NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in New Zealand
New Zealand: NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training was 89.67 in 2025. ▲ Rising
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in New Zealand, 2014–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 89.67 for neet: youth not in employment, education or training in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet: youth not in employment, education or training in New Zealand peaked at 89.67 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 73.92, in 2014.
New Zealand ranks 31st of 65 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 73.92 | — |
| 2015 | 74.75 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 80.17 | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 78.5 | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 78.97 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 75.92 | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 84.62 | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 76.5 | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 73.97 | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 76.78 | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 85.92 | +11.9% |
| 2025 | 89.67 | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 77.04 | 73.92 | 80.17 | 6 |
| 2020s | 81.25 | 73.97 | 89.67 | 6 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
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Frequently asked questions
- What is neet: youth not in employment, education or training in New Zealand?
- Neet: youth not in employment, education or training in New Zealand was 89.67 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet: youth not in employment, education or training recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 89.67 in 2025.
- What is the lowest neet: youth not in employment, education or training recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.92 in 2014.
- How does New Zealand rank for neet: youth not in employment, education or training?
- New Zealand ranks 31st out of 65 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet: youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.