Latin America & Caribbean vs Namibia: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total over time
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 31.9% against 18.2% in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 13.7%.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.8 times Latin America & Caribbean's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 9th and Namibia ranks 8th of 19 groups.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of youth not in education, employment or training, total, Latin America & Caribbean or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 31.9% against 18.2% in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2018.
- What is the difference in share of youth not in education, employment or training, total between Latin America & Caribbean and Namibia?
- 13.7%, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Namibia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2018.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean and Namibia rank globally for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 9th and Namibia ranks 8th 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, 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).