NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil
Brazil: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 18.7 in 2025. ▲ Rising
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil, 1989–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil is 18.7, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil peaked at 25.99 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 18.32, in 2008.
Brazil ranks 45th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 21.5 | — |
| 1990 | 21.71 | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 21.14 | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 20.29 | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 20.81 | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 20.49 | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 20.25 | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 19.71 | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 19.65 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 19.23 | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 19.28 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 18.99 | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 19.07 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 19.24 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 19.18 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 18.32 | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 18.79 | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 19.4 | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 20.54 | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 20.9 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 20.69 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 22.1 | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 23.8 | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 24.87 | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 24.61 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 23.99 | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 25.99 | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 23.38 | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 20.98 | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 20.62 | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 19.31 | -6.3% |
| 2025 | 18.7 | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 21.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 1 |
| 1990s | 20.63 | 19.71 | 21.71 | 7 |
| 2000s | 19.09 | 18.32 | 19.65 | 9 |
| 2010s | 22.32 | 19.4 | 24.87 | 9 |
| 2020s | 21.5 | 18.7 | 25.99 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 42 El Salvador 19.09 compare
- 43 Brunei Darussalam 19.05 compare
- 44 Côte d'Ivoire 18.83 compare
- 46 Paraguay 18.59 compare
- 47 Kenya 18.5 compare
- 48 Seychelles 17.8 compare
More work & labour data for Brazil
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7328 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7065 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7581 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.74 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.1001 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 215,063 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 17,625 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 82,304 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 81,060 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 163,364 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil was 18.7 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 25.99 in 2020.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.32 in 2008.
- How does Brazil rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Brazil ranks 45th out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-24). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.