NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in ASEAN

ASEAN: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 16.49 in 2027. ▼ Falling

Latest (2027)
16.49
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
58th
of 87 groups
All-time high
22.43
in 2005
All-time low
16.11
in 2023
Years of data
23
2005–2027

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in ASEAN, 2005–2027

051015202005201620272005: 22.42006: 21.92007: 21.82008: 21.12009: 21.12010: 20.42011: 202012: 19.12013: 19.32014: 18.82015: 192016: 18.82017: 18.32018: 17.62019: 17.52020: 18.92021: 18.42022: 16.82023: 16.12024: 16.22025: 16.32026: 16.42027: 16.5

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

ASEAN recorded 16.49 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2027.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in ASEAN peaked at 22.43 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 16.11, in 2023.

That places ASEAN 58th out of 87 groups with data for 2027, putting it in the middle of the range.

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 ASEAN, year by year

Annual values for NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) in ASEAN, 2005 to 2027.
Year Value Change
2005 22.43
2006 21.94 -2.2%
2007 21.75 -0.9%
2008 21.11 -3.0%
2009 21.06 -0.2%
2010 20.35 -3.4%
2011 19.96 -1.9%
2012 19.08 -4.4%
2013 19.27 +1.0%
2014 18.75 -2.7%
2015 18.96 +1.1%
2016 18.75 -1.1%
2017 18.32 -2.3%
2018 17.57 -4.1%
2019 17.55 -0.2%
2020 18.86 +7.5%
2021 18.4 -2.4%
2022 16.75 -9.0%
2023 16.11 -3.8%
2024 16.22 +0.6%
2025 16.31 +0.6%
2026 16.4 +0.6%
2027 16.49 +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 21.66 21.06 22.43 5
2010s 18.86 17.55 20.35 10
2020s 16.94 16.11 18.86 8

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Frequently asked questions

What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in ASEAN?
Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in ASEAN was 16.49 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in ASEAN?
The highest recorded value was 22.43 in 2005.
What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in ASEAN?
The lowest recorded value was 16.11 in 2023.
How does ASEAN rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
ASEAN ranks 58th out of 87 groups with data for 2027.
Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in ASEAN?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this ASEAN 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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Indicator
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
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.