NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Liberia
Liberia: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 14.72 in 2027. ▲ Rising
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Liberia, 2005–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 14.72 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2027.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Liberia peaked at 14.76 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 12.59, in 2014.
Liberia ranks 119th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 14.23 | — |
| 2006 | 14 | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 13.74 | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 13.58 | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 13.49 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 13.36 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 13.29 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 13.14 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 12.7 | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 12.59 | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 12.86 | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 13.23 | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 13.34 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 13.53 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 13.9 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 14.69 | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 14.67 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 14.49 | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 14.6 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 14.68 | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 14.76 | +0.6% |
| 2026 | 14.75 | -0.1% |
| 2027 | 14.72 | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.81 | 13.49 | 14.23 | 5 |
| 2010s | 13.19 | 12.59 | 13.9 | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.67 | 14.49 | 14.76 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Liberia?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Liberia was 14.72 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.76 in 2025.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.59 in 2014.
- How does Liberia rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Liberia ranks 119th out of 188 countries with data for 2027.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.