SDG indicator 8.6.1: Proportion of youth aged 15 to 24 years not in education, employment or training by country
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. The share of youth not in employment, education, or training (also known as the NEET rate) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a...
What the numbers show
SDG indicator 8.6.1: Proportion of youth aged 15 to 24 years not in education, employment or training is currently reported for 123 countries. The highest value is 39.42 in Malawi; the lowest is 3.14 in Japan.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.27, and the mean is 16.65.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 196.3%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 69.6%).
SDG indicator 8.6.1: Proportion of youth aged 15 to 24 years not in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 39.42 | 2024 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 2 | Botswana | 38 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 3 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 37.13 | 2020 | up 97.5% | rising |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 35.99 | 2024 | up 117.3% | rising |
| 5 | Senegal | 35.17 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 34.61 | 2024 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 7 | Namibia | 31.88 | 2018 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 8 | Guyana | 31.31 | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 9 | Mali | 30.12 | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 10 | Kosovo | 30.04 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 11 | Jordan | 29.39 | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 12 | Vanuatu | 29.27 | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 29.12 | 2022 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 14 | Honduras | 29.02 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 15 | Pakistan | 28.52 | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 16 | Zambia | 26.69 | 2024 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 17 | Palestine, State of | 25.78 | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 18 | India | 25.55 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 19 | Saint Lucia | 25.5 | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 24.9 | 2025 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 21 | Belize | 24.88 | 2019 | up 108.2% | rising |
| 22 | New Caledonia | 24.74 | 2023 | up 109.0% | rising |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 24.69 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 24.47 | 2025 | down 40.3% | flat |
| 25 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 24.32 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 26 | Ghana | 23.91 | 2024 | up 69.2% | falling |
| 27 | Egypt | 23.78 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 28 | Türkiye | 23.33 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 29 | Cameroon | 23.22 | 2021 | up 115.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 22.78 | 2022 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 31 | Tunisia | 22.65 | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 32 | Guatemala | 22.25 | 2025 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 33 | Colombia | 21.98 | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 34 | Indonesia | 21.36 | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 35 | Albania | 21.03 | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 36 | Algeria | 20.95 | 2017 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 37 | Fiji | 20.79 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 38 | Armenia | 20.18 | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 39 | Grenada | 20.09 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 40 | Jamaica | 19.7 | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 19.48 | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 19.43 | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.31 | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 44 | El Salvador | 19.09 | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 45 | Brunei Darussalam | 19.05 | 2024 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 18.83 | 2022 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 47 | Brazil | 18.7 | 2025 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 48 | Paraguay | 18.59 | 2017 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 49 | Seychelles | 17.8 | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 50 | Ecuador | 17.72 | 2025 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 17.23 | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 52 | Romania | 16.51 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 53 | Ukraine | 16.47 | 2017 | — | falling |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 16.39 | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 55 | Mexico | 16.18 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.85 | 2024 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Niger | 15.66 | 2022 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 15.43 | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 59 | Bhutan | 15.3 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 60 | Georgia | 15.29 | 2025 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 61 | Rwanda | 15.29 | 2025 | up 196.3% | rising |
| 62 | Israel | 15.27 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 63 | Argentina | 15.21 | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 64 | Panama | 15.09 | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 65 | Myanmar | 15.02 | 2020 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.47 | 2025 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 67 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14.4 | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 68 | Montenegro | 14.25 | 2024 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 69 | Mauritius | 13.94 | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 70 | Uganda | 13.77 | 2021 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 71 | Chile | 13.44 | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 72 | Austria | 13.41 | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 73 | Canada | 13.27 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 74 | Togo | 13.02 | 2022 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 75 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 12.83 | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 76 | New Zealand | 12.78 | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 77 | Serbia | 12.72 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 78 | Uruguay | 12.62 | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 79 | Lithuania | 12.5 | 2025 | up 35.9% | flat |
| 80 | Thailand | 12.41 | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 81 | Philippines | 12.36 | 2023 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 82 | Nigeria | 11.91 | 2024 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 83 | United States of America | 11.59 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 11.54 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 85 | France | 11.01 | 2025 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 86 | Estonia | 10.9 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 87 | Greece | 10.36 | 2025 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 88 | Viet Nam | 10.25 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 89 | Malaysia | 10.22 | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 90 | Poland | 10.09 | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 91 | Italy | 9.91 | 2025 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 92 | Cambodia | 9.73 | 2025 | up 47.6% | falling |
| 93 | Hungary | 9.55 | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 9.49 | 2016 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 95 | Spain | 9.42 | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 96 | Cyprus | 9.37 | 2025 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 97 | Finland | 9.13 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 98 | Latvia | 9.12 | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 99 | Republic of Moldova | 9.05 | 2025 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 100 | Mongolia | 9.03 | 2025 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 101 | Croatia | 8.97 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 102 | Australia | 8.4 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 103 | Malta | 8.36 | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 104 | Germany | 8.2 | 2025 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 105 | Slovakia | 8.02 | 2025 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 106 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.96 | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 107 | Denmark | 7.91 | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 108 | Luxembourg | 7.73 | 2025 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 109 | Belgium | 7.35 | 2025 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 110 | Switzerland | 6.99 | 2025 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 111 | Portugal | 6.91 | 2025 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 112 | Slovenia | 6.83 | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 113 | Russian Federation | 6.68 | 2025 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 114 | Singapore | 6.46 | 2025 | up 79.3% | rising |
| 115 | Ireland | 6.37 | 2025 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 116 | Norway | 6.15 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 117 | Hong Kong, China | 5.95 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 118 | Macau, China | 4.96 | 2016 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 119 | Sweden | 4.95 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 120 | Czechia | 4.89 | 2025 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Iceland | 4 | 2025 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 122 | Netherlands | 3.91 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 123 | Japan | 3.14 | 2019 | down 29.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Asia and the Pacific: Low income 43.68
- Arab States: Low income 41.09
- Southern Africa 34.99
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Upper-middle income 34.27
- Arab States 32.52
- Arab League 31.84
- MENA 30.58
- Northern Africa 30.22
- Africa: Upper-middle income 28.99
- Central Africa 28.89
- Arab States: Lower-middle income 28.34
- World: Low income 27.89
- Northern Africa: Lower-middle income 26.58
- Southern Asia: Upper-middle income 26.24
- Southern Asia 26.07
- Southern Asia: Lower-middle income 25.25
- Africa: Low income 25.04
- Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 23.75
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 23.13
- Africa 22.97
- World: Lower-middle income 22.76
- CARICOM 21.82
- Sub-Saharan Africa 21.64
- Northern Africa: Upper-middle income 21.53
- World: Lower-middle income excluding India 21.42
- World: Upper-middle income excluding China 21.33
- World excluding India and China 20.63
- Caribbean 20.62
- World excluding BRICS 20.55
- Western Asia 20.53
- Africa: Lower-middle income 20.43
- Europe and Central Asia: Lower-middle income 20.41
- Central and Western Asia: Lower-middle income 20.41
- World 20.22
- Asia and the Pacific 20.14
- Americas: Lower-middle income 19.87
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Lower-middle income 19.87
- BRICS 19.8
- Eastern Africa 19.79
- South America 19.67
About this data
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. The share of youth not in employment, education, or training (also known as the NEET rate) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. It provides a measure of youth who are outside the educational system, not in training and not in employment, and thus serves as a broader measure of potential youth labour market entrants than youth unemployment, since it also includes young persons outside the labour force not in education or training. This indicator is also a better measure of the current universe of potential youth labour market entrants compared to the youth inactivity rate, as the latter includes those youth who are not in the labour force and are in education, and thus cannot be considered currently available for work. For more information, refer to the Labour Market-related SDG Indicators (ILOSDG) database description.