NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-24) by country

With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have...

Countries reporting
113
Highest
65.73
Belarus
Lowest
4.14
Netherlands
Median
15.29
Years covered
51
1976–2026
Data points
2,220

What the numbers show

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-24) is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 65.73 in Belarus; the lowest is 4.14 in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.29, and the mean is 17.35.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 716.4%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 62.9%).

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belarus 65.73 2024 up 716.4% volatile
2 Malawi 39.42 2024 up 102.6% rising
3 Botswana 38 2024 up 6.5% falling
4 Zimbabwe 35.99 2024 up 117.3% rising
5 Senegal 35.17 2024 down 3.0% rising
6 South Africa 34.61 2024 up 10.5% falling
7 Namibia 31.88 2018 up 8.7% rising
8 Mali 30.12 2024 up 41.4% rising
9 Kosovo 30.04 2024 up 0.3% falling
10 Jordan 29.39 2024 down 22.8% falling
11 Vanuatu 29.27 2025 down 15.2% rising
12 Timor-Leste 29.12 2022 up 74.2% rising
13 Honduras 29.02 2025 up 7.7% rising
14 Pakistan 28.52 2025 down 6.2% falling
15 Zambia 26.69 2024 down 35.5% falling
16 Palestine, State of 25.78 2025 down 13.6% falling
17 India 25.55 2025 down 4.9% falling
18 Saint Lucia 25.5 2025 down 24.2% falling
19 Angola 24.9 2025 down 18.7% flat
20 Belize 24.88 2019 down 10.9% falling
21 New Caledonia 24.74 2023 down 36.9% falling
22 Dominican Republic 24.69 2025 down 2.2% rising
23 Burkina Faso 24.47 2025 down 40.3% flat
24 Iran, Islamic Republic of 24.32 2024 down 27.0% falling
25 Guatemala 24.03 2024 down 10.7% flat
26 Ghana 23.91 2024 up 69.2% flat
27 Egypt 23.78 2024 down 9.5% falling
28 Türkiye 23.33 2025 down 2.9% falling
29 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 22.85 2017 down 2.3% falling
30 Peru 22.78 2022 up 49.4% rising
31 Tunisia 22.65 2023 down 25.5% falling
32 Colombia 21.98 2025 up 4.0% falling
33 Indonesia 21.36 2023 down 6.7% falling
34 Albania 21.03 2024 down 33.0% falling
35 Fiji 20.79 2024 up 11.3% falling
36 Armenia 20.18 2023 down 42.2% falling
37 Grenada 20.09 2023 down 24.0% falling
38 Jamaica 19.7 2023 down 41.7% falling
39 North Macedonia 19.48 2025 down 21.8% falling
40 Costa Rica 19.43 2025 up 4.2% falling
41 Kyrgyzstan 19.31 2023 down 14.5% rising
42 El Salvador 19.09 2025 down 33.1% falling
43 Brunei Darussalam 19.05 2024 up 11.3% flat
44 Côte d'Ivoire 18.83 2022 down 17.2% flat
45 Brazil 18.7 2025 down 15.4% rising
46 Paraguay 18.59 2017 down 5.0% falling
47 Kenya 18.5 2021 up 34.8% falling
48 Seychelles 17.8 2025 down 18.4% falling
49 Ecuador 17.72 2025 down 10.6% flat
50 Sri Lanka 17.23 2024 down 41.7% falling
51 Romania 17.04 2024 up 0.1% falling
52 Mexico 15.97 2026 down 18.1% falling
53 Trinidad and Tobago 15.85 2024 up 8.5% flat
54 Niger 15.66 2022 down 19.4% volatile
55 Bangladesh 15.43 2024 down 51.8% falling
56 Bhutan 15.3 2025 up 0.7% rising
57 Georgia 15.29 2025 down 44.3% falling
58 Rwanda 15.29 2025 up 196.3% rising
59 Argentina 15.21 2025 down 22.7% falling
60 Panama 15.09 2025 down 18.2% falling
61 Myanmar 15.02 2020 down 47.2% falling
62 Lithuania 14.91 2024 up 50.5% falling
63 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.4 2025 up 11.7% falling
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.31 2024 down 47.2% falling
65 Montenegro 14.25 2024 down 19.6% flat
66 Mauritius 13.94 2024 down 33.2% falling
67 Uganda 13.77 2021 up 22.2% falling
68 Chile 13.44 2025 down 30.0% falling
69 Austria 13.41 2025 up 21.5% rising
70 Canada 13.27 2025 down 0.2% falling
71 Cyprus 13.17 2024 down 22.6% rising
72 Togo 13.02 2022 up 15.9% flat
73 Tanzania, United Republic of 12.83 2024 down 14.1% rising
74 Serbia 12.72 2025 down 37.5% falling
75 Uruguay 12.62 2025 down 32.6% falling
76 France 12.57 2024 down 6.9% falling
77 Thailand 12.41 2025 down 8.7% rising
78 Philippines 12.36 2023 down 50.4% falling
79 Italy 11.96 2024 down 46.1% falling
80 Nigeria 11.91 2024 down 57.2% falling
81 United States of America 11.59 2025 down 6.8% falling
82 Bulgaria 10.89 2024 down 46.1% falling
83 Spain 10.5 2025 down 28.1% falling
84 Greece 10.36 2025 down 42.1% falling
85 Viet Nam 10.25 2024 up 5.4% rising
86 Estonia 10.23 2024 down 12.9% falling
87 Luxembourg 10.23 2024 up 61.3% falling
88 Poland 10.09 2025 down 14.8% falling
89 Hungary 9.98 2024 down 26.7% falling
90 Latvia 9.89 2024 down 17.7% falling
91 Slovakia 9.17 2023 down 35.7% falling
92 Republic of Moldova 9.05 2025 down 42.6% falling
93 Mongolia 9.03 2025 down 46.3% falling
94 Australia 8.4 2025 down 10.9% falling
95 Finland 8.28 2024 down 16.0% falling
96 Belgium 8.15 2024 down 32.4% falling
97 Croatia 8.08 2024 down 57.2% falling
98 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.96 2025 down 45.4% falling
99 Malta 7.84 2024 down 23.6% falling
100 Germany 7.58 2024 up 19.0% falling
101 Slovenia 7.12 2024 down 24.3% falling
102 Czechia 7.03 2023 down 25.6% volatile
103 Portugal 7.02 2025 down 37.1% falling
104 Switzerland 6.99 2025 down 25.2% flat
105 Denmark 6.9 2024 up 7.9% falling
106 Singapore 6.46 2025 falling
107 Cambodia 6.32 2023 down 0.4% falling
108 Hong Kong, China 5.95 2025 down 9.9% flat
109 Iceland 5.84 2023 down 9.7% flat
110 Norway 5.82 2024 down 9.5% falling
111 Ireland 5.67 2024 down 62.9% falling
112 Sweden 5.58 2024 down 23.1% volatile
113 Netherlands 4.14 2024 down 29.0% falling

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Indicator
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-24)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
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Coverage
113 places, 2,220 data points, 1976–2026
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With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. 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 Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.