NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Argentina
Argentina: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 16.9 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Argentina, 2004–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Argentina stood at 16.9.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Argentina peaked at 24.44 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 16.02, in 2023.
That places Argentina 60th 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 19 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Argentina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 21.52 | — |
| 2005 | 21 | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 20.37 | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 20.07 | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 20.71 | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 19.93 | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 19.2 | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 19.3 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 19.53 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 20.44 | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 20.05 | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 20 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 20.46 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 24.44 | +19.4% |
| 2021 | 18.03 | -26.2% |
| 2022 | 17.19 | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 16.02 | -6.8% |
| 2024 | 17.42 | +8.7% |
| 2025 | 16.9 | -3.0% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 16.9 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20.57, 82% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 16.9 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.82, 85% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -26.2% | 24.44 | 18.03 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.73 | 20.07 | 21.52 | 5 |
| 2010s | 19.86 | 19.2 | 20.46 | 8 |
| 2020s | 18.33 | 16.02 | 24.44 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 57 Trinidad and Tobago 17.1 compare
- 58 Philippines 17.03 compare
- 59 Myanmar 16.91 compare
- 61 Niger 16.8 compare
- 62 Seychelles 16.65 compare
- 63 Montenegro 16.5 compare
More work & labour data for Argentina
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7783 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7715 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7851 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.514 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 52,564 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 2,664 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 19,145 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 19,111 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 38,256 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Argentina?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Argentina was 16.9 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 24.44 in 2020.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.02 in 2023.
- How does Argentina rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Argentina ranks 60th out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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) (15-29). 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.