NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Libya
Libya: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 30.75 in 2027. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Libya, 2005–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Libya recorded 30.75 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2027.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Libya peaked at 35.67 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 30.14, in 2018.
That places Libya 28th out of 188 countries with data for 2027, putting it in the top 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 Libya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 35.67 | — |
| 2006 | 35.09 | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 34.41 | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 33.95 | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 33.59 | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 33.02 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 33.46 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 30.82 | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 31.08 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 31.49 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 31.38 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 31.22 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 30.48 | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 30.14 | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 30.39 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 31.85 | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 30.9 | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 30.84 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 30.42 | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 30.68 | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 30.47 | -0.7% |
| 2026 | 30.6 | +0.4% |
| 2027 | 30.75 | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.54 | 33.59 | 35.67 | 5 |
| 2010s | 31.35 | 30.14 | 33.46 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.81 | 30.42 | 31.85 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Libya?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Libya was 30.75 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 35.67 in 2005.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.14 in 2018.
- How does Libya rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Libya ranks 28th out of 188 countries with data for 2027.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya 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.