2025年8月，中国16至24岁城市青年失业率（不包括学生）从7月的17.8%上升到18.9%，略高于一年前的18.8%。这是自2023年12月以来的最高水平，当时北京修改了其方法，将仍在学校的人排除在外。这一增长反映了日益加剧的经济逆风，包括增长放缓、房地产和制造业持续疲软，以及毕业生技能与劳动力市场需求之间的不匹配。2023年6月，在青年失业率达到创纪录的21.3%后，中国统计局暂停发布青年失业数据，然后在当年晚些时候恢复使用更新的方法。与此同时，8月份所有年龄段的城市整体失业率从7月份的5.2%微升至5.3%。
China’s urban youth unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds, excluding students, rose to 18.9% in August 2025, up from 17.8% in July and slightly above 18.8% a year earlier. It marked the highest level since December 2023, when Beijing revised its methodology to exclude individuals still in school. The increase reflects mounting economic headwinds, including a slowdown in growth, persistent weakness in real estate and manufacturing, and a mismatch between graduates’ skills and labor market demand. China’s statistics bureau suspended the release of youth unemployment figures in June 2023, after the rate hit a record 21.3%, before resuming with the updated methodology later that year. Meanwhile, the overall urban unemployment rate across all age groups inched up to 5.3% in August from 5.2% in July.
