NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Germany
Germany: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 7.58 in 2024. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Germany, 1983–2024
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Germany recorded 7.58 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Germany peaked at 11.35 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 5.61, in 2019.
Germany ranks 100th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Germany, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 8.26 | — |
| 1984 | 8.8 | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 9.12 | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 7.91 | -13.3% |
| 1987 | 8.18 | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 7.39 | -9.6% |
| 1989 | 8.03 | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 6.57 | -18.3% |
| 1991 | 7.01 | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 9.13 | +30.3% |
| 1997 | 9.3 | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 9.02 | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 8.18 | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 8.07 | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 7.81 | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 8.76 | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 10.04 | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 10.08 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 11.35 | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 9.86 | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 9.46 | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 8.31 | -12.2% |
| 2009 | 8.31 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 8.45 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 8.16 | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 7.23 | -11.3% |
| 2013 | 6.41 | -11.4% |
| 2014 | 6.37 | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 6.24 | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 6.7 | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 6.27 | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 6.01 | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 5.61 | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 7.29 | +30.1% |
| 2021 | 7.72 | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 7.1 | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 7.68 | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 7.58 | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.24 | 7.39 | 9.12 | 7 |
| 1990s | 8.2 | 6.57 | 9.3 | 6 |
| 2000s | 9.2 | 7.81 | 11.35 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.74 | 5.61 | 8.45 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.47 | 7.1 | 7.72 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Germany?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Germany was 7.58 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 11.35 in 2005.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.61 in 2019.
- How does Germany rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Germany ranks 100th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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.