UNICEF: More children unenrolled in schools

More young people in the U.S. are unemployed and not enrolled in school, according to a new United Nations report.

{mosads}Fifteen percent of Americans between the ages of 15 and 24 years old were not in education, employment or job-training programs in 2013, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

That’s a 3-percentage-point increase from 2008, when 12 percent of young Americans were not in education, employed or enrolled in job training programs.

UNICEF economists refer to those who are not enrolled in education, employment or training programs as NEET young people.

The report shows that young Americans appeared to be more negatively affected by the recession than other wealthy countries. Of the 41 wealthy nations that UNICEF economists studied, America ranked 31st in NEET young people.

Germany’s NEET rate decreased to 6.3 percent in 2013, compared with 8.4 percent in 2008. England’s NEET rate increased to 13.3 percent in 2013, compared to 12.1 percent in 2008.