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Brazil Unemployment Among Young Reaches 24.1 Percent

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to a recent study from the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), the unemployment rate among individuals about to enter the labor market, 18 to 24-year-olds, was 24.1 percent in the first quarter of 2016. This is more than double the overall unemployment rate for the same period, 10.9 percent.

Similar to the rise of overall unemployment, among young people the 24.9 . . .

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