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Youth employment in Singapore saw significant improvement compared to the height of the pandemic in 2020, according to figures for last year. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in its

The ministry said that youth unemployment here is largely transitory and short-term.

In 2021, the percentage of unemployed youth who are long-term unemployed was 16.4 per cent, which is lower than the corresponding percentage for older age groups.Also, while there was a slight 1.2 per cent rise in the youth long-term unemployment rate in 2021, it was comparable to previous crises - the 2003 Sars pandemic and 2009 global financial crisis ."

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