NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 16.97 in 2025. ▬ Flat
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Saudi Arabia, 2019–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Saudi Arabia stood at 16.97.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Saudi Arabia ranks 17th of 66 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15.6 | — |
| 2021 | 19.22 | +23.2% |
| 2022 | 18.37 | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 16.99 | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 16.16 | -4.8% |
| 2025 | 16.97 | +5.0% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 16.97 is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.46, 1.8× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 1 |
| 2020s | 17.54 | 16.16 | 19.22 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 14 Costa Rica 19.43 compare
- 15 Brazil 18.7 compare
- 16 Georgia 17.66 compare
- 18 Romania 16.51 compare
- 19 Republic of Moldova 16.39 compare
- 20 Trinidad and Tobago 15.85 compare
More work & labour data for Saudi Arabia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.6339 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.5946 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.6842 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.31 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.5985 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 40,709 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 4,348 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 31,198 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 39,809 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 71,007 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Saudi Arabia?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Saudi Arabia was 16.97 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 19.22 in 2021.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.6 in 2019.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 17th out of 66 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.