NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Chile
Chile: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 16.27 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Chile, 1990–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Chile is 16.27, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Chile peaked at 30.93 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 16.27, in 2025.
That places Chile 64th 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 23 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Chile, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 30.93 | — |
| 1992 | 27.03 | -12.6% |
| 1994 | 27.1 | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 23.45 | -13.4% |
| 1998 | 25.55 | +8.9% |
| 2000 | 25.89 | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 22.5 | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 21.23 | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 24.42 | +15.0% |
| 2010 | 21.21 | -13.1% |
| 2011 | 20.33 | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 19.37 | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 19.57 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 20.11 | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 20.3 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 19.04 | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 19.18 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 23.36 | +21.8% |
| 2021 | 19.08 | -18.3% |
| 2022 | 17.39 | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 17.86 | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 16.29 | -8.8% |
| 2025 | 16.27 | -0.1% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 16.27 is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.85, 1.4× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Chile's 16.27 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.82, 82% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.81 | 23.45 | 30.93 | 5 |
| 2000s | 23.51 | 21.23 | 25.89 | 4 |
| 2010s | 19.89 | 19.04 | 21.21 | 8 |
| 2020s | 18.38 | 16.27 | 23.36 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More work & labour data for Chile
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Chile?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Chile was 16.27 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 30.93 in 1990.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.27 in 2025.
- How does Chile rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Chile ranks 64th out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile 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.