NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Slovenia
Slovenia: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 6.83 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Slovenia, 2014–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Slovenia stood at 6.83.
The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Slovenia peaked at 9.51 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.52, in 2017.
That places Slovenia 56th out of 66 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Slovenia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9.42 | — |
| 2015 | 9.51 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 8.03 | -15.5% |
| 2017 | 6.52 | -18.8% |
| 2018 | 6.62 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 7.03 | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 7.68 | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 6.6 | -14.1% |
| 2022 | 8.23 | +24.8% |
| 2023 | 7.27 | -11.7% |
| 2024 | 7.12 | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 6.83 | -4.2% |
Slovenia compared with similar countries
- Slovenia's 6.83 is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.46, 72% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Slovenia's 6.83 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.25, 74% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.85 | 6.52 | 9.51 | 6 |
| 2020s | 7.29 | 6.6 | 8.23 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Slovenia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Slovenia?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Slovenia was 6.83 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.51 in 2015.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.52 in 2017.
- How does Slovenia rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Slovenia ranks 56th out of 66 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovenia 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.