NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO) … capita in Malaysia
Malaysia: NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO) … capita was 0 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in Malaysia, 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 Malaysia is 0 units per person, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in Malaysia peaked at 0 units per person in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0 units per person, in 2021.
Malaysia ranks 130th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO) … capita in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0 units per person | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 0 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0 units per person | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 0 units per person | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 0 units per person | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 0 units per person | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 0 units per person | -7.8% |
| 2015 | 0 units per person | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 0 units per person | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 0 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0 units per person | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 0 units per person | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 0 units per person | +18.1% |
| 2021 | 0 units per person | -33.1% |
| 2022 | 0 units per person | +8.9% |
| 2023 | 0 units per person | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 0 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 0 units per person | -0.5% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0 units per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0 units per person, 57% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0 units per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0 units per person, 89% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO) … capita in Malaysia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -33.1% | 0 units per person | 0 units per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 127 Guam 0 units per person compare
- 128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 units per person compare
- 129 United Kingdom 0 units per person compare
- 131 Moldova 0 units per person compare
- 132 Solomon Islands 0 units per person compare
- 133 New Zealand 0 units per person compare
More work & labour data for Malaysia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.2671 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2772 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.2563 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.25 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.6933 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 36,440 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 5,289 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 21,832 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 22,194 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 44,026 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in Malaysia?
- Neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in Malaysia was 0 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 0 units per person in 2006.
- What is the lowest neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per person in 2021.
- How does Malaysia rank for neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled)?
- Malaysia ranks 130th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.