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

Namibia: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 30.81 in 2027. ▲ Rising

Latest (2027)
30.81
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
27th
of 188 countries
All-time high
33.55
in 2016
All-time low
29.34
in 2010
Years of data
23
2005–2027

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

01020302005201620272005: 29.42006: 29.52007: 29.62008: 29.52009: 29.62010: 29.32011: 30.42012: 31.12013: 322014: 30.52015: 31.92016: 33.52017: 32.72018: 31.92019: 31.42020: 31.92021: 31.52022: 30.82023: 30.52024: 30.62025: 30.72026: 30.72027: 30.8

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

Namibia recorded 30.81 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2027.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Namibia peaked at 33.55 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 29.34, in 2010.

Namibia ranks 27th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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 Namibia, year by year

Annual values for NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) in Namibia, 2005 to 2027.
Year Value Change
2005 29.44
2006 29.53 +0.3%
2007 29.6 +0.2%
2008 29.54 -0.2%
2009 29.55 +0.0%
2010 29.34 -0.7%
2011 30.38 +3.5%
2012 31.15 +2.5%
2013 32.01 +2.8%
2014 30.47 -4.8%
2015 31.94 +4.8%
2016 33.55 +5.0%
2017 32.74 -2.4%
2018 31.88 -2.6%
2019 31.41 -1.5%
2020 31.94 +1.7%
2021 31.46 -1.5%
2022 30.79 -2.1%
2023 30.53 -0.9%
2024 30.6 +0.2%
2025 30.67 +0.2%
2026 30.74 +0.2%
2027 30.81 +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 29.53 29.44 29.6 5
2010s 31.49 29.34 33.55 10
2020s 30.94 30.53 31.94 8

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 24 Samoa 30.96 compare
  2. 25 Jordan 30.94 compare
  3. 26 Honduras 30.93 compare
  4. 28 Libya 30.75 compare
  5. 29 Sierra Leone 30.6 compare
  6. 30 Nepal 30.51 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Namibia?
Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Namibia was 30.81 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 33.55 in 2016.
What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 29.34 in 2010.
How does Namibia rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
Namibia ranks 27th out of 188 countries with data for 2027.
Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Namibia?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Namibia 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.