NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-24) by country

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 is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have...

Countries reporting
113
Highest
53,331
India
Lowest
2.51
Iceland
Median
186.24
Years covered
51
1976–2026
Data points
2,220

What the numbers show

NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-24) is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 53,331 in India; the lowest is 2.51 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 186.24, and the mean is 1,424.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21,256.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 791.4%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 66.0%).

NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 53,331 2025 down 2.6% rising
2 Pakistan 13,211 2025 up 15.2% rising
3 Indonesia 9,511 2023 down 4.1% falling
4 Ghana 6,404 2024 up 791.4% volatile
5 Brazil 5,658 2025 down 25.3% rising
6 Nigeria 5,014 2024 down 43.2% falling
7 Egypt 4,696 2024 up 12.4% rising
8 United States 4,609 2025 down 4.0% flat
9 Bangladesh 4,354 2024 down 54.2% falling
10 South Africa 3,554 2024 up 10.7% rising
11 Mexico 3,422 2026 down 17.2% falling
12 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2,752 2024 down 32.9% falling
13 Turkey 2,684 2025 down 5.3% falling
14 Philippines 2,497 2023 down 48.5% falling
15 Angola 1,915 2025 up 36.1% rising
16 Kenya 1,780 2021 up 42.7% falling
17 Colombia 1,745 2025 up 2.2% falling
18 Malawi 1,744 2024 up 219.8% volatile
19 Tanzania, United Republic of 1,462 2024 up 24.0% rising
20 Peru 1,395 2022 up 54.1% rising
21 Senegal 1,373 2024 up 41.3% rising
22 Viet Nam 1,342 2024 up 5.9% rising
23 Myanmar 1,327 2020 down 48.0% falling
24 Venezuela 1,231 2017 up 1.1% falling
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,189 2025 up 15.8% falling
26 Zambia 1,186 2024 down 24.0% falling
27 Uganda 1,173 2021 up 74.2% rising
28 Thailand 1,122 2025 down 14.3% rising
29 Mali 1,104 2024 up 89.8% rising
30 Zimbabwe 994.23 2024 up 135.0% rising
31 Cote d'Ivoire 963.41 2022 up 47.3% rising
32 France 957.75 2024 down 0.8% falling
33 Burkina Faso 877.87 2025 down 28.8% rising
34 Guatemala 751.68 2024 down 16.1% rising
35 Argentina 697.65 2025 down 22.9% falling
36 Italy 696.43 2024 down 47.5% falling
37 Canada 664.8 2025 up 14.2% falling
38 Jordan 633.36 2024 down 14.0% falling
39 Germany 632.34 2024 up 17.2% falling
40 Belarus 626.61 2024 up 640.6% volatile
41 Niger 578.13 2022 up 19.7% volatile
42 Sri Lanka 558.68 2024 down 33.5% falling
43 Ecuador 550.69 2025 down 5.7% rising
44 Spain 508.76 2025 down 22.1% falling
45 Honduras 496.36 2025 down 3.0% rising
46 Rwanda 434.81 2025 up 269.5% rising
47 Dominican Republic 421.89 2025 down 10.3% rising
48 Poland 361.88 2025 down 27.0% falling
49 Tunisia 358.31 2023 down 31.6% falling
50 Romania 351.39 2024 down 8.7% falling
51 Chile 341.7 2025 down 36.7% falling
52 Serbia 341.35 2025 up 114.9% falling
53 Australia 294.94 2025 down 2.5% falling
54 Paraguay 249.21 2017 up 5.0% flat
55 Kyrgyzstan 210.75 2023 down 17.8% falling
56 Togo 190.09 2022 up 44.9% rising
57 El Salvador 186.24 2025 down 45.7% falling
58 Cambodia 181.42 2023 down 10.8% rising
59 Palestine 166.69 2025 down 40.6% rising
60 Botswana 156.44 2024 up 27.2% rising
61 Namibia 152.11 2018 up 13.8% rising
62 Costa Rica 136.87 2025 down 13.3% falling
63 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 128.29 2025 down 57.0% rising
64 Austria 123.77 2025 up 12.8% rising
65 Belgium 111.62 2024 down 29.8% falling
66 Greece 111.15 2025 down 42.2% falling
67 Panama 105.2 2025 down 14.9% falling
68 Jamaica 104.78 2023 down 39.8% falling
69 Hungary 96.85 2024 down 36.7% falling
70 Netherlands 90.03 2024 down 24.5% falling
71 Timor-Leste 84.33 2022 up 152.2% rising
72 Kosovo 77.7 2024 down 27.7% falling
73 Portugal 77.04 2025 down 37.5% falling
74 Czechia 74.71 2023 down 31.2% volatile
75 Sweden 67.05 2024 down 23.5% volatile
76 Bulgaria 64.79 2024 down 56.4% falling
77 Switzerland 63.16 2025 down 27.0% flat
78 Uruguay 62.45 2025 down 39.3% flat
79 Albania 59.5 2024 down 61.7% falling
80 Georgia 58.63 2025 down 51.8% falling
81 Armenia 55.7 2023 down 60.0% falling
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.54 2024 down 52.3% falling
83 Finland 50.19 2024 down 20.0% falling
84 Denmark 49.3 2024 up 7.6% falling
85 Slovakia 48.39 2023 down 51.8% falling
86 Mongolia 42.79 2025 down 41.1% falling
87 Lithuania 41.26 2024 up 8.0% falling
88 North Macedonia 40.25 2025 down 42.6% falling
89 Ireland 38.68 2024 down 55.4% falling
90 Norway 38.24 2024 down 9.7% falling
91 Hong Kong 34.28 2025 down 35.8% falling
92 Croatia 31.68 2024 down 64.7% falling
93 Trinidad and Tobago 27.18 2024 up 14.2% flat
94 Singapore 26.12 2025 falling
95 Fiji 25.52 2024 down 11.8% falling
96 Mauritius 23 2024 down 36.5% falling
97 Moldova 21.55 2025 down 66.0% volatile
98 Bhutan 20.35 2025 up 11.9% rising
99 Belize 20.32 2019 up 3.4% flat
100 Latvia 18.63 2024 down 27.1% falling
101 Vanuatu 16.15 2025 down 12.8% rising
102 Slovenia 14.88 2024 down 24.4% falling
103 Estonia 14.19 2024 down 16.1% falling
104 Brunei Darussalam 12.63 2024 down 0.7% falling
105 Montenegro 11.65 2024 down 25.7% flat
106 Cyprus 10.79 2024 down 39.3% rising
107 New Caledonia 9.54 2023 down 40.7% falling
108 Seychelles 7.85 2025 up 177.3% volatile
109 Luxembourg 7.46 2024 up 88.7% rising
110 Saint Lucia 5.26 2025 down 46.0% falling
111 Malta 4.18 2024 down 25.6% falling
112 Grenada 2.91 2023 down 34.6% volatile
113 Iceland 2.51 2023 down 5.1% rising

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Indicator
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-24)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
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Coverage
113 places, 2,220 data points, 1976–2026
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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 is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. 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 Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.