NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 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...
What the numbers show
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 7,342 in Brazil; the lowest is 2.51 in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 104.11, and the mean is 577.36.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,926.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia (up 325.7%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 75.3%).
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 7,342 | 2015 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 4,609 | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 3 | Mexico | 3,422 | 2026 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 4 | Turkey | 2,684 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 5 | Angola | 1,915 | 2025 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 6 | Malawi | 1,744 | 2024 | up 219.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Ghana | 1,601 | 2024 | up 122.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Tanzania | 1,462 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 1,189 | 2025 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 10 | Zambia | 1,186 | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 1,173 | 2021 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 994.23 | 2024 | up 135.0% | rising |
| 13 | France | 957.75 | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 697.65 | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 15 | Italy | 696.43 | 2024 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 16 | Germany | 632.34 | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 17 | Ecuador | 550.69 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 18 | Honduras | 534.31 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 508.76 | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 20 | Rwanda | 434.81 | 2025 | up 269.5% | rising |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 421.89 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 22 | Poland | 361.88 | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 23 | Bolivia | 354.37 | 2002 | up 325.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Romania | 351.39 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 25 | Chile | 341.7 | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 26 | Australia | 294.94 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 27 | Paraguay | 237.43 | 2007 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 28 | Israel | 214.77 | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 29 | Cambodia | 207.71 | 2019 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 136.87 | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 31 | Austria | 123.77 | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 32 | Belgium | 111.62 | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 33 | Greece | 111.15 | 2025 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 34 | Panama | 105.36 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 102.86 | 2017 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 36 | Hungary | 96.85 | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 37 | Netherlands | 90.03 | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 38 | Serbia | 85.34 | 2025 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 39 | East Timor | 84.33 | 2022 | up 152.2% | rising |
| 40 | Uruguay | 79.33 | 2024 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 41 | Kosovo | 77.7 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 42 | Portugal | 77.04 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 43 | Czechia | 74.71 | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 44 | Sweden | 67.05 | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Switzerland | 63.16 | 2025 | down 27.0% | flat |
| 46 | Albania | 59.5 | 2024 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 47 | Armenia | 55.7 | 2023 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.58 | 2025 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 49 | Finland | 50.19 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 50 | Denmark | 49.3 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 51 | Slovakia | 48.39 | 2023 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 52 | Mongolia | 42.79 | 2025 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 53 | Lithuania | 41.26 | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 54 | Ireland | 38.68 | 2024 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 55 | Norway | 38.24 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 56 | Croatia | 31.68 | 2024 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.18 | 2024 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 58 | Belize | 21.36 | 2017 | — | rising |
| 59 | Slovenia | 14.88 | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 60 | Estonia | 14.19 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 61 | Latvia | 13.86 | 2022 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 62 | Brunei | 12.63 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 63 | Montenegro | 11.65 | 2024 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 64 | Cyprus | 10.79 | 2024 | down 39.3% | rising |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 7.46 | 2024 | up 88.7% | rising |
| 66 | Saint Lucia | 5.21 | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 67 | Malta | 4.18 | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 68 | Iceland | 2.51 | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
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 International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.