NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye
Türkiye: NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training was 2,684 in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye, 2009–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye stood at 2,684.
Compared with earlier readings it is 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 in Türkiye peaked at 4,256 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,661, in 2023.
Türkiye ranks 4th of 68 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4,256 | — |
| 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% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,256 | 4,256 | 4,256 | 1 |
| 2010s | 3,193 | 2,836 | 4,007 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,867 | 2,661 | 3,318 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
More work & labour data for Türkiye
- 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)
- 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)
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Women can take the same jobs as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 54.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye?
- Neet: youth not in employment, education or training in Türkiye was 2,684 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet: youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 4,256 in 2009.
- What is the lowest neet: youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,661 in 2023.
- How does Türkiye rank for neet: youth not in employment, education or training?
- Türkiye ranks 4th out of 68 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet: youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Türkiye 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). 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 International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.