NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Malta
Malta: NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training was 4.37 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Malta, 2014–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Malta stood at 4.37.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and down 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Malta peaked at 5.97 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.2, in 2022.
Malta ranks 64th of 65 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5.62 | — |
| 2015 | 5.75 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 4.72 | -17.9% |
| 2017 | 4.59 | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 3.95 | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 4.97 | +26.0% |
| 2020 | 5.14 | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 5.97 | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 3.2 | -46.4% |
| 2023 | 4.19 | +31.1% |
| 2024 | 4.18 | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 4.37 | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.93 | 3.95 | 5.75 | 6 |
| 2020s | 4.51 | 3.2 | 5.97 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 61 New Caledonia 9.54 compare
- 62 Cyprus 7.26 compare
- 63 Luxembourg 5.69 compare
- 65 Iceland 1.82 compare
More work & labour data for Malta
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.8118 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7863 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.8415 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.79 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.2041 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 404.95 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 14.3 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 168.51 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 191.42 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 359.93 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Malta?
- Neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Malta was 4.37 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet: youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 5.97 in 2021.
- What is the lowest neet: youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.2 in 2022.
- How does Malta rank for neet: youth not in employment, education or training?
- Malta ranks 64th out of 65 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet: youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta 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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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.