Egypt vs Ghana: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total

Egypt
23.8%
in 2024
Ghana
23.9%
in 2024
Egypt rank
29th
Ghana rank
28th

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

  • Egypt
  • Ghana
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 23.9% against 23.8% in Egypt, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 29th and Ghana ranks 28th of 124 countries.

Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Ghana Difference Ahead
2010s 29.0% 22.1% 6.9% Egypt
2020s 26.0% 24.0% 2.0% Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of youth not in education, employment or training, total, Egypt or Ghana?
Ghana, at 23.9% against 23.8% in Egypt as of 2024.
What is the difference in share of youth not in education, employment or training, total between Egypt and Ghana?
0.1%, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Ghana?
8 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Ghana rank globally for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
Egypt ranks 29th and Ghana ranks 28th of 124 countries.
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, total (% of youth population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population)
Unit
% of youth population
Source
Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
143 places, 2,755 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).