NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training … 15-24 in Turkey
Turkey: NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training … 15-24 was 2,684 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO) in Turkey, 2000–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 2,684 for neet: youth not in employment, education or training (previous ilo) in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet: youth not in employment, education or training (previous ilo) in Turkey peaked at 5,150 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2,661, in 2023.
That places Turkey 13th out of 113 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training … 15-24 in Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5,036 | — |
| 2001 | 5,111 | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 5,150 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 5,125 | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 5,038 | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 5,003 | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 4,811 | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 4,846 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 4,570 | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 4,256 | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 4,007 | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 3,683 | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 3,607 | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 3,252 | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 2,914 | -10.4% |
| 2015 | 2,836 | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 2,839 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,872 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 2,883 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 3,039 | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 3,318 | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 2,960 | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 2,900 | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 2,661 | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 2,680 | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 2,684 | +0.2% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 2,684 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 381.62, 7.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 2,684 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 63.16, 42.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,895 | 4,256 | 5,150 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,193 | 2,836 | 4,007 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,867 | 2,661 | 3,318 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More work & labour data for Turkey
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 31,966 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 54.63 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 38,497 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 8.78 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.51 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 95,928 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 41,171 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 49.84 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.6505 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet: youth not in employment, education or training (previous ilo) in Turkey?
- Neet: youth not in employment, education or training (previous ilo) in Turkey was 2,684 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet: youth not in employment, education or training (previous ilo) recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 5,150 in 2002.
- What is the lowest neet: youth not in employment, education or training (previous ilo) recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,661 in 2023.
- How does Turkey rank for neet: youth not in employment, education or training (previous ilo)?
- Turkey ranks 13th out of 113 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet: youth not in employment, education or training (previous ilo) rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-24). 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 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.