China’s urban youth unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds, excluding students, declined to 17.3% in October 2025, down from 17.7% in September, marking the lowest level since June, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday. The unemployment rate for workers aged 25 to 29, excluding students, remained at 7.2%, unchanged from September and the highest since March this year. Meanwhile, the jobless rate for 30- to 59-year-olds fell to 3.8%, down from 3.9% in September, marking its first decline in four months. The overall urban unemployment rate across all age groups edged down to 5.1% in October, from September’s 5.2%, reaching a four-month low. China’s statistics bureau had suspended the release of youth unemployment figures in June 2023, after the rate hit a record 21.3%, before resuming publication later that year using an updated methodology.