NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Singapore
Singapore: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 6.46 in 2025. ▲ Rising
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Singapore, 2014–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 6.46 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2025.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 79.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Singapore peaked at 7.54 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.6, in 2014.
Singapore ranks 58th of 66 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3.6 | — |
| 2015 | 3.6 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4.1 | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 4.5 | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 4.3 | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 4.13 | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 4.46 | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 7.54 | +69.1% |
| 2022 | 6.62 | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 6.76 | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 6.45 | -4.6% |
| 2025 | 6.46 | +0.1% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 6.46 is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.46, 68% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 6.46 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8.76, 74% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.04 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 2020s | 6.38 | 4.46 | 7.54 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 55 Switzerland 6.99 compare
- 56 Slovenia 6.83 compare
- 57 Russian Federation 6.68 compare
- 59 Ireland 6.37 compare
- 60 Norway 6.15 compare
- 61 Hong Kong, China 5.95 compare
More work & labour data for Singapore
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.967 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.9557 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.9779 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.1059 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,575 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 0 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,077 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,086 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 4,163 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per unit 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Singapore?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Singapore was 6.46 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 7.54 in 2021.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6 in 2014.
- How does Singapore rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Singapore ranks 58th out of 66 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 79.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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.