NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in Lesotho
Lesotho: NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) was 0.0001 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in Lesotho, 2005–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in Lesotho is 0.0001 units per person, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in Lesotho peaked at 0.0001 units per person in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 units per person, in 2019.
That places Lesotho 10th out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0001 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0001 units per person | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 units per person | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 units per person | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 units per person | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 units per person | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 units per person | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 units per person | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 units per person | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 units per person | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 units per person | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0001 units per person | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 0.0001 units per person | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 7 Gambia 0.0001 units per person compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0001 units per person compare
- 9 South Sudan 0.0001 units per person compare
- 11 Chad 0.0001 units per person compare
- 12 Guyana 0.0001 units per person compare
- 13 Mauritania 0.0001 units per person compare
More work & labour data for Lesotho
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.1902 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.1964 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.1849 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.293 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 1,485 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,719 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 1,674 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 1,586 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 3,259 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in Lesotho?
- Neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in Lesotho was 0.0001 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0001 units per person in 2007.
- What is the lowest neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 units per person in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled)?
- Lesotho ranks 10th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training International Labour Organization
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.