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

The line graph compares levels of

unemployment

among young people aged 16-24 with

overall

unemployment

figures over a

period

of 20 years in England.

It is clear that

the percentage of young

adults

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

overall

proportion of jobless

adults

.

Besides

,

Unemployment

rates for both groups of

adults

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

adults

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

period

at 25% in 2012.

Similarly

, the

unemployment

rates

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of young

adults

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

period

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

at

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

period

at roughly 21%. The

unemployment

rate of

adults

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

adults

, which started the

period

at 10%,

then

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

finally

ended the

period

at 8% in 2012.