Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Greece
Greece: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female was 10.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Greece, 1987–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of female youth population.
Analysis
In 2025, share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Greece stood at 10.0%. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Greece peaked at 33.1% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 2025.
Greece ranks 95th of 123 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Greece, year by year
| Year | % of female youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 32.4% | — |
| 1988 | 30.6% | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 28.5% | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 27.1% | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 28.8% | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 24.7% | -14.1% |
| 1993 | 28.0% | +13.2% |
| 1994 | 24.5% | -12.4% |
| 1995 | 24.6% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 24.9% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 23.4% | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 32.6% | +39.6% |
| 1999 | 31.9% | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 29.7% | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 28.5% | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 28.0% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 33.1% | +18.2% |
| 2004 | 29.2% | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 26.1% | -10.8% |
| 2006 | 16.9% | -35.0% |
| 2007 | 16.5% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 16.3% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 17.9% | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 19.8% | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 22.3% | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 21.0% | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 20.4% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 17.9% | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 16.2% | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 16.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 14.6% | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 13.1% | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 12.0% | -11.9% |
| 2022 | 12.1% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 12.4% | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 10.1% | -18.6% |
| 2025 | 10.0% | -0.3% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 10.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.6%, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Greece's 10.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.6%, 95% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 30.5% | 28.5% | 32.4% | 3 |
| 1990s | 27.1% | 23.4% | 32.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.0% | 15.8% | 33.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.9% | 13.1% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.7% | 10.0% | 13.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More work & labour data for Greece
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.6524 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6597 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.6447 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.26 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.3231 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 8,753 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,228 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 3,061 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 3,215 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 6,276 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Greece?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female in Greece was 10.0% in 2025, 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 33.1% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, female recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 2025.
- How does Greece rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, female?
- Greece ranks 95th out of 123 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, female rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.
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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).