The COVID-19 pandemic caused unemployment and layoffs across the world, and hit youth particularly hard. This was particularly the case in South Asia, where the employment deficit was estimated to be above ** percent in 2020 and 2021, compared to 2019 employment levels. Meanwhile, the deficit was estimated to have turned in Western, Southern, and Northern Europe by 2022.
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