Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Sudan: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
50.7%
in 2025
Sudan
63.2%
in 2022
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
1st
Sudan rank
3rd

Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Sudan
0204060200520152025

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 63.2% against 50.7% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 12.5%.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.2 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 1st and Sudan ranks 3rd of 47 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Sudan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Sudan Difference Ahead
2000s 54.7% 53.5% 1.2% Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 51.2% 51.7% 0.5% Sudan
2020s 51.3% 61.7% 10.3% Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of), Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Sudan?
Sudan, at 63.2% against 50.7% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2022.
What is the difference in share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sudan?
12.5%, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sudan?
18 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sudan rank globally for share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 1st and Sudan ranks 3rd of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 4,921 data points, 2005–2025
Last refreshed

The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).