Kenya vs Romania: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total over time
- Kenya
- Romania
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 18.5% against 17.0% in Romania, a difference of 1.5%.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 50th and Romania ranks 53rd of 124 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.4% | 18.4% | 14.1% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 22.7% | 20.8% | 1.9% | Kenya |
| 2010s | 16.7% | 16.0% | 0.7% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 18.5% | 18.0% | 0.5% | Kenya |
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, Kenya or Romania?
- Kenya, at 18.5% against 17.0% in Romania as of 2021.
- What is the difference in share of youth not in education, employment or training, total between Kenya and Romania?
- 1.5%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Romania?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2021.
- How do Kenya and Romania rank globally for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Kenya ranks 50th and Romania ranks 53rd 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
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).