NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil
Brazil: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 18.7 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil, 2014–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 18.7 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil peaked at 25.99 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 18.7, in 2025.
Brazil ranks 15th of 66 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 20.69 | — |
| 2015 | 22.1 | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 23.8 | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 24.87 | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 24.61 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 23.99 | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 25.99 | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 23.38 | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 20.98 | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 20.62 | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 19.31 | -6.3% |
| 2025 | 18.7 | -3.2% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 18.7 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18.18, 1.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 18.7 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18.7, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 23.34 | 20.69 | 24.87 | 6 |
| 2020s | 21.5 | 18.7 | 25.99 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 12 Armenia 22.59 compare
- 13 El Salvador 20.08 compare
- 14 Costa Rica 19.43 compare
- 16 Georgia 17.66 compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 16.97 compare
- 18 Romania 16.51 compare
More work & labour data for Brazil
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7328 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7065 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7581 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.74 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.1001 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 215,063 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 17,625 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 82,304 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 81,060 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 163,364 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil was 18.7 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 25.99 in 2020.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.7 in 2025.
- How does Brazil rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Brazil ranks 15th out of 66 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil 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.