NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in El Salvador
El Salvador: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 20.08 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in El Salvador, 2020–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in El Salvador stood at 20.08. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 7.2% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.
That places El Salvador 13th 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 El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 26.93 | — |
| 2021 | 27.34 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 24.69 | -9.7% |
| 2023 | 22.51 | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 21.64 | -3.9% |
| 2025 | 20.08 | -7.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 20.08 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18.18, 1.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 20.08 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18.7, 1.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More work & labour data for El Salvador
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.8531 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.8121 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.893 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.2563 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,984 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,013 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,591 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,482 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,073 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in El Salvador?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in El Salvador was 20.08 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 27.34 in 2021.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.08 in 2025.
- How does El Salvador rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- El Salvador ranks 13th out of 66 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.