Samoa vs Upper middle income: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of)
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) over time
- Samoa
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 30.1% against 16.5% in Upper middle income, a difference of 13.6%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.8 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 21 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Samoa ranks 32nd and Upper middle income ranks 34th of 187 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.6% | 21.0% | 6.6% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 28.6% | 18.5% | 10.2% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 29.9% | 17.0% | 12.9% | Samoa |
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 (% of), Samoa or Upper middle income?
- Samoa, at 30.1% against 16.5% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) between Samoa and Upper middle income?
- 13.6%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Upper middle income?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2025.
- How do Samoa and Upper middle income rank globally for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of)?
- Samoa ranks 32nd and Upper middle income ranks 34th of 187 countries.
- 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, total (% of youth population) (modeled ILO estimate). 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).