Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) in Brunei
Brunei: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) was 17.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Brunei, 2014–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of male youth population.
Analysis
Brunei recorded 17.4% for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Brunei peaked at 20.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14.4%, in 2023.
That places Brunei 29th out of 125 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) in Brunei, year by year
| Year | % of male youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15.4% | — |
| 2017 | 20.0% | +29.8% |
| 2018 | 18.6% | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 18.6% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 20.3% | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 17.5% | -13.8% |
| 2022 | 19.2% | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 14.4% | -25.2% |
| 2024 | 16.3% | +13.9% |
| 2025 | 17.4% | +6.3% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 17.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.7%, 1.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 17.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9.9%, 1.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.2% | 15.4% | 20.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 17.5% | 14.4% | 20.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
- 26 Jamaica 19.1% compare
- 27 Burkina Faso 18.9% compare
- 28 Seychelles 18.7% compare
- 30 Armenia 17.0% compare
- 31 Indonesia 17.0% compare
- 32 Costa Rica 16.5% compare
More work & labour data for Brunei
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 137.72 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 63.56 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 240.28 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.43 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.08 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 172,284 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 64,415 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 60.11 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.06 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.5234 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Brunei?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Brunei was 17.4% 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, male recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.4% in 2023.
- How does Brunei rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male?
- Brunei ranks 29th out of 125 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brunei 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, male (% of male 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).