NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education … 15-24 in United States
United States: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education … 15-24 was 11.59 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in United States, 1994–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in United States stood at 11.59.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in United States peaked at 15.29 in 1994 and was at its lowest, 10.41, in 2019.
That places United States 81st out of 113 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education … 15-24 in United States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 15.29 | — |
| 1995 | 15.04 | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 14.37 | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 13.38 | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 12.66 | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 12.47 | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 12.39 | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 12.94 | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 13.43 | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 13.61 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 13.14 | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 13.15 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 12.46 | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 12.29 | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 13.03 | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 15.04 | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 15.23 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 14.41 | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 13.91 | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 14.38 | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 13.39 | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 12.44 | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 12.02 | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 10.97 | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 10.92 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 10.41 | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 13.89 | +33.5% |
| 2021 | 12.21 | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 11.24 | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 11.19 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 11.6 | +3.6% |
| 2025 | 11.59 | -0.1% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 11.59 is above the median for high income countries, which is 10.16, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education … 15-24 in United States changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +33.5% | 10.41 | 13.89 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.87 | 12.47 | 15.29 | 6 |
| 2000s | 13.15 | 12.29 | 15.04 | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.81 | 10.41 | 15.23 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.95 | 11.19 | 13.89 | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States
More work & labour data for United States
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 113,208 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.24 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 178,849 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.4 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.05 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 159,991 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 141,322 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.55 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3372 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in United States?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in United States was 11.59 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 15.29 in 1994.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.41 in 2019.
- How does United States rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- United States ranks 81st out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States 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.