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Unemployment Hits 35.4% for Tunisian Youth, Spurs Emigration
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Story summary
- Tunisian youth consider emigrating as unemployment reaches 35.4% for ages 15-24.
- National unemployment rose to 14.9% in Q2 2026, affecting about 622,000 people.
- Unemployment for university graduates hits 26.6%, with female graduates at 35.6% versus 14.2% for men.
- Afrobarometer reports two-thirds of young Tunisians have considered emigrating while 51% often think about leaving in 2024.
- Engineers left 6,500 in 2022, double the 2013-14 average.