NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 22.29 in 2025. ▲ Rising
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Dominican Republic, 2000–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Dominican Republic is 22.29, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Dominican Republic peaked at 34.4 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 20.55, in 2014.
That places Dominican Republic 36th out of 113 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 22.3 | — |
| 2001 | 23.44 | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 22.93 | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 23.4 | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 23.3 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 23.02 | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 21.59 | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 21.33 | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 21.13 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 22.9 | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 22.31 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 21.6 | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 22.15 | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 21.72 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 20.55 | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 24.61 | +19.8% |
| 2016 | 24.85 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 24.44 | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 23.78 | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 23.34 | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 34.4 | +47.4% |
| 2021 | 26.7 | -22.4% |
| 2022 | 25.12 | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 24.68 | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 23.45 | -5.0% |
| 2025 | 22.29 | -4.9% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 22.29 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20.57, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 22.29 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.82, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Dominican Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +47.4% | 23.34 | 34.4 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.53 | 21.13 | 23.44 | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.93 | 20.55 | 24.85 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.11 | 22.29 | 34.4 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More work & labour data for Dominican Republic
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.5342 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.5118 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.5561 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.3757 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 12,209 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,056 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,888 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,787 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 11,675 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Dominican Republic?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Dominican Republic was 22.29 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 34.4 in 2020.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.55 in 2014.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Dominican Republic ranks 36th out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.