Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs East Timor: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
12.8%
in 2025
East Timor
29.1%
in 2022
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
7th
East Timor rank
9th

Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • East Timor
0102030200520152025

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 29.1% against 12.8% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 16.3%.

That makes East Timor's figure about 2.3 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 6 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 7th and East Timor ranks 9th of 19 groups.

East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) East Timor Difference Ahead
2000s 11.7% 18.4% 6.7% East Timor
2010s 13.0% 15.9% 2.9% East Timor
2020s 14.6% 29.4% 14.8% East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of youth not in education, employment or training, male, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or East Timor?
East Timor, at 29.1% against 12.8% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2022.
What is the difference in share of youth not in education, employment or training, male between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and East Timor?
16.3%, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and East Timor?
6 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2022.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and East Timor rank globally for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 7th and East Timor ranks 9th of 19 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population). 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, male (% of male youth population)
Unit
% of male youth population
Source
Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
142 places, 2,736 data points, 1970–2025
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).