Unemployment among young people is at its lowest level since 2014, according to the Social Mobility Commission. Its State of the Nation report found that, according to most recent available data, 11% of young people were out of work in 2022.

In contrast, in 2014, when data on 16- to 24-year-olds in work was first recorded, the unemployment rate was at 17%. In pandemic-hit 2020, 16% of young people were out of work. The report looked at social mobility across a range of areas of children and young people’s lives. It warns those who are out of work are finding it more difficult to secure a job, as vacancy rates have fallen over the last year.