Some 76,000 more young people were unemployed in the three months to the end of July than in the same time period as last year, latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
In total 560,000 young people aged 16 to 24, were out of work during those three months, the Labour Market Overview for September 2020 states.
Employment rates for 18- to 24-year-olds saw the biggest decrease in any quarter on record, with a drop of 146,000 compared with the previous three months, figures show.
Meanwhile, young people aged 16 to 24 years saw employment rates decrease by 156,000 to 3.63 million compared with the previous quarter.
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