NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil

Brazil: NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training was 5,658 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
5,658
Change on year
down 5.0%
World rank
1st
of 65 countries
All-time high
8,541
in 2020
All-time low
5,658
in 2025
Years of data
12
2014–2025

NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil, 2014–2025

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k2014201920252014: 7.1k2015: 7.6k2016: 8.1k2017: 8.4k2018: 8.3k2019: 8.0k2020: 8.5k2021: 7.6k2022: 6.7k2023: 6.5k2024: 6.0k2025: 5.7k

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

The most recent figure for neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil is 5,658, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.

That represents a change of down 5.0% on the previous year and down 25.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil peaked at 8,541 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,658, in 2025.

Brazil ranks 1st of 65 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.

NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (current ILO definition - ICLS19) in Brazil, 2014 to 2025.
Year Value Change
2014 7,079
2015 7,574 +7.0%
2016 8,139 +7.5%
2017 8,447 +3.8%
2018 8,284 -1.9%
2019 7,987 -3.6%
2020 8,541 +6.9%
2021 7,571 -11.4%
2022 6,694 -11.6%
2023 6,471 -3.3%
2024 5,953 -8.0%
2025 5,658 -5.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 7,918 7,079 8,447 6
2020s 6,815 5,658 8,541 6

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 2 United States of America 4,609 compare
  2. 3 Angola 2,217 compare
  3. 4 Ghana 1,973 compare

See the full ranking of 65 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil?
Neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Brazil was 5,658 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest neet: youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 8,541 in 2020.
What is the lowest neet: youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 5,658 in 2025.
How does Brazil rank for neet: youth not in employment, education or training?
Brazil ranks 1st out of 65 countries with data for 2025.
Is neet: youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (current ILO definition - ICLS19). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (current ILO definition - ICLS19)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
65 places, 645 data points, 2014–2025
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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 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.