NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-29) by country

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...

Countries reporting
113
Highest
41.63
South Africa
Lowest
5.35
Netherlands
Median
17.1
Years covered
51
1976–2026
Data points
2,222

What the numbers show

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-29) is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 41.63 in South Africa; the lowest is 5.35 in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.1, and the mean is 18.99.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 187.8%), and the largest decrease in Nigeria (down 57.9%).

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 41.63 2024 up 13.6% flat
2 Malawi 40.99 2024 up 115.5% rising
3 Botswana 39.15 2024 up 11.1% falling
4 Senegal 38.26 2024 down 2.8% rising
5 Palestine, State of 37.28 2025 down 3.8% flat
6 Zimbabwe 36.57 2024 up 111.9% rising
7 Namibia 35.2 2018 up 1.0% rising
8 Kosovo 34.43 2024 down 7.7% falling
9 Jordan 34.19 2024 down 16.9% falling
10 Timor-Leste 33 2022 up 49.1% rising
11 Mali 32.02 2024 up 39.1% rising
12 Pakistan 31.79 2025 down 6.2% falling
13 Guyana 31.49 2024 down 25.9% falling
14 Iran, Islamic Republic of 31.3 2024 down 21.2% falling
15 Tunisia 31.27 2023 down 21.6% falling
16 India 30.39 2025 down 1.0% falling
17 Honduras 29.67 2025 up 8.1% rising
18 Egypt 29.43 2024 down 10.1% falling
19 Vanuatu 28.17 2025 down 16.6% rising
20 Zambia 27.97 2024 down 34.0% falling
21 Türkiye 26.3 2025 down 5.9% falling
22 New Caledonia 25.46 2023 down 26.3% falling
23 Guatemala 25.25 2024 down 9.3% flat
24 Kyrgyzstan 24.99 2023 down 2.2% rising
25 Belize 24.94 2019 down 11.1% falling
26 Fiji 24.83 2024 up 12.8% falling
27 Burkina Faso 24.7 2025 down 41.8% flat
28 Armenia 24.47 2023 down 37.0% falling
29 Angola 24.36 2025 down 29.5% flat
30 Ghana 24.18 2024 up 67.3% rising
31 North Macedonia 23.74 2025 down 27.5% falling
32 Indonesia 23.62 2023 down 4.3% falling
33 Peru 23.12 2022 up 54.0% rising
34 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 22.98 2017 down 9.0% falling
35 Albania 22.39 2024 down 36.2% falling
36 Dominican Republic 22.29 2025 down 9.4% rising
37 Colombia 22.19 2025 up 4.6% falling
38 Sri Lanka 22.08 2024 down 32.8% falling
39 Saint Lucia 21.72 2025 down 31.5% falling
40 El Salvador 20.57 2025 down 28.1% falling
41 Côte d'Ivoire 20.55 2022 down 12.4% rising
42 Kenya 20.41 2021 up 50.0% falling
43 Georgia 20.13 2025 down 37.8% falling
44 Costa Rica 19.88 2025 up 3.1% falling
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.88 2025 down 41.1% falling
46 Grenada 19.82 2023 down 21.0% falling
47 Brazil 19.77 2025 down 13.2% flat
48 Romania 19.42 2024 down 2.4% falling
49 Jamaica 19.39 2023 down 41.6% falling
50 Ecuador 19.3 2025 down 7.4% flat
51 Brunei Darussalam 19.09 2024 up 15.6% rising
52 Paraguay 18.79 2017 down 8.0% falling
53 Mexico 18.34 2026 down 16.3% falling
54 Bhutan 17.86 2025 down 0.6% rising
55 Bangladesh 17.43 2024 down 43.9% falling
56 Panama 17.24 2025 down 12.7% falling
57 Trinidad and Tobago 17.1 2024 up 8.5% flat
58 Philippines 17.03 2023 down 40.7% falling
59 Myanmar 16.91 2020 down 40.6% falling
60 Argentina 16.9 2025 down 17.3% falling
61 Niger 16.8 2022 down 9.6% volatile
62 Seychelles 16.65 2025 down 19.0% falling
63 Montenegro 16.5 2024 down 26.9% falling
64 Chile 16.27 2025 down 19.8% falling
65 Mauritius 15.57 2024 down 27.3% falling
66 Rwanda 15.52 2025 up 187.8% rising
67 Korea 15.34 2025 down 4.0% flat
68 Italy 15.19 2024 down 42.2% falling
69 Cyprus 14.93 2024 down 23.2% rising
70 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.76 2025 up 4.7% falling
71 Republic of Moldova 14.69 2025 down 32.0% falling
72 Serbia 14.67 2025 down 41.4% falling
73 Lithuania 14.65 2024 up 13.8% falling
74 France 14.53 2024 down 13.1% falling
75 Uganda 14.47 2021 up 19.7% falling
76 Greece 14.46 2025 down 41.7% falling
77 Togo 13.89 2022 up 16.3% rising
78 Canada 13.74 2025 down 2.4% falling
79 Austria 13.55 2025 up 17.4% rising
80 Uruguay 13.38 2025 down 25.1% falling
81 United States of America 13.37 2025 down 8.9% falling
82 Mongolia 13.34 2025 down 35.5% falling
83 Bulgaria 13.1 2024 down 46.5% falling
84 Thailand 12.61 2025 down 5.8% rising
85 Nigeria 12.39 2024 down 57.9% falling
86 Tanzania, United Republic of 12.35 2024 down 15.6% rising
87 Spain 12.33 2025 down 34.5% falling
88 Latvia 11.85 2024 down 22.0% falling
89 Slovakia 11.52 2023 down 41.4% falling
90 Poland 11.22 2025 down 25.1% falling
91 Estonia 11.01 2024 down 20.3% falling
92 Hungary 10.88 2024 down 33.8% falling
93 Luxembourg 10.86 2024 up 64.8% falling
94 Viet Nam 10.69 2024 up 8.0% rising
95 Croatia 10.68 2024 down 50.7% falling
96 Czechia 10.34 2023 down 21.9% volatile
97 Australia 10.05 2025 down 11.0% falling
98 Belgium 9.9 2024 down 29.8% falling
99 Finland 9.71 2024 down 14.2% falling
100 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.37 2025 down 42.8% falling
101 Germany 8.69 2024 down 0.6% falling
102 Switzerland 8.22 2025 down 11.2% falling
103 Portugal 8.11 2025 down 38.1% falling
104 Denmark 8 2024 down 0.3% falling
105 Ireland 7.91 2024 down 55.6% falling
106 Slovenia 7.61 2024 down 41.2% falling
107 Malta 7.37 2024 down 36.5% falling
108 Iceland 7.33 2023 up 2.5% flat
109 Singapore 6.97 2025 falling
110 Cambodia 6.68 2023 down 6.6% falling
111 Norway 6.65 2024 down 20.0% falling
112 Sweden 6.32 2024 down 19.9% volatile
113 Netherlands 5.35 2024 down 33.2% falling

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Indicator
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-29)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
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Coverage
113 places, 2,222 data points, 1976–2026
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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 Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.