However, as Lenta.ru notes, this pessimistic forecast is based on the assumption that the economic situation in the global economy will not improve. The ILO report states that the number of unemployed will increase by an average of 18-30 million people by the end of 2009.
The total number of unemployed in the world will rise to 198 million people (up to 230 million under the worst-case scenario). In 2007, the total number of unemployed did not exceed 179 million people, notes France Presse. At the same time, 45% of the world's working population, or 1.4 billion people, will be unable to earn more than $2 per day for each family member.