Africa, Middle East driving growing ’employment divide’, UN says | Labour Rights

Low-income countries will not see unemployment rates recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, ILO says.

Low-income countries in Africa and the Middle East are missing out on the global recovery of unemployment rates to pre-pandemic levels, the United Nations labour agency has warned.

Global unemployment is expected to drop to 5.3 percent – representing 191 million people – this year, down from 5.4 percent in 2022 and 5.5 percent in 2019 as labour markets recover from the shock of COVID-19 and pandemic restrictions, according to a report released by the International Labour Organization…