NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 25.78 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Palestine, State of, 2000–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Palestine, State of stood at 25.78.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Palestine, State of peaked at 35.6 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 25.44, in 2022.
That places Palestine, State of 16th out of 113 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31.86 | — |
| 2001 | 35.6 | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 34.58 | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 30.44 | -12.0% |
| 2004 | 29.88 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 28.95 | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 28.21 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 28.14 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 27.29 | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 28.03 | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 26.31 | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 28.52 | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 30.3 | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 31.59 | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 29.85 | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 30.65 | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 31.48 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 31.75 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 29.11 | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 30.34 | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 28.06 | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 25.44 | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 26.73 | +5.1% |
| 2025 | 25.78 | -3.5% |
Palestine, State of compared with similar countries
- Palestine, State of's 25.78 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23.31, 1.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Palestine, State of's 25.78 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 24.32, 1.1× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.55 | 27.29 | 35.6 | 9 |
| 2010s | 29.76 | 26.31 | 31.75 | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.27 | 25.44 | 30.34 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Palestine, State of?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Palestine, State of was 25.78 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 35.6 in 2001.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.44 in 2022.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Palestine, State of ranks 16th out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine, State of 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.