The number of young Brazilians who do not study or work, known as “nem-nem”, reached the lowest level in the historical series started in 2012 by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), according to data published this Wednesday (4) .
In 2023, 10.3 million people between 15 and 29 years old were part of the group, a rate of 21.2%. Between 2022 and last year, the group reduced 4.9%.
Denise Guichard, an analyst at IBGE, assesses that the reduction is due to the warming of the job market.
The country has recorded a series of historic lows in unemployment in recent months. , according to IBGE data.
The data shows that the lower the income range, the greater the proportion of young people aged 15 to 29 outside the education system and without work.
Of the total, in the 10% of households in the country with the highest income, 6.6% of young people were in this condition, while in the 10% of households with the lowest income, 49.3% of young people were not studying and were not employed.
In terms of gender and color, black or brown women represent 45.2% of these young people, around 4.6 million. White women represent 1.9 million (18.9%).
In the male gender, black or brown men represent 2.4 million (23.4%) and white men, 1.2 million (11.3%).
The biggest reductions in the population during the period were among white women (11.9%) and black or mixed-race men (9.3%).
For white men, the decline was less significant (6.5%), and black or mixed-race women showed the smallest reduction in the period (1.6%).
The indicator of young people aged 15 to 29 who were not studying and were not employed simultaneously includes those who were not studying but were looking for an occupation (unemployed young people) and those who were not studying and were also not looking for an occupation (young people outside the employment force). work).
