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Palestine´s college student rate ramps up 54%

Ramallah, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) Unemployment rate among young Palestinian college ramped up to 54% in 2020, one percentage point over previous year, according to an official source.

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reported that 35% of college students was unemployed in the West Bank, a figure that jumped to 78% in the Gaza Strip.

The PCBS study found that collage graduate students aging 20 and 29 take between 10 and 25 months before having their first job opening.

Recently, the PCBS reported that Gaza´s unemployment rate reached 43.1% in the last quarter of last year.

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