Reuters :
At least 220 million people are expected to remain unemployed globally this year, well above pre-pandemic levels, with a weak labour market recovery exacerbating existing inequalities, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Wednesday.
The United Nations agency forecast the outlook improving to 205 million unemployed next year – still well above the 187 million recorded in 2019 before the coronavirus crisis wreaked havoc.
According to ILO models, which equates to a global unemployment rate of 6.3 per cent this year, falling to 5.7 per cent next year but still up on the pre-pandemic rate of 5.4 per cent in 2019.
