Trend · rank 177 of 250

Youth employment exclusion

Many economies cannot absorb young entrants into productive work, weakening national returns on education and increasing the risk of prolonged inactivity, emigration and unrest.

Human CapitalPeople, health & workwork skillsdemographyinequality

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Youth unemployment & lack of opportunity. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
177of 250
Sensitivity
6.7rank 179
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
34.7rank 124
Eigenvector
2.4
Betweenness
0.7
Links
12trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
15.9

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
111
Over a year
+10%Steady
Over three years
+18%
Peak
1593 Mar 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.24
Coverage
11languages · 57 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (11 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English57%124+36%
Chinese12%92+9%
Japanese10%112−0%
Russian6%100+7%
Spanish5%93+6%
German4%112+1%
French2%119+40%
Portuguese1%99+29%
Korean1%66−8%
Persian1%85+30%
Ukrainian0%95−16%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Papua New Guinea

South Africa

Botswana

Uganda

Ethiopia

Ghana

Kenya

Singapore

Nigeria

Tanzania

China

United Kingdom

100

71

70

26

24

22

22

18

15

14

13

12

The 12 highest of 57 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English115−11%+4%+35%
EuropeGoogle in 7 countries + Wikipedia in German, French125+14%+26%+35%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 7 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean120+8%+25%+31%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country138−12%+47%+93%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Persian85−43%+30%−36%
AfricaGoogle in 1 country73−13%−37%+155%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese92−6%+9%−30%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian107+3%−13%+7%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle62+21%−27%−57%
AustraliaGoogle145−25%+97%+52%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese94−21%+29%−4%
CanadaGoogle108−45%−55%+640%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French152+28%+79%+99%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German130+27%+29%+52%
IndiaGoogle138−12%+47%+93%
IndonesiaGoogle183+47%+113%+153%
ItalyGoogle96+20%−5%−18%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese105+36%−2%−9%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean76−25%−24%−24%
MexicoGoogle78+91%−6%−74%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian100−19%+7%+13%
South AfricaGoogle73−13%−37%+155%
United KingdomGoogle177−8%+117%+154%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English114−4%+26%+20%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
6 · CriticalYouth population expansionPeople, health & work146
4 · HighFoundational learning deficitsPeople, health & work162
4 · HighGraduate skill mismatchPeople, health & work178
3 · ModerateEntrenched opportunity inequalityPeople, health & work9
3 · ModerateTechnical & occupational skill shortagesPeople, health & work19
3 · ModerateAI & knowledge-work automationPeople, health & work53
3 · ModerateInformal employment persistencePeople, health & work84
3 · ModerateCare labour demand growthPeople, health & work86
3 · ModerateMental health demand growthPeople, health & work127
3 · ModerateLifelong learning & digital reskillingPeople, health & work132
3 · ModerateGender participation divergencePeople, health & work192
3 · ModerateSkilled & research talent migrationPeople, health & work208