NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Jamaica
Jamaica: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 19.7 in 2023. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Jamaica, 2008–2023
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 19.7 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.6% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Jamaica peaked at 33.78 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 19.7, in 2023.
Jamaica ranks 38th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 27.84 | — |
| 2009 | 30.7 | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 31.61 | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 31.52 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 32.3 | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 33.78 | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 32.96 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 29.76 | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 27.88 | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 26.06 | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 22.91 | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 29.66 | +29.5% |
| 2021 | 26.05 | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 21.79 | -16.4% |
| 2023 | 19.7 | -9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.27 | 27.84 | 30.7 | 2 |
| 2010s | 29.86 | 22.91 | 33.78 | 9 |
| 2020s | 24.3 | 19.7 | 29.66 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 35 Fiji 20.79 compare
- 36 Armenia 20.18 compare
- 37 Grenada 20.09 compare
- 39 North Macedonia 19.48 compare
- 40 Costa Rica 19.43 compare
- 41 Kyrgyzstan 19.31 compare
More work & labour data for Jamaica
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.76 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.69 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.83 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.25 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.0152 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 1,904 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 799.47 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 544.43 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 522.35 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 1,067 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Jamaica?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Jamaica was 19.7 in 2023, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 33.78 in 2013.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.7 in 2023.
- How does Jamaica rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Jamaica ranks 38th out of 113 countries with data for 2023.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.