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

Malta: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 7.84 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
7.84
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
99th
of 113 countries
All-time high
11.61
in 2021
All-time low
6.18
in 2022
Years of data
16
2009–2024

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Malta, 2009–2024

02.557.51012.52009201620242009: 9.92010: 9.52011: 10.22012: 10.82013: 9.92014: 10.32015: 10.52016: 8.82017: 8.62018: 7.42019: 9.12020: 9.62021: 11.62022: 6.22023: 7.92024: 7.8

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

In 2024, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Malta stood at 7.84.

The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 23.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Malta peaked at 11.61 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.18, in 2022.

Malta ranks 99th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

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

Annual values for NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-24) in Malta, 2009 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2009 9.88
2010 9.53 -3.5%
2011 10.18 +6.7%
2012 10.82 +6.3%
2013 9.91 -8.3%
2014 10.27 +3.6%
2015 10.54 +2.6%
2016 8.76 -16.9%
2017 8.59 -2.0%
2018 7.37 -14.2%
2019 9.11 +23.7%
2020 9.64 +5.8%
2021 11.61 +20.5%
2022 6.18 -46.8%
2023 7.88 +27.6%
2024 7.84 -0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 9.88 9.88 9.88 1
2010s 9.51 7.37 10.82 10
2020s 8.63 6.18 11.61 5

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 96 Belgium 8.15 compare
  2. 97 Croatia 8.08 compare
  3. 98 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.96 compare
  4. 100 Germany 7.58 compare
  5. 101 Slovenia 7.12 compare
  6. 102 Czechia 7.03 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Malta?
Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Malta was 7.84 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Malta?
The highest recorded value was 11.61 in 2021.
What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 6.18 in 2022.
How does Malta rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
Malta ranks 99th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malta 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.