China's youth jobless rate dips to 16.3% in April

* The jobless ‌rate for 16-to-24 year-olds, excluding students, came in at 16.3%, ⁠down ​from ⁠16.9% in March. * For people ⁠aged from 25 to 29, ​the surveyed urban unemployment rate ⁠was 7.4% in April, compared ⁠with ​7.7% the previous month.


Reuters | Updated: 20-05-2026 15:40 IST | Created: 20-05-2026 15:40 IST
China's youth jobless rate dips to 16.3% in April

​The ​surveyed urban unemployment ‌rate for ​youths in China dipped ‌in April, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics ‌showed on Wednesday. * The jobless ‌rate for 16-to-24 year-olds, excluding students, came in at 16.3%, ⁠down ​from ⁠16.9% in March.

* For people ⁠aged from 25 to 29, ​the surveyed urban unemployment rate ⁠was 7.4% in April, compared ⁠with ​7.7% the previous month. * The rate for 30-59 ⁠year-olds also dipped to 4.2% ⁠from 4.3%.

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