By the GEM Report's new Youth Representative on its Advisory Board and Chair of the Commonwealth Students' Association (CSA), Musarrat Maisha Reza

Musarrat Maisha Reza

Developed by the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Global Youth Development Index Report launched this International Youth Day measures the state of health and wellbeing, education, employment, equality and inclusion, political participation, and security for more than 1.8 billion young people across 181 countries. It informs policymakers about young people's needs and opportunities and provides policy-oriented recommendations. It also acts as a data advocacy tool, highlighting the importance of gathering statistics on key youth indicators to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. I am very pleased to be a part of it.

The latest edition of the Youth Development Index (YDI) ranks youth development in 181 countries. It is a composite index of 27 indicators that measures youth development across 6 domains tracked over the period 2010–2018: Health and Wellbeing, Education, Employment and Opportunity, Political and Civic Participation, Equality and Inclusion and Peace and Security. This year's index shows advances in 5 of the 6 domains over the period.

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