NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in United States of America
United States of America: NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in United States of America, 2005–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in United States of America is 0 units per US$ of GDP, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in United States of America peaked at 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0 units per US$ of GDP, in 2025.
United States of America ranks 166th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 United States of America, year by year
| Year | units per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2006 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +18.4% |
| 2010 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +34.8% |
| 2021 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -20.7% |
| 2022 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -15.6% |
| 2023 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2025 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -3.3% |
United States of America compared with similar countries
- United States of America's 0 units per US$ of GDP is below the median for high income countries, which is 0 units per US$ of GDP, 56% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in United States of America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +34.8% | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 5 |
| 2010s | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
More work & labour data for United States of America
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 113,208 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.24 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 178,849 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.4 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.05 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 159,991 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 141,322 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.55 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3372 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in United States of America?
- Neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in United States of America was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2009.
- What is the lowest neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2025.
- How does United States of America rank for neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled)?
- United States of America ranks 166th out of 185 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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 unit of GDP. 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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training International Labour Organization
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.