Brookings Data Now: Young Adult Employment Rates Plummet

In this edition of Brookings Data Now: hundreds of thousands remain in Haitian camps; young adult employment dropping; health care app downloads increasing; teen child bearing decreasing; foreign investment in Africa increasing.

61%	Employment rate of young adults, 20-24, in 2011 This is down from 72 percent in 2000. Employment for all workers under 55 dropped in the decade after 2000.
147,000	Number of people who remain in camps in Haiti Four years after the massive earthquake that struck Haiti, about 147,000 internally displaced people remain in 271 camps.
247 million	Number of people who have downloaded a health care app in the U.S. Over 40,000 mobile health applications are available now.
52%	Decline in U.S. teen childbearing since 1991 The decline accelerated after 2008.
$67 billion	Foreign private capital investment in Africa in 2012 In 2002, this figure was $14 billion.

Brookings Data Now: Young Adult Employment Rates Plummet

Brookings Data Now: Young Adult Employment Rates Plummet

Fred Dews Fred Dews Managing Editor, New Digital Products - Office of Communications

Employment rate of young adults, 20-24, in 2011

Number of people who remain in camps in Haiti

Number of people who have downloaded a health care app in the U.S.

Decline in U.S. teen childbearing since 1991

Foreign private capital investment in Africa in 2012

Fred Dews