NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Latvia

Latvia: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 9.89 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
9.89
Change on year
up 73.5%
World rank
90th
of 113 countries
All-time high
17.81
in 2010
All-time low
5.7
in 2023
Years of data
23
2002–2024

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Latvia, 2002–2024

57.51012.51517.52002201320242002: 12.82003: 12.72004: 12.32005: 10.92006: 11.52007: 11.92008: 11.82009: 17.52010: 17.82011: 162012: 14.92013: 132014: 122015: 10.52016: 11.22017: 122018: 7.92019: 9.22020: 8.52021: 8.72022: 7.82023: 5.72024: 9.9

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

Latvia recorded 9.89 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2024.

That represents a change of up 73.5% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Latvia peaked at 17.81 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.7, in 2023.

That places Latvia 90th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Latvia, year by year

Annual values for NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-24) in Latvia, 2002 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2002 12.83
2003 12.73 -0.7%
2004 12.34 -3.1%
2005 10.89 -11.7%
2006 11.46 +5.3%
2007 11.94 +4.2%
2008 11.82 -1.0%
2009 17.49 +47.9%
2010 17.81 +1.9%
2011 16.04 -10.0%
2012 14.89 -7.1%
2013 13.03 -12.5%
2014 12.02 -7.7%
2015 10.52 -12.5%
2016 11.21 +6.5%
2017 11.96 +6.7%
2018 7.9 -33.9%
2019 9.24 +17.0%
2020 8.55 -7.5%
2021 8.69 +1.6%
2022 7.77 -10.6%
2023 5.7 -26.6%
2024 9.89 +73.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 12.69 10.89 17.49 8
2010s 12.46 7.9 17.81 10
2020s 8.12 5.7 9.89 5

Countries ranked near Latvia

  1. 87 Luxembourg 10.23 compare
  2. 88 Poland 10.09 compare
  3. 89 Hungary 9.98 compare
  4. 91 Slovakia 9.17 compare
  5. 92 Republic of Moldova 9.05 compare
  6. 93 Mongolia 9.03 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Latvia?
Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Latvia was 9.89 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Latvia?
The highest recorded value was 17.81 in 2010.
What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Latvia?
The lowest recorded value was 5.7 in 2023.
How does Latvia rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
Latvia ranks 90th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Latvia?
Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Latvia 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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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.