Argentina is among countries with highest number of youths who neither study nor work

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to a report by the Center for the Study of Argentine Education of the University of Belgrano, 24.1% of young Argentines between 18 and 24 years of age are neither studying nor working.

Based on the data published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), it can be seen that the country is among the group of nations with the highest number of “Ni-Ni” (neither studying nor working), since it ranks 34th among the 38 countries included in the OECD list. In fact, it is only surpassed by Brazil with 35.9 percent, Colombia (34.5 percent), Turkey (32.2 percent) and Italy (24.8 percent).

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In contrast, the Netherlands has the lowest percentage with just 7.6 percent, followed by Germany and Switzerland with 8.1 and 8.4 percent respectively. Other countries that also remain in single digits are Norway, Iceland, Luxembourg and Sweden.

It is urgent to reduce the percentage of young people who do not study, so that they have a better chance of finding a job, since, on average, of every 10 Argentines whose education reached the tertiary level, only two do not get a job. But this figure rises to 4 when it comes to people who did not go beyond the upper secondary level,” said Alieto Guadagni, director of the Center for the Study of Argentine Education at the University of Buenos Aires.

“The secondary education level is becoming the floor established by most modern companies for the recruitment of their personnel, which explains, in part, the difference in the employment rates observed according to the educational level of the workers”, he pointed out.

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