Generally, the rate of unemployment is much reduced for individuals with college or university degrees. As of 2008, there were only four countries where the largest share of the unemployed were made up of people with college or university degrees: Taiwan, Belarus, Peru and the United States.
In Asia, based upon an International Labour Organization (ILO) report from 2010, there is a lower job participation rate by young adults, which may make them another "Lost generation." This is partially due to college graduates leaving their homelands to find jobs in other countries resulting in a "brain drain".
In Palestine there are about 45,000 people entering the job market each year (no identification of number or percentage of college graduates), the Palestinian Employment and Social Protection Fund is working to expand employment opportunities, including those for college graduates.
In Egypt, 90% of the unemployed are younger than 30 years of age, this is partly due to different expectations between employers and college graduates of the skills required for gainful employment and a lack of support for graduating young adults for a successful "school-to-work" transition. An International Labour Organization project is being initiated to "modernize" Egypt's employment office services to better support the transition of young adults into the workforce.
In Hong Kong, a Youth Preemployment Training Programme was developed to help ease graduates into the workforce. About 2000, 50% of graduates interested in attaining employment found jobs. Further monies were provided to the program at the turn of the decade to continue the program.
In Indonesia, where the rate of college graduates in the labor force has been increasing over the past 30 years, the rate of employment is higher for those with college degrees than those who have not graduated from college, therefore governmental programs to address unemployment among young adults focuses on training programs to develop marketable skills. The government also encourages university graduates to establish their own businesses.