NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Austria
Austria: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 13.41 in 2025. ▲ Rising
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Austria, 2014–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Austria stood at 13.41. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Austria peaked at 13.41 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 10.42, in 2018.
Austria ranks 26th of 66 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Austria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10.76 | — |
| 2015 | 11.04 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 10.91 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 10.45 | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 10.42 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 11.01 | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 11.42 | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 12.26 | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 12.15 | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 13.12 | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 13.27 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 13.41 | +1.1% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 13.41 is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.46, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Austria's 13.41 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.25, 1.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.77 | 10.42 | 11.04 | 6 |
| 2020s | 12.6 | 11.42 | 13.41 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.74 compare
- 24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.4 compare
- 25 Chile 13.47 compare
- 27 Canada 13.27 compare
- 28 Serbia 13.02 compare
- 29 New Zealand 12.78 compare
More work & labour data for Austria
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.2039 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2126 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.1955 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.71 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.5124 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,294 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 2,584 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 3,691 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 3,708 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 7,399 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Austria?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Austria was 13.41 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 13.41 in 2025.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.42 in 2018.
- How does Austria rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Austria ranks 26th out of 66 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (current ILO definition - ICLS19). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series includes only countries for which the 19th ICLS definitions are applied. This indicator refers to the proportion of youth who are not in employment and not in education or training. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For statistical purposes, youth are defined as persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years. For more information, refer to the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database description.