NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in India
India: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 30.39 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in India, 1994–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in India stood at 30.39.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in India peaked at 35.86 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 28.3, in 2023.
That places India 16th out of 113 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in India, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 34.14 | — |
| 2000 | 34.16 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 31.24 | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 31.88 | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 30.7 | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 35.82 | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 35.59 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 35.86 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 33.01 | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 31.73 | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 28.3 | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 29.02 | +2.5% |
| 2025 | 30.39 | +4.7% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 30.39 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24.67, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.14 | 34.14 | 34.14 | 1 |
| 2000s | 32.7 | 31.24 | 34.16 | 2 |
| 2010s | 33.5 | 30.7 | 35.82 | 4 |
| 2020s | 31.39 | 28.3 | 35.86 | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in India?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in India was 30.39 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 35.86 in 2020.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.3 in 2023.
- How does India rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- India ranks 16th out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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.