188. so e unemploym6nt raee6, Particularly in countries with high Percentages of nage enPloynent, reached high levels in the early l96os, as in Sri Lanka and some caritrbean countries. where rates were higb in the 19605, they have generally rernained so. In most councries, recorded unenploynent has been far higher for urban than for rural areas, lrigher for the young than for the old and freduently higber for the better educated (secondary school 'and university graduates) than for those who have never comPleted. primary educatlon. These tendencies suPport the idea that bhe incidence of open unenployment reaPonds to tbe perceived range of job opport.unities. Nevertheless, it is alao true that for nales, at least the picture in South Asia is tbat scbool-teaving children fron poor faniliee are nore at. ri6k fron unenplolznent than those fron better-off groups. 189. In Latin Anerics the available atatistical seriea of unenployment rates €boe no particilar pattern up to 1980. In only 5 out of 14 councries did rales rise unecuivocally. The unseighted average for all counEries rose slighcly, from 3.4 per cent in I95o to 3.9 per cent in L980. Z/ since 1980, honever, the groeth of der0and for labour bas fallen below the gror,th of the econonically active population and there has teen a very sharP rise in open unenployment in the urban sector (see table 32). Ih aome large Latin lltnerican countries, employment in tbe non-agr icu ltural sector decllned ln absolute Eern€ after 1980, following two decades of very rapid economlc grosth and job creatlon. Revigal of enpl"oynent will require a conbinaElon of inproved exPort opportunlties, a greater supply of imported inputs needed in production and revlved invesenent confidence, all closely related to global recovery and the €acisfactory resolution of major debt problems'A/40/5r9 EngIl sh Page 91 Table 3I. Open unemployoent: developing regions, 1980
**Analysis**
The text discusses employment rates, particularly in developing regions, and explores the factors that contribute to unemployment, such as job opportunities, education, and economic growth. It also touches on the impact of external factors like global recovery and debt problems on employment.

**Category**
Employment