Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries): Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) was 10.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), 2009–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of male youth population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) is 10.5%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.7% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 15.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 2025.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of male youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 15.8% | — |
| 2010 | 15.0% | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 14.9% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 15.1% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 14.5% | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 14.1% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 13.7% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 14.1% | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 12.6% | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 11.9% | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 12.9% | +9.1% |
| 2025 | 10.5% | -18.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.8% | 15.8% | 15.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 14.5% | 13.7% | 15.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 12.0% | 10.5% | 12.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
More work & labour data for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 35.6% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 71.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 48.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 69.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 78.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 60.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 68.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 29.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 41.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) was 10.5% 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 Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 15.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 2025.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male?
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 14th out of 19 groups with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 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).