NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Sweden
Sweden: NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training was 60.25 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Sweden, 2014–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Sweden stood at 60.25.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.1% on the previous year and down 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Sweden peaked at 87.64 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 57.9, in 2022.
That places Sweden 41st out of 65 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 87.64 | — |
| 2015 | 81.07 | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 77.18 | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 73.09 | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 71.53 | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 63.99 | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 75.4 | +17.8% |
| 2021 | 58.61 | -22.3% |
| 2022 | 57.9 | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 60.87 | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 67.05 | +10.1% |
| 2025 | 60.25 | -10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75.75 | 63.99 | 87.64 | 6 |
| 2020s | 63.35 | 57.9 | 75.4 | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Sweden
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.0422 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.0602 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.0243 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.5427 % change on previous year (2050)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 788.88 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,587 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,780 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 11,367 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Sweden?
- Neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Sweden was 60.25 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet: youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 87.64 in 2014.
- What is the lowest neet: youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.9 in 2022.
- How does Sweden rank for neet: youth not in employment, education or training?
- Sweden ranks 41st out of 65 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet: youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.