NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education … current in Moldova
Moldova: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education … current was 16.39 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Moldova, 2014–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Moldova is 16.39, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Moldova peaked at 30.22 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 16.39, in 2025.
That places Moldova 19th out of 66 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 … current in Moldova, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 29.64 | — |
| 2015 | 30.22 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 29.49 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 29.71 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 28.25 | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 26.73 | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 24.16 | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 22.48 | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 23.33 | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 19.27 | -17.4% |
| 2024 | 17.57 | -8.8% |
| 2025 | 16.39 | -6.7% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 16.39 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18.18, 90% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 16.39 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.25, 1.8× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 29.01 | 26.73 | 30.22 | 6 |
| 2020s | 20.53 | 16.39 | 24.16 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More work & labour data for Moldova
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 654.38 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 72.49 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,725 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.5 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.726 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 24,890 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,854 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 71.4 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) -0.868 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.4043 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Moldova?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Moldova was 16.39 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 30.22 in 2015.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.39 in 2025.
- How does Moldova rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Moldova ranks 19th out of 66 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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.