NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Somalia
Somalia: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 43.37 in 2027. ▬ Flat
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Somalia, 2005–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 43.37 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2027. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Somalia peaked at 44.73 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 43.37, in 2027.
That places Somalia 6th out of 188 countries with data for 2027, putting it in the top 10%.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 44.73 | — |
| 2006 | 44.39 | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 44.1 | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 43.97 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 43.92 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 43.88 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 43.88 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 43.88 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 43.73 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 43.65 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 43.58 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 43.7 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 43.52 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 43.68 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 43.73 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 44.16 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 44.09 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 43.99 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 43.91 | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 43.8 | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 43.64 | -0.4% |
| 2026 | 43.47 | -0.4% |
| 2027 | 43.37 | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.22 | 43.92 | 44.73 | 5 |
| 2010s | 43.72 | 43.52 | 43.88 | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.8 | 43.37 | 44.16 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Somalia?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Somalia was 43.37 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 44.73 in 2005.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.37 in 2027.
- How does Somalia rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Somalia ranks 6th out of 188 countries with data for 2027.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Somalia 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.