NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Thailand
Thailand: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 12.41 in 2025. ▲ Rising
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Thailand, 2000–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 12.41 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2025.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Thailand peaked at 15.59 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 10.15, in 2007.
That places Thailand 77th out of 113 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.44 | — |
| 2007 | 10.15 | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 10.59 | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 14.37 | +35.8% |
| 2014 | 13.32 | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 13.59 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 14.97 | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 15.59 | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 14.78 | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 14.88 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 15.13 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 14.75 | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 13.35 | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 12.46 | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 12.82 | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 12.41 | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.29 | 10.15 | 10.44 | 2 |
| 2010s | 14.01 | 10.59 | 15.59 | 8 |
| 2020s | 13.49 | 12.41 | 15.13 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Thailand?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Thailand was 12.41 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 15.59 in 2017.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.15 in 2007.
- How does Thailand rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Thailand ranks 77th out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.