NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Bhutan
Bhutan: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 17.86 in 2025. ▲ Rising
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Bhutan, 2018–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Bhutan is 17.86, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 18.8% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
That places Bhutan 54th out of 113 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 17.97 | — |
| 2019 | 13.71 | -23.7% |
| 2020 | 14.93 | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 12.4 | -16.9% |
| 2022 | 22.15 | +78.6% |
| 2023 | 20.84 | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 22 | +5.5% |
| 2025 | 17.86 | -18.8% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 17.86 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24.67, 72% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.84 | 13.71 | 17.97 | 2 |
| 2020s | 18.36 | 12.4 | 22.15 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 51 Brunei Darussalam 19.09 compare
- 52 Paraguay 18.79
- 53 Mexico 18.34 compare
- 55 Bangladesh 17.43 compare
- 56 Panama 17.24 compare
- 57 Trinidad and Tobago 17.1 compare
More work & labour data for Bhutan
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7164 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6963 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7381 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.816 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.9406 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 573.27 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 420.94 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 334.32 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 356.11 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 690.43 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Bhutan?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Bhutan was 17.86 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 22.15 in 2022.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.4 in 2021.
- How does Bhutan rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Bhutan ranks 54th out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.