NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Americas: High income
Americas: High income: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 12.29 in 2027. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Americas: High income, 2005–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2027, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Americas: High income stood at 12.29.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Americas: High income peaked at 15.71 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 11.36, in 2019.
That places Americas: High income 69th out of 87 groups with data for 2027, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Americas: High income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 13.94 | — |
| 2006 | 13.32 | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 13.14 | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 13.85 | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 15.71 | +13.5% |
| 2010 | 15.66 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 14.96 | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 14.4 | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 14.77 | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 14.06 | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 13.27 | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 12.82 | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 11.91 | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 11.81 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 11.36 | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 14.83 | +30.6% |
| 2021 | 12.8 | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 11.8 | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 11.82 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 12.14 | +2.7% |
| 2025 | 12.19 | +0.4% |
| 2026 | 12.24 | +0.4% |
| 2027 | 12.29 | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Americas: High income changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +30.6% | 11.36 | 14.83 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.99 | 13.14 | 15.71 | 5 |
| 2010s | 13.5 | 11.36 | 15.66 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.51 | 11.8 | 14.83 | 8 |
Countries ranked near Americas: High income
More work & labour data for Americas: High income
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 221,000 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.43 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 138,750 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.03 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.05 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 148,688 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 127,796 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.34 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3993 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Americas: High income?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Americas: High income was 12.29 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Americas: High income?
- The highest recorded value was 15.71 in 2009.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Americas: High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.36 in 2019.
- How does Americas: High income rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Americas: High income ranks 69th out of 87 groups with data for 2027.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Americas: High income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas: High income 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 (ILO modelled estimates). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.