Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Cambodia
Cambodia: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female was 8.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Cambodia, 1996–2023
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of female youth population.
Analysis
In 2023, share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Cambodia stood at 8.3%.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Cambodia peaked at 25.2% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 2020.
That places Cambodia 102nd out of 123 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | % of female youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 10.0% | — |
| 1997 | 14.7% | +47.3% |
| 1998 | 25.2% | +71.8% |
| 1999 | 8.8% | -65.1% |
| 2000 | 13.5% | +53.0% |
| 2001 | 8.3% | -38.6% |
| 2003 | 13.7% | +66.0% |
| 2007 | 11.5% | -15.9% |
| 2008 | 12.7% | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 10.7% | -15.8% |
| 2010 | 8.1% | -23.8% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 15.2% | +101.3% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | -32.5% |
| 2014 | 9.7% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 10.8% | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 10.0% | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 9.8% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 12.6% | +29.0% |
| 2020 | 7.3% | -42.4% |
| 2021 | 8.1% | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 8.3% | +2.8% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 8.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 26.3%, 32% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 8.3% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13.2%, 63% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.7% | 8.8% | 25.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 11.7% | 8.3% | 13.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 10.4% | 7.5% | 15.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 7.9% | 7.3% | 8.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More work & labour data for Cambodia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.2557 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2408 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.2704 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5618 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 9,062 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 12,957 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 11,469 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 11,270 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 22,739 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Cambodia?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Cambodia was 8.3% in 2023, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest share of youth not in education, employment or training, female recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 25.2% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, female recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 2020.
- How does Cambodia rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, female?
- Cambodia ranks 102nd out of 123 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, female rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cambodia data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
The share of youth not in education, employment 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. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).