NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Belize
Belize: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 24.77 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Belize, 2020–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Belize stood at 24.77. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 31.1% over ten years.
That places Belize 9th out of 66 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 35.97 | — |
| 2021 | 30.5 | -15.2% |
| 2022 | 27.69 | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 25.7 | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 25.65 | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 24.77 | -3.4% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 24.77 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18.18, 1.4× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Belize's 24.77 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18.7, 1.3× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Belize
More work & labour data for Belize
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7058 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6517 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7615 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.152 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.62 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 338.14 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 254.28 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 219.33 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 228.04 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 447.37 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Belize?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Belize was 24.77 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 35.97 in 2020.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.77 in 2025.
- How does Belize rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Belize ranks 9th out of 66 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize 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.