Quite shocking, considering the aging population in China…
bhmnscmm on
Did you count being a student as employment?
InvestInHappiness on
Students are included in this if they are actively seeking work, in which case it’s pretty easy to hit 15%.
Ribbitor123 on
As I recall, the CCP ‘solved’ the youth unemployment problem by no longer releasing the data back in August 2023. A spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics said the method of calculating unemployment among young people needed to be reconsidered (details: [here](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66506132)). Does the latter part of this dataset reflect these changes?
![[OC] The rise of Youth Unemployment in China](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ut9phpqxh95g1-1024x658.png "[OC] The rise of Youth Unemployment in China")
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Quite shocking, considering the aging population in China…
Did you count being a student as employment?
Students are included in this if they are actively seeking work, in which case it’s pretty easy to hit 15%.
As I recall, the CCP ‘solved’ the youth unemployment problem by no longer releasing the data back in August 2023. A spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics said the method of calculating unemployment among young people needed to be reconsidered (details: [here](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66506132)). Does the latter part of this dataset reflect these changes?