NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Mexico
Mexico: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 15.97 in 2026. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Mexico, 2005–2026
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 15.97 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2026.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Mexico peaked at 22.18 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 15.88, in 2024.
That places Mexico 52nd out of 113 countries with data for 2026, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Mexico, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 21.46 | — |
| 2006 | 21.3 | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 21.09 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 21.91 | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 22.14 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 22.18 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 21.77 | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 21.1 | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 20.44 | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 20.25 | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 19.72 | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 19.5 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 18.7 | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 18.41 | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 18.3 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 20.05 | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 17.92 | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 16.82 | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 15.91 | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 15.88 | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 16.18 | +1.8% |
| 2026 | 15.97 | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.58 | 21.09 | 22.14 | 5 |
| 2010s | 20.04 | 18.3 | 22.18 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.96 | 15.88 | 20.05 | 7 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Mexico?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Mexico was 15.97 in 2026, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 22.18 in 2010.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.88 in 2024.
- How does Mexico rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Mexico ranks 52nd out of 113 countries with data for 2026.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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.