NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Greece
Greece: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 14.46 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Greece, 1987–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Greece recorded 14.46 for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Greece peaked at 29.26 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 14.46, in 2025.
Greece ranks 76th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 25.8 | — |
| 1988 | 24.64 | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 23.46 | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 22.45 | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 23.8 | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 21.71 | -8.8% |
| 1993 | 24.04 | +10.7% |
| 1994 | 22.31 | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 22.08 | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 22.39 | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 21.82 | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 27.52 | +26.1% |
| 1999 | 27.37 | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 26.25 | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 25.84 | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 25.22 | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 28.27 | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 25.15 | -11.0% |
| 2005 | 23.02 | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 16.57 | -28.0% |
| 2007 | 16.58 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 16.11 | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 16.81 | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 19.47 | +15.8% |
| 2011 | 23.91 | +22.8% |
| 2012 | 27.67 | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 29.26 | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 27.39 | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 24.8 | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 22.55 | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 21.84 | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 20.01 | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 18.04 | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 19.21 | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 18.33 | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 16.18 | -11.7% |
| 2023 | 16.94 | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 14.99 | -11.5% |
| 2025 | 14.46 | -3.5% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 14.46 is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.85, 1.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Greece's 14.46 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12.09, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.64 | 23.46 | 25.8 | 3 |
| 1990s | 23.55 | 21.71 | 27.52 | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.98 | 16.11 | 28.27 | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.5 | 18.04 | 29.26 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.68 | 14.46 | 19.21 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More work & labour data for Greece
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6597 % change on previous year (2100)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Greece?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Greece was 14.46 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 29.26 in 2013.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.46 in 2025.
- How does Greece rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Greece ranks 76th out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.