Youth unemployment in Arab states is the highest in the world and has risen by 3.4% since pre-crisis levels

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Arab states (2018) 29.7%

Northern Africa 28.6

Latin America and the Caribbean 19.5

Northern, southern and western Europe 17.8

Central and western Asia 17.4

Eastern Europe 14.2

South-east Asia and the Pacific 12.2

Sub-Saharan Africa 11.2

Northern America 11.1

Southern Asia 10.9

Eastern Asia 10.5

World 13.1