Cameroon: Unemployment, Pessimism, and Rising Interest in Emigration Mark Cameroon's Youth
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An ILO report revealed that global youth unemployment is rising and the risk of young people being left out of education and employment is increasing. According to the report, 67 million young people will be unemployed in 2025, while more than 257 million young people will be neither in education nor employment.
Unemployment, pessimism and rising interest in emigration mark Cameroon’s youth
Cameroon’s demographics make youth central to the country’s economic development. Citizens aged 18-35 constitute 57% of the country’s labour force (World Bank, 2025a). But the economy has struggled – and failed – to absorb the growing number of labour-market entrants, and many youth continue to face unemployment, underemployment, or vulnerable informal employment (World Bank, 2025a; Hyéfouais, 2019). Despite employment and entrepreneurship ini…
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