NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Netherlands
Netherlands: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 4.14 in 2024. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Netherlands, 1983–2024
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Netherlands is 4.14, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 11.4% on the previous year and down 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Netherlands peaked at 12.16 in 1983 and was at its lowest, 3.08, in 2021.
Netherlands ranks 113th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 12.16 | — |
| 1985 | 10.37 | -14.7% |
| 1987 | 8.94 | -13.8% |
| 1988 | 7.87 | -12.0% |
| 1989 | 7.13 | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 6.48 | -9.0% |
| 1991 | 6.2 | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 5.34 | -13.9% |
| 1993 | 5.92 | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 6.66 | +12.6% |
| 1995 | 7.74 | +16.1% |
| 1996 | 11.59 | +49.8% |
| 1997 | 10.82 | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 7.57 | -30.1% |
| 1999 | 7.94 | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 4.23 | -46.7% |
| 2001 | 4.01 | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 3.86 | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 4.78 | +23.9% |
| 2004 | 4.86 | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 6.43 | +32.4% |
| 2006 | 5.12 | -20.4% |
| 2007 | 4.58 | -10.5% |
| 2008 | 4.59 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 4.87 | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 4.69 | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 4.2 | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 5.04 | +19.9% |
| 2013 | 5.97 | +18.5% |
| 2014 | 5.83 | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 4.22 | -27.6% |
| 2016 | 4.59 | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 4.18 | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 4.03 | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 4.26 | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 4.67 | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 3.08 | -34.1% |
| 2022 | 3.26 | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 3.72 | +14.1% |
| 2024 | 4.14 | +11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.29 | 7.13 | 12.16 | 5 |
| 1990s | 7.62 | 5.34 | 11.59 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.73 | 3.86 | 6.43 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.7 | 4.03 | 5.97 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.77 | 3.08 | 4.67 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More work & labour data for Netherlands
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 5,256 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.71 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,535 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.834 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 130,584 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 94,797 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.03 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.4 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.1112 % change on previous year (2027)
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Netherlands?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Netherlands was 4.14 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 12.16 in 1983.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.08 in 2021.
- How does Netherlands rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Netherlands ranks 113th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.