NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Montenegro

Montenegro: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 16.5 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
16.5
Change on year
down 19.7%
World rank
63rd
of 113 countries
All-time high
26.85
in 2021
All-time low
16.5
in 2024
Years of data
14
2011–2024

NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Montenegro, 2011–2024

01020302011201720242011: 23.22012: 23.82013: 23.22014: 22.62015: 23.52016: 22.32017: 21.42018: 21.22019: 21.32020: 26.62021: 26.92022: 23.32023: 20.52024: 16.5

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

In 2024, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Montenegro stood at 16.5. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

That represents a change of down 19.7% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Montenegro peaked at 26.85 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 16.5, in 2024.

That places Montenegro 63rd out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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 Montenegro, year by year

Annual values for NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-29) in Montenegro, 2011 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2011 23.22
2012 23.78 +2.4%
2013 23.19 -2.5%
2014 22.57 -2.7%
2015 23.47 +4.0%
2016 22.34 -4.8%
2017 21.41 -4.2%
2018 21.22 -0.9%
2019 21.34 +0.5%
2020 26.57 +24.5%
2021 26.85 +1.1%
2022 23.34 -13.1%
2023 20.55 -12.0%
2024 16.5 -19.7%

Montenegro compared with similar countries

  • Montenegro's 16.5 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20.57, 80% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
  • Montenegro's 16.5 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12.09, 1.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 22.51 21.22 23.78 9
2020s 22.76 16.5 26.85 5

Countries ranked near Montenegro

  1. 60 Argentina 16.9 compare
  2. 61 Niger 16.8 compare
  3. 62 Seychelles 16.65 compare
  4. 64 Chile 16.27 compare
  5. 65 Mauritius 15.57 compare
  6. 66 Rwanda 15.52 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Montenegro?
Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Montenegro was 16.5 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Montenegro?
The highest recorded value was 26.85 in 2021.
What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Montenegro?
The lowest recorded value was 16.5 in 2024.
How does Montenegro rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
Montenegro ranks 63rd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Montenegro?
Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Montenegro 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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Indicator
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-29)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
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Coverage
113 places, 2,222 data points, 1976–2026
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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.