NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye
Türkiye: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training was 26.3 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye, 2000–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye stood at 26.3.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye peaked at 43.5 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 25.77, in 2023.
That places Türkiye 21st out of 113 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 40.17 | — |
| 2001 | 41.44 | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 42.12 | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 42.45 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 43.5 | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 43.16 | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 42.26 | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 42.58 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 41.08 | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 39.51 | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 37.01 | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 34.45 | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 33.57 | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 31.25 | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 28.48 | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 27.96 | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 27.82 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 27.52 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 27.66 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 29.51 | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 31.98 | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 28.39 | -11.2% |
| 2022 | 27.18 | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 25.77 | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 25.86 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 26.3 | +1.7% |
Türkiye compared with similar countries
- Türkiye's 26.3 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20.57, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Türkiye's 26.3 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12.09, 2.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.83 | 39.51 | 43.5 | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.52 | 27.52 | 37.01 | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.58 | 25.77 | 31.98 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
More work & labour data for Türkiye
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 31,966 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 54.63 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 38,497 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 8.78 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.51 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 95,928 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 41,171 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 49.84 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.6505 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye was 26.3 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 43.5 in 2004.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.77 in 2023.
- How does Türkiye rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Türkiye ranks 21st out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Türkiye 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.