Almost a Quarter of Young Emiratis Unemployed

Almost 25% of young UAE citizens are unemployed. The figures show that 23.1 percent of emiratis between the ages 15-24 are unemployed. Overall the uneployment rate for everyone stands at 12.9 percent, with 16.6 percent without a job in the northern emirates and 11.6 percent in the south emirates.

The newspaper said there was also large levels of unemployment among women, but did not give any specific figures.

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