact that unemployment has subsequently reverted to prepandemic levels the number of young people employed has remained low when comparing the data from mayjuly 2021 to the prepandemic quarter januarymarch 2020 the following conclusions can be drawn unemployment among young people has leveled down returning to prepandemic levels it surged by 14 from prepandemic levels in julyseptember 2020 although unemployment rates for young people have been progressively declining since then the number of employed young people has decreased by 243000 males have seen a greater drop in employment than women with men losing 8 of their jobs and women losing 5 the rate of unemployment has risen from 123 to 129 in julyseptember2020 this figure climbed to 148 a total of 162000 additional young people are now economically inactive from march to may 2020 when the epidemic first broke out the number of persons aged 18 to 24 requesting unemployment benefits doubled although the number of juvenile claims has decreased ever since it was still 156300 more in july 2021 than in march 2020 which is a 66 rise the epidemic undoubtedly had an impact on young people s employment but it appears to be returning to normal  