NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Uruguay

Uruguay: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 15.05 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
15.05
Change on year
down 10.7%
World rank
28th
of 68 countries
All-time high
19.66
in 2007
All-time low
15.05
in 2024
Years of data
16
2007–2024

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Uruguay, 2007–2024

051015202007201520242007: 19.72008: 18.82009: 17.82010: 18.12011: 17.22012: 17.72013: 182014: 18.22015: 18.72016: 18.72017: 17.92018: 182019: 17.72022: 15.52023: 16.92024: 15.1

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 15.05 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

The figure is down 10.7% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Uruguay peaked at 19.66 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 15.05, in 2024.

That places Uruguay 28th out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) in Uruguay, 2007 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2007 19.66
2008 18.79 -4.4%
2009 17.85 -5.0%
2010 18.12 +1.6%
2011 17.16 -5.3%
2012 17.73 +3.3%
2013 18.04 +1.7%
2014 18.15 +0.6%
2015 18.73 +3.2%
2016 18.68 -0.3%
2017 17.87 -4.4%
2018 17.95 +0.5%
2019 17.68 -1.5%
2022 15.46 -12.6%
2023 16.85 +9.0%
2024 15.05 -10.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 18.76 17.85 19.66 3
2010s 18.01 17.16 18.73 10
2020s 15.79 15.05 16.85 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 25 Rwanda 15.29 compare
  2. 26 Israel 15.27 compare
  3. 27 Argentina 15.21 compare
  4. 29 Lithuania 14.91 compare
  5. 30 Panama 14.71 compare
  6. 31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.47 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Uruguay?
Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Uruguay was 15.05 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 19.66 in 2007.
What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 15.05 in 2024.
How does Uruguay rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
Uruguay ranks 28th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay 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). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
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Coverage
68 places, 1,169 data points, 1987–2026
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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 International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.