China’s summer jump in youth unemployment partly receded
In 2025 the rate rose from 14.5% in June to 18.9% in August, then fell to 16.5% in December. The summer peak does not describe the entire year.
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In 2025 the rate rose from 14.5% in June to 18.9% in August, then fell to 16.5% in December. The summer peak does not describe the entire year.
Bars show shares of the selected groups. Each period is labelled; the scale starts at zero.
- June 2025 %
2025-06: 14.5
- Data disclosure: June 2025 %
2025-06: 14.5
- August 2025 %
2025-08: 18.9
- Data disclosure: August 2025 %
2025-08: 18.9
- December 2025 %
2025-12: 16.5
- Data disclosure: December 2025 %
2025-12: 16.5
NBS: urban labour force, excluding students, not seasonally adjusted. The new definition starts in December 2023; the old series is not joined. Statistical producer: NBS. Facts disclose each retrieval route: DBnomics mirror or a published The Paper report.
Not seasonally adjusted. This is an observed within-year movement, not an estimate of the graduation season’s causal effect. Structural comparisons require the same months across years; gaps are not filled.
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