This compares to 60.9 per cent in 2002, according to a report from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD).
Young people without qualifications fare particularly badly, the report, Jobs for Youth: United Kingdom, found.
In 2005, only 45 per cent of young people who left school without at least five good GCSE’s or the vocational equivalent got jobs.
This compared to 67 per cent of their higher-qualified peers.
The OECD has called for more support for disadvantaged young people and those leaving schools without qualifications.
Proposals include making 16- and 17-year-olds who want to continue combining work with part-time learning return to education full-time three months after they quit a job or get sacked.
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