The United Nations (UN) defines youth as persons between the ages of 15 and 24. The UN also recognizes that this varies without prejudice to other age groups listed by member states such as 18–30.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines ‘Adolescents’ as individuals in the 10-19 years age group and ‘Youth’ as the 15-24 year age group. While ‘Young People’ covers the age range 10-24 years.
Under the 15–24 definition (introduced in 1981) children are defined as those under the age of 14 while under the 1979 Convention on the Rights of the Child, those under the age of 18 are regarded as children.
Organisation of African Youth (OAYouth) through the African Youth Charter identifies youth as African young people of between 15 and 35.
In much of sub-Saharan Africa, the term “youth” is associated with young men from 15 to 30 or 35 years of age.
Youth in Nigeria includes all members of the Federal Republic of Nigeria aged 18–35.
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