Even before the current economic recession, unemployment in the Arab world was estimated at 14% – the world’s highest average outside sub-Saharan Africa. Among young people and recent graduates, the figure is more than double.
即使在最近的经济衰退之前，阿拉伯世界的失业率也达到了14%的水平——除了撒哈拉以南非洲之外这个数字堪称全世界最高。而青少年和学校毕业生群体的失业率则是这个数字的一倍不止。