Chart 3
Unemployment rate for returning students aged 15 to 24, month of May, 1977 to 2025

% 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Note(s):
Returning students are those aged 15 to 24 who attended school full time in March and who intend to return to school full time in the fall. Data are for the month of May and not seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0286-01.

Chart description


This is a column clustered chart.

Unemployment rate for returning students aged 15 to 24, month of May, 1977 to 2025
  %
1977 13.5
1978 14.6
1979 13.0
1980 13.3
1981 13.6
1982 16.0
1983 20.0
1984 17.7
1985 15.4
1986 14.0
1987 13.9
1988 12.6
1989 11.6
1990 11.5
1991 15.7
1992 17.3
1993 19.6
1994 16.8
1995 15.6
1996 15.8
1997 21.1
1998 19.7
1999 20.1
2000 16.6
2001 15.3
2002 18.6
2003 17.7
2004 19.9
2005 17.5
2006 15.7
2007 14.9
2008 16.2
2009 20.0
2010 19.4
2011 19.6
2012 19.8
2013 18.7
2014 18.5
2015 19.2
2016 16.1
2017 16.2
2018 15.2
2019 13.5
2020 41.2
2021 23.3
2022 11.4
2023 14.8
2024 16.9
2025 20.1
Note(s):
Returning students are those aged 15 to 24 who attended school full time in March and who intend to return to school full time in the fall. Data are for the month of May and not seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0286-01.
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