NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Asia and the Pacific: Low income
Asia and the Pacific: Low income: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 43.68 in 2027. ▲ Rising
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Asia and the Pacific: Low income, 2005–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2027, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Asia and the Pacific: Low income stood at 43.68. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 34.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Asia and the Pacific: Low income peaked at 43.68 in 2027 and was at its lowest, 28.88, in 2005.
Asia and the Pacific: Low income ranks 1st of 87 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Asia and the Pacific: Low income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 28.88 | — |
| 2006 | 29.17 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 29.3 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 29.43 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 29.7 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 29.89 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 30.24 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 30.44 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 30.67 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 30.79 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 31.42 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 32.04 | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 32.55 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 32.58 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 32.67 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 41.18 | +26.1% |
| 2021 | 39.81 | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 42.69 | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 42.84 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 43.07 | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 43.29 | +0.5% |
| 2026 | 43.49 | +0.5% |
| 2027 | 43.68 | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Asia and the Pacific: Low 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 | +26.1% | 32.67 | 41.18 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.3 | 28.88 | 29.7 | 5 |
| 2010s | 31.33 | 29.89 | 32.67 | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.51 | 39.81 | 43.68 | 8 |
Countries ranked near Asia and the Pacific: Low income
- 1 Afghanistan 55.48 compare
- 2 Sao Tome and Principe 50.81 compare
- 3 Djibouti 49.5 compare
- 4 Sudan 46.53 compare
More work & labour data for Asia and the Pacific: Low income
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 27,815 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 57.28 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 20,741 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 6.98 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.82 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 5,787 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 1,330 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 53.29 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.89 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Asia and the Pacific: Low income?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Asia and the Pacific: Low income was 43.68 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Asia and the Pacific: Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 43.68 in 2027.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Asia and the Pacific: Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.88 in 2005.
- How does Asia and the Pacific: Low income rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Asia and the Pacific: Low income ranks 1st out of 87 groups with data for 2027.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Asia and the Pacific: Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia and the Pacific: Low 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.