The graph below shows changes in young adult unemployment rates in England between 1993 and 2012.

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among young people aged 16-24 with

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figures over a

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of 20 years in England.

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the percentage of young

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who were unemployed at any time between 1993 and 2021 was considerably higher than the

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proportion of jobless

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.

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rates for both groups of

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were consistently higher in London than in the rest of England. In 1993, the proportion of unemployed young

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in London started at 22%, after which it experienced a decline to 14% in 1999, before ending the

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at 25% in 2012.

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the rest of England was at 17% at the beginning of the

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, followed by a decrease of 6% to reach the lowest point

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11% in 2001, after which it started to rise steadily to end the

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at roughly 21%. The

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rate of

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living in London was 14% in 1993, with a subsequent dip to approximately 8% in 2001, after which it levelled off and began increasing to reach roughly 11% in the final year. Similar changes can be seen in the figures for unemployed English

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, which started the

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at 10%,

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reduced steadily to its lowest point at around 4% in 2004 before beginning to rise and

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ended the

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at 8% in 2012.