Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) in Canada
Canada: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) was 11.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) in Canada, 2005–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) in Canada is 11.9%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) in Canada peaked at 16.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2022.
That places Canada 141st out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) in Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12.8% | — |
| 2006 | 12.0% | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 12.3% | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 12.3% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 12.8% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 13.0% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 12.9% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 12.7% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 12.6% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 12.8% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 12.1% | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 11.5% | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 11.6% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 11.2% | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | +48.7% |
| 2021 | 11.4% | -31.9% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 10.8% | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 11.9% | +9.3% |
| 2025 | 11.9% | +0.3% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 11.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.5%, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) in Canada changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +48.7% | 11.2% | 16.7% |
| 2021 | -31.9% | 16.7% | 11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.4% | 12.0% | 12.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 12.3% | 11.2% | 13.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.2% | 10.3% | 16.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More work & labour data for Canada
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) in Canada?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) in Canada was 11.9% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2022.
- How does Canada rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of)?
- Canada ranks 141st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of) rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) (modeled ILO estimate). 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).