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NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) by country

Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. This indicator refers to the proportion of youth who are not in employment and not in education or training. Youth not...

Countries reporting
188
Highest
55.48
Afghanistan
Lowest
3.09
Japan
Median
18.1
Years covered
23
2005–2027
Data points
6,324

What the numbers show

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 55.48 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 3.09 in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.1, and the mean is 19.9.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 104.8%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 46.1%).

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 55.48 2027 up 29.5% rising
2 Sao Tome and Principe 50.81 2027 up 4.3% falling
3 Djibouti 49.5 2027 down 3.0% falling
4 Sudan 46.53 2022 up 35.1% rising
5 Yemen 46.31 2027 down 0.2% rising
6 Somalia 43.37 2027 down 0.3% flat
7 Guyana 43.27 2027 up 0.9% rising
8 Tajikistan 39.85 2027 down 2.9% flat
9 Gambia 39.81 2027 up 35.6% rising
10 Botswana 38.41 2027 up 16.9% falling
11 Lesotho 38.31 2027 up 9.6% rising
12 Chad 37.95 2027 up 2.9% rising
13 Iraq 37.33 2027 down 2.6% falling
14 Mauritania 37.05 2027 up 4.3% falling
15 Eswatini 36.94 2027 up 5.1% falling
16 Senegal 35.43 2027 down 0.3% rising
17 Vanuatu 35.11 2027 up 3.5% rising
18 South Africa 34.87 2027 up 12.4% rising
19 Pakistan 34.54 2027 up 13.2% flat
20 South Sudan 34.09 2023 up 9.9% rising
21 Guinea 34.01 2027 up 11.6% rising
22 Syrian Arab Republic 33.77 2027 up 7.1% rising
23 Morocco 32.82 2027 down 5.2% falling
24 Samoa 30.96 2027 up 7.7% rising
25 Jordan 30.94 2027 down 18.7% falling
26 Honduras 30.93 2027 up 11.6% rising
27 Namibia 30.81 2027 down 5.9% rising
28 Libya 30.75 2027 up 0.9% falling
29 Sierra Leone 30.6 2027 down 2.1% flat
30 Nepal 30.51 2027 down 12.2% rising
31 Central African Republic 30.2 2027 up 4.7% flat
32 Zimbabwe 30.2 2027 up 26.4% rising
33 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 29.99 2027 up 19.0% rising
34 Gabon 29.89 2027 up 1.8% falling
35 Congo 29.61 2027 up 2.5% flat
36 Zambia 29.18 2027 down 10.6% falling
37 Timor-Leste 28.98 2027 up 25.2% rising
38 Cape Verde 28.44 2027 down 9.4% falling
39 Papua New Guinea 27.79 2027 down 10.2% falling
40 Ghana 27.61 2027 up 20.1% rising
41 Mali 27.43 2027 down 3.9% rising
42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.39 2027 down 6.2% falling
43 Barbados 26.38 2027 down 9.7% flat
44 Iran, Islamic Republic of 26.25 2027 down 18.6% falling
45 Rwanda 26.22 2027 up 2.4% flat
46 Equatorial Guinea 26.01 2027 up 13.6% rising
47 Eritrea 26 2027 up 8.4% rising
48 Tonga 25.98 2027 down 6.4% flat
49 Dominican Republic 25.94 2027 up 6.6% flat
50 Oman 25.74 2027 up 3.4% falling
51 Palestine, State of 25.44 2022 down 10.8% flat
52 Burkina Faso 25.12 2027 down 6.1% rising
53 Egypt 25.07 2027 down 6.8% falling
54 Belize 24.99 2027 down 8.7% falling
55 Angola 24.92 2027 down 4.3% falling
56 Madagascar 24.53 2027 up 5.2% rising
57 India 24.52 2027 down 16.4% falling
58 Maldives 24.3 2027 down 1.1% falling
59 Guatemala 24.29 2027 down 10.9% flat
60 New Caledonia 24.2 2027 down 38.3% falling
61 Georgia 24.13 2027 down 2.5% falling
62 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 23.99 2027 up 5.0% rising
63 Peru 23.89 2027 up 37.7% rising
64 Lebanon 23.83 2023 up 12.6% rising
65 Western Sahara 23.73 2027 down 5.9% falling
66 Albania 23.55 2027 down 10.2% falling
67 Türkiye 23.35 2027 down 3.5% falling
68 Colombia 23.35 2027 up 6.9% falling
69 Cameroon 23.29 2027 up 17.7% rising
70 Saint Lucia 23.18 2027 down 31.3% falling
71 Tunisia 23.17 2027 down 17.0% falling
72 Lao People's Democratic Republic 22.78 2027 down 11.7% falling
73 El Salvador 22.07 2027 down 22.3% falling
74 Nicaragua 22.05 2027 down 4.5% falling
75 Malawi 21.95 2027 down 6.4% rising
76 Indonesia 21.65 2027 up 0.9% falling
77 French Polynesia 21.63 2027 down 6.1% falling
78 Comoros 21.58 2027 down 11.3% falling
79 Haiti 21.4 2027 up 4.1% flat
80 Puerto Rico 20.69 2027 up 2.9% falling
81 Armenia 20.67 2027 down 21.4% falling
82 Fiji 20.66 2027 up 2.9% falling
83 Jamaica 20.31 2027 down 27.1% falling
84 Bhutan 19.97 2027 up 34.0% rising
85 Algeria 19.85 2027 down 5.3% falling
86 Kenya 19.75 2027 up 26.6% flat
87 Kyrgyzstan 19.61 2027 down 8.9% rising
88 Brazil 19.46 2027 down 21.7% rising
89 Mozambique 19.44 2027 up 7.1% rising
90 Côte d'Ivoire 19.43 2027 down 23.5% falling
91 Suriname 19.09 2027 up 4.6% rising
92 Ecuador 18.95 2027 up 7.9% rising
93 North Macedonia 18.67 2027 down 26.3% falling
94 Costa Rica 18.48 2027 down 7.4% flat
95 Sri Lanka 17.72 2027 down 28.3% falling
96 Mauritius 17.67 2027 down 11.4% falling
97 Turkmenistan 17.65 2027 down 16.8% falling
98 Montenegro 17.61 2027 up 5.5% falling
99 Paraguay 17.44 2027 down 6.2% flat
100 Ukraine 17.41 2021 down 10.2% falling
101 Ethiopia 17.3 2027 up 24.3% rising
102 Romania 17.25 2027 up 13.8% falling
103 United States Virgin Islands 17.09 2027 down 3.1% flat
104 Brunei Darussalam 16.81 2027 down 15.8% flat
105 Myanmar 16.52 2027 down 0.4% falling
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.51 2027 down 35.3% falling
107 Argentina 16.43 2027 down 14.7% falling
108 Niger 16.37 2027 down 33.4% falling
109 Saudi Arabia 16.35 2027 down 6.4% falling
110 Mexico 16.16 2027 down 13.6% falling
111 Bangladesh 15.93 2027 down 41.8% falling
112 Kuwait 15.85 2027 down 1.9% falling
113 Bahamas 15.41 2027 down 17.4% falling
114 Israel 15.37 2027 up 13.2% falling
115 Uruguay 15.33 2027 down 14.2% falling
116 Panama 15.04 2027 down 12.6% falling
117 Trinidad and Tobago 14.9 2027 up 4.2% falling
118 Mongolia 14.89 2027 down 24.9% falling
119 Liberia 14.72 2027 up 10.4% rising
120 Lithuania 14.49 2027 up 58.4% rising
121 Benin 14.48 2027 down 9.5% falling
122 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.28 2027 up 16.5% falling
123 Chile 14.01 2027 down 23.4% falling
124 Uzbekistan 13.88 2027 down 32.2% falling
125 Guinea-Bissau 13.82 2027 down 34.4% falling
126 Nigeria 13.61 2027 down 7.1% rising
127 Uganda 13.42 2027 down 25.9% rising
128 Austria 13.15 2027 up 25.8% rising
129 Togo 13.14 2027 up 15.3% rising
130 Philippines 13.1 2027 down 41.3% falling
131 Canada 13.07 2027 up 8.2% flat
132 Thailand 13.02 2027 down 16.5% rising
133 New Zealand 12.84 2027 up 7.7% flat
134 Serbia 12.8 2027 down 27.2% falling
135 Burundi 12.68 2027 up 104.8% rising
136 France 12.56 2027 down 6.4% flat
137 Guam 12.42 2027 down 12.1% falling
138 Italy 12.31 2027 down 39.1% falling
139 Russian Federation 11.84 2027 down 9.0% falling
140 United States of America 11.76 2027 up 7.2% falling
141 Republic of Moldova 11.76 2027 down 30.5% falling
142 China 11.46 2027 down 1.5% falling
143 Cuba 11.45 2027 down 10.2% falling
144 Tanzania, United Republic of 11.2 2027 down 15.9% flat
145 Cambodia 10.99 2027 down 9.8% rising
146 Republic of Korea 10.99 2027 down 9.2% flat
147 Viet Nam 10.94 2027 up 12.7% rising
148 Bulgaria 10.87 2027 down 31.4% falling
149 Cyprus 10.81 2027 down 32.8% flat
150 Bahrain 10.54 2027 down 8.7% falling
151 Poland 10.5 2027 down 0.8% falling
152 Greece 10.46 2027 down 34.2% falling
153 Malaysia 10.4 2027 down 11.9% falling
154 Estonia 10.33 2027 up 3.1% falling
155 Spain 10.26 2027 down 15.6% falling
156 Hungary 10.08 2027 down 8.7% falling
157 Luxembourg 9.39 2027 up 51.5% rising
158 Latvia 9.09 2027 down 24.0% falling
159 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 9.07 2027 down 26.0% falling
160 United Arab Emirates 8.99 2027 up 1.6% rising
161 Slovakia 8.94 2027 down 27.5% falling
162 Australia 8.71 2027 down 2.8% falling
163 Taiwan, China 8.66 2027 down 32.0% falling
164 Solomon Islands 8.35 2027 up 16.9% flat
165 Croatia 8.22 2027 down 46.1% falling
166 Finland 8.14 2027 down 8.4% flat
167 Portugal 7.9 2027 down 15.3% falling
168 Switzerland 7.84 2027 down 3.6% falling
169 Kazakhstan 7.78 2027 down 12.2% falling
170 Malta 7.7 2027 down 10.3% falling
171 Belgium 7.51 2027 down 23.8% falling
172 Germany 7.47 2027 up 19.2% falling
173 Slovenia 7.18 2027 up 10.2% falling
174 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.17 2027 down 38.0% falling
175 Denmark 6.89 2027 down 9.1% rising
176 Belarus 6.31 2027 up 14.1% falling
177 Singapore 6.13 2027 down 24.8% falling
178 Norway 6 2027 up 1.6% rising
179 Ireland 5.97 2027 down 45.6% falling
180 Hong Kong, China 5.78 2027 down 9.5% falling
181 Sweden 5.63 2027 down 10.2% falling
182 Qatar 5.63 2027 down 20.1% falling
183 Czechia 4.75 2027 down 25.8% falling
184 Iceland 4.08 2027 up 0.4% falling
185 Macau, China 3.76 2027 down 26.9% falling
186 Netherlands 3.59 2027 down 14.1% falling
187 Azerbaijan 3.28 2027 down 25.3% falling
188 Japan 3.09 2027 down 7.0% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
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Coverage
276 places, 6,324 data points, 2005–2027
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Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. 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 ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.