NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Italy
Italy: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 9.91 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Italy, 2014–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Italy recorded 9.91 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.1% on the previous year and down 53.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Italy peaked at 22.18 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9.91, in 2025.
Italy ranks 40th of 66 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Italy, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 22.18 | — |
| 2015 | 21.46 | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 19.97 | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 20.2 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 19.24 | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 18.13 | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 19.13 | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 19.77 | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 15.86 | -19.8% |
| 2023 | 12.67 | -20.1% |
| 2024 | 11.96 | -5.6% |
| 2025 | 9.91 | -17.1% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 9.91 is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.46, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Italy's 9.91 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.25, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.2 | 18.13 | 22.18 | 6 |
| 2020s | 14.88 | 9.91 | 19.77 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Italy?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Italy was 9.91 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 22.18 in 2014.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.91 in 2025.
- How does Italy rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Italy ranks 40th out of 66 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.