NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Kosovo
Kosovo: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 34.43 in 2024. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Kosovo, 2000–2024
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2024, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Kosovo stood at 34.43. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 8.0% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Kosovo peaked at 48.31 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 34.43, in 2024.
That places Kosovo 8th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Kosovo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 48.31 | — |
| 2012 | 43.05 | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 41.52 | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 37.32 | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 39.19 | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 37.29 | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 34.95 | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 36.66 | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 39.79 | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 40.29 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 36.57 | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 36.44 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 37.44 | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 34.43 | -8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48.31 | 48.31 | 48.31 | 1 |
| 2010s | 38.72 | 34.95 | 43.05 | 8 |
| 2020s | 37.04 | 34.43 | 40.29 | 5 |
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- Labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 37.95 (2024)
- SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (previous ILO definition) 10.83 (2024)
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- SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 10.5 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Kosovo?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Kosovo was 34.43 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Kosovo?
- The highest recorded value was 48.31 in 2000.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Kosovo?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.43 in 2024.
- How does Kosovo rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Kosovo ranks 8th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Kosovo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kosovo 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.