NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (current ILO definition - ICLS19) by country
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 includes only countries for which the 19th ICLS definitions are applied. Youth not in education are...
What the numbers show
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (current ILO definition - ICLS19) is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 5,658 in Brazil; the lowest is 1.82 in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 84.86, and the mean is 472.85.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,105.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in New Caledonia (up 91.4%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 67.9%).
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 5,658 | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 2 | United States of America | 4,609 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 3 | Angola | 2,217 | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 4 | Ghana | 1,973 | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Zambia | 1,926 | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 1,604 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 1,410 | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,189 | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 1,008 | 2025 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 10 | France | 877.49 | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 11 | Germany | 678.97 | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 12 | Rwanda | 669.61 | 2025 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 13 | Canada | 664.8 | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 14 | Jordan | 633.57 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 15 | Italy | 579.8 | 2025 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 16 | Spain | 508.76 | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 17 | Japan | 380 | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 18 | Poland | 364.71 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 19 | Romania | 345.24 | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 20 | Chile | 342.71 | 2025 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 21 | Australia | 294.94 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 22 | Israel | 214.77 | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 23 | El Salvador | 195.89 | 2025 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 24 | Botswana | 165.17 | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 136.87 | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 26 | Austria | 123.77 | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 27 | Greece | 111.15 | 2025 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 28 | Panama | 105.2 | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 29 | Belgium | 102.03 | 2025 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 30 | Hungary | 91.93 | 2025 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 31 | New Zealand | 89.67 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 32 | Serbia | 87.31 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 33 | Netherlands | 84.86 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 34 | Kosovo | 79.26 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 35 | Armenia | 77.79 | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 36 | Portugal | 77.04 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 70.34 | 2025 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 38 | Georgia | 67.69 | 2025 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 39 | Switzerland | 63.16 | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 40 | Uruguay | 62.51 | 2025 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 41 | Sweden | 60.25 | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 42 | Denmark | 57.1 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 43 | Finland | 56.22 | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 44 | Czechia | 55.77 | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.53 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 46 | Guyana | 50.65 | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 47 | Ireland | 44.46 | 2025 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 48 | Mongolia | 43.27 | 2025 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 49 | Slovakia | 42.69 | 2025 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 50 | Norway | 40.76 | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 51 | Republic of Moldova | 39 | 2025 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 52 | Croatia | 35.28 | 2025 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 53 | Lithuania | 35.2 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 54 | Hong Kong, China | 34.28 | 2025 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.18 | 2024 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 56 | Singapore | 26.12 | 2025 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 57 | Belize | 18.6 | 2025 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 58 | Latvia | 17.07 | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 59 | Estonia | 15.58 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Slovenia | 14.64 | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 61 | New Caledonia | 9.54 | 2023 | up 91.4% | rising |
| 62 | Cyprus | 7.26 | 2025 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 63 | Luxembourg | 5.69 | 2025 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 64 | Malta | 4.37 | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 65 | Iceland | 1.82 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
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 includes only countries for which the 19th ICLS definitions are applied. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training) during a specified reference period (e.g., one week). For statistical purposes, youth are defined as persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years. For more information, refer to the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database description.